VIU Globalization Program 

 

Fall Semester 2014: Orientation week, September 8–12, 2014

 

 

MON, 8 SEPTEMBER	TUE, 9 SEPTEMBER	WED, 10 SEPTEMBER	THU, 11 SEPTEMBER	FRI 12, SEPTEMBER
9.30 am Welcome Coffee  Information Pack + Student Guide distribution  Room 1-G             10.00 am Introduction to the Globalization Program by the Director of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Prof. Luca Pes  Room 1-G	9.15 am Residency Permit Meeting with NON-EU students  Tutoring for filling out of the forms regarding the Residency Permit  (Remember to bring all the necessary documents!)  Room 9-A        11.00 am -1.00 pm Tutoring Desk  Q&A to the VIU staff on study plan, courses, accommodation on/off campus, credit recognition.  Room 2-G	8.30 am Visit to Venice city libraries*  Ferry at 8.25 am from S. Servolo or appointment at San Zaccaria line 20 boat stop at 8.30 am  -Asac – La Biennale Library and Archive  - Giorgio Cini Foundation Library, the so-called "Manica Lunga" - Querini Stampalia Foundation -CFZ Zattere – Ca’ Foscari Library of Humanities and Languages  -BAUM – Ca’ Foscari Library of Humanities	10.00 am Historical Guided tour of San Servolo Island: Museo della Follia San Servolo’s asylum and the figure of Italian psychiatrist Franco Basaglia. Meeting point: VIU Front Office at 9.45 am         11.00 am-1.00 pm Tutoring Desk  Q&A to the VIU staff on study plan, courses, accommodation on/off campus, credit recognition, VIU card distribution.  Room 2-G	09.00 am Italian for Foreigners Placement Test  Room 9-A, 9-B                     11.00 am OPENING CEREMONY of the Fall 2014 Term  Lectio Magistralis  Auditorium       12.30 pm Welcome Reception  Sala Basaglia
12.00 - 1.00 pm VIU Facilities Tour  Meeting point: Front Office at 11.50 am -PC rooms and Xerox/scanning machines  -VIU Library and VIU card  -Classrooms, Front Office, Cafeteria, Canteen, Sport Fields      12.00 pm Faculty Meeting  VIU Meeting Room  (followed by faculty lunch in the cafeteria)		1.00 pm Get-together Lunch in Campo Santa Margherita  Caffè Margaret Duchamp    (confirm your participation by e-mail to: intern@univiu.org by Tue 9, 3pm)	3.10 pm San Lazzaro Island tour*  Meeting point: San Servolo boat stop (line 20) at 3.00 pm	2.00 pm Video interview session for professors  Room 2-G 2.00 pm Friday Trip Fortuny Showroom and Factory Meeting point: Palanca boat stop at 2.00 pm   (confirm your participation by e-mail to: intern@univiu.org by Wed 10, 5pm)
2.30 pm Courses presentation  by the faculty of the Fall 2014 Term  Room 1-G	2.30-4.00 pm ACTV Imob Transportation Card at Piazzale Roma  And also:  -Bank  -SIM Mobile Phone Card  -Supermarket  -Post Office  Meeting point: 2.30 pm at VenEziaUnica agency, Piazzale Roma     2.30-5.00 pm Tutoring Desk  Q&A to the VIU staff on study plan, courses, accommodation on/off campus, credit recognition, VIU card distribution.  Room 2-G	3.00 pm  Venice in the Movies  Room 9-A     3.00 pm Summertime    5.00 pm Pane e Tulipani                  2.30-5.00 pm Tutoring Desk  Q&A to the VIU staff on study plan, courses, accommodation on/off campus, credit recognition, VIU card distribution.  Room 2-G
4.00-5.00 pm Tutoring Desk  Q&A to the VIU staff on study plan, courses, accommodation on/off campus, credit recognition, VIU card distribution.  Room 2-G	5.00 pm Staff Movie Proposal Io sono Li (Shun Li and the poet) by Andrea Segre, 2011 Room 9-A

 

 *Activities subject to changes due to availability of hosting institutions. 

