1st Semester of AY 2024-25 (Fall 2024)
| Orientation week | September 9-13 |
| Opening Ceremony | September 12 |
| Courses begin | September 16 |
| Midterm break | October 28 - November 1 |
| Courses end | December 13 |
| Exam week | December 16-20 |
| Closing Ceremony | December 19 |
| National holidays | November 1, December 8 |
| Municipal holiday | November 21 |
*Link to course descriptions on each course title
Italy
History of Venice
Luca Pes, Venice International University
F2401
Italian Contemporary History in Films
Luca Pes, Venice International University
F2402
Italian for Foreigners - beginner, intermediate, upper intermediate
Massimo Brunzin (coordinator), Venice International University
F2403
Art and Architecture in Renaissance Venice
Cosimo Monteleone, Università degli Studi di Padova
F2404
Cultures of the World
Intercultural Communication: Strategies to Build Intercultural Competence using English as a Lingua Franca in a Multilingual Setting
Sara Garfield, Université de Bordeaux
F2405
Gender Studies. Growing into/out of Gender Identities: Gender, Age and Romance on Screen
Danielle Hipkins, University of Exeter
F2406
Comparing East and West. Japan’s Peacebuilding: Toward the UN and Asian Policies
Mitsuru Yamada, Waseda University
F2407
Global Challenges
Identity, Heritage and Globalization. Transnational Televisions and their Audiences
Danielle Hipkins, University of Exeter
F2408
Globalization, Ethics, Welfare and Human Rights. The question of Globalization, Ethics and Human Rights in Mediterranean Mobility, Border policies and Migration
Natalie Göltenboth, Ludwig Maximilians Universität
F2409
Global Governance for Peace and Security, Cooperation and Development. The Asian Peacebuilding from the Viewpoint of International Security Cooperation
Mitsuru Yamada, Waseda University
F2410
Specialization Track: Economics, Management and Digital Technologies Applied to Cultural Heritage
Cities and Cultural Production
Massimiliano Nuccio, Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia
F2411
Print Culture in the Digital Age
Kirsten Stirling, Université de Lausanne
F2412
Specialization Track: Science and Society
Strategies for Effective Science Communication
Sara Garfield, Université de Bordeaux
F2414
Science Communication and Sustainability
Alessandra Fornetti and Ilda Mannino, Venice International University
F2415
Physics of Society, Cities and States
Klemen Bohinc, University of Ljubljana
F2416
Food Safety and Environmental Sustainable Development in Modern Society
Klemen Bohinc, University of Ljubljana
F2417
Specialization Track: History and Memory
Films and the Narratives of Empire: Remembering the Past
Rob Savage, Boston College
F2418
Between Memory and History, Remembering 1968: Revolt, Art, History and Philosophy
Rob Savage, Boston College
F2419
The Venice Biennale between the Legacy of its History and Artistic Memory Practice - an Anthropological Approach
Natalie Göltenboth, Ludwig Maximilians Universität
F2420
Shakespeare, Commedia dell’Arte, and Cultural Memory
Kirsten Stirling, Université de Lausanne
F2421
Modern and Premodern Gender, Race, and Power across Cultures
Kate Driscoll, Duke University
F2422
Venice and the Cartographic Imagination: Past, Present, and Future
Kate Driscoll, Duke University
F2423
Understanding and Analyzing Photography in the Humanities
Maria Gourieva, European University at St. Petersburg
F2424
Memory, Identity and Fantasy in Private Photography
Maria Gourieva, European University at St. Petersburg
F2425
