Thursday May 17, 2012 at 5 pm
"L'Europe se fera par la monnaie, ou....."
European Integration Twenty Years after Maastricht
Aurel Schubert, Director General of Statistics, European Central Bank
Discussants:
Lori Leachman, Professor of the Practice, Duke University, and teaching The Internationalization of Finance: Causes, Consequences, Contagion and Tools and International Trade, European Regionalism and Trade as Development Policy at VIU
Richard Nielsen, Professor at the Organization Studies Department, Carroll School of Management, Boston College and teaching Negotiating and Organizational Ethics, Politics and Sustainability at VIU.
Aurel Schubert will focus on the development, achievements and challenges of European economic and monetary integration 20 years after the signing of the Maastricht Treaty. A special focus will be on the current financial and economic crisis, especially on the origins, the effects, the policy reactions and the permanent European institutional
changes.
The lecture will be in English and is open to the public. A reception will follow.
Wednesday 23 May 2012 at 5pm
China, India and Globalization
Giovanni Balcet, Università di Torino
Vittorio Valli, Università di Torino
Ignazio Musu, President TEN-Center, VIU
The discussion will focus on a comparison of the economic growth models of China and India, with special attention to social and environmental challenges.
Giovanni Balcet is Professor of International Economics and International Business at the University of Turin, Italy. He is an expert in foreign direct investments, multinational enterprise, industrial and trade policies and the local impact of global strategies. On these topics he has published several papers and books, including his recent publication, in collaboration with Vittorio Valli on the comparison between China and India.
Vittorio Valli is Professor of Economic Policy at the University of Turin, Italy. He was member of scientific council of CERIS, an institute for research on firms and economic growth in Turin. He has published widely on economic and financial policy, labour economics, economic development, economics of education and comparative economic studies. Recently he has published a book on the comparison between China and India in collaboration with Giovanni Balcet.
Ignazio Musu is Professor of Economics and Environmental Economics at Università Ca' Foscari Venezia and President of VIU's TEN Center (Thematic Environmental Networks) which manages the Sino-Italian Advanced Training Program on Environmental Management and Sustainable Development. His main research fields are environmental and resource economics and economic growth theory. On these themes he has published several papers and books, including his recent book on Contemporary China.
The lecture will be in English and is open to the public. A reception will follow.
Opening ceremony of Spring 2011 term
March 2, 2011
Lectio Magistralis
Montenegro Sustainable Tourism Development as Catalyst for Economic Growth
Predrag Nenezic, former Ministry of Tourism and Environmental Protection of Montenegro
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May 4, 2011
The exceptional strength of Cultural Brands
Hendrik Beerda, Cultural Brand Consultant, Amsterdam
May 11, 2011
International Migrants and the Right to the City
Marcello Balbo, SSIIM Unesco Chair, Università IUAV di Venezia
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Opening ceremony of Fall 2011 term
September 8, 2011
Lectio Magistralis
World Heritage and Sustainable Development: the Role of the Community
Marina Apaydin, Deputy Director, UNESCO-World Heritage Centre, Paris
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VIULECTURES 2|11
December 7, 2011
Preserving the Artistic Heritage of Venice
Melissa Conn, Associate Director of Save Venice Inc
December 15, 2011
Occupy Wall Street in a Global Context
Michael Hardt, Literature Program, Duke University, teaching "Venice and Globalization" at VIU
René Gabri, Artist and Professor at the Faculty of Arts and Design, Università Iuav di Venezia
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Opening ceremony of Spring 2010 term
Lectio Magistralis
A Long-Run Perspective on Globalization
Gianni Toniolo, Professor of Economic History, Duke University
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VIULECTURES 1|10
April 28, 2010
Ethics and Globalization
Wilhelm Vossenkuhl, Ludwig Maximilians Universitaet
Stefano Zamagni, Università di Bologna
May 5, 2010
Doing Business in Globalizing Asia
Nobuo Kawabe, Waseda University
May 14, 2010
Developing Country Multinationals: A New Geography of World Business?
Andrea Goldstein, OECD
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Opening ceremony of Fall 2010 term
September 9, 2010
Lectio Magistralis
East Asia. A Journey into Environment, Art and Culture
Gian Carlo Calza, Professor of East Asian Art History, Ca' Foscari University
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VIULECTURES 2|10
November 19, 2010
Why the health of the Venice Lagoon has implications for the City's Heritage
Jane da Mosto, British Pavilion, XII Venice Architecture Biennale
December 1, 2010
Muslims and Modernity
Herman Beck, Tilburg University
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May 6, 2009
When and Where did Globalization Begin?
David Northrup, Boston College
May 13, 2009
From Poverty to Development. Chinese Economic Growth in a Historical Perspective
Bozhong Li, Tsinghua University
December 01, 2009
Christians and Muslims in the Age of the Crusades, between conflict and collaboration
Joseph Shatzmiller, Department of History, Duke University
December 09, 2009
The Role of Language in negotiating with Arabic-speaking Muslims
Ilai Alon, Department of Philosophy, Tel Aviv University
VIULECTURES are available as podcasts here.
May 20, 2008
Multiculturalism: A New Era for the Liberal Nation-State?
Menachem Mautner, Daniel Rubinstein Professor, Faculty of Law, Tel Aviv University
May 21, 2008
Cities and Tolerance. Diversity, Creativity and Growth
Neil de Marchi, Department of Economics, Duke University
Marina Bianchi, Department of Economics, University of Cassino
November 19, 2008
The Mediterranean Heritage as an Asset in the Age of Multi-Ethnicity
Maurizio Scaparro, Director of Biennale Teatro
November 28, 2008
The Muslim Headscarf: veiled thread or religious freedom?
Claudia Koonz, Professor of History, Duke University
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