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Course Title: History of Italy, the Southern and...Northern "Question" The course aims to present and analyze several historical turning points between the 19th and 20th centuries, with a particular focus on the "Southern Question" in Italian history. It will explore the historical events of post-unification Italy, focusing on three levels of analysis (local, national, and international), from the social to the economic to the political, also with the aim of highlighting the connections and interdependencies between the national history and that of other European and non-European countries. It will explore in particular the phases of convergence and divergence in relations between North and South and the extraordinary intervention of the Cassa per il Mezzogiorno (Fund for Southern Italy) established in 1950 (along with the agrarian reform), tracing the various phases of the history of the Italian Republic during the Cold War, up to the emergence of certain political movements such as the Northern Leagues and the emergence of a "Northern Question."

PLEASE NOTE THAT A GOOD KNOWLEDGE OF THE HISTORY MANUAL IS A PRECONDITION FOR SUCCESS IN THE EXAM. THOSE WHO HAVE NOT ALREADY DONE SO ARE RECOMMENDED TO STUDY A GOOD HISTORY MANUAL, SUCH AS G. Sabbatucci – V. Vidotto, Il mondo contemporaneo, Laterza, 2019 or later editions

The program consists of four books: 1) G. Pescosolido, La questione meridionale in breve, Donzelli, 2020 o edizioni successive 2) U. Gentiloni Silveri, 2 giugno, Il Mulino, 2025 3) F. Sbrana, Nord contro Sud, Carocci, 2023 4) One book among: - A. Mammone, Il mito dei Borbone. Il regno delle due Sicilie fra realtà e invenzione, Mondadori, 2024 - L. Sturzo, A. Gramsci, Il Mezzogiorno e l’Italia, Studium, 2012 (o successive) - M. Rossi-Doria, Una vita per il Sud. Dialoghi epistolari, a cura di E. Bernardi, Donzelli, 2012

Not mandatory, but highly recommended

The course will be taught primarily through lectures, but there will also be opportunities for collective reflection on current issues rooted in the twentieth century. Lectures will continually encourage students to reflect. Slides will also be used selectively, and reproductions of historical documents and site visits will be presented.