Weekly two-hour workshops introduce the main themes and arguments of the module content, including video extracts and images. They will also provide for follow-up discussion of the themes, and some analysis of primary source extracts and video extracts. Guidance is given on research techniques, including at Level 3 journal article and on-line resource usage. The independent study element should be used for background reading, reading for the seminars, and research and preparation of the written assignments with consistent, accurate and fully traceable referencing and bibliography.

The module is a study in liberalism, nationalism and fascism. Taking the period c.1860-c.1945 it covers the nature of the 'Liberal' state that followed unification; Imperialism, Nationalism, Socialism, and Anarchism in late C19 and early C20 Italy; Futurism as a cultural movment; Italy's entry into the First World War in 1915; Mussolini and the rise of Italian Fascism; The Fascist Regime in social, cultural, political and economic context, including imperial conquest; World War II, the Republic of Salo, the Allies and the Resistance, and the fall of Fascism . [Note: a prior knowledge of the period in Italian history is not assumed, and a detailed topic reading list is provided.]

Recommended library books, journals, dvd's, videos, including the specialist journals Modern Italy and Journal of Modern Italian Studies.
University networked computers for internet research.
Blackboard component to facilitate information and discussion between tutor and students.

Ben-Ghiat, Ruth Fascist Modernities: Italy, 1922-1945, Univ. California Press, Berkeley, 2nd edn. 2004
Carter, Nick Modern Italy in Historical Perspective, Bloomsbury Academic, London, 2010 (forthcoming)
Clark, Martin Modern Italy 1871 to the Present, Longman, London, 3rd Edn. 2008
Bosworth, Richard Mussolini's Italy: Life under the Dictatorship 1915-1945, Allen Lane, London, 2005
Domanis, Nicholas Italy [Series: Inventing the Nation], Arnold, London, 2001
Duggan, Christopher Francesco Crispi 1818-1901 - From Nation to Nationalism. O.U.P., Oxford, 2002
Dunnage, Jonathan Twentieth Century Italy: A Social History, Longman, London, 2002
Ottinger, Didier (ed.) et al Futurism, Five Continents Editions, Milan & London, 2009
Rodogno, Davide Fascism's European Empire: Italian Occupation During the Second World War, CUP,
Cambridge, 2006

Assignment (Topic Assignment) [Learning Outcomes 1,2, 3]
Assignment - Second Assignment (Sources Assignment) [Learning Outcomes 1,2, 4]