The international 2nd cycle degree programme in Global Cultures (GLOC) trains historians and experts in the study, management and control of social phenomena related to globalisation, equipped with advanced skills in the methodologies of historical sciences (including medieval, modern, and contemporary history, as well as economic history, institutions, culture, law, environment, and religion) These skills will be integrated with strong interdisciplinary skills in anthropology, the history of political concepts, and geography. These skills will allow graduates to develop a critical, multidisciplinary, and non-Eurocentric understanding of the historical and social dimensions of globalisation, This includes the historical and cultural processes that have intensified connections between different historical and cultural areas in different eras. The master's degree program guarantees that graduates will acquire full epistemological awareness, historiographical practice, and the methods necessary to find, analyze, and critically use sources of different types. Graduates will also be able to understand and critically analyze monographs, research reports, and articles in specialized international scientific journals. These skills and knowledge will allow graduates to acquire the autonomous ability to conduct interdisciplinary research in the field of historical and social sciences and to engage in the analysis and solution of problems in the contemporary and globalized world.Graduates will be able to apply the knowledge and understanding they have acquired to:• Design original and persuasive research paths, with interdisciplinary and non-Eurocentric approaches;• Enhance the value of sources, archives, testimonies, and new or little-known data; • Presenting the results of their research in essays and scientific communications.During the programme, specific opportunities for in-depth study of specific topics, sources, and methodologies, which the students will be required to work on in writing and to discuss orally, will make it possible the ongoing assessment of the competences and skills acquired. Exams for each individual course units and the final thesis will constitute the final moments of the assessment.Regarding the study plan, the first two sets of choice in the first year are related to theoretical-methodological skills and include both historical courses (in the 'General and European History' area) and anthropological, theoretical-critical and geographical courses (in the 'Social and Territorial History' area). The use of integrated course units in the first two blocks of choice responds to the need to familiarise students with multiple aspects of the same discipline, while ensuring the unity of the courses themselves. Two further blocks of choice in the first year offer area-related knowledge (course units in the 'History of non-European countries' area) and knowledge of the connections between different learning areas (related course units). Also, during the first year, 6 ECTS will be acquired through a Senior Seminar in Global Humanities (teaching activity F) organised from year to year in 8-hour seminars each held by specially invited scholars, including from foreign institutions. This will allow students to deepen their knowledge of different themes and problems from those already covered by the teaching staff of the degree course.In the second year, students acquire additional tools for historical analysis relating to specific temporal areas (courses in the "General and European History" area). They also acquire knowledge of specific themes related to globalization processes, thus allowing the construction of a training path that is both articulated and specialized (related courses units).The thesis grants 18 ECTS and can be prepared abroad.