The course presents a methodological introduction of studies on identities and cultures from West to East, with general references to the civilizations from the Renaissance to the Risorgimento, and the articulation of cultural history throughout the elements of modernity/tradition emerging and evoloving during 20th century within the relationships of States and the international phenomenology of nationalisms and identities.

Handbook:
1) Jessica C.E. Gienow-Hecht, Frank Schumacher (eds.), "Culture and International History", Berghahn Books, NY-Oxford 2003
Readings:
2) Giovanna Motta, "Fashion becomes History", Nuova Cultura, Rome (in press)
3) Andrea Carteny (ed.), "Collected Papers for a Social and Cultural International History of Fashion”, Nuova Cultura, Rome (in press)

1) J. C.E. Gienow-Hecht, F. Schumacher (eds.), "Culture and International History", Berghahn Books, NY-Oxford 2003
2) A. Varsori, Storia internazionale: dal 1919 ad oggi, il Mulino, Bologna 2015
3) A. Biagini, Storia della Turchia contemporanea, Bompiani, Milano 2017
4) F. Bettanin, Putin e il mondo che verrà: storia e politica della Russia nel nuovo contesto internazionale, Viella, Roma 2018
5) G. Motta, "Fashion becomes History", Nuova Cultura, Rome (in press)
6) A. Carteny (ed.), "Collected Papers for a Social and Cultural International History of Fashion”, Nuova Cultura, Rome (in press)