Academic calendar
September 8-December 19, 2025
| Orientation week | September 8-12 |
| Opening Ceremony | September 11 |
| Courses begin | September 15 |
| Midterm break | October 27 - 31 |
| Courses end | December 12 |
| Exam week | December 15-19 |
| Closing Ceremony | December 18 |
| 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
F2501
Italian Contemporary History in Films
Luca Pes, Venice International University
F2502
Italian for Foreigners - beginner, intermediate, upper intermediate
Massimo Brunzin (coordinator), Venice International University
F2503
Art and Architecture in Renaissance Venice
Cosimo Monteleone, Università degli Studi di Padova
F2504
Cultures of the World
Intercultural Communication: Visual Representation and the Cultural Other
Frank Heidemann, Ludwig Maximilians Universität
F2505
Gender Studies: Glocal Political Participation through a Gender Lens
Claudia Padovani and Lorenza Perini, Università degli Studi di Padova
F2506
Comparing East and West. Bard’s (Il)legitimate Children?: Adaptation and Cultural Appropriation of Shakespeare in the East and the West
Norimasa Morita, Waseda University
F2507
Global Challenges
Identity Heritage and Globalization: Culture and Society in South Asia after Independence
Frank Heidemann, Ludwig Maximilians Universität
F2508
Globalization, Ethics, Welfare and Human Rights: Regulating Business for More Welfare and Human Rights
Damiano Canapa, Université de Lausanne
F2509
Global Governance for Peace and Security, Cooperation and Development: History and Current Issues in International Law
Jong-Chol An, Università Ca' Foscari Venezia
F2510
Specialization Track: Economics, Management and Digital Technologies Applied to Cultural Heritage
Digital Tools and Cultural Heritage
Fatima Zahra Fakir, Università degli Studi di Padova
F2511
History, Memory, and Museums: from Socialism to Postsocialism
Ekaterina Melnikova, European University at St. Petersburg
F2512
Heritage Ontologies: Between East and West
Ekaterina Melnikova, European University at St. Petersburg
F2513
Specialization Track: Science and Society
Science Communication and Sustainability
Alessandra Fornetti and Ilda Mannino, Venice International University
F2514
Water Heritage and Sustainable Development
Pietro Daniel Omodeo, Meital Shai and Justas Patkauskas, Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia
F2515
Health Communication: Theory and Application in the Global Context
Ashley Duggan, Boston College
F2516
A Matter of Life and Death: History of Pre-Modern Health in Eurasia
Miri Shefer-Mossensohn, Tel Aviv University
F2517
Social and Personal Relationships: Scientific Perspectives on Close Relationship Processes and Well-Being
Ashley Duggan, Boston College
F2518
Artificial Intelligence for Innovation and Creativity
Massimiliano Nuccio and Marco Guerzoni, Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia and Università degli Studi di Milano Bicocca
F2519
Conspiracy? Fact and Anti-Fact in the Global Information Age
Dan Stevens, University of Exeter
F2520
Regulating Technology Through the Law
Damiano Canapa, Université de Lausanne
F2521
Specialization Track: History and Memory
Screening the Past: The Mechanism of Nostalgia Film
Norimasa Morita, Waseda University
F2522
Ports of the Eastern Mediterranean: The Last 2000 Years
Miri Shefer-Mossensohn, Tel Aviv University
F2523
All in the Mind? How Global Elites Think
Dan Stevens, University of Exeter
F2524
Great Books of the Abrahamic Traditions: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam through their Major Texts
Malachi Hacohen, Duke University
F2525
Jewish History from Columbus to Israel
Malachi Hacohen, Duke University
F2526
