Fall 2011 - Center for Global Education

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The Institute at Palazzo Rucellai
FALL SEMESTER 2011
Course Catalogue
Faculty
Via della Vigna Nuova, 18 50123 Firenze
Tel: +39 055. 2645910 Fax: +39 055.2646721
Table of Contents
COURSE SYLLABI:
ANTHROPOLOGY/SOCIOLOGY:
Identity and Culture in Italy: a Comparative Approach
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Cultural Literacy Workshops:
Pathways to Intercultural Competence
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ARCHITECTURE:
Advanced Topical Design Studio: Urban
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Architecture in Context
15
Special Topics: The Villa and the Garden
20
History of Italian Design
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ART HISTORY:
The Art of Florence: Exploring Visual Culture
29
Special Topics in Art History: Michelangelo
34
STUDIO ART:
The Art of Buon Fresco
38
Drawing: The Human Figure
43
Introduction to Photography: Portfolio of Florence
47
CLASSICS:
Ancient Rome: Civilization and Legacy
52
Archaeology and Art of Ancient Italy
56
HISTORY & POLITICAL SCIENCE:
Florence: The Story of the City
60
The History and Culture of Food: A Comparative Analysis
64
History and Politics of Modern Italy:
From the Risorgimento to Fascism and WWII
70
The European Union
76
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS:
Special Topics: The Business of Art: the Economics and
Management of Culture
81
Family Business and Entrepreneurship:
What We Can Learn from the Successful Italian Model
87
ITALIAN INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES, LANGUAGE & LITERATURE:
The Florence Experience I: Beginning Italian I
90
The Florence Experience II: Beginning Italian II
94
The Florence Experience III: Intermediate Italian I
98
The Florence Experience IV: Intermediate Italian I
102
The Florence Experience V: Advanced Italian
106
Dante‘s World:
The Pilgrimage from Florence to the Holy Jerusalem
110
PSYCHOLOGY:
Cross-Cultural Psychology
114
SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE & FOOD STUDIES PROGRAM:
The History of Food, Agriculture
and Sustainability in Italy
119
Environmental Economics:
Sustainable Rural Development in Tuscany
124
Sustainable Environmental, Food
and Agricultural Systems in the US and Italy
130
The Florence Experience. Intensive Italian
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FACULTY CURRICULA VITAE:
Carlo Achilli,
Laurea, University of Rome
M.Sc. MIT
Licensed Architect
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Stefano U. Baldassarri,
Ph.D. Yale University
145
Serena Baldini,
Laurea, University of Florence
Master in Didattica della Lingua e della Cultura Italiana,
Università Ca' Foscari, Venice
151
Erika Bianchi,
Ph.D. University of Florence
154
Pierluca Birindelli,
157
Silvia Catitti,
Ph.D. University of Rome
Licensed Architect
163
Peter Fischer,
Ph.D. European University Institute, Florence
167
Michael W. Kwakkelstein,
Ph.D. University of Leiden, The Netherlands
171
Tiziano Lucchesi,
M.F.A. Academy of Fine Arts, Florence
175
Gloria Marco Munuera,
Ph.D. RMIT University, Melbourne,
180
David Marini,
M.A. University of Connecticut
184
Francesca Marini,
190
Carolina Megale,
194
Rodolfo Rivas,
M.B.A., University of Connecticut
199
Simone Paoli,
201
Franco Pisani,
Licensed Architect
211
Gabriele Scozzafava,
213
Daniela Sinicropi,
Licensed Architect
216
Bette Talvacchia,
Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor of Art History
at the University of Connecticut
Ph.D. Stanford University
220
Christian Tarchi,
229
Anatole Tchikine,
Ph.D. University of Dublin
234
Simon Young,
Ph.D. Istituto di Studi Umanistici, Florence
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Identity and Culture in Italy: a Comparative Approach
Syllabus
Fall Semester 2011
Instructor: Pierluca Birindelli, Ph.D.
Credits: 3
Contact hrs/wk: 3
Prerequisite: None
COURSE DESCRIPTION & OBJECTIVES
The aim of the course is to introduce the concept of culture in the sociological and
anthropological sense. After clarifying the meaning of the word ‗culture‘, other related
concepts will be analyzed: values, norms, lifestyles, attitudes, beliefs, stereotypes. Attention
will also be drawn to the notion of social and cultural change (de-secularization,
globalization, mediatization, individualization). Concepts and methods learnt in the first part
of the course will be applied to Italian culture to identify its specific features. The following
dimensions will be looked at in-depth: Erlebnis / Erfahrung (Experience in
German); Expressive / Instrumental; Propensity to consume / Propensity to invest;
Dependence / Responsibility; Passivity / Activity; Particularism / Universalism. Italian-ness
will be compared with traits of the American, Northern European and Mediterranean cultural
heritage. In the framework of cultural processes thus constructed we will then focus on: the
creation of a sense of belonging and the experience of being ―different‖; self-recognition and
recognition of others (as individuals and as members of a group); the dynamics of interaction
with another person/other people as well as the origins of representations and stereotypes.
Another objective of the course is to take an in-depth look at the concept of individual and
collective identity; within the lifecycle stages particular attention will be given to the passage
from youth to adulthood, depicting a peculiar Italian phenomenon: the prolongation of youth.
