Piattaforma Kiro - Didattica Curriculare 3+2 e Lauree Magistrali Ciclo Unico

 This part of the Course 'Discourses in Europe' within the framework of the LM in 'European Languages, Cultures and Societies in Contact' will address the following theme:

Political Narratives: which Europe and when?

These lectures will present the chosen interpretative framework and discuss 4 cases of political narratives covering the entire post-WWII period. Arguments in favor of ‘more’ or ‘less’ Europe will be contextualized, and the political message sent by the narratives of political leaders unpacked, both in relation to their content and format and as reflected by and reflecting on national and international historical factors.

Il corso affronta le tematiche inerenti l’economia regionale in una prospettiva europea. La costruzione dell’economia europea ed anche di quella italiana infatti è strettamente legata alla competitività delle sue regioni. Attraverso gli strumenti teorici di diversi approcci scientifici nell’ambito dell’economia regionale il corso permette di comprendere le dinamiche della competitività delle regioni italiane ed europee. In particolare il corso si sofferma sullo studio dei processi di innovazione e delle politiche pubbliche che promuovono lo sviluppo delle economie regionali e distrettuali. Il corso fornisce anche una panoramica degli indicatori e dati economici comunemente usati per misurare le dinamiche competitive ed innovative delle regioni europee

Il corso si prefigge l’obiettivo di introdurre alcune nozioni di sociologia generale, sociologia dell’organizzazione e sociologia della salute, al fine di fornire agli studenti le conoscenze base idonee all’analisi e alla comprensione dei sistemi di salute. In particolare, saranno introdotti gli attori individuali e collettivi che costituiscono i sistemi sanitari, i concetti base dell’analisi organizzativa, i modelli di welfare e il loro impatto sull’organizzazione e sulla programmazione dei servizi sanitari, i cambiamenti degli ultimi anni nel sistema italiano, i concetti di partecipazione, integrazione e co-progettazione nell’ambito degli interventi di salute, la prospettiva One Health nell’ambito delle politiche di salute pubblica.

Aim of the course is to introduce the students to the archaeology of western Asia, and to the critical discussion of the analysis of the archaeological evidence. The ultimate goal is to let them become aware of an early cultural tradition and become able to integrate this tradition in the wider discourse on memory and identities of the ancient Mediterranean and their ties to the modern world.

The course consists of two parts, one introductive of the main classes of evidence, periods, and civilizations of ancient western Asia. This part will be open to all students without prerequisites. A second part consists of a seminar part of an integrated teaching program offered also to the graduate students of ISAW - New York University, entitled: Religious Institutions and Sacred Space in Syria and Anatolia (2nd-1st Testi in italiano Lingua insegnamento INGLESE Obiettivi per lo sviluppo sostenibile Codice Descrizione Millennium BCE) Here is a short resume of its content: After its demise during the end of the past century, the archaeology of the cult has reacquired momentum in the study of the human past. New technologies and new theoretical approaches allow us to concentrate on the cultic use of space and the reconstruction of rituals through new venues that will be discussed in the first classes of the seminar. They will be then applied to the case study of Late Bronze Age and Iron Age Anatolia and Syria. The LBA-IA transition in southwest Asia was felt nowhere as politically disruptive as in the core of the Hittite empire. After considering the discussion on the "Hittite collapse", the course will try to trace the different local political trajectories developing during the Early and the Middle Iron Age in the former territories of the empire, with a particular attention to material remains and figurative art. While exploring the micro-regional, specific developments of the single postHittite polities, questions of economic strategies, strategies of political legitimation, (re)definition of cultic institutions, of social stratification, of long and short distance contacts, the impact and modalities of movements of peoples, of technological innovations and of the specific intercultural contacts with the east (Assyria), the west (Mediterranean), and the south (southern Levant, Biblical world) and the models used to represent them in modern scholarship will be discussed with the participants. The seminar is not mandatory (see below). No more than 20 students will be admitted to the seminar. Prerequisite to be admitted is to have attended in the BA a course of ancient western Asia archaeology or history, or being registered for the pre-course of Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology. Students planning a MA thesis on ancient western Asia will be given priority and are in any case strongly suggested to take the seminar and engage with research approaches to AWA archaeology, the remaining spots will be assigned on a first-come-first-served basis. The seminar will begin on Wednesday 09.14 3-6pm, and will continue every Wednesday until the second week of December. Students interested in participating in the seminar are invited to contact the instructor by email (lorenzo.dalfonso@unipv.it)

Program
The topic of climate change and its present and future consequences has now become of daily relevance in the physical, natural, economic and social sciences, as well as in the political debate.
The climate system is characterised by complex interactions between atmosphere, ocean, ice, soil and biosphere: the knowledge of the dynamics of these interactions is crucial for understanding the
implications of climate change and predicting its impact.
The aim of this course is to provide students with the minimum tools to interpret and communicate the knowledge produced and disseminated by the scientific community on climate change, and integrate it within their personal, educational and professional path.
The course covers:
1) The physical processes of the climate system;
2) The main characteristics of climate variability and global change;
3) The tools for climate observation, analysis and forecasting;
4) The periodic reports of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).

