HISTORY OF THE ADRIATIC AND MEDITERRANEAN

Università degli Studi
"G. d'Annunzio"

Chieti - Pescara

Single discipline educational activity

Course Sheet

Course code:

L00935

Academic Year of enrolment:

2022

Year of supply:

2022/2023

Type of Course:

Characterising

Degree:

Course of 2nd Cycle Degree in MODERN LANGUAGES FOR MANAGEMENT AND INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION

Disciplinary Sector:

MODERN HISTORY

Location:

PESCARA

Credits:

Programme Year:

Professor and Collaborators:

TROTTA Marco

Cycle:

First semester

Hours of classroom activity:

Individual study hours:

120

Prerequisites:

Students should have a good basic knowledge of the most important
events in modern and contemporary history.

Objectives

The program is organized to meet the following objectives:
1) lead the student to take possession of the keys to reading the past;
2) educate the student in reflection and critical thought;
3) put the student in a position to evaluate the complexity of historical
realities in the long duration of the historical space of the Mediterranean,
without ideological conditioning or misleading schemes.
4) at the end of the program the student must be able to understand,
through the forms of historical knowledge, the world in which he lives
and, consequently, to see those political, economic and social changes
that make it possible to predict possible future horizons.

Contents

One of the principle objectives of this Course is an in-depth examination
of the identity and structural characteristics of the geo-historical space of
the modern and contemporary Mediterranean, in particular of the
Adriatic, a small Mediterranean, and its continuous
evolution within the world-system.
Moreover, the Course aims at providing an outline of the historical
periods of a multifaceted Mediterranean, the theater of violent clashes
between remote antagonistic civilizations, but also a profitable
crossroads of sea routes and commercial relations, where people over the
centuries have become used to living in collectivity, to mingling with
each other, and to the intermittent clashes between unity and diversity,
between understanding and intolerance.

Extended Syllabus

The extended program of the course foresees the study of the following
topics:
The history of the Adriatic;
Economic, social, political and cultural relations between the countries
that border on the western and eastern shores in the context of the
centuries-long life of the Mediterranean;
The reconstruction of the long history of the Mediterranean geo-historic
space, center of irradiation and the cradle of ancient cultures and
religions, characterized by exchanges and mingling, meetings and
clashes, starting from the Ottoman conquest of Constantinople (1453);
The "triumph" of Christianity in the Battle of Lepanto (October 7, 1571),
the western propaganda of Philip II. Imperial Spain and the
Mediterranean;
Formation and evolution of the modern state in the western
Mediterranean;
The apogee of the "sublime Porta" in the 16thcentury;
The political, economic and social organization of the Ottoman Turkish
imperial system; the Timar; the sultan and the formation of the ruling
class; relations with the subjugated populations;
The characters of Mediterranean feudalism;
The Mediterranean divided;
The Mediterranean in the 18thcentury;
Colonial expansion in the Mediterranean;
The Mediterranean and the long process of European decolonization;
The birth of Israel and the Palestinian question; The Maghreb; The "Arab
Springs". The Muslim world and the clash of civilizations.
The perspectives of the Mediterranean.
Deepening of important historical and geopolitical issues of the
Mediterranean and the Adriatic.

Recommended Bibliography

- E. Ivetic, Il Mediterraneo e l'Italia, Rubbettino 2022;
- A. Feniello, A. Vanoli, Storia del Mediterraneo in 20 oggetti, Laterza 2020;
Furthermore:
- S. Anselmi, Storia dell'Adriatico, il Mulino 2020
or
F. Chabod, Storia politica del Mediterraneo, Morcelliana 2014

Teaching Methods

The Course is divided into 8 ECTS, equal to 48 hours of frontal activity
carried out in the second semester and divided into 2 weekly lessons of 2
hours each in line with the academic calendar.
The lectures are connected to a strong interactive component between
teacher and students.
The topics covered by the teaching program will be clarified in the
exercises, also with the aid of relevant historiographic knowledge tools.
(textual, visual, audio-visual, linguistic, etc.)
Seminars conducted by authoritative historians will also be organized, in
which specific themes of the modern and contemporary Mediterranean
history will be explored.

Evaluation methods

Verification of learning:

The assessment of learning includes an oral exam to be given at the end
of the Course. The exam will test students on the contents of the
reference texts adopted for the Course, by the students who are
attending as well as those not attending lessons.
It is aimed at ascertaining:
1. the level of knowledge acquired by the students;
2. the mastery, on their part, of the fundamental historical notions of the
modern age and of the contemporary context;
3. the acquisition of the language specific to the sector and the degree
of organization of the discursive system;
4. the ability to critically analyze the topics covered;
5. the quality and effectiveness of the exposure;
6. the level of specialized lexical skills;
7. the ability to maintain a balanced periodization, narration and
historiographic interpretation;
8. the basic consistency between the description of the facts and their
chronological-temporal correspondence.

Contacts/More Information

Class attendance is not mandatory.
During the scheduled weekly office hours, students will have the
opportunity to receive further explanations, both on merit and method,
on the nature and the training objectives of the course.

Università degli Studi
"G. d'Annunzio"

Chieti - Pescara

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