As well as learning theoretic propositions and paradigms, students will be invited to undertake
a journey of self–awareness, so as to internalize the themes tackled during the term and apply
them in a critical manner. Part of the course will be set aside for the theme of journey.
Students will thus be able to supplement their studies by learning concepts which will help
them to elaborate what they are experiencing. The basic concepts (theories, paradigms etc.)
adopted – and shared with the students – allow for an interdisciplinary approach, including
Sociology, Cultural Anthropology, and Psychology. The narrative approach will be our
―discipline glue‖.
METHOD
The course has a seminar format. Lectures will introduce the main topic, with the support of
slides synthesizing concepts, paradigms, theories and examples extracted from the readings.
Sometimes students will carry out in-class exercises (individually or in groups) and report on
them. Students social and cultural experiences will be used to elaborate concepts raised
throughout the course.
COURSE REQUIREMENTS, PARTICIPATION AND ATTENDANCE
Throughout this course students are expected to engage in active participation by contributing
their thoughts, ideas and questions. Thus, it is crucial to study the required readings and be
ready to share opinions on the topics discussed in class. Course requirements include a
midterm exam, a research paper and a final exam. The research paper (5/10 pages) is about
one of the topics discussed during the course (or linked to them). In this work, students are
expected to make reference to the interpretative concepts and methods of analysis acquired
during the course and to their autobiographical experience, as well as finding (at least) one
newspaper article and one scholarly article about the chosen theme. Data and conceptual tools
for the research paper are available on my blog: http://pierluca-birindelli.blogspot.com/.
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Attendance is mandatory. Unauthorized absences, coming late to class and late papers will
have negative consequences for your final grade
CLASSROOM POLICY
All students are expected to follow the uniform policy of the Institute. They are expected to
develop the appropriate respect for the historical premises which the school occupies and they
are not permitted to eat, drink or chew gum in class.
TECHNOLOGY POLICY
Please be advised that laptops are allowed only to take notes during the lecture. You may not
use your computer to surf the Web or for any other personal purpose.
GRADING
– Class participation: 10%
– Mid-term exam: 30%
– Research paper: 30%
– Final exam: 30%
TEXTBOOK
A course pack will be made available.
READINGS
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BAUMAN, Z. (1996) From Pilgrim to Tourist — or a Short History of Identity, in S. HALL and
P. DU GAY (eds.) Questions of Cultural Identity. London: Sage, 18-36.
BAUMAN, Z. (2001) Identity in the globalizing world, in ―Social Anthropology‖ 9, 2: 121–129.
BAUMAN, Z. (2004) Europe: an unfinished adventure. Cambridge: Polity, Excerpts (class
handout): 1-5.
BIRINDELLI, P. (2010) How to do Words with Things, in ―Vulgo.Net.‖, Multilingual European
Review in Social Science, ISSN: 1213-5518: 1-17.
BIRINDELLI, P. (2010) Lands of Toys; Idols and Heroes of Italian and American Youngsters;
Americans, Italians and Europeans. Notes from an ongoing research project: 1-10 (class
handout): 1-5.
BIRINDELLI, P. (2011) Playing as Reality: Youngsters Experience in Late Modernity, in
AA.VV. (2011) Youth and the Challenges of the Future. Aracne: Roma, 1-15.
BIRINDELLI, P. (2011) Universal Values: Beyond Cultural Relativism. Manuscript presented to
the course ―Identity and Culture‖, International Research Master´s in Social Sciences, University
of Helsinki: 1-9.
CAMPBELL, J. (1949) The Hero With a Thousand Faces. Cleveland: Meridian. Excerpts : 1-8.
CAREY, J. (1975) A cultural approach to communication, in ―Communication‖, 1: 1-21.
ERIKSON, E.H. (1982) The Life Cycle Completed. A Review. New York: Norton. Excerpts: 110.
GEERTZ, C. (1973) The Interpretation of Cultures. New York: Basic, 3-30.
GRISWOLD, W. (1994) Cultures and Societies in a Changing World. London: Sage, 1-20.
JUNG, C.G. (1933) The Stages of Life, in Modern Man in Search of Soul. London: Keagan, 95114.
LASCH, C. (1980) The Culture of Narcissism. London: Abacus, 3-51.
LEED, E.J. (1991) The Mind of the Traveller. From Gilgamesh to Global Tourism. New York:
Basic, 1-22.
LUZZI, J. (2002) Italy without Italians: Literary Origins of a Romantic Myth, in ―MLN‖ 117: 48–
83.
MEYROWITZ, J. (2005) The rise of glocality. New senses of place and identity in the global
village. in K. Nyiri (Ed.) A sense of place: The global and the local in mobile communication.
Vienna: Passagen: 21-30.
MILLS, C.W. (1959) The Sociological Imagination. New York: Oxford University Press.
Excerpts: 1-4.
PICKERING, M. (2007) Stereotyping and Stereotypes, in Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology.
Ritzer, G. (ed.) Blackwell Publishing: 1-5.
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RAPPORT, N. and R. STADE (2007) A Cosmopolitan Turn - or Return?, in ―Social
Anthropology‖, 15, 2: 223–235.