Information
The course will take place mainly in the form of frontal lectures.
The material of the course is in English. Lectures will be held in English, recorded and made available
to the students.
The exam consists of a multiple choice test.

Bibliography
- Material presented during the lessons.
- James, I. (1994). Introduction to Circulating Atmospheres (Cambridge Atmospheric and Space Science Series). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/CBO9780511622977
- Marshall and Plumb (2005). Circulation of the Atmosphere and Ocean: an introductory text.
- J.D. Neelin, 2011: Climate change and climate modelling.
- Vallis, G. (2019). Essentials of Atmospheric and Oceanic Dynamics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/9781107588431
- IPCC, 2021: Summary for Policymakers. In: Climate Change 2021: The Physical Science Basis. Contribution of Working Group I to the Sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [Masson-Delmotte, V., P. Zhai, A. Pirani, S.L. Connors, C. Péan, S. Berger, N. Caud, Y. Chen, L. Goldfarb, M.I. Gomis, M. Huang, K. Leitzell, E. Lonnoy, J.B.R. Matthews, T.K. Maycock, T. Waterfield, O. Yelekçi, R. Yu, and B. Zhou (eds.)]. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom and New York, NY, USA, pp. 3−32, doi:10.1017/9781009157896.001. https://www.ipcc.ch/report/sixth-assessment-reportworking-group-i/

The topic of climate change and its present and future consequences has now become of daily
relevance in the physical, natural, economic and social sciences, as well as in the political debate.
The climate system is characterised by complex interactions between atmosphere, ocean, ice, soil
and biosphere: the knowledge of the dynamics of these interactions is crucial for understanding the
implications of climate change and predicting its impact.
The aim of this course is to provide students with the minimum tools to interpret and communicate
the knowledge produced and disseminated by the scientific community on climate change, and
integrate it within their personal, educational and professional path.
The course covers:
1) The physical processes of the climate system;
2) The main characteristics of climate variability and global change;
3) The tools for climate observation, analysis and forecasting;
4) The periodic reports of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).

The course introduces students to fundamental debates in contemporary political philosophy surrounding the pressing matter of climate change and the related topic of justice among generations. The course is taught exclusively in English, and is open both to Pavia-based students and to international exchange students.

Increasingly, communities, cities and economies face the need to not only mitigate, but also adapt to climate change. Mitigation and adaptation to climate change are complex and multifarious efforts, involving profound transformations in critical infrastructure systems, social behaviors and values and governance systems, constituting one of the most pressing global challenges to humankind. The goal of this course is to analyse these challenges with the tools of normative political theory, that is, investigating how to understand and include social values and justice concerns in these transformative processes.

The first part of the course will focus on theories of environment ethics discussing which theories of justice are more suitable for guiding modelling, plans and policy-making in climate adaptation processes. The second part of the course will debate matters of fairness between different generations. Solving the challenges raised by aging, stable pension funding programs, and increasing healthcare costs, for example, requires a view on what justice between age groups demands. Also, climate change, resource depletion, environmental degradation, population growth, and the like, raise serious concerns about the conditions under which future people will have to live.

The second part of the course will be more applied, and will discuss some of the specific challenges faced by environmental ethics. It is likely to cover at least the following issues: How much CO2 may we emit – and who is allowed to emit what?; What – if anything – do we owe to future generations? How should we divide resources between the old and the young?; Do we have a right to create future generations, or even an obligation? Can there be ‘too many’ people? These are hard questions on the intersection of political philosophy and ethics. They are not questions that can be answered by merely applying our existing theories: thinking about how to react to the environmental crisis and about what we owe to future generations puts pressure on existing normative theories and the course intends to shed lights on these pressing dilemmas.

The course introduces students to fundamental debates in contemporary political philosophy surrounding the nature and justification of democracy. The course is taught exclusively in English, and is open both to Pavia-based students and to international exchange students.

The course is divided into three parts treating (i) foundational values, (ii) theories of democratic legitimacy, and (iii) specific challenges for democracies.