The core courses are on offer every semester, subject to slight variations. See Spring 2015 semester course descriptions.
Spring 2016 course programs will be published during the autumn term.
History of Venice (Italy core)
Luca Pes,
Venice International University
Art and Architecture in Renaissance Venice (Italy core)
TBD
Italian Contemporary History in Films (Italy core)
Luca Pes,
Venice International University
Italian Fashion Design (Italy core)
TBD
Italian for Foreigners - beginner, intermediate, upper-intermediate levels (Italy core)
Massimo Brunzin,
Venice International University
Comparing East and West (Cultures of the World core)
Atsuhiko Wada,
Waseda University
Gender Studies (Cultures of the World core)
Martina Avanza,
Université de Lausanne
Intercultural Communication (Cultures of the World core)
Ludovica Scarpa,
Università Iuav di Venezia
The infinite unveiled to the gaze: forms of representation between Orient and Occident
Agostino De Rosa,
Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia
Identity, Heritage and Globalization (Global Challenges core)
Klaus Benesch,
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität
Globalization, Ethics, Welfare and Human Rights (Global Challenges core)
TBD
Global Governance for Peace and Security, Cooperation and Development (Global Challenges core)
TBD
The Artful Things of Climate Change (Sustainable Development Sp. Track)
Min Hyoung Song,
Boston College
Globalization, Environment and Sustainable Development (Sustainable Development Sp. Track)
Ignazio Musu/Ilda Mannino,
Venice International University
Cities, Global Change and Sustainable Development (Sustainable Development Sp. Track)
Margherita Turvani,
Università Iuav di Venezia
Globalization and Competitiveness: Global Value Chains (Sustainable Development Sp. Track)
Stefano Micelli,
Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia
Introduction to World Oil and Gas Markets (Sustainable Development Sp. Track)
Jack Sharples/Irina Mironova,
European University at St. Petersburg
Introduction to Energy Politics (Sustainable Development Sp. Track)
Jack Sharples/Irina Mironova,
European University at St. Petersburg
The Aesthetics of Privacy: Reading and Writing under Conditions of Globalization
Klaus Benesch,
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität
Print Culture and Readers in Modern Japan
Atsuhiko Wada,
Waseda University
Nationalism and Ethnonationalism in a Globalized World
Martina Avanza,
Université de Lausanne
Cities After 9/11
Min Hyoung Song,
Boston College
The Family - A Safe Heaven or a Battle Field
Zahava Solomon,
Tel Aviv University
In the shadow of terror: Can good things come out of bad experiences?
Zahava Solomon,
Tel Aviv University
Management of the Industrial and Crafts Heritage
Giovanni Luigi Fontana/Andrea Caracausi,
Università degli Studi di Padova
VIU Globalization Program
Fall Semester 2014: Orientation week, September 8–12, 2014
MON, 8 SEPTEMBER |
TUE, 9 SEPTEMBER |
WED, 10 SEPTEMBER |
THU, 11 SEPTEMBER |
FRI 12, SEPTEMBER |
9.30 am Welcome Coffee Information Pack + Student Guide distribution Room 1-G
10.00 am Introduction to the Globalization Program by the Director of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Prof. Luca Pes Room 1-G
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9.15 am Residency Permit Meeting with NON-EU students Tutoring for filling out of the forms regarding the Residency Permit (Remember to bring all the necessary documents!) Room 9-A
11.00 am -1.00 pm Tutoring Desk Q&A to the VIU staff on study plan, courses, accommodation on/off campus, credit recognition. Room 2-G |
8.30 am Visit to Venice city libraries* Ferry at 8.25 am from S. Servolo or appointment at San Zaccaria line 20 boat stop at 8.30 am -Asac – La Biennale Library and Archive - Giorgio Cini Foundation Library, the so-called "Manica Lunga" - Querini Stampalia Foundation -CFZ Zattere – Ca’ Foscari Library of Humanities and Languages -BAUM – Ca’ Foscari Library of Humanities
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10.00 am Historical Guided tour of San Servolo Island: Museo della Follia San Servolo’s asylum and the figure of Italian psychiatrist Franco Basaglia. Meeting point: VIU Front Office at 9.45 am
11.00 am-1.00 pm Tutoring Desk Q&A to the VIU staff on study plan, courses, accommodation on/off campus, credit recognition, VIU card distribution. Room 2-G
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09.00 am Italian for Foreigners Placement Test Room 9-A, 9-B
11.00 am OPENING CEREMONY of the Fall 2014 Term Lectio Magistralis Auditorium
12.30 pm Welcome Reception Sala Basaglia |
12.00 - 1.00 pm VIU Facilities Tour Meeting point: Front Office at 11.50 am -PC rooms and Xerox/scanning machines -VIU Library and VIU card -Classrooms, Front Office, Cafeteria, Canteen, Sport Fields
12.00 pm Faculty Meeting VIU Meeting Room (followed by faculty lunch in the cafeteria)
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1.00 pm Get-together Lunch in Campo Santa Margherita Caffè Margaret Duchamp
(confirm your participation by e-mail to: intern@univiu.org by Tue 9, 3pm)
