History of Great Britain and of the Commonwealth

The course aims to generate, develop, and strengthen students' skills about the history of contemporary Great Britain and the Commonwealth - an organization of independent States - starting from the history of the British Empire.
The students will also be asked to reflect on the current historical issues, related to the history of Imperialism in the contemporary age and to the events of the countries involved.

At the end of the course, students will prove that they have, through an oral exam, a good knowledge of the main events in the history of the British Empire, the contemporary Great Britain and the Commonwealth, especially with respect to the conceptual and thematic topics addressed in the class.
They will also have to be able to introduce and talk about the causes and effects of the main events of the period they are asked to study, with an appropriate language to the issues they deal with.