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STORIA DELLE RELAZIONI INTERNAZIONALI
Dati Generali
Periodo di attività
Syllabus
Obiettivi Formativi
Expected learning results: The attendees are expected to become knowledgeable about the historical evolution of the cultural, political, military and economic relations between Europe and the United States. Through a monographic section on " The shaping of a transatlantic economic space in the Twentieth century" students will be conducted to explore the economic and financial relations between Europe and the USA, from both the institutional and market perspective.
It is expected that students be able to place the role of the United States in Europe in historical perspective in order to get enough cultural, military, political and economic analytical tools to assess the evolution of US-European relationships up to the present time. The acquisition of historical methods for research will be given attention to select with the assistance of the instructor topics of potential interests to write the essay . The writing of the essay in English or Italian is not mandatory but optional. The monographic section about "The shaping of a transatlantic economic space in the twentieth century" is aimed at providing tools to make a better sense of changing financial and banking relationship between the United States and Europe, as well as their private and public institutional actors in order to better understand nowadays transformation in a global context.
capability of applying and making use of knowledge: Students are expected to be able to interpret the history of transatlantic relations over time, with particular reference to its financial and banking dimension, as well as of applying such knowledge through the draft preparation and writing of an essay on a topic of relevance selected in accordance with the instructor, as well as by actively participating to the in-class lessons and to seminars offered by external experts. Particular attention will be paid to the acquisition of methodological tools for historical research and to the acquisition of abilities to place the history of transatlantic relations in the global context of world political and economic relations.
Further expected learning results: Students are expected to be able , by the end of the course, to critically assess the most important historical watersheds in transatlantic economic and political relationships, as well as of being able to use such knowledge to construct a set of interpretative tools to understand the evolution of transatlantic relations in the twenty first century and in the present time.
Communication skills: students are expected to be able to discuss in a complex and detailed way issues and topics in historical transatlantic relations in contemporary perspective, and to discuss such topics with both a specialized and a general audience.
learning abilities: the course aims at providing students with analytical tools that can let them undertake an autonomous and self-guided study program by acquiring both historical knowledge and a set of economic tools in international economics and economic theory pertaining to the history of transatlantic economic relations.
Prerequisiti
none. It can be useful if attendees have elementary knowledge in history of international relations, international relations, economic history, political economy
Metodi didattici
taught class with in-class discussion of primary or secondary sources; frontal lessons: 36 hrs; seminars by external experts: 6 hrs; in-class discussion of primary sources and/or discussion of the assigned essays by the students: 6 hrs
Verifica Apprendimento
attendees: a written essays on the monographic section and a final oral colloquium or a final oral examination based on two questions. non attendees: a final oral exam based on four questions, including the 2 books listed on the monographic section. evaluation marked out in thirtieths. The exam's language is English
The evaluation criteria do pertain to capability of summarizing and comparing facts and historical process regarding transatlantic relations as well as a critical rethinking of events and an ability to develop methodologies in historical research on primary and secondary sources and the acquisition of a good general scientific vocabulary.
Testi
Mandatory reading list for both attendees and non attendees:
INSTITUTIONAL SECTION
Mary Nolan, The Transatlantic Century. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2012, introduction and Capp. 1-7, 9.
Walter Lafeber, “The United States and Europe in an age of American unilateralism”, in Laurence M. Moore e Maurizio Vaudagna (a cura di), The American Century in Europe. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2003, pp. 28-46.
MONOGRAPHIC SECTION: THE SHAPING OF A TRANSATLANTIC ECONOMIC SPACE IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY:
Adam Tooze, Crashed. How a Decade of Financial Crisis Changed the World. London: Penguin, 2018 (ed. it.: Lo schianto. Come un decennio di crisi economica ha cambiato il mondo. Milano: Mondadori 2018), introduction and Chapters 1-7.
Gary Burn, The Re-emergence of Global Finance. London: Palgrave, 2006, introduction and chapters. 1-6.
Other readings provided during the class
Contenuti
The class is organised in two sections: 1. a general course section providing an overview of the political, cultural , military and economic relations since America's independence through the 1970s. 2. a second section focused on the shaping of the so called "transatlantic economic space " throughout the twentieth century, with specific reference to the role of US banks in Europe and on global scale.
Lingua Insegnamento
ENGLISH
Altre informazioni
It is worth making clear that the class program is the same for both attendees and non attendees. The difference is only the final examination ( see for reference section on exams)