The Historical Studies curriculum places particular emphasis on the history of European societies, deepening its study through research that reflects on identities and identity constructions (national and transnational, professional, religious, and gender); the relationship between cultural, socioeconomic, and political development; and the transformation of cultures, political, and institutional cultures from ancient to contemporary history. Particular attention is also paid to intersections, hybridizations, and the mobility of men and women, objects, texts, and ideas, in an analytical framework that values global and transnational experiences and comparative approaches, without neglecting conflicts, inequalities, and power struggles. Another area of interest for this program is the digital humanities, including its engagement with the public sphere.
Research areas
Cultures, societies, identities
- Identity construction (national and transnational, professional, religious, gender, parental, intergenerational)
- Emotions, bodies, sexuality
- Social hierarchies and discrimination
- Rules and Law
- Ritual and religious practices
- Public and private sociability
Powers and policies
- Institutions (civil and ecclesiastical)
- Competitions, conflicts, violence
- Forms and practices of communication, propaganda, public opinion
- Colonialismo and Post-Colonialism
- Intellectuals and power
- Economic and social history
Mobility and Digital Humanities
- Mobility of people, objects, ideas, texts
- Global connections
- Digital Humanities
- Public History
