Past semesters and courses

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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

http://italian.viublogs.org/

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

http://italian.viublogs.org/

 

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/