RIFKIN, J. (2004) The European Dream. Cambridge: Polity, 1-36.
SCHUDSON, M. (1989) How culture works: perspectives from media studies on the efficacy of
symbols, in ―Theory and Society‖, Vol. 18, No. 2: 153-180.
TWENGE, J.M. and W.K. Campbell (2009) The Narcissism Epidemic: Living in the Age of
Entitlement. New York: Free Press, Introduction and excerpts: 1-7.
COURSE OUTLINE & SCHEDULE
Week 1: Sept. 5, 7
Introduction to the course: culture, identity and narratives
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MILLS, C.W. (1959) The Sociological Imagination. New York: Oxford University
Press. Excerpts: 1-4.
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PICKERING, M. (2007) Stereotyping and Stereotypes, in Blackwell Encyclopedia of
Sociology. Ritzer, G. (ed). Blackwell Publishing: 1-5.
Introduction to the research paper
Week 2: Sept. 12, 14
Beyond Cultural Relativism: multiculturalism, cosmopolitanism and universal values
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BIRINDELLI, P. (2011) Universal Values: Beyond Cultural Relativism. Notes: 1-9.
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RAPPORT, N. and R. STADE (2007) A Cosmopolitan Turn - or Return?, in ―Social
Anthropology‖, 15, 2: 223–235.
Exercise and/or Discussion
Self and other recognition: the experience of travel
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LEED, E.J. (1991) The Mind of the Traveller. New York: Basic. For a History of
Travel, 1-22; The Mind of the Modern Traveler, 285-293.
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BAUMAN, Z. (1996) From Pilgrim to Tourist — or a Short History of Identity, in S.
HALL and P. DU GAY (eds.) Questions of Cultural Identity. London: Sage, 18-36.
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BIRINDELLI, P. (2011) Playing as Reality: Youngsters Experience in Late
Modernity, in AA.VV. (2011) Youth and the Challenges of the Future. Aracne: Roma, 1-15.
Culture: toward a useful definition
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GRISWOLD, W. (1994) Cultures and Societies in a Changing World. London: Sage.
Preface, xv-xix; Culture and the Cultural Diamond, 1-20.
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GEERTZ, C. (1973) The Interpretation of Cultures. New York: Basic. Thick
Description: Toward an Interpretive Theory of Culture, 3-30.
Week 5: Oct. 3, 5
Culture, symbols and experience
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CAREY, J. (1975) A cultural approach to communication, in ―Communication‖, 1: 121.
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SCHUDSON, M. (1989) How culture works: perspectives from media studies on the
efficacy of symbols, in ―Theory and Society‖, Vol. 18, No. 2: 153-180.
Week 6: Oct. 10, 12
Late modernity and self-identity
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BAUMAN, Z. (2001) Identity in the globalizing world, in ―Social Anthropology‖ 9,
2: 121–129.
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MEYROWITZ, J. (2005) The rise of glocality. New senses of place and identity in the
global village. in K. Nyiri (Ed.) A sense of place: The global and the local in mobile
communication. Vienna: Passagen: 21-30.
Review
Week 7: Oct. 19 Mid-term exam
Midterm Break: October 21-30
Week 8: Oct. 31, Nov. 2
The culture of narcissism
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LASCH, C. (1980) Culture of Narcissism. London: Abacus. Preface, xiii-xviii; The
Awareness Movement and the Social Invasion of the Self, 3-30; The Narcissistic Personality
of Our Time, 31-51; Afterword: The Culture of Narcissism Revisited, 237-249.
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TWENGE, J.M. and W.K. Campbell (2009) The Narcissism Epidemic: Living in the
Age of Entitlement. New York: Free Press, Introduction and excerpts: 1-7 (plus reviews and
comments).
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BIRINDELLI, P. (2010) Lands of Toys. Notes from an ongoing research project: 1-3
(class handout).
Exercise and/or Discussion; Deadline for the choice of the research paper.
Week 9: Nov. 7, 9
Old and new heroes: a mythical way into cultural values
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CAMPBELL, J. (1949) The Hero With a Thousand Faces. Cleveland: Meridian,
Excerpts : 1-8.
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BIRINDELLI, P. (2010) Idols and Heroes of Italian and American Youngsters, Notes
from an ongoing research project: 1-3 (class handout).
Week 10: Nov. 14, 16
The European and the Italian Dream
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BAUMAN, Z. (2004) Europe: an unfinished adventure. Cambridge: Polity Press,
Excerpts (class handout).
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RIFKIN, J. (2004) The European Dream. Cambridge: Polity. Introduction, 1-8; The
Slow Death of the American Dream, 11-36; The ―United States‖ of Europe, 197-213; Unity in
Diversity, 267-282; Universalizing the European Dream, 358-385.
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BIRINDELLI, P. (2010) Americans, Italians and Europeans. Notes from an ongoing
research project: 1-5 (class handout).
Week 11: Nov. 21, 23
Italian culture on stage: Italy without Italians
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FORGACS, D. and R. LUMELEY (1996) Italian Cultural Studies. New York:
Oxford University Press. Geographies, 9-18; Imagined Italies, 19-33; Images of the South,
72-87.