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3.10 pm San Lazzaro Island tour* Meeting point: San Servolo boat stop (line 20) at 3.00 pm |
2.00 pm Video interview session for professors Room 2-G 2.00 pm Friday Trip Fortuny Showroom and Factory Meeting point: Palanca boat stop at 2.00 pm
(confirm your participation by e-mail to: intern@univiu.org by Wed 10, 5pm) |
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2.30 pm Courses presentation by the faculty of the Fall 2014 Term Room 1-G
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2.30-4.00 pm ACTV Imob Transportation Card at Piazzale Roma And also: -Bank -SIM Mobile Phone Card -Supermarket -Post Office Meeting point: 2.30 pm at VenEziaUnica agency, Piazzale Roma
2.30-5.00 pm Tutoring Desk Q&A to the VIU staff on study plan, courses, accommodation on/off campus, credit recognition, VIU card distribution. Room 2-G |
3.00 pm Venice in the Movies Room 9-A
3.00 pm Summertime
5.00 pm Pane e Tulipani
2.30-5.00 pm Tutoring Desk Q&A to the VIU staff on study plan, courses, accommodation on/off campus, credit recognition, VIU card distribution. Room 2-G |
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4.00-5.00 pm Tutoring Desk Q&A to the VIU staff on study plan, courses, accommodation on/off campus, credit recognition, VIU card distribution. Room 2-G |
5.00 pm Staff Movie Proposal Io sono Li (Shun Li and the poet) by Andrea Segre, 2011 Room 9-A
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*Activities subject to changes due to availability of hosting institutions.
VIULECTURES 2|14
Wednesday, 1 December 2014 - 5 pm, room 1-G
The Quality of Mercy. A Reflection on 30 Years of Humanitarian Work and International Cooperation
Filippo Grandi, Italian diplomat and United Nations official
Wednesday, 12 November 2014 - 5 pm, room 9-A
Symbolic Violence: Reshaping Post-Patriarchal Discourses on Gender
Franca Bimbi, University of Padua, Department of Philosophy, Sociology, Education and Applied Psychology
Discussant: Prof. Luca Trappolin, University of Padua
Friday, 3 October 2014 - 10 am, room 9-A
Europe’s Unique Experiment: The Bottom-up Creation of a Large Polity
Wim Blockmans, Leiden University
Discussant: Prof. Mikhail Krom, European University at St. Petersburg
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Opening Ceremony of Fall 2014 Term
Friday 12 September, 2014 - 11.00 am
Lectio Magistralis
Internationalization in Higher Education
The Hon. Stefania Giannini
Italian Minister of Education, Universities and Research
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VIULECTURES 1|14
Wednesday, 21 May 2014 - 5 pm, 1G
Funding Cultural Heritage. The Archeological Site of Selinunte, Sicily
Clemente Marconi, New York University - IFA
Discussant: Prof. Amnon Bar Or, Tel Aviv University
Wednesday, 16 April 2014 - 5 pm, 1G
The World is Rooted in Air: Atmosphere, Lawscape, Spatial Justice
Andreas Philippopoulos-Mihalopoulos, Professor of Law & Theory at the University of Westminster and Director of The Westminster Law & Theory Centre
Wednesday, 2 April 2014 - 5 pm, 9A
Alessandro Merola, Italian Ambassador
Alberto D'Alessandro, Director of the Venice office of the Council of Europe
Discussant: Prof. Cristina Dallara
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Opening Ceremony of Spring 2014 Term
Thursday 20 February, 2014 - 4.15 pm
Lectio Magistralis
Earth’s Climate: Past, Present … and Future
Prof. Carlo Barbante
Institute for the Dynamics of Environmental Processes-CNR
The Venice Centre for Climate Studies, Ca' Foscari University of Venice
VIULECTURES are available as podcasts here.
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VIULECTURES 2|13
Wednesday 16 October, 2013 at 5 pm
The Paradox of Change: Women's Liberation and Feminization of Poverty
William Chafe, Professor of History, Emeritus, at Duke University
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Opening Ceremony of Fall 2013 Term
12 September 2013 at 4 pm
Lectio Magistralis
Hon. Bruno Archi, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs
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VIULECTURES 1|13
Wednesday 22 May, 2013 at 5 pm
Energy: Science and Communication
Piero Martin, Professor, Physics and Astronomy Department, University of Padova
Alessandra Viola, science journalist and writer
Friday 22 March, 2013
Water and Globalization
Coordinated by Carlo Giupponi, Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Università Ca' Foscari Venezia and Director of Changes Doctoral School on Global Change Science and Policy
More information: Program of the day
Wednesday 20 March, 2013
Restoration of wetland ecosystems in the face of climate change: lessons from San Francisco Bay
John Callaway, Professor of environmental science, applied ecology, wetlands, and restoration ecology at University of San Francisco
Friday 15 March, 2013
Building a National Economy: Venice and the Veneto after 1866
Gianni Toniolo, Professor of Economic History at Duke University and at the LUISS Guido Carli University in Rome.
