ACADEMICS
Spring 2012
(Sustainibility Theme)
The following courses are offered every semester on the Duke in Venice program:
Italian Contemporary History (HISTORY 390A-12 (100R.02), CCI, CZ)
History of Venice (HISTORY 390A-12 (100R.01), CCI, CZ)
Italian for Foreigners (various levels, ITALIAN 101A (11), ITALIAN 203 (63), FL)
The following courses are scheduled to be offered during the Spring 2012 semester. These courses will be taught by the Duke faculty member in residence and faculty from the partner universities and will carry Duke courses numbers, credits, and grades. (Please note: more courses will be added to this list as they become available).
Cities, Global Change and Sustainable Development (Turvani, Uni IUAV di Venezia)
International Trade, European Regionalism and Trade as Development Policy (Prof. Leachman, Duke University)
Writing - From Technology to Knowledge: Writing Systems in Different Languages (Trias, Uni Autonoma de Barcelona)
Discovering the Mediterranean: Tourism and Literature in the 20th Century (Trias, Uni Autonoma de Barcelona)
Is the Earth Sustainable? Apocalypses or the Many Endings of the World (van Beek, Tilburg University)
Economic Development: Lessons from Japan (Nakamura, Waseda University)
Global Media Industries: The East and the West (Nakamura, Waseda University)
Negotiating (Nielsen, Boston College)
International Management: Managing Golbal Value Chains (Micelli/Gui, Venice International University)
Globalization, Environment, and Sustainable Development (Musu/Manninno, Venice Interantional University)
The Internationalization of Finance: Causes, Consequences, Contagion and Tools (Leachman, Duke University)
Organizational Ethics, Politics, and Sustainibility: Leading Change Toward Sustainibility (Nielsen, Boston College)
Historical Geography of a cosmopolitan City: Jerusalem as a Holy City for Jews, Christians and Moslems (Biger, Tel Aviv University)
The Boundaries of the Middle East: Past, Present and Future (Biger, Tel Aviv University)
Globalization and Ethics. The Validity of Human Rights (Vossenkuhl, Ludwig Maximilian Univ)
Multiculturalism and Global Governance (Vossenkuhl, Ludwig Maximilian Univ)
Art and Exchange: Venice as a Center of the Art Global Market (Elizabeth Carroll, Venice International University)