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LUZZI, J. (2002) Italy without Italians: Literary Origins of a Romantic Myth, in
―MLN‖ 117: 48–83.
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GIRARDELLI, D. (2004) Commodified Identities: The Myth of Italian Food in the
United States, in ―Journal of Communication Inquiry‖ 28: 307-324.
Week 12: Nov. 28, 30
Youth and adulthood: Italy and United States
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GINSBORG, P. (2001) Italy and its Discontents. London: Penguin. Families and
Consumption, 68-93.
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BIRINDELLI, P. (2010) How to do Words with Things, in ―Vulgo.Net.‖, Multilingual
European Review in Social Science, ISSN: 1213-5518: 1-17.
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JUNG, C.G. (1933) The Stages of Life, in Modern Man in Search of Soul. London:
Keagan, 95-114.
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ERIKSON, E.H. (1982) The Life Cycle Completed. A Review. New York: Norton.
Excerpts: 1-10.
Week 13: Dec. 5, 7
Research Paper Exercise and Discussion
Review
Week 14: Dec. 14 Final Paper hand in; Final exam
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Fall Semester 2011
Instructor: Christian Tarchi, Ph.D.
Credits: 1 credit (1.5 hrs weekly over 8 weeks including a 2.5-hour field trip)
Contact hrs/wk: 1.5
Prerequisite: Openness and a desire to both better understand Italian culture and to develop
and apply cross-cultural skills that are essential to becoming a global citizen.
COURSE RATIONALE, DESCRIPTION & GOALS
Cross-cultural communication and understanding as well as harmonious intercultural relations
are becoming increasingly important. It is therefore vital that we hone effective skills to
become global citizens of the world, to understand culture, cultural differences, and the ways
that culture influences the thinking and social behavior of people - and what better
opportunity to do this and put cross-cultural and global citizen skills into practice than while
in Florence! The course will expose you to the values, beliefs, norms and ‗logic‘ of Italians
(with a particular focus on Florentines and Florentine people your age), and you shall develop
the skills that it takes to become a global citizen and to be successful in multicultural
environments as well as a deep appreciation of cultural similarities and differences between
the U.S and Italy. It will assist you to challenge your own experiences and (possibly Western)
ideas about what it is to be a person. You will learn about practical ways of applying skills for
success in your life so you can develop intercultural skills as a ‗global citizen‘ that will assist
you to understand cross-cultural interactions better, be more effective in them, and get the
most out of them during your time in Florence - and for life!
COURSE FORMAT
Our course will take the form of dynamic, highly interactive weekly 1.5 hour workshops.
Cross-cultural theoretical frameworks will be explored using experientially-based activities
(e.g. role plays, Italians guest speakers, small and large group discussions, the sharing of your
cross-cultural experiences) that make the most of your cross-cultural experience here in
Florence, using Italy and its culture as a kind of ‗experimental classroom‘ to facilitate
intercultural awareness and hone your psychological skills for success as a global citizen. You
will have the opportunity to reflect deeply on your growth through oral journals at the
beginning of each class, class discussions, and other means as you experience the Italian
culture and become more aware of changes, both positive and negative, as they occur within
you.
Active participation is expected from each student during each seminar. Your questions about
Italian culture, reflections, critical thinking, ideas, and contributions are highly encouraged indeed expected - so please come to class alert, ready to do some serious thinking, and
prepared.
COURSE REQUIREMENTS & GRADING
Your final grade will be made up of the following:
75% Attendance and participation. Two unexcusable absences will immediately bring your
participation grade to at least a B-. More than 2 will further reduce your participation grade.
Absence due to sickness MUST be accompanied by a doctor‘s certificate to be counted as an
‗excusable absence‘.
25% Final multiple choice and short-answer exam
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READER
You will be provided with all the reading material during the course.
ATTENDANCE
Class session and evening outing attendance is compulsory. Students must speak to/email me
in advance if they have a valid reason for missing a forthcoming class or outing.
CLASSROOM POLICY
OFFICE HOURS
I am available to respond to student questions after class and am also available for
appointments with students immediately after class. To be fair to all students, I ask that you
make these appointments with me in advance. I can also be contacted by email
([email protected]).
COURSE OUTLINE & ASSESSMENT TASK DUE DATES
Reading(s) for each session must be read (and reflected upon!) before each class.
1. Mon, Sept 05: What is culture? Psychological skills for success as a global citizen in
Italy & other culturally-diverse environments Is what I know to be true about my culture
also true for young Italian culture? ‗Lived-in‘ Florence. Exploratory tour of Florentine
sociocultural values. What images and narratives about Italy and Italians influence our initial
perceptions of Italian and Florentine cultural values?
2. Mon, Sept 12: Stereotypes and prejudices.
The forming of stereotypes and prejudices. What role do they play and how can they be
challenged and tested?
3. Mon, Sept 19: Culture shock & reverse culture shock. Global citizen goals for rest of
semester – and life. Culture shock curves and theories. Students to reflect on their present
sojourn in Italy. How can one manage culture shock?
4. Mon, Sept 26: Fashion values & norms.
Shopping for cultural values: understanding a culture from shops and grocery stores settings.
