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HISTORY OF EASTERN EUROPE Single discipline educational activity
Course Sheet Academic Year of enrolment:
Disciplinary Sector:
History of Western Europe
Professor and Collaborators:
Hours of classroom activity:
Objectives
Contents Eastern Europe in the contemporary world
Extended Syllabus Program:
Eastern Europe in the contemporary world.
The course examines the main events in Eastern Europe from the 20th century to the present day: the dissolution of the great multinational and dynastic empires at the end of the First world war; the achievement of a
fragile independence by a series of new states claiming legitimization on
the basis of the principle of nationality and right to self-determination;
attempts at expansion by Nazi Germany and fascist Italy; the
establishment of communist regimes under the pressure from the USSR
and their forty year experience until the turning point in 1989-91. postcommunist transition and the situation today.
The further study module focuses on the complex process of post-ommunist transition, the challenges facing today the countries from Eastern Europe, the relations with their western European counterparts and with the European Union.
Organisation of teaching:
63 hours of teacher up front lessons and seminars.
Recommended Bibliography 1) Stefano Bottoni, "Un altro Novecento. L'Europa orientale dal 1919 a oggi", Carocci
2011.
1 a) For those students who cannot attend the lessons:
Serhii Plokhy, “Chernobyl. Storia di una catastrofe nucleare”, Rizzoli, 2019.
2) Only for those students interested in the further study module (9 CFU):
Stefano Bottoni, “Orbán. Un despota in Europa”, Salerno editrice, 2019.
Methods of Provision
Teaching Methods Conventional. 63 hours of teacher up front lessons and seminars.
Evaluation methods Verification of learning:
Oral exam with final overall marks out of thirty. The final assessment consists of an oral exam on the entire syllabus. The aim is to assess students’ skills and, in particular, an understanding of the issues discussed during the course, an appropriate knowledge of the
bibliography in the course programme, a correct command of the specific
language as well as critical and methodological
abilities.
The grading scale goes from 1 to 30 with honours (cum laude): 1-17 fail,
18-21 sufficient, 22-24 fair, 25-27 good, 28-29 very good, 30-30 with
honours (cum laude) excellent.
Contacts/More Information Non-attending students are advised to contact their teacher via e-mail
prior to sitting the exam.
The program for 6 CFU does not include the further study module.
Subsequently the students interested only in 6 CFU shall study the
textbooks included in point 1), not in point 2).