Events

March 25-29, 2008. Try Freedom. Rewriting Rights in/through Postcolonial Cultures

Venice International University is co-organizer of the Try Freedom. Rewriting Rights in/through Postcolonial Cultures conference which will take place at VIU March 25-29, 2008. It is the 13th triennial conference of EACLALS, the European branch of the Association for Commonwealth Language and Literature Studies. Deadline for call for papers: September 1, 2007

Old Events

 

Freshman's Fair - Inauguration of Fall 2007 semester and presentation of catalog of the Nokia Only Planet. Innovating through Empathy project

During the event professors teaching in the Fall will present their courses. At the event VIU researchers will present the Nokia Only Planet: Innovating through Empathy catalog, published by Marsilio Editore. The creative project was conducted during the Spring 2007 semester and involved international and local students in a video workshop using mobile technologies. Guests will have the opportunity to meet professors, staff and students afterwards at an informal reception.

Fall 2007 Semester Program: Orientation Week

Orientation activities and introductory lectures for students and faculty of the Fall 2007 Semester Program of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences.

November 7, 2007. Israelis and Palestinians: towards a shared historical narrative?

Eyal Naveh, Professor of History, Tel Aviv University. Prof. Naveh, Head of the Political Education Program of the Israel Democracy Institute, reports on a project aimed at writing a history textbook addressed to both Israelis and Palestinians.

December 5, 2007. Seven Lies about Japan

James Vardaman, Professor at the Waseda School of Letters, Arts and Sciences. An American Professor living and teaching in Tokyo defies some of the commonplaces about Japan.