5. Mon, Oct 03: The Hofstede Model
Reflection on i) which Hofstede dimension best explains student reactions for a time when
they were highly aware that an Italian person thought, felt and behaved differently from what
they expected. Hofstede‘s dimension of culture scales by country.
6. Mon, Oct 10: „La bella figura‟.
The Italian philosophy of la bella figura (literally, the beautiful figure), a way of life based
on beauty, good image, aesthetics and proper behavior.
7. Mon, Oct 31: Entertainment in Italy.
What movies and shows do Italian listen to? What newspapers and magazines do they read?
What music do they listen to? Understanding Italian culture by exploring what they consider
entertaining.
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8. Mon, Nov 07: Taking stock of our experience.
‗How I have changed‘. Reflect on and share with class what you‘ve gained and learnt from
your cross-cultural experiences over the semester PLUS write a Student Profile potentially for
the institute‘s website including ‗Currently what I am doing here‘, ‗Most Memorable
Experience at Palazzo Rucellai‘, ‗Advice for Future Students‘ (see Prospective Students page
on website).
Final Exam
NB: This syllabus is subject to change at any time according to circumstances.
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Advanced Topical Design Studio: Urban
Syllabus
Fall Semester 2011
Instructor: Carlo Achilli, M.Sc., Licensed Architect
Contact hrs/wk: 9
Prerequisites: Arch. Design studio Core I-IV
Course Type: Design Studio
Site-visits fee: $275
Credits: 5
Office Hours by appointment.
Class Times: Tuesdays, Thursdays & Wednesdays 3.00 pm - 6.00 pm
Classroom: Architecture Studio, Palazzo Alamanni, Via Renai 23
Teaching Assistants: Arch. Daniela Sinicropi, Dott. Stefano Corazzini
The Shaping of Urban Spaces – Le Murate, Florence
Theory-aided design for change to an historic neighborhood
INTRO
―Cities, like dreams, are made of desires and fears, even if the thread of their
discourse is secret, their rules absurd, their perspectives deceitful, and
everything conceals something else.‖ ―I have no desires nor fears,‖ the Khan
declared,‖ and my dreams are composed either by my mind or by chance‖.
―Cities also believe they are the work of the mind or of chance, but neither
the one nor the other suffices to hold up their walls. You take a delight not in
a city‘s seven or seventy wonders, but in the answer it gives to a question of
yours.‖ ―Or the question it asks you, forcing you to answer, like Thebes
through the mouth of the Sphinx.‖1
The aim of the first weeks is to introduce students to the cultural experience of living in a city
whose layers date back centuries, which at the same time houses contemporary life for its
citizens and visitors. The exercises are designed to acquaint the students with the city of
Florence, by helping you in reading the urban fabric, along with mapping the city in order to
facilitate your understanding of such a different environment from the one you are
accustomed.
CONTEXT
"The city, however, does not tell its past, but contains it like the lines of a
hand, written in the corners of the streets, the gratings of the windows, the
banisters of the steps, the antennae of the lighting rods, the poles of its flags,
every segment marked in turn with scratches, indentations, scrolls."2
As architectural educators, we share the conviction that architecture should account for its
place - its belonging in the contextual setting. Hence our attention will be directed to
addressing the myriad issues of place and context in which architectural projects can be
situated. The goal is to equip students with the necessary tools to describe, represent, analyze
and interpolate the urban fabric. To this end attention is focused on the issues of context by
means of initial intensive exercises in site analysis and documentation. Florence is a city
whose layers are deposited throughout the centuries therefore a particular emphasis is placed
upon the understanding of the urban context of the city, both in present and historical terms.
This directive fosters the development of a comprehensive urban perspective.
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Italo Calvino, Le Città Invisibili, 1972. “Invisible Cities” translated from the Italian by William Weaver
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URBAN DESIGN
The aim of the studio is to bring together three modes of inquiry that are often considered
separately: a theory-based approach, the consideration of historical urban environment - its
meaning and use for today, and a design problem. Articles will be handed out periodically.
The first part of the semester will be dedicated to understanding design issues at the urban
scale, where the interrelation between elements of a city can be better understood. Public
spaces such as piazzas and public buildings play a key role in the civic life of the historic
neighborhoods. The urban studio will explore the rehabilitation of such important elements
through a culturally sensitive design effort.
The site project in the historic neighborhood of Sant‘Ambrogio/Le Murate, will encompass
urban analysis of the present situation and a proposal of recovery plan for public spaces. This
exercise is concerned with streets, piazzas, gardens, setbacks and all the elements which come
together to form the ―public face of Architecture‖.
The second design assignment will be an infill project located in the Ex Aula Bunker and Le
Murate areas. The project is mixed use and includes the new architectural school entrance, the
public library and the students housing. All of them, facing the new three Piazzas, are in a
strong relationship with historical context. The study of residential typologies entails an
understanding of Italian cultural setting and more specifically of Florentine way of dwelling.
Your design will explore both the building typology and the layering of the surrounding
fabric, providing a contextual response appropriate to the setback of the Piazzas.
Both designs will address the dichotomy public - private space keeping in mind that the task
of the architect is to provide the community with livable places of interaction as well as to
respond to the individuals' needs for a place of their own.
REQUIREMENTS AND GRADING
The final grade will reflect both process and product.