 

 

VIULECTURES 2|14

 

 

Wednesday, 1 December 2014 - 5 pm, room 1-G

The Quality of Mercy. A Reflection on 30 Years of Humanitarian Work and International Cooperation

Filippo Grandi, Italian diplomat and United Nations official

 

 

Wednesday, 12 November 2014 - 5 pm, room 9-A
Symbolic Violence: Reshaping Post-Patriarchal Discourses on Gender
Franca Bimbi, University of Padua, Department of Philosophy, Sociology, Education and Applied Psychology
Discussant: Prof. Luca Trappolin, University of Padua

 

 

Friday, 3 October 2014 - 10 am, room 9-A
Europe’s Unique Experiment: The Bottom-up Creation of a Large Polity
Wim Blockmans, Leiden University
Discussant: Prof. Mikhail Krom, European University at St. Petersburg

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Opening Ceremony of Fall 2014 Term

Friday 12 September, 2014 - 11.00 am

Lectio Magistralis

Internationalization in Higher Education
The Hon. Stefania Giannini
Italian Minister of Education, Universities and Research

 

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VIULECTURES 1|14

 

 

Wednesday, 21 May 2014 - 5 pm, 1G

Funding Cultural Heritage. The Archeological Site of Selinunte, Sicily

Clemente Marconi, New York University - IFA

Discussant: Prof. Amnon Bar Or, Tel Aviv University

 

 

Wednesday, 16 April 2014 - 5 pm, 1G

The World is Rooted in Air: Atmosphere, Lawscape, Spatial Justice

Andreas Philippopoulos-Mihalopoulos, Professor of Law & Theory at the University of Westminster and Director of The Westminster Law & Theory Centre

 

 

Wednesday, 2 April 2014 - 5 pm, 9A

Actors of Global Governance

Alessandro Merola, Italian Ambassador

Alberto D'Alessandro, Director of the Venice office of the Council of Europe
Discussant: Prof. Cristina Dallara

 

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Opening Ceremony of Spring 2014 Term

Thursday 20 February, 2014 - 4.15 pm

Lectio Magistralis

Earth’s Climate: Past, Present … and Future

Prof. Carlo Barbante
Institute for the Dynamics of Environmental Processes-CNR
The Venice Centre for Climate Studies, Ca' Foscari University of Venice

 

 

 

VIULECTURES are available as podcasts here.

 

Archive  2013 |2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 

 

VIULECTURES 2|13

 

Wednesday 16 October, 2013 at 5 pm

The Paradox of Change: Women's Liberation and Feminization of Poverty

William Chafe, Professor of History, Emeritus, at Duke University

 

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Opening Ceremony of Fall 2013 Term

 

12 September 2013 at 4 pm

Lectio Magistralis

The relations of Italy with Far Eastern countries, in particular with China, with special focus on economic and trade relations

Hon. Bruno Archi, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs

 

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VIULECTURES 1|13

 

Wednesday 22 May, 2013 at 5 pm

Energy: Science and Communication

Piero Martin, Professor, Physics and Astronomy Department, University of Padova

Alessandra Viola, science journalist and writer

 

Friday 22 March, 2013

Water and Globalization
Coordinated by Carlo Giupponi, Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Università Ca' Foscari Venezia and Director of Changes Doctoral School on Global Change Science and Policy

More information: Program of the day

 

Wednesday 20 March, 2013

Restoration of wetland ecosystems in the face of climate change:  lessons from San Francisco Bay

John Callaway, Professor of environmental science, applied ecology, wetlands, and restoration ecology at University of San Francisco

 

Friday 15 March, 2013

Building a National Economy: Venice and the Veneto after 1866
Gianni Toniolo, Professor of Economic History at Duke University and at the LUISS Guido Carli University in Rome.

 

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Opening Ceremony of Spring 2013 Term

 

20 February 2013 at 4 pm

Lectio Magistralis

How to Preserve and Promote Cultural Heritage: Sustainability and Challenges

Antonia Pasqua Recchia, Secretary General, Italian Ministry for Cultural Heritage and Activities

 

 

VIULECTURES are available as podcasts here.

 

Archive  2014 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006

 

FINAL GRADES  

 

History of Venice

Evaluation

60% Oral presentations and participation in class discussions

40% Research paper

 

Italian Contemporary History

Evaluation

60% Oral presentations and participation in class

40% Final research paper

 

Italian for Foreigners

Evaluation

30% Class performance (participation and attendance). Class will involve much student-student and student-instructor interaction in more open-ended conversation.

