Duke in Venice Summer
VIU hosts Duke University undergraduate summer schools, which give students of Duke the opportunity to study Venetian civilization, religion, culture and art history on site during the month of June.
The Duke University Global Education Office for Undergraduates, in cooperation with Venice International University, will offer a four-week, single course program in Venice, Italy in the summer of 2016. 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.
The city of Venice, with its scenic canals and islands, will serve as the participants' outdoor classroom for this month-long summer program. Venice International University, which is located on the island of San Servolo in the spectacular Venetian lagoon, will be the site for both student residences and indoor classroom facilities.
Duke in Venice Program schedule and details
2017 edition
June 5 – July 4, 2017
The Art of Politics and the Politics of the Arts: Music, Art, and Politics
Professor Kenneth Rogerson
Past editions:
2016:
Summer 2016 Program Director: Professor Valeria Finucci
2015:
Food for Thought: Understanding Italian Society and Culture through its food, Prof. Luciana Fellin
2014:
The Venetian Empire and its Imperial Piety: Catholic Christianity, Prof. Sam Miglarese
2012:
City and City Life in Italy, Prof. Valeria Finucci
2011:
The Venice of Our Imaginations, Prof. Marianna Torgovnick;
The Art of Politics and the Politics of the Arts: Music, Art and Politics in Northern Italy, Prof. Ken Rogerson
2010:
The Art of Politics and the Politics of the Arts: Music, Art and Politics in Northern Italy, Prof. Ken Rogerson
2008:
City and City Life in Italy, Prof. Valeria Finucci;
Venetian Art of the Renaissance (15th-16th Century), Prof. Maria Agnese Wiel
2007:
Venetian Art of the Renaissance (15th-16th Century), Prof. Maria Agnese Wiel;
The Venetian Empire (VXth & XVIth Centuries) and its Imperial Piety: Catholic Christianity and the role of the Virgin Mary, St. Mark, and the saint protectors of Venice, Prof. Sam Miglarese.
2006:
Policy and the Imagination - Music, Drama, Eros, and Liberty, Prof. Bruce Payne
Venetian Art of the Renaissance (15th-16th Century), Prof. Maria Agnese Wiel.