*Link to course descriptions on each course title

Italy

History of Venice
Luca Pes, Venice International University
S1901

Italian Contemporary History in Films
Luca Pes, Venice International University
S1902

Italian for Foreigners - beginner, intermediate, upper intermediate
Massimo Brunzin (coordinator), Venice International University
S1903

Art and Architecture in Renaissance Venice
Monica Centanni / Elisa Bastianello, Università Iuav di Venezia
S1904

Immigrant Voices in Contemporary Italy
Laurie Shepard, Boston College
S1905

The Image of Italy in the English and American Novel (1860-1908)
Adrian Pinnington, Waseda University
S1906

Venice in World Literature (Fabulations)
Michele Longino, Duke University
S1907

Venice Signatures (Masks and Traces)
Michele Longino, Duke University
S1908

Music and Power: from Monteverdi to Vivaldi
Dorit Tanay, Tel Aviv University
S1909

Venice in Smartphone Video
Hun Yul Lee, Korea University
S1910

Cultures of the World

Intercultural Communication
Vincenzo Romania, Università degli Studi di Padova
S1911

Gender Studies
Sara De Vido, Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia
S1912

Gender and Kinship in the Age of Assisted Reproduction
Thomas Reinhardt, Ludwig Maximilians Universität
S1913

Comparing East and West; Legal and Political Systems and Thinking in a Globalized World
Danny Pieters, KU Leuven
S1914

Romantic Love in Japan and Europe
Adrian Pinnington, Waseda University
S1915

Fandom in Globalization
Hun Yul Lee, Korea University
S1916

(Post-)Colonial Encounters: Racism and the Making of “Africa”
Thomas Reinhardt, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität
S1917

The Birth of the Renaissance Self
Dorit Tanay, Tel Aviv University
S1918

Literature and Business
Laurie Shepard, Boston College
S1919

Global Challenges

Identity, Heritage and Globalization: Framing the American West: The Aesthetic and Political Forms of the American West and their Global Impact
Boris Vejdovsky, Université de Lausanne
S1920

Globalization, Ethics, Welfare and Human Rights: Sustainable Social Protection in a Globalized World
Danny Pieters, KU Leuven
S1921

Global Governance for Peace and Security, Cooperation and Development. At the Roots of Cosmopolitan Constitutionalism
Claudio Corradetti, Università degli Studi di Roma “Tor Vergata”
S1922

State, Political Economy, Law and Justice. Classical Readings in Political Thought (With a Focus on Italian Contemporary Political Thought)
Claudio Corradetti, Università degli Studi di Roma “Tor Vergata”
S1923

Environmental Management and Sustainable Development (Spring Specialization Track)

Cities, Global Change and Sustainable Development
Margherita Turvani/Matteo Basso, Università Iuav di Venezia
S1924

Globalization, Environment and Sustainable Development
Ignazio Musu/Ilda Mannino, Venice International University
S1925

Economics of Environment, Natural Resources and Energy
Kirill Borisov/Yulia Vymyatnina, European University at St. Petersburg
S1926

Macroeconomics: Growth, Business Cycle, Crisis
Kirill Borisov/Yulia Vymyatnina, European University at St. Petersburg
S1927

Geomatics, 3D data Acquisition and Processing with applications on Renewable Energies, Hydro-geological Risk and Cultural Heritage
Andrea Masiero/Antonio Vettore, Università degli Studi di Padova
S1928

Introduction to Environmental Engineering
Chao Chen, Tsinghua University
S1929

Environment Risk Analysis and Emergency Response
Chao Chen, Tsinghua University
S1930

Environmental Crisis and Societal Change: Discourse, Effects, Solutions
Boris Vejdovsky, Université de Lausanne
S1931

June 4 – June 29, 2018

Globalization, Culture and Ethics; satisfies cultural diversity requirement
Prof. Richard Keeley, Carroll School of Management

The emphasis of this course is on globalization and its consequences for moral reasoning; nations and transnational corporations and issues of governance and accountability; and emerging issues stemming from information and communications technology when these conflict with state purposes. Venetian history, practices and places will be the case study.

Trade made Venice the global city of its heyday and recent theoreticians have pointed to the restriction of access to the market as leading to its decline. Cultures—East and West, Roman and Venetian—met and clashed in Venice and on the sea but cultures were also in dialogue, witness the splendors of San Marco. Business and government worked out relations sometimes complementary, sometimes competitive. Each of these sets of themes has its parallel in the current discussions of globalization, ethics and culture.

Learning outcomes
A student will:
_Develop a good, general knowledge of the history of Venice;
_Appreciate the historical dimensions of globalization;
_Identify ethical challenges posed to contemporary practice of business and investigate strategies and policies responding thereto;
_Strengthen abilities to analyze difficult business problems and present them before a general audience
_Create, in collaboration with classmates, a study of business and culture within a Venetian sestiere

“The Imaginary City: Why Writers Love Venice”
Professor Kevin Newmark, Morrissey College of Arts and Sciences

This course will meet for four weeks, Monday to Thursday, usually from 9:00 to 12:00 at VIU. Alternative scheduling will occur in conjunction with on-site visits in or near Venice proper. The course is organized into four successive sections, each corresponding to a unit composed of interconnecting strands, canals, or mosaic tesserae, which join literature, cinema, philosophy, art history, and on-site exploring. The four main topics will feature literary texts by Joseph Brodsky, Thomas Mann, Henry James, and Marcel Proust. They are: Liquid Beauty, Paradoxes of Beauty, Inversions of Beauty, and Resurrections of Beauty.
Class attendance is mandatory. Students will be evaluated on the basis of regular participation, one formal oral presentation, and both short and medium length writing assignments.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Summer School is suspended in 2020.

