Summer 2010
May 24 - June 22
The Duke University Office of Study Abroad, in cooperation with Venice International University, will offer a five-week, single course program in Venice, Italy in the summer of 2010. The program is designed to provide participants with the opportunity to study aspects of Venetian history and culture, which have been particularly important in the shaping of European civilization.
PUB POL 101/ VISUALST 190.01/ POLSCI 100Z
The Art of Politics and the Politics of the Arts: Music, Art and Politics in Northern Italy, (CCI, ALP, SS) Taught in English by Professor Ken Rogerson. One course credit.
This course will examine the tense and inspirational relationship between art, music and politics in northern . Students will explore examples of art and music in state-building, social and grass roots movements and revolutions, as well as how political institutions supported and encouraged artistic creation and development. The course will also make occasional field trips to opportunity to go on day trips to nearby cities such as Mantua, Padua, Ravenna, Treviso, Vincenza, and Verona . While at these locations, students can visit museums, churches, public monuments and archaeological sites.
During the Summer Term VIU organizes a series of summer schools in cooperation with the member institutions. These intensive programs focus on specific themes which are of common interest to the members involved and which have been identified as strategic for the VIU consortium, for example: sustainable development, preservation of cultural heritage, and the challenges that society faces today due to ageing populations.
World-renowned academics come together in the unique setting of VIU’s campus on the island of San Servolo, where they engage with students of various levels.
The goal of these interdisciplinary summer schools is to disseminate knowledge among students (undergrad, master’s, PhD, post-doc) and young academics, and to establish and reinforce research networks among the VIU among the VIU community.
2014 Summer Schools
- Summer Institute on Ageing, 3-7 June 2014
- Visualizing Venice: The City and the Lagoon, 3-13 June 2014
- The Economics of Adaptation to Climate Change, 6-12 July 2014
In addition, Duke University and Boston College, in cooperation with the School of Humanities and Social Sciences, offer their students two summer programs set in Venice.
Both programs are designed to provide participants with the opportunity to study Venetian civilization, religion, culture and art history.The summer schools are run during the month of June and involve around twenty students from BC and twenty from Duke.
All the courses are taught in English by Professors coming from these Universities.
