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LMU Intensive Seminars

The School of Humanities and Social Sciences (SHSS) organizes weekly intensive seminars in cooperation with the Member Universities of VIU during the semesters.

These intensive seminars are usually on a specific topic, under the tutorage of a professor from a member university, for approximately 20 students who are selected by the coordinating professor in his/her home university.

Students attending a full semester at VIU are also eligible to apply, and must do so at least one month before the seminar commences. Interested students can request more information by writing to shss@univiu.org

So far most of these have been organized in cooperation with Ludwig-Maximillians-Universitaet (LMU) of Munich, Germany.


PROGRAM of Spring 2017 Seminars

April 3 – 7
Epistemology and ethics
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Julian Nida-Rümelin, LMU, Philosophy and Political Theory
Dr. Fiorella Battaglia, LMU, Philosophy and Political Theory

May 22 – 26
Coaching in complex systems
Prof. Mechthild Schäfer, LMU, Dept. of Psychology
Ass. Klaus Starch, LMU, Dept. of Psychology

June 5 – 11
Right of personality
Professor Dr. Johannes Hager, LMU München, Faculty of Law

June 12 – 16
Shakespeare and the World of Venice
Prof. Dr. Tobias Döring, LMU, Institut für Englische Philologie
Prof. Dr. Christina Wald, Universität Konstanz, Fachgruppe Literaturwissenschaft
Prof. Dr. Shaul Bassi, Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia, Dipartimento di Studi Europei

 

If you are a professor interested in organizing an intensive seminar at Venice International University please contact the Dean's office: dean@univiu.org

 

Boston College Summer School

VIU hosts Boston College undergraduate summer schools, which give students of BC the opportunity to study Venetian civilization, religion, culture and art history on site during the month of June.

 

2017 edition

June 5- July 1, 2017

Globalization, Culture and Ethics
Prof. Richard Keeley, Senior Associate Dean, Carroll School of Management

The Imaginary City: Why Writers Love Venice
Prof. Kevin Newmark, Department of Romance Languages and Literatures

Dwelling Between East and West:
Venice and Islam: a theological and philosophical meditation on the role that Byzantine and Islamic architecture play in helping to dwell contemplatively in the city
Prof. Brian Braman, Philosophy Department

 

Past editions:

2016:
The Imaginary City: Why Writers Love Venice, Prof. Kevin Newmark
Drawing from the Venetian Masters, Prof. Alston Conley
Introduction to Law and the Legal Process, Prof. Richard Powers

2015:
Globalization, Culture and Ethics, Prof. Richard Keeley
The Imaginary City: Why Writers Love Venice, Prof. Kevin Newmark
Drawings from the Venetian Masters, Prof. Alston Conley

2014:
Globalization, Culture and Ethics, Prof. Richard Keeley
The Imaginary City: Why Writers Love Venice, Prof. Kevin Newmark

2013:
Drawing from the Venetian Masters, Prof. Alston Conley

2012:
Drawing from the Venetian Masters, Prof. Alston Conley
Venice: an Imperiled City in Comparative Perspective, Prof. Marc Landy
Introduction to Law & the Legal Process, Prof. Richard Powers

2011:
Dwelling Between East & West: The Philosophy of Architecture, Prof. Brian Braman
The Imaginary City: Why Writers Love Venice, Prof. Kevin Newmark
Venice: an Imperiled City in Comparative Perspective, Prof. Marc Landy

2010:
Drawing from the Venetian Masters, Prof. Alston Conley
The Imaginary City: Why Writers Love Venice, Prof. Kevin Newmark
Venice and New Orleans: A Comparative Study of Two Imperiled Cities, Prof. Marc Landy

 

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.



 

Global Challenges Series: WATER

International PhD Academy
8-13 May 2017

This is the first in the Global Challenges Series of VIU International PhD Academies. Each intensive PhD Academy will focus on a major societal challenges faced by humankind today, which will be addressed via multidisciplinary approaches, involving high-level speakers selected among the VIU member institutions but whose remarks will be adapted to a broad cohort of the VIU community.

January 2017 Edition

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