Historical sciences
Class: LM-84 R -
A course that investigates history from the late ancient age to the contemporary age through the use of specialized training. Student will become awareness of the tools and methods of historical research, and the debates of historiography. Students will then choose one of the three traditional periodizing segments (Medieval Age, Modern Age, and Contemporary Age) and focus on the period by analyzing historical processes in the light of the political and institutional, cultural and social, environmental and economic, as well as religious and gender perspectives. Students will complete their training with related literary and philosophical subjects, useful not only for the formation of the big picture, but also for accessing the public calls for teaching assignments. Students can also work as editors and publicist in historical communication, in archives and museums, as well as in historical and philosophical research
Curricula
MOBILITY STUDIES; SCIENZE STORICHE
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Characteristics and objectives
The Curriculum in Historical Sciences provides specialist training in the field of history, covering the period from Late Antiquity to the present.
The main aims of the course are to provide students with:
- a thorough knowledge of historical themes and processes relating to one of the three traditional periodisation segments (the Middle Ages, the Early Modern and Modern time and the Contemporary Period); - an in-depth knowledge of the debates that run through contemporary historiography; the ability to deal with themes and methods from other disciplines (social sciences, philosophy, literature) that are functional to their educational path.
In class, the reconstruction of the past is carried out from different analytical perspectives (from political and institutional history, to cultural, social, environmental, economic, religious and gender history), which allows students to come into contact with and discuss the main historiographical methods and schools.
The course is also structured to give students the opportunity to acquire the essential concepts for a critical and conscious use of the various types of documentary material. Finally, among the subjects classified as optional ('Affini e integrative'), the course includes courses in literary and philosophical subjects, which are not only valuable for a general education in the humanities, but can also provide access to a career as a secondary school teacher.
At the end of the Master's Degree in Historical Sciences, students will have acquired a critical knowledge of the main historical phenomena, will be able to independently identify the methods and tools useful for their reconstruction, and will have acquired the ability to communicate the knowledge acquired in an appropriate way.
The Mobility Studies curriculum is based on the notion that the humanities, and history in particular, can play a pivotal role in the understanding of mobility phenomena. The course has been meticulously designed to achieve two primary objectives. Firstly, it will equip students with a comprehensive understanding of the movement of people, objects and ideas within specific historical and geographical contexts. Secondly, it will furnish students with the analytical tools necessary to comprehend human actions within the frameworks of time and space. Thus, students will be equipped to analyse phenomena such as globalisation, migration, exile and tourism, emphasising their role in shaping societies and cultural identities. Seminar-style teaching will involve engagement with documentary sources and materials, equipping students with the necessary tools to analyse the movement of people, texts, images, goods, and ideas by various social actors in both the past and present.
The programme encompasses modules on a range of topics, including 'History', 'History and Social Sciences', 'Theory and Methods' (with a particular focus on Digital Humanities), and 'Literature, Law and Social Sciences'. In some specific cases, the study plan is blocked to allow students a more solid and coherent education in the humanities or social sciences.
The programme includes workshops and internships. A limited number of selected students may be eligible for a double degree programme with Lancaster University (UK). Students completing the double degree programme will be awarded a Master's degree in Historical Sciences – curriculum Mobility Studies from the University of Padua and either an MA in Sociology or in English Literary Studies from Lancaster University.
Occupational opportunities (historical sciences)
- Editor and publicist with a focus on historical communication
- Professional historian, archivist, museum curator and cultural experts in the Humanities (in some fields with further specialization).
- Researchers in universities and research institutions.
- Secondary school teachers in history, philosophy and literature (to carry out this profession, the acquisition of a further specialization is required, according to the provisions of the ministerial legislation relating to teaching qualification)
Occupational opportunities (mobility studies)
State and local government agencies
Galleries, museums, archives and libraries
Researchers in universities and research institutions.
International organisations
NGOs
Academic and cultural management
Cultural tourism
Media and communication
Secondary school teachers in history, philosophy and literature (to carry out this profession, the acquisition of a further specialization is required, according to the provisions of the ministerial legislation relating to teaching qualification)
Curricula
MOBILITY STUDIES; SCIENZE STORICHE
Next Calls for applications (international students) - A.Y. 2024/25:
- 1st Call: 2 November 2023 - 2 February 2024
- 2nd Call: 2 March-2 May 2024
- 3rd Call (ONLY EU and equated students): 2 June - 2 August 2024
International Double Degree Programs
Starting from the academic year 2025-2026, students enrolled in this Master's degree program will have the opportunity to apply for a double degree program in Mobility & Humanities with Lancaster University (UK). Over the course of two years, students can earn two degrees: the Master's degree in Historical Sciences – Mobility Studies curriculum (UNIPD) and one of the following (Lancaster): MA in Sociology, MA in Environment, Culture and Society, or MA in English Literary Studies.
For more information, please contact the Department of Historical and Geographic Sciences and the Ancient World.