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The Summer School did not take place in 2019.

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 Art, Food, and Finance in Venice: An Immersive Experience
May 28 – June 29, 2018

Program Director: Prof. Marianna Torgovnick, Duke English Department

Venice really is that beautiful: a magical, soul-inspiring place, for which you will feel nostalgic even before you leave. Art, Food, and Finance in Venice aims to immerse you in the Venetian experience, which you will be living during Summer Session I.

We will spend one day a week (two, maximum) in a seminar-style class (2.5 hours, as at Duke), with three units: In the Beginning; Trade, Empire, and Power; and Modern Venice—all with coordinating, on-your-feet, weekly two-hour tours of the city that highlights an artistic or public policy issue, as well as a coordinating excursion.

We will also range further afield to understand Venice in its imperial contexts (with a trip to Ravenna and/or Roma), in its artistic ones (Firenze [Florence] and/or Verona), and in terms of finance today (Padova or Milano).

Throughout, we will take our study of Venetian food seriously, with class excursions to Malamocco (an ancient fishing village), accompanied by a seafood feast, to the famous Venetian food market, and to Bologna, a nearby gustatory capital. We will also visit Venice’s stunning collections of art, not just in museums, but also in sites such as palazzos and churches (including, we hope, a concert in the Frari).

Finally, we will consider, in an ongoing way the financial underpinnings of the Venetian experience: commerce and trade; money-lending and banking; and tourism, which we will both share and analyze. In 2018, we will also ponder ongoing, and increasing, threats to Venice’s fragile environment, visible at many of the sites we will visit.

Suitable for all majors: one weekly reading or viewing, one oral report; one final paper or experiential project.     

*Link to course descriptions on each course title

Venice and Italy

History of Venice
Luca Pes, Venice International University
F1801

Italian Contemporary History in Films
Luca Pes, Venice International University
F1802

Italian for Foreigners - beginner, intermediate, upper intermediate
Massimo Brunzin (coordinator), Venice International University
F1803

Art and Architecture in Renaissance Venice
Paola Modesti, Venice International University
F1804

Shakespeare in Venice and Verona
Kirsten Stirling, Université de Lausanne
F1805

Rule the Waves. Maritime Empires between Politics and Commerce
Günter Zöller, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität
F1806

Cultures of the World

Intercultural Communication
Vincenzo Romania, Università degli Studi di Padova
F1807

Gender Studies
Luca Trappolin / Paolo Gusmeroli, Università degli Studi di Padova
F1808

Comparing East and West: Philosophy East and West. Self and Society in European and Asian Political Thought
Günter Zöller, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität
F1809

Representations of Time and Space in Western and Far Eastern Cultures
Agostino De Rosa, Università Iuav di Venezia
F1810

Cultural History of the Jewish Diaspora
Alexandr Ivanov / Valery Dymshits, European University at St. Petersburg
F1811

Jewish Visual Culture
Alexandr Ivanov / Valery Dymshits, European University at St. Petersburg
F1812

Global Challenges

Identity, Heritage and Globalization: Global Cultural Heritage in International Law
Federica Mucci, Università degli Studi di Roma “Tor Vergata”
F1813

Globalization, Ethics, Welfare and Human Rights
Giovanna Marconi, Università Iuav di Venezia
F1814

Global Governance for Peace and Security, Cooperation and Development: Conflicts Regarding Scarse Resources and Social Development
Takeshi Daimon, Waseda University
F1815

Sino-Japanese Rivalry over the Aid, Trade, and Investment Triangle in Emerging Asia
Takeshi Daimon, Waseda University
F1816

Medicine, Culture and Globalization
Orin Starn / Katya Wesolowski, Duke University
F1817

The Protection of Animals in International Law
Federica Mucci, Università degli Studi di Roma “Tor Vergata”
F1818

Activism, Social Movements and Revolution
Orin Starn / Katya Wesolowski, Duke University
F1819

Philosophers, Rebels, Tyrants
Gerald Easter, Boston College
F1820

Politics and Propaganda in Film
Gerald Easter, Boston College
F1821

Economics and Technology applied to Cultural Heritage (Fall Specialization Track)

Early Modern Print Culture (in the Digital Age)
Kirsten Stirling, Université de Lausanne
F1822

Urban History and Digital Tools: Shaping Capital Cities (1714-1889). Arts, Architecture, Fashion in Paris, London, Rome, Venice
Guido Zucconi / Isabella di Lenardo, Università Iuav di Venezia
F1823

Globalization, Communication and Network Society
Ilya Levin, Tel Aviv University
F1824

Digital Culture
Ilya Levin, Tel Aviv University
F1825