Students are expected to keep a journal of drawings and observations. There will be short,
intense design exercises, readings, discussions and presentations, and interrelated design
projects at different scales.
Students are expected to attend studio every day. More than two absences will affect your
grade.
No "Incomplete" grades may be granted for classes taken during a semester abroad.
Studio work grades will be weighted as follows:
- Journal, Urban analysis and studies 10%
- Readings, discussion and class participation 10%
- Public Space design 30%
- Sketching 10%
- Infill design project 40 %
CLASSROOM POLICY
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READINGS and Recommended Sources
Textbooks:
 Kevin Lynch, ―The Image of the City" ,Cambridge, MA: The Technology Press and
Harvard University Press, 1960
Articles to be discussed in class:
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Gehl, J., ―Three Type of Outdoor Activities‖. In Life between buildings: using public space, Hodkinson
P.: Danish Architectural Press 2004, pp. 11-32
Gehl, J., ―Life between buildings – in Current Social Situations‖. In Life between buildings: using
public space, Hodkinson P.: Danish Architectural Press 2004, pp. 33-53
Caniggia G., Maffei G.L., "Buildings as individuations of building types‖. In Interpreting basic building
- Architectural composition and building typology, Florence: Alinea Editrice 2001, pp.75-117
Kropf K.S., ―Typological Zoning‖. In Typological Process and Design Theory, Petruccioli A.,
Cambridge, MA: Aga Khan program for Islamic Architecture 1998, pp. 127-140
Scheer B.C., Scheer D.R., ―Typology and Urban Design Guidelines‖. In Rethinking XIXth Century
City, Petruccioli A., Cambridge, MA: Aga Khan program for Islamic Architecture 1998, pp. 151-164
Strickland R., ―Between Party Walls: XIXth Century New York Residential Architecture and
Urbanism‖. In Rethinking XIXth Century City, Petruccioli A., Cambridge, MA: Aga Khan program for
Islamic Architecture 1998, pp. 65-80
De Monchaux J., ―The Role of the Architect‖. In The Architecture of Housing. Powell R., Singapore:
Concept media, The Aga Khan Award for Architecture 1990, pp. 216-224
Khan, H.U. and Moore C., ―The Architecture of Housing. In The Architecture of Housing. Powell R.,
Singapore: Concept media, The Aga Khan Award for Architecture 1990, pp. 166-183
Habraken, N.J., ―The Power of the Conventional‖. In Rethinking XIXth Century City, Petruccioli A.,
Cambridge, MA: Aga Khan program for Islamic Architecture 1998, pp. 107-111
Italian Architecture
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Fei, S., Florence: an outline of urban history, Firenze: Alinea, 1995
Naldini, M., La Piazza, la Loggia, il Palazzo Rucellai, Firenze: Edizioni Medicea, 1989
Zucconi, G., Florence: an architectural guide, Venice: Arsenale Editrice, 1995
Wittkower R., Art and Architecture in Italy, 1600-1750, New Haven: Yale University Press, 1972
Tafuri, M., History of Italian Architecture, 1944-1985, Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1989
Los, S., Carlo Scarpa, Cologne: Taschen, 1994
Library and Magazines
The studio has subscriptions to Domus, Abitare, Architecture Review and And a small
collection of architecture books. You are encouraged to use
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Architecture Library of the Università di Firenze, which has a collection of 60000 books and 500
periodicals: via Pier Antonio Micheli 2 - 50121 Firenze. Tel. 055 5047015/5048982
Opening hours: Mon - Fri 8:30-19:00; Sat 8:30-13:00
British Institute Library: Lungarno Guicciardini 9 – 50100 Firenze Tel 055 2687 8270
Opening hours: Mon - Fri 10:00-18.30
Photo-library
- Fratelli Alinari Museum of the History of Photography and Archives
http://business.alinari.it/login/index.asp
Login: rwuarch
Password: florence
Architecture Exhibitions
The following web sites are excellent sources for architecture and industrial design exhibits:
- http://www.triennale.it/triennale/eng/index.html
- http://www.edidomus.it/Domus/magazine/avviosommario.cfm
- http://www.news.archiworld.it/main3-3-1.htm
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SCHEDULE: September 06 – December 15, 2011
Assignments will be handed out on the dates indicated below.
Site walks, meetings, or desk-crits on days not allocated to specific items
The schedule & outline are subject to change.
WEEK 1
THE CITY
Perception
Sept. 6, 7, 8
Due Sept. 13th
Introduction to the studio / design program
Perceived Space: Form | Identity | Meaning
Reading : Lynch K ―The Image of the Environment‖ The Image of
the City, pp. 1-25
Site Visit : San Miniato & the city walls
Lecture: Urban transformation in Florence (historic maps-pictures
site + casa fiumi)
Assignment 1: Perceived Space: Image of Florence
WEEK 2
THE CITY
Description
Sept. 13, 14, 15
Due Sept. 20th
Pin-Up Assnmt. 1 + Lecture + Sketching
Representation of urban spaces and comments on their perception
Reading: Lynch K, ―The Image of the Environment,‖ The Image of
the City, pp. 27-45 and Gehl, J., ―Three Type of Outdoor Activities‖.
