The course B (24 hours) outlines the Italian communist party’s public communication and how this contributed to shape its public profile. Didactics will be based on written sources as well as on audiovidual documents. Part of the course will be devoted to a comparative analysis of the French case (namely the French communist party) in the framework of a partnership with the Université Côte d’Azur-Centre de la Méditerranée Moderne et Contemporaine di Nizza.
The cours B is divided into three thematic lines: the first one is all about language (congress speeches, etc.); then the PCI’s identity will be analyzed through the study of symbols and memories; the third topic concerns the link between politics and mass culture, including media such as cinema and TV

Concerning part B of the course, the following monograph is mandatory:

- Stephen Gundle, Between Hollywood and Moscow. Communists and the Challenge of Mass Culture (1943-1991), Duke U.P., 2000

Moreover, they will choose one of the following essays:

- Roberto Colozza, Repubbliche rosse. I simboli nazionali del PCI e del PCF (1944-1953), Bologna, CLUEB, 2009
- Andrea Possieri, Il peso della storia. Memoria, identità, rimozione dal Pci al Pds (1970-1991), Bologna, Il Mulino, 2007

The module A examines the most fruitful and evocative directions in the history of politics: the theoretical models, practices and languages ​​through which the relationship between political power and citizenship, civil customs and cultural consumption has changed. Two seminar paths follow a theoretical and explanatory part of moments and passages of the present time:
"Languages ​​and communication in the Presidents of the Republic". Comparative paths are outlined between the European republican models (France, Germany, Italy) and the Americans (United States and Chile).
"The imaginary, languages ​​and civil rituals in the representations of the Republican". The history of republican narratives in the postwar period is investigated through both linguistic-cultural and symbolic-ritual aspects, correlating political-institutional communication with the evolution of social and cultural mentalities.

Institutional part:
M. Baioni e F. Conti (a cura di), La politica nell’età contemporanea, Roma, Carocci, 2017, pp. 239 (ISBN:978-88-430-8644-3]
A scelta tra:
M. Ridolfi e M. Ravveduto (cura di), 2 giugno. Nascita, storia e memorie della Repubblica. Immaginari, linguaggi e rituali, Roma, Viella 2020
M. Ridolfi e G. Orsina (a cura di), La pedagogia civile dei presidenti della Repubblica. Istituzioni e cittadini nelle trasformazioni della democrazia euro-americana, Roma Viella, 2021