Increase students' ability to: 1. Analyze historical events beyond the chronological perspective; 2. Apply critical thinking to historical events 3. Become familiar with the main theories and interpretation of contemporary history 4. Become familiar with the contemporary history of Italy.

Attending students will increase their capacity to critically analyze historical events and theories, enhance their critical thinking. Students will also be able to use their historical perspective to address contemporary complex issues and topics.

1. Political, economic, social and cultural history of the last two centuries 2. Part of the course will be on the history of Italy from the unification to the present days.

Antony Best, Jussi Hanhimaki, Joseph A. Maiolo, Kirsten E. Shulze (last ed.), International History of the Twentieth Century and Beyond, Routledge. Antony L. Cardoza, A History of Modern Italy: Transformation and Continuity, 1796 to the Present, Oxford University Press 2019 E. Diodato, F. Niglia, Italy in international relations. The foreign policy conundrum, Palgrave, 2019.

Lectures and seminars. Active participation of students (debates and simulations)

Assessment of simulations activities. Final oral exam.

Regular and active participation in class activities.