HISTORY OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS LM A – 2025-2026

 

Teacher: Prof. Jacopo Pili
E-mail: jacopo.pili@uniroma2.it
CFU: 6
Course code: 804002047
SSD: GSPS-04/B (ex SPS/06)
Degree: Master’s Degree “Scienze della Storia e del documento”
Course delivery modalities: In-presence
Language
: Italian

Pre-requisites: None
Attendance: Optional
Assessment method: Oral examination
Period: 2nd term
Starting day: Monday, 23 February 2026
Class hours
Monday, 9.00 a.m. – 11.00 a.m., Aula Magna “P. Gismondi” (Macroarea di Scienze)
Tuesday, 9.00 a.m. – 11.00 a.m., Aula Magna “P. Gismondi” (Macroarea di Scienze)
Wednesday, 9.00 a.m. – 11.00 a.m., Aula Magna “P. Gismondi” (Macroarea di Scienze)
Program:
The course aims to provide students with a sound knowledge and understanding of the main issues relating to international relations from the late 19th century to the present day. The subject area of international relations will be developed in its broadest sense, encompassing various forms of interaction between countries, economies, peoples and cultures. A common thread running through the lessons will be the focus on the growing degree of interdependence between different areas of the planet, considered a defining feature of the contemporary age, leading up to the emergence of the global era.The topics covered will include wars and conflicts from the age of catastrophe to the Cold War; the events of the European continent following the common thread of the integration process, and post-bipolar globalisation up to the current crisis scenarios.
Text books:
  1. Federico Romero, Storia internazionale dell’età contemporanea, Roma, Carocci, 2025.
  2. Leonardo Rapone, Storia dell’integrazione europea, nuova edizione, Roma, Carocci, 2015.
  3. Alessandro Colombo, Il suicidio della pace: perché l’ordine internazionale liberale ha fallito (1989-2024), Milano, Raffaello Cortina, 2025.
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