Academics
Spring 2010
Professor Sy Mauskopf, Duke University Department of History, will teach two of the following courses:
Science and Society in the Early Modern World (pending confirmation)
Science and the Modern Literary Imagination
(pending confirmation)
Nature in Religion, Art, Architecture, Literature and Science in Early Modern Europe
(pending confirmation)
International faculty of Venice International University will teach the following courses for Duke credit.
Italian Language for Foreigners
Beginner ITALIAN 11 (FL)
Intermediate ITALIAN 63 (FL)
Italian Contemporary History
HISTORY 100R.02 (CCI, CZ)
History of Venice
HISTORY 100R.01 (CCI, CZ)
Building a Sustainable and Cosmopolitan City: A History of Venetian Architecture
International Management: Managing Global Value Chains
Globalization, Environment and Sustainable Development
Business Management in Globalizing Asia
Comparative Business History: Japan and United States
Social and Cultural Issues in Urban Planning in the 21st Century
Ethical Problems in Globalization: Culture and Governance in Multicultural Societies
Asia and EuroamericaL Alternative Paths Toward Modernity?
The Jews of Renaissance Venice
A Unique Multiethnic Society: Midieval Spain
Aristotle and Rawls: Ancient and Modern Theories of Justice
Gender, Space and Everyday Life in the City
Sovereignty in the European Union
Political Identity, Involvement and Integration
The Effects of British, American and Italian Colonialist Discourse in Asia and at Home
Fall 2009
Professor Joseph Shatzmiller, Duke University Department of History, will teach two courses:
The Crusades to the Holy Land
HISTORY 100R (CCI) (CZ)
A Minority Within the Medieval Society: The Jews
HISTORY 100R (CCI) (CZ)
International faculty of Venice International University will also teach from the following list of courses for Duke credit.
Italian Language for Foreigners
Beginner ITALIAN 11 (FL)
Intermediate ITALIAN 63 (FL)
Italian Contemporary History
HISTORY 100R.02 (CCI, CZ)
History of Venice
HISTORY 100R.01 (CCI, CZ)
Building on a Lagoon: The City and Residential Architecture of Venice
ARTHIST 160.75 (ALP, CZ)
Regions and Cities in the Global Economy
ECONOMICS 100 (SS) (CZ)
Representing Global Cities: Venice, London, Mumbai
ICS 100 (CZ)
The Representation of Desire in Western Literature and Music
LIT 196 (ALP, CCI)
Food and Culture in the Globalized World
CULANTH 50.01
Public Goods, Human Rights and Global Justice
PHILOSOPHY 127.01
Culture and Negotiations in Arabic-Speaking Islam
Understanding Welfare: Justice, Equality of Opportunity, and Responsibility
PHILOSOPHY 127.03
The Perfect City, Government and Religion in the Philosophy of al-Farabi, Plato of Islam.
PHILOSOPHY 127.02
Pictures of Italy in the Eyes of British and American Travel Writers
ENGLISH 53 (ALP)
Tribe: Fictions of Contemporary American Social Life
LIT 196 (ALP, CCI)
Relationship Between Poetry and Painting: A Comparison between Traditional Japan, China, and Europe
ARTHIST 160 (ALP, CZ)
Forms of Writing in the World
ARTHIST 160.76 (ALP, CZ)
Venice International University Course Descriptions