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Opening Ceremony of Spring 2013 Term
20 February 2013 at 4 pm
Lectio Magistralis
How to Preserve and Promote Cultural Heritage: Sustainability and Challenges
Antonia Pasqua Recchia, Secretary General, Italian Ministry for Cultural Heritage and Activities
VIULECTURES are available as podcasts here.
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FINAL GRADES
History of Venice
Evaluation
60% Oral presentations and participation in class discussions
40% Research paper
Italian Contemporary History
Evaluation
60% Oral presentations and participation in class
40% Final research paper
Italian for Foreigners
Evaluation
30% Class performance (participation and attendance). Class will involve much student-student and student-instructor interaction in more open-ended conversation.
The quality of interaction will have a significant effect on the course grade.
20% Homework. Effort and enthusiasm will count as much as accuracy in preparation.
20% Mid-term exam;
20% Final exam (oral and written);
10% Final working paper
During classes, students will produce some written documents concerning their own experience in Venice as a foreign student (e.g. small Venice guide for foreign students).
Art and Architecture in Renaissance Venice
Evaluation
10% in-class participation
50% written submission and seminar presentation
40% final paper
Globalization and Cultural Heritage
Evaluation
50% Team project: themes analyzed during classes
50% Paper
Training in UNESCO World Heritage Studies
Evaluation
20% Participation
30% General preparation concerning Modules 1-2
50% Student written contribution to the “Venice Nomination exercise”
Architectural and Urban Heritage. Venice before and after the collapse of the Republic
Evaluation
40% Writing a paper on a subject included in one of the four modules
40% Speaking on all the themes and readings treated in the class work
20% Attendance of classes and guided visits
Digital Tools for Humanities
Evaluation
60% Oral presentations and participation in class
40% Final applicative presentation
New Technologies, Cultural Heritage and the Urban Experience
Evaluation
30% One presentation
20% One essay on observation and research
10% One essay on group work and discussion
40% Final research essay
Managing Heritage Cities in the Era of Global Tourism
Evaluation
30% One presentation
20% One essay on observations and research
10% One essay on group work and discussion
40% Final research essay
Drama and Dramaturgy in the Age of Globalization: The German and British Paradigms
Evaluation
30% Full attendance, and thorough acquaintance with the weekly prescribed texts (play and/or criticism)
70% Final exam
Re-contextualizing Dramas in Different Cultures. The case of Ibsen
Evaluation
25% Full attendance, thorough acquaintance with the weekly prescribed texts (play and criticism), participation
25% Short mid-term paper (up to 7 double-spaced pages) presented in class or submitted in writing
50% Final paper (a developed version of the short paper – up to 15 double-spaced pages, including notes and bibliography)
Visual Representation and the Cultural Other
Evaluation
Each students has to fulfill three tasks once in the semester:
1)write the minutes of a single session
2)read an addition text on a specific theme and make a 10-minute presentation in the classroom
3)write a 12-15 page paper on a chosen topic
4)presentation of the group reportage
Eating and Drinking from a (trans-)Cultural Point of View
Evaluation
Each students has to fulfill three tasks once in the semester:
1)write the minutes of a single session
2)read an addition text on a specific theme and make a 10-minute presentation in the classroom
3)write a 12-15 page paper on a chosen topic
4)power point presentation of the group research project
Mask and Masquerade in Venice and Beyond
Evaluation
20% Two short papers
30% Class participation
10% Final Exam
40% Research project
Travelling Cultures: The Ethnographic Gaze in the Eighteenth Century and Now
Evaluation
60% Three short papers averaged or two longer papers averaged
25% Class participation
15% Final Exam
Beauty and Ugliness in Western Art through the Centuries
Evaluation
30% Short critical summary and analysis of what we studied for the next class
30% Performance and individual activities in class
40% Oral presentation
Everyday Life through Modern Western Literature and the Japanese Haiku
Evaluation
30% Short critical summary and analysis of what we studied for the next class
30% Performance and individual activities in class
40% Oral presentation
Digital Cities and the Cartographic Imagination
Evaluation
10% Class Facilitation
30% Participation and in-class labs
25% First project (critical paper)
35% Final project (paper+digital project)
Foundations of Web-Based Multimedia Communications
Course Evaluation
30% Semester Project
13% Project Proposal
30% Home Work Assignements
10% In-Class Application Exercises
12% Individual Readiness Assessments
5% team Maintenance (Peer Evaluation)
Multimedia Project
25% Creativity of Design/Quality
15% Usability and Web Standards Validation
20% Utilization of Multimedia/Technology
20% Communications Effectiveness
20% Presentation and Feedback
Italy and Venice in Russian Art and Architecture
Evaluation
40% Class attendance
60% Midterm colloquium and final essay
Art and Communication
Evaluation
Participation in the seminars and discussions and regular class attendance
Midterm colloquium and final paper