The quality of interaction will have a significant effect on the course grade.

20% Homework. Effort and enthusiasm will count as much as accuracy in preparation.

20% Mid-term exam;

20% Final exam (oral and written);

10% Final working paper

During classes, students will produce some written documents concerning their own experience in Venice as a foreign student (e.g. small Venice guide for foreign students).

Art and Architecture in Renaissance Venice

Evaluation

10% in-class participation

50% written submission and seminar presentation

40% final paper

 

Globalization and Cultural Heritage

Evaluation

50% Team project: themes analyzed during classes

50% Paper

 

Training in UNESCO World Heritage Studies

Evaluation

20% Participation

30% General preparation concerning Modules 1-2

50% Student written contribution to the “Venice Nomination exercise”

 

Architectural and Urban Heritage. Venice before and after the collapse of the Republic

Evaluation

40% Writing a paper on a subject included in one of the four modules

40% Speaking on all the themes and readings treated in the class work

20% Attendance of classes and guided visits

 

Digital Tools for Humanities

Evaluation

60% Oral presentations and participation in class

40% Final applicative presentation

 

New Technologies, Cultural Heritage and the Urban Experience

Evaluation

30% One presentation

20% One essay on observation and research

10% One essay on group work and discussion

40% Final research essay

 

Managing Heritage Cities in the Era of Global Tourism

Evaluation

30% One presentation

20% One essay on observations and research

10% One essay on group work and discussion

40% Final research essay

 

Drama and Dramaturgy in the Age of Globalization: The German and British Paradigms

Evaluation

30% Full attendance, and thorough acquaintance with the weekly prescribed texts (play and/or criticism)

70% Final exam

 

Re-contextualizing Dramas in Different Cultures. The case of Ibsen

Evaluation

25% Full attendance, thorough acquaintance with the weekly prescribed texts (play and criticism), participation

25% Short mid-term paper (up to 7 double-spaced pages) presented in class or submitted in writing

50% Final paper (a developed version of the short paper – up to 15 double-spaced pages, including notes and bibliography)

 

Visual Representation and the Cultural Other

Evaluation

Each students has to fulfill three tasks once in the semester:

1)write the minutes of a single session

2)read an addition text on a specific theme and make a 10-minute presentation in the classroom

3)write a 12-15 page paper on a chosen topic

4)presentation of the group reportage

 

Eating and Drinking from a (trans-)Cultural Point of View

Evaluation

Each students has to fulfill three tasks once in the semester:

1)write the minutes of a single session

2)read an addition text on a specific theme and make a 10-minute presentation in the classroom

3)write a 12-15 page paper on a chosen topic

4)power point presentation of the group research project

 

Mask and Masquerade in Venice and Beyond

Evaluation

20% Two short papers

30% Class participation

10% Final Exam

40% Research project

 

Travelling Cultures: The Ethnographic Gaze in the Eighteenth Century and Now

Evaluation

60% Three short papers averaged or two longer papers averaged

25% Class participation

15% Final Exam

 

Beauty and Ugliness in Western Art through the Centuries

Evaluation

30% Short critical summary and analysis of what we studied for the next class

30% Performance and individual activities in class

40% Oral presentation

 

Everyday Life through Modern Western Literature and the Japanese Haiku

Evaluation

30% Short critical summary and analysis of what we studied for the next class

30% Performance and individual activities in class
40% Oral presentation

Digital Cities and the Cartographic Imagination

Evaluation

10% Class Facilitation

30% Participation and in-class labs

25% First project (critical paper)

35% Final project (paper+digital project)

 

Foundations of Web-Based Multimedia Communications

Course Evaluation

30% Semester Project

13% Project Proposal

30% Home Work Assignements

10% In-Class Application Exercises

12% Individual Readiness Assessments

5% team Maintenance (Peer Evaluation)

 

Multimedia Project

25% Creativity of Design/Quality

15% Usability and Web Standards Validation

20% Utilization of Multimedia/Technology

20% Communications Effectiveness

20% Presentation and Feedback

 

Italy and Venice in Russian Art and Architecture

Evaluation

40% Class attendance

60% Midterm colloquium and final essay

 

Art and Communication

Evaluation

Participation in the seminars and discussions and regular class attendance

Midterm colloquium and final paper