VIULectures

Benno Albrecht
Rector, Università Iuav di Venezia

Opening Ceremony of the 1st Semester 2023-24
Thursday, September 14, 2023, at 5 pm
Aula Magna

Wednesday, May 10, 2023
5 pm CEST, Room 1E
Venice International University, San Servolo Island

Miria A. Pigato, Visiting Professor, Department of Economics, Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia

Thursday, March 9, 2023
6 pm CET, Room 1G and online
Venice International University, San Servolo Island

Francesco Casetti, Sterling Professor of Humanities and Film and Media Studies at Yale University

Riccardo Pietrabissa
Rector, University School for Advanced Studies IUSS Pavia

Opening Ceremony of the 2nd Semester 2022-23
Friday, February 24, 2023, at 5 pm
Aula Magna

Bihzad of Herat & Bellini of Venice: a Lecture in 2 parts
by Professor Michael Barry
(Video production by Aimone Angelini Rota)

This Special Lecture is the result of the lifelong research carried out by Professor Michael Barry in the field of Art History, in particular of Islamic Art.

Wednesday, October 26, 2022
4.30 pm CEST, Room 1G
Venice International University, San Servolo Island

Jane da Mosto, Executive Director of We are here Venice

Francesco Rutelli
President of ANICA - National Association of Digital Audiovisual Cinematographic Industries and President of Soft Power Club.

Opening Ceremony of the 1st Semester 2022-23
Tuesday, September 6, 2022, at 5 pm
Aula Magna

Wednesday, May 18, 2022 - 5 pm (CEST)
Online event - via Zoom

Vito De Lucia, Professor of International Law at UiT The Arctic University of Norway and full member of the Norwegian Centre for the Law of the Sea (NCLOS).

Wednesday, April 27, 2022 - 5 pm (CEST)
Online event - via Zoom

Marco Puleri, Senior Assistant Professor at Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna

Wednesday, March 23, 2022 - 5 pm (CET)
Online event - via Zoom

Animesh Gain, Research Fellow at Università Ca' Foscari Venezia

Mariam Traore Chazalnoël, Senior Policy Officer, International Organization for Migration.

Opening Ceremony of the 2nd Semester 2021-22
Thursday, February 17, 2022 at 5 pm

Monday, December 6, 2021 - 5 pm
Room 1E
Venice International University

Diego Calaon, Researcher at Università Ca' Foscari Venezia

Wednesday, November 24, 2021 - 5 pm
Room 1G
Venice International University

Alexei Kraikovski
National Research University Higher School of Economics, St. Petersburg, Russia.
University of Padova, Italy.

Monday, November 8 2021, 5 pm
Room 1G
Venice International University

Éléonore Lépinard, Associate Professor of Gender Studies at the University of Lausanne
Chair: Martina Avanza, Université de Lausanne

May 19, 2021 - 5:30 pm (CEST)
Online event via Zoom

- The Management of the World Heritage Site "Venice and its Lagoon": from theory into practice
Katia Basili, Coordinator of the Office for the Management of the World Heritage Site "Venice and its Lagoon"- City of Venice
- The World Heritage System: Objectives, Actors and Processes
Matteo Rosati, Programme Specialist, Culture Unit Officer-in-Charge, UNESCO Regional Bureau for

May 12, 2021 - 5 pm (CEST)
Online event via Zoom

Sara De Vido, Ca' Foscari and VIU 
Sir Michael Leigh, Johns Hopkins Bologna
Luisella Pavan-Woolfe, Council of Europe
Anthony Teasdale, European Parliamentary Research Service

April 28, 2021 - 5:30 pm (CEST)
Online event via Zoom

Anna Clara Basilicò, Venice Climate Camp
Eleonora Sovrani, We are Here Venice
Sebastiano Cognolato, Venice Calls
Petra Codato, Venice Calls
Ludovico Dejak, Venice Calls

April 21, 2021 - 5 pm (CEST)
Online event via Zoom

Simona Kustec, University of Ljubljana,
Minister of Education, Science and Sport, Slovenia
Manfred Nowak, Global Campus of Human Rights
George Ulrich, Global Campus of Human Rights

Chair: Sara De Vido, VIU and Ca' Foscari University

Monday, March 22, 2021 - 4 pm (CET)
Online event, via Zoom. Registration required
In cooperation with Ca' Foscari University of Venice

Carlo Giupponi, Professor of Economics, Dean of Venice International University
Discussant: Luca Pes, Professor of History, Vice-Dean of VIU

Wednesday, 3 March 2021, 5pm
via zoom

VIULectures is back in March 2021 with the first in a series of webinars on topical issues of interest to the VIU Community. This event is part also of VIU's activities to commemorate the 1600th anniversary of the foundation of the city of Venice.