Life between buildings: using public space, pp. 11-32 + Pratolini
Article
Lecture: TTT_ Tradition Typology Today (palazzo piccolomini +
palazzo ranieri)
Site Visit: Santa Croce neighbourhood
Assignment 2: Analysis of Piazza & Palazzo Rucellai - Sketching
and Design
WEEK 3
THE CITY
Analysis
Sept. 20, 21, 22
Due Sept. 27th
Pin-Up Assnmt. 2 + Lecture + Sketching
Contextual Analysis - The Urban Fabric & typologies of Public
Space
Reading: Lynch K, ―The Image of the Environment,‖ The Image of
the City, pp. 46- 75 Gehl, J., ―Life between buildings – in Current
Social Situations‖, Life between buildings: using public space, pp.
33-53
Lecture: Contemporary Urban Transformation in the Historic
Context
Assignment 3.1: Urban Fabric Analysis: Neighborhood and the use of
Public Spaces
Assignment 3.2: Urban Fabric: Analysis of Florentine Piazzas
WEEK 4
NEIGHBOURHOOD
Pin-Up Assnmt. 3 + Reading Discussion Lynch & Gehl + Site Visit
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Urban Strategy
Sept. 27, 28, 29
Existing vs proposed plan: uses, scale of streets / blocks / open
spaces
Reading: Lynch K, ―The Image of the Environment‖, The Image of
the City, pp. 76-90
Lecture: Master Plan _ Examples of communications
Site Visit: Le Murate Area – meeting in Piazza Santa Croce
Assignment 4: Urban proposal: Building three edges for Le Murate
Assignment 5: MID TERM REQUIREMENTS
Due Oct. 4th
WEEK 5
Pin-Up Assnmt. 4/5 scale 1:500 – 1 :200 + Desk-Crit + Lecture
LE MURATE
Urban Design
Oct. 4, 5, 6
Public Space Design: Re-thinking the Piazzas
Reading: Caniggia G., Maffei G.L., "Buildings as individuations of
building types‖. In Interpreting basic building - Architectural
composition and building typology, pp.75-117
Lecture: FARE PIAZZA REAPITING
WEEK 6
Massive Model + Desk-Crit Assnmt. 5 / scale 1:500 – 1:200 all week
_Studio open 24h
Analysis & Proposal
Oct. 11, 12, 13
LE MURATE MASTER PLAN: public/private functions and open spaces
Lecture: Tradition in the Modernity _ HISTORY
LE MURATE
WEEK 7
P.ZA GHIBERTI
MID-TERM EXTERNAL REVIEW – October 20th
Urban Design Review
Oct. 18, 19, 20
Jury: arch. Paolo di Nardo _ arch. Salvatore Re _ arch. Franco Pisani
WEEK 8
SEMESTER BREAK
Oct. 21_ 30
WEEK 9
SITE LE MURATE
Design Guidelines
Oct. 26, 27, 28
Due Dec. 8th
Desk-Crit Re-thinking your public space proposal
Re-thinking concept design and strategy for Le Murate
Reading: Kropf K.S., ―Typological Zoning‖ in Typological Process and
Design Theory, pp. 127-140 & Scheer B.C., ―Typology and Urban
Design Guidelines‖ , pp. 151-164
Lecture: Transformation in the European cities: Paris, Athens and Rome
Assignment 6: Urban Design: Public & Private Spaces in the Murate
Area
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WEEK 10
SITE LE MURATE
Scheer & Kropf
Infill Project I
Nov. 2, 3
Due Nov. 8th
presentation
Desk-Crit Assnmt. 6 scale 1:500 + Lecture / Reading Discussion
Urban Guidelines: block types and parcel scale
Lecture: Sustainable Design in Italy: Arch. Mario Cucinella
Reading: Articles/topics will be proposed and shared for individual
WEEK 11
SITE LE MURATE
Infill Project II
Nov. 8, 9, 10
Desk-Crit Assnmt. 6 scale 1:500 + Model + Guest Lecture
Schematic design and massing model 1:500
Special Guest Lecture at Palazzo Alamanni: Arch. Salvatore Re
WEEK 12
SITE LE MURATE
Infill Project III
Nov. 15, 16, 17
18, 19, 20
Desk-Crit - scale 1:200 + Lecture + Field Trip
Architectural guidelines: Plan, Section and Elevation 1:200
Lecture: Jean Nouvel and the Green Architecture in Paris
PARIS FIELD TRIP
WEEK 13
SITE LE MURATE
Infill Project IV
Nov. 22, 23, 24
Desk-Crit + Model scale 1:200
Thinking Public vs Private Spaces in your design proposal 1:200
Lecture: Shanghai Expo 2010 vs Milan expo 2015
Assignment 7: FINAL REQUIREMENTS
WEEK 14
FINAL REVIEW
Infill Project V
Nov./Dec. 29, 30, 1
Desk-Crit – all two weeks
The Shaping of Urban Spaces _ Le Murate, Florence
WEEK 15
FINALS EXAMS
FINAL EXTERNAL REVIEW December 8th
Presentation
Dec. 6, 7, 8
Jury: arch. Paolo di Nardo _ arch. Salvatore Re _ arch. Franco Pisani
WEEK 16
STUDIO ENDS
Debriefing
Dec. 13, 14, 15
Individual meeting
Recording Projects
Studio Clean Up
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Architecture in Context
Syllabus
Fall Semester 2011
Instructor: Franco Pisani, Licensed Architect
Credits:
3
Office Hours: by appointment
Site Visit fee: $ 125
Email : [email protected]
COURSE DESCRIPTION
Architecture in context: Hidden Florence.
