Examination procedure
seminar presentation
Examination procedure notes
Seminar presentation
Prerequisites
The course is intended for PhD students but is also open to undergraduate students.
Syllabus
The third module, primarily intended for PhD students but open to all, builds on the first two modules of the course by returning to the question of the historical and historiographical significance attributed to the end of the Western Roman Empire. At the same time, it also has a distinct focus, as it frames this question within a specific line of research: the political and cultural uses of the myth of Rome in contemporary Italy.
The module will be devoted to the treatment of 476 in Fascist Italy, with particular attention to the ways in which the use of the Roman past addressed the idea of the end of the empire, the transition to the Middle Ages, and the political and interethnic relationship with the barbarian peoples.
Bibliographical references
A. Giardina, A. Vauchez, Il mito di Roma. Da Carlo Magno a Mussolini, Roma-Bari 2000.
L. Mecella, La fine di Roma e la questione della razza, in M. Cuzzi, L. Mecella, P. Zanini (a cura di), Letture dell’antico, mito di Roma e retoriche antisemite in epoca fascista, Milano 2024, pp. 307-347.
E. Migliario, G. Santucci (a cura di), «Noi figli di Roma». Fascismo e mito della romanità, Milano 2022.
F. Oppedisano, Senato sine fine, «StudStor», LXVII, 1, pp. 5-29
F. Oppedisano, P.S. Salvatori, F. Santangelo (a cura di), Costruire la nuova Italia. Miti di Roma e fascismo, Roma 2023.
Additional bibliographical references will be provided during the course.