Past semesters and courses
Summer 2013
Duke Summer Workshop: Visualizing Venice
http://visualizingvenice2013.viublogs.org/
Spring 2013
Art and Architecture in Renaissance Venice
http://artandarchitecture.viublogs.org/
Cities, Global Change and Sustainable Development
http://citiesglobalchangesustainabledevelopment.viublogs.org/
Coastal Wetlands, lagoons and estuaries: environmental monitoring and management
http://coastalwetlands.viublogs.org/
Comparing Cultures
http://comparingcultures.viublogs.org/
Foundation fo Web-Based Multimedia Communication
http://foundationswebbasedmultimediacommunications.viublogs.org/
Global Families
http://globalfamilies.viublogs.org/
Globalization, Environment and Sustainable Development
http://globalizationenvironment.viublogs.org/
History of Venice
http://historyofvenice.viublogs.org/
Homosexual Families
http://homosexualfamilies.viublogs.org/
How to Realize the Limits of Human Ability – Necessary Conditions for Decision-making
http://limitsofhumanability.viublogs.org/
International Management: Managing Global Value Chains
http://internationalmanagement.viublogs.org/
Italian Contemporary History
http://italianhistory.viublogs.org/
Italian for Foreigners
Modern Economics as Thought: The Difference of Preferences between Western Culture and Japanese Culture
http://moderneconomicsasthought.viublogs.org/
Modernity in Europe, America & East Asia
http://modernityasiaeuropeamerica.viublogs.org/
Portraits of Human Existence in the east and West
http://portraitshumanexistence.viublogs.org/
Science and the Modern Literary Imagination
http://scienceandliteraryimagination.viublogs.org/
Singlehood, Global Media and Culture
http://singlehoodglobalmedia.viublogs.org/
The Formation of Marriage: Interaction of Law, Culture and Religion
http://formationmarriage.viublogs.org/
Three Religions and their Defenders Old and New
http://threereligions.viublogs.org/
Fall 2012
History of Venice
http://historyofvenice.viublogs.org/
Venice, Dalmatia, and Ragusa from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment
http://venicedalmatiaragusa.viublogs.org/
Global Art and Architecture in Venice: from its origins to today
http://globalartandarchitectureinvenice.viublogs.org/
Architectural and Urban Heritage. Transforming Venice after the Collapse of the Republic
http://architecturalurbanheritage.viublogs.org/
Training in UNESCO World Heritage Studies
http://trainingunescostudies.viublogs.org/
Managing Heritage Cities in the Era of Global Tourism
http://managingheritagecitiesglobaltourism.viublogs.org/
Globalization and Cultural Heritage
http://culturalheritage.viublogs.org/
Digital Tools for Humanities
http://digitaltoolsforhumanities.viublogs.org/
New Technologies, Cultural Heritage and the Urban Experience
http://newtechnologiesculturalheritageurbanexperience.viublogs.org/
Rediscovering the Civil Society
http://rediscoveringcivilsociety.viublogs.org/
Legal Traditions of the World
http://legaltraditionsworld.viublogs.org/
The Ethics of Climate Change
http://ethicsofclimatechange.viublogs.org/
Empire, Identity, and Exile in the Literature of Eastern and Central Europe
http://empireidentityexileliterature.viublogs.org/
Reading Calvino in Venice
http://readingcalvinovenice.viublogs.org/
The Origins and Development of Japanese Martial Arts and Western Interpretations
http://originsdevelopmentjapanesemartialarts.viublogs.org/
A Violent World: TV News Images of Middle Eastern Terror and War
http://aviolentworld.viublogs.org/
Aspects of Japanese and Western Culture viewed through the Cinema
http://aspectsocietyculturecinema.viublogs.org/
Siege Mentality in National Cinemas
http://siegementalitynationalcinemas.viublogs.org/
Italian Contemporary History
http://italianhistory.viublogs.org/
Italian for Foreigners, beginner and intermediate levels
Summer 2012
Duke Summer Workshop: Visualizing Venice
http://visualizingvenice2012.viublogs.org/
