Program Overview

Program Overview

The Master's Degree in Historical and Social Sciences aims to provide students with an in-depth understanding of history, founded on a thorough mastery of the tools and methodologies of historical research. The course focuses on the acquisition of a deep knowledge of history, with particular attention to the types of documentation, their potential, and forms of analysis, as well as the most significant stages of the historiographical debate, with a specific focus on recent developments.

Course Objectives

The objectives of the Master's Degree in Historical and Social Sciences are to:

• Provide a specific and in-depth education in Italian, European, and world history from ancient times to the contemporary era
• Integrate the different forms and dimensions that characterize historical research, from political history to the history of institutional structures, economic systems, and cultural factors
• Enable students to critically use different types of sources and historiographical literature in relation to historical periods and specific themes and phenomena of particular interest in the field of human and social sciences

Course Details

• Type of Course: Master's Degree
• Department: Research and Innovation in the Humanities
• Language: Italian
• Type of Access: Free
• Teaching Location: Bari
• Class of Degree: LM-84
• Coordinator: Antonio Bonatesta

Program Structure

The program is designed to provide students with a comprehensive education in historical and social sciences, including:

• History of Italy, Europe, and the world from ancient times to the contemporary era
• History of institutional structures, economic systems, and cultural factors
• Critical use of different types of sources and historiographical literature

Research Areas

The program focuses on the following research areas:

• Historical research methodologies
• Historiographical debate and its recent developments
• Italian, European, and world history from ancient times to the contemporary era
• Institutional structures, economic systems, and cultural factors in historical context