STORIES, TRAVELS AND TRAINING COURSES IN THE MODERN AGE

Deepening issues, events and main aspects of the Modern Age, with particular attention to the development of the phenomenon of formative travel and the evolution of the genders’ roles, deal with the educational processes.

The expected learning outcomes, according to the guidelines set by the Dublin Descriptors, are the following:

- DD1: learning and understanding of the vocabulary and terminology of the program, with particular reference to the historical-social aspects of the issues studied and their declination in broader space-time contexts.

- DD2: understanding and mastery of the concepts underlying the topics studied. The study of themes such as the educational journey, the gender history and the educational trips, told through the approach of first-hand sources and individual cases with a strong meaning in terms of macro history, will allow the student audience to approach phenomena characterizing the modern age.

- DD3 and DD4: the proposed course intends to provide students with specific skills capable of developing precise individual paths aimed at implementing and strengthening the autonomy of judgment and to enforce a path that allows them to convey the skills learned outside.

- DD5: the main objective pursued by the discipline and the proposed path is to allow the development of targeted learning skills that can represent for the student an essential asset that can be used in the future even in extra-university contexts.

Space-time orientation skills. Lexical property. Knowledge of the main data of the history of Europe in the Modern Age. Ability to correlate topics.

The evolution of educational and training processes between the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, read through the progress of the phenomenon of the educational travel and the individual stories of men and women in the society of the modern age.

AA. VV., Storia moderna, Roma, Donzelli, 1998

only the follower chapters:

I – III – VI – X – XI – XIII – XV – XVI – XVIII – XIX

Corso monografico:

G. Da Molin, A. Carbone, La donna, il matrimonio e la famiglia. Aspetti sociali dal XVI al XX secolo, Bari, Cacucci, 2022, choose two essays.

E. Frasca, For the cultivation of the mind. Il racconto di un Grand Tour immaginario, Günzburg, Oakmond Publishing, 2022.

E. Frasca, Storie di ordinaria coercizione. Casi di nullità monastica maschile nella diocesi di Catania (secoli XVI-XIX), Firenze, Leo S. Olschki, 2026.

A.Tortora, Redentoristi. Un’organizzazione missionaria nell’Italia del Settecento, Roma, Carocci, 2026.

There will be an intermediate test, consisting in an oral exam. The evaluation of the test (whose passing will be expressed with a grade from 18 to 30) will be averaged with the grade of the subsequent and final oral test. The in itinere test can be carried out at the discretion of the student and any failure to pass will not in any way preclude access to the official exams (entire program).

Students with disabilities or certified specific learning disorders (SLD) may avail themselves of specific support services and reasonable accommodations regarding teaching and assessment. To this end, students must contact the University of Catania’s CINAP (Centre for Active and Participatory Integration) in advance to agree—in consultation with the lecturer and the Centre—on the most suitable, personalized arrangements for their studies and examinations.

18 to 21 (Satisfactory): The student has fundamental knowledge of the course's essential topics; demonstrates a minimal ability to apply theoretical and methodological skills and a basic command of the discipline's specific terminology.

22 to 25 (Fair/Good): the student demonstrates a fair knowledge of the topics, a good ability to understand and independently synthesize the topics covered, as well as appropriate use of specialized vocabulary and design references.

26 to 29 (Good/Very Good): The student has in-depth, coherent knowledge of the course topics; he/she is able to critically link theories with practical and operational contexts, demonstrating excellent presentation and argumentative skills.

30 and 30 cum laude (Excellent/Outstanding with distinction): The student demonstrates excellent, comprehensive, and critical knowledge of all course topics; he/she shows a marked ability for independent synthesis, critical analysis, and advanced application in educational and design contexts, accompanied by an excellent command of specialized terminology.

1.         The concept of the early modern age

2.         The Church of Rome and the Protestant Reformation

3.         The absolutism

4.         Enlightened progress and attempts at reform

5.         Orders' society and classes' society

6.         The nobleness

7.         Family and patrimony

8.         Daughters and younger sons

9.         The Grand Tour

10.       Women and travel