Programme & Faculty

The program is supported by Duke University and Venice International University, and is organized by Professors Donatella Calabi of the Università Iuav di Venezia and Caroline Bruzelius of Duke University, with the assistance of Jasenka Gudelj of the Ph.D. Program Ars of the School of Advanced Studies in Venice (SSAV).

 Program
The program is conceived for advanced graduate students in History, Literature and Language, Architectural History, History of Art, History of the City, Music, and Philosophy, and it is a two-year commitment for one week in each of the successive summers of 2007 and 2008.
The first summer will consist of lectures and site visits that concern the history, changing economic structure, archives, urban development, monuments, and visual arts of Venice. During this first session in 2007 the doctoral scholars will identify a research project that will connect some aspect of Venetian culture with their own scholarly interests and research. This project will be presented in the second one-week session in the following summer (June, 2008).
The program is run bilingually: lectures will be in English and Italian.

Faculty
Antonio Brucculeri, Ecole Nationale Supèrieure d'Architecture de Normandie
Giorgio Busetto, Biennale di Venezia
Martina Carraro, Ph. D. candidate SSAV
Francesca Castellani, Università Iuav di Venezia
Leonardo Ciacci, Università Iuav di Venezia
Bob Davis, Ohio State University
Alessandra Marin, Università Iuav di Venezia
Luca Pes, Venice International University
Veniero Rizzardi, Università Ca’ Foscari di Venezia
Massimiliano Savorra, Università di Molise
Gianni Toniolo, Università di Roma Tor Vergata,
Rosella Zorzi, Università Ca’ Foscari di Venezia
Guido Zucconi, Università Iuav di Venezia

Accommodation
The participants will be housed in the residential facilities on the island of San Servolo.
The accommodation is simple but sufficient; most rooms are doubles and roommates will be assigned for the duration of the program. Breakfast, lunch and dinner are served in the San Servolo dining hall.

Admission
The program is open to scholars who have been accepted by the admission board.
All participants are expected to be able to understand both English and Italian.

Costs
Room and board in the cafeteria on san Servolo for 7 nights will cost approximately € 450,00 per person.
Participants will be asked to share a 2-bed room with a roommate for the duration of the program. Some scholarship support may become available.