History and Institutionalization of Memory

INSTRUCTORS

Ida Gilda Mastrorosa, Monica Galfré

Women in ancient Rome: Portraits from Public History (Ida Gilda Mastrorosa) – 1 ECTS

_{Topics: Overview on ancient Rome’s political practices and protagonists and their representation through videos you-tube, in order to clarify how video-makers use ancient sources and specific communicative techniques to enhance the non-specialized public’s awareness of ancient history.}

History and memory of Italian Republic (Monica Galfré)

_{Topics: the economic miracle (“boom”) that transformed the Italian economy, politics, culture, and civil society from the late 1950s to the mid-1960s; 1968 as Global phenomenon; the age of political violence during the so-called “anni di piombo”; the legitimation crisis of the post-war democratic system in the 1980s, that led to the corruption scandals of the early 1990s and the subsequent emergence of Silvio Berlusconi’s populist power system.}