The School The Semester Program Spring 2010 Fall 2009 Italian Contemporary History History of Venice Italian for Foreigners Building on a Lagoon: The City and the Residential Architecture of Venice Regions and Cities in the Global Economy Representing Global Cities: Venice, London, Mumbai Food and Culture in the Globalized World Public Goods, Human Rights and Global Justice Culture and Negotiations in Arabic-Speaking Islam Pictures of Italy in the Eyes of British and American Travel Writers The Representation of Desire in Western Literature and Music The Crusades to the Holy Land A Minority Within the Medieval Cities: The Jews Tribe: Fictions of Contemporary American Social Life Understanding Welfare: Justice, Equality of Opportunity and Responsibility The Perfect City. Government and Religion in the Philosophy of al-Farabi, the Plato of Islam Relationship between Poetry and Painting. A comparison of traditional Japan, China and Europe The Notion of Modernity in Art and Literature and the Universality of Art Criticism Globalization Program Academic Calendar VIULIFE - Extracurricular Program Intensive Seminars Summer schools Past Semesters