Spring 2012
International Management: Managing Global Value Chains
http://internationalmanagementglobalvaluechains.viublogs.org/
Globalization, Environment and Sustainable Development
http://globalizationenvironment.viublogs.org/
Cities, Global Change and Sustainable Development
http://citiesglobalchangesustainabledevelopment.viublogs.org/
Organizational Ethics, Politics, and Sustainability: Leading Change Toward Sustainability
http://organizationalethicspolitics.viublogs.org/
Globalization and Ethics. The Validity of Human Rights
http://globalizationandethics.viublogs.org/
Multiculturalism and Global Governance
http://multiculturalismglobalgovernance.viublogs.org/
The Internationalization of Finance: Causes, Consequences, Contagion and Tools
http://internationalizationfinance.viublogs.org/
International Trade, European Regionalism and Trade as Development Policy
http://internationaltrade.viublogs.org/
Negotiating
http://negotiating.viublogs.org/
Is the Earth Sustainable? Apocalypses or the Many Endings of the World
http://istheearthsustainable.viublogs.org/
Cultural Sustainability of Tourism in Africa
http://culturalsustainabilitytourisminafrica.viublogs.org/
Discovering the Mediterranean: Tourism and Literature in the Twentieth Century
http://discoveringmediterraneantourismliterature.viublogs.org/
Writing: from Technology to Knowledge. Writing systems in different languages
http://writingtechnologyknowledge.viublogs.org/
Fall 2011
Art and Exchange
http://artandexchange.viublogs.org/
Architectural Urban Heritage. Transforming Venice After the Collapse of the Republic
http://architecturalurbanheritage.viublogs.org/
Globalization and Cultural Heritage
http://culturalheritage.viublogs.org/
Training in the UNESCO World Heritage Studies
http://trainingunescostudies.viublogs.org/
Money, Sex and Power
http://moneysexandpower.viublogs.org/
Venice and Globalization
http://veniceandglobalization.viublogs.org/
The Body in a Globalized World
http://bodyinglobalizedworld.viublogs.org/
Human Dignity and Human Rights: the Development of an idea and its meaning
http://humandignityhumanrights.viublogs.org/
Heritage or Hindrance? Philosophical Perspectives on Religion
http://heritageorhindrance.viublogs.org/
Greek Heritage and Modern Culture. Wagner and Nietzsche on Birth and Rebirth of Tragedy
http://greekheritageandmodernculture.viublogs.org/
The Origins of Modern Philosophical Worldview
http://modernphilosophicalworldview.viublogs.org/
Pleasure: from Aesthetics to Ethics
http://pleasureaestheticsethics.viublogs.org/
Unequal Words: Topics in Translation and Lexicography
http://unequalwords.viublogs.org/
2010-2011 MASTER ICE: ICE-VIU Expert in Business Internationalization Processes
http://businessinternationalizationprocesses.viublogs.org/
Spring 2011
International Management
http://internationalmanagement.viublogs.org/
Writing Venice: Italy, Aesthetic Theory, and the Novel from Ruskin to Proust
http://writingvenice.viublogs.org/
The Duke and the Doge: Comparative Studies of Cultural, Political and Religious influences in Florentine and Venetian 16th Century Art
http://thedukeandthedoge.viublogs.org/
Cultural Conservatism and Classical Innovation in the Formation of Venetian Renaissance Art
http://culturalconservatismandclassicalinnovation.viublogs.org/
A Cultural History of Tea
http://culturalhistorytea.viublogs.org/
Western Images of Japan
http://westernimagesjapan.viublogs.org/
Identity, Language and Communicative Practices in Contemporary Italy
http://identitylanguageitaly.viublogs.org/
Migrant Cultures in the United States and Italy
http://migrantculturesusaitaly.viublogs.org/
Trust and Cooperation
http://trustandcooperation.viublogs.org/
Global Justice and Fairness beyond Borders
www.justiceandfairness.viublogs.org/
National and Regional Identities
http://nationalregionalidentitiesglobalization.viublogs.org/
Is Cultural Sustainability an attainable Goal?
