formerly M-STO/02 Modern History
Scientific and educational activity in this field focuses on the historical period from the end of the medieval world to the age of revolutions, the rise of industrial society, and the formation of nation-states. It addresses the era marked by global explorations, the invention and spread of the printing press, the emergence of Humanism, the scientific method, and the Enlightenment. The field also examines religious and political conflicts, the development of tolerance, new political and institutional systems, the rise and consolidation of empires in Europe and beyond, the formulation of the rights of man and the citizen, the drafting of early constitutions, and the growth of national movements.

Research also covers Eastern Europe, with attention to the specific historical trajectories of Byzantine, Slavic, and Ottoman cultures. The field engages in interdisciplinary research across areas such as political-institutional, economic-social, gender, religious, cultural, maritime, military, urban, rural, and environmental history. It includes studies on methodology, historiography, and history education, with reference to the public dimension of historical knowledge and its dissemination, as well as the digital processing of historical data.