http://culturalsustainability.viublogs.org/
From Colonialism to Postcolonialism in Literature and the Arts
http://colonialistdiscourse.viublogs.org/
Modernity in Europe, America and East Asia
http://asiaandeuroamerica.viublogs.org/
William Faulkner and the American South
http://faulkneramericansouth.viublogs.org/
Fall 2010
Cultural Heritage and Globalization
http://culturalheritage.viublogs.org/
Culture Innovation and Urban Change
http://cultureurbanchange.viublogs.org/
Venice Signatures
http://venicesignatures.viublogs.org/
Venice and the Ottomans
http://veniceottomans.viublogs.org/
Homosexual Families
http://homosexualfamilies.viublogs.org/
The Formation of Marriage
http://formationmarriage.viublogs.org/
Japanese Economy
http://japaneseeconomy.viublogs.org/
Global Food Security
http://globalfoodsecurity.viublogs.org/
Islam and the Making of Europe
http://islamandmakingeurope.viublogs.org/
Transnational Muslim Movements
http://transnationalmuslimmovements.viublogs.org/
Spring 2010
Venice in the History of Music
http://venicehistorymusic.viublogs.org/
Business Management in Globalizing Asia
http://businessmanagementinasia.viublogs.org/
Comparative Business History: Japan and United States
http://comparativebusinesshistory.viublogs.org/
Social and Cultural Issues in Urban Planning in the 21st Century
http://socialculturalissuesurbanplanning.viublogs.org/
Ethical Problems in Globalization: Governance, Multiculturalism and Paternalistic Intervention
http://ethicalproblemsinglobalization.viublogs.org/
The Jews of Renaissance Venice
http://jewsofrenaissancevenice.viublogs.org/
A Unique Multiethnic Society: Medieval Spain
http://uniquemultiethnicsociety.viublogs.org/
Theories of Justice from Aristotle to Rawls
http://theoriesofjustice.viublogs.org/
Gender, Space and Everyday Life in the City
http://genderspace.viublogs.org/
Sovereignty in Supra-National Polities
http://sovereigntypolities.viublogs.org/
Human Rights, Involvement and Integration
http://humanrights.viublogs.org/
History of early Modern Science
http://historymodernscience.viublogs.org/
Science and Modern Literary Imagination
http://scienceandliteraryimagination.viublogs.org/
Fall 2009
Building on a Lagoon
http://buildingonalagoon.viublogs.org/
Regions and Cities in the Global Economy
http://regionsandcities.viublogs.org/
Representing Global Cities
http://representingglobalcities.viublogs.org/
Food and Culture
http://foodandculture.viublogs.org/
Culture and Negotiation
http://cultureandnegotiations.viublogs.org/
Pictures of Italy in the Eyes of british and American Writers
http://picturesofitaly.viublogs.org/
The Representation of Desire
http://representationdesire.viublogs.org/
Tribe: Fictions of Contemporary American Social Life
http://tribe.viublogs.org/
The Perfect City
http://theperfectcity.viublogs.org/
Spring 2009
Shipwrecks:Uses of Catastrophe from the Tempest to the Titanic
http://shipwrecksusesofcatastrophe.viublogs.org/
Shakespeare and the World of Venice
http://shakepeareandtheworldofvenice.viublogs.org/
Residential Architecture
http://residentialarchitecture.viublogs.org/
Approaching Justice
http://approachingjustice.viublogs.org/
Imagining Rhetoric: from Plato to Television
http://imaginingrhetoric.viublogs.org/
The Worlds of Marco Polo
http://theworldsofmarcopolo.viublogs.org/
History of Islam in Africa
http://historyofislam.viublogs.org/
Fall 2008
City as a metaphor
http://cityasametaphor.viublogs.org
One World, One Language?
http://oneworldonelanguage.viublogs.org/
Representation of cannibalism
http://representationsofcannibalism.viublogs.org/
Social simulation
http://socialsimulation.viublogs.org/
The Myth of Venice
http://themythofvenice.viublogs.org/
Europe and its strangers
http://europeanditsstrangers.viublogs.org/
Europe of dictators
http://europeofdictators.viublogs.org/