The goal of the course goal is to teach students a method to understand, analyse and evaluate
a city/site and its context. The intention is to produce tools that will be useful and applicable
in Architectural Design and in professional life.
The course will focus on Florence as a living city rather than an open air museum for tourists.
It will help the students to read and understand the context of the city beyond the monuments.
As architects we never draw on blank sheets of paper; hidden lines - sometimes more,
sometimes less - are always present. This course will provide students with an approach as
well as with the basic tools to recognize those hidden lines.
During this semester we will cultivate the experience of looking at architecture with a
different eye, focusing on the invisible links and relations between things.
Le Corbusier used to say ―…one obelisque: not architecture. Two obelisques: architecture!‖
Using Florence and it‘s built history as a case study, we will explore the various meanings of
context: urban context, landscape and geography, social and human environment, historical
processes and stratified layers.
Architecture in context is about process, ideas, programs and passion in facing unknown
contexts even more than about final products. In your work, at desk crits, and during
presentations instructor and crits will be looking for evidence that you are searching and
exploring the context as something new and that you listen to and respond constructively to
feedback and advices from teachers and peers.
METHODOLOGIES AND OBJECTIVES
The course is based on a three contact hours per week.
The course is divided into two blocks of 90min. on Monday afternoon: 4,00>5.30PM and
5.30>7,00PM ; one of these blocks (5.30>7,00PM) will be used for lectures and general
communications mandatory for the whole class, the other one for desk crits and in-progress
assistance on assignement.
Groups and schedules for desk crits will be arranged during first week.
The goal is a closer relationship with the site, recognizing its elements, stratified layers,
behaviours, dimensions and figures. We will look at Florence and its monuments from
different points of view, trying to go behind appearances.
Drawings will be instruments to understand and communicate architectonic thoughts.
Sketchbook:
Students are required to maintain one (minimum) individual A5 (21x14,8) sketchbook for the
sole use in this class, for recording field research, exploration of precedents, lectures, reading
notes. Instructor wants to "see your in-progress experience". Make a conscious effort to
record and date in your sketchbook your design process. Make every sketch worthwhile and
worth saving to show and record the progress of your ideas.
Sketchbooks may be collected at any time and will be a graded component of the course (10%
of final grade). Hand-out with a list (one for each week in Florence) of mandatory subjects
will be available in the first week.
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Individual Assignments:
Two small assignments will be given during the semester focusing on different topics:
1_self presentation> due week2
2_understanding context> due Mid term
Group Assignment
During the semester students will work on a strongly characterized context, designing
proposals for the reuse of a monumental site of Florence.
3_designing context>>due Final presentation
For the semester theme students will be asked to work forming two units groups.
Each group will work as in an architectural competition, there will be a session for question
and answer during the mid term exam and a final jury formed by guest critics.
Detailed programs will be available the first week of class.
GRADING AND EVALUATION
Assignments must be completed on time. Late submissions will not be graded. This is a
design class and the quality of your work is of great importance. Final grades will be
calculated according to the following schedule:
Attendance
10%
Sketchbook
5%
Mid term (Assignment2)
30%
Final jury
40%
Assignment1
5%
Participation
10%
STANDARDS
A - excellent, enlightened invention. Superlative or exemplary work, initiative beyond the
description of the problem. Significant understanding of the problem. Conceptual clarity.
Attended by an attitude of selfmotivated exploration, open-mindedness, and a willingness to
benefit from criticism.
B - good, convincing development and comprehensive resolution. Very good, some
exemplary work, a thorough understanding of the problem. Project displays conceptual
foundation, well crafted. Competence and mastery of skills. Open, inquisitive attitude.
C - satisfactory, exploration of alternatives in the resolution of the project. Satisfactory or
adequate work which meets the minimum requirements of the problem and course. Shows
understanding of the problem, with some deficiencies. Reasonable mastery of skill and
concepts. This grade is seen to represent the average solution.
D - passing, consideration of factual knowledge and complete presentation. Work which
is complete, but demonstrates deficient skills and does not show an understanding of the
problem or expectations. Work often attended with closed-minded attitude with respect to
criticism and self-motivation. Although technically passing, this work is unacceptable in a
professional program.
F - failure
CLASSROOM POLICY
ATTENDANCE AND PARTECIPATION
Attendance is mandatory (10%of final grade).
You are required to attend every class. If you cannot make it to class, always notify your
instructor in advance.
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Two missed classes will lower the final grade, more than three un-excused absences can result in
automatic failure of the course.
Chronic tardiness (3 times) will be considered one absence. Lateness, excessive coming-andgoing, and leaving early are disruptive, disrespectful, and unacceptable.
Active and responsible participation is an important component of student work.
Be efficient, learn to develop good time-management skills. You are expected to participate
actively in all discussions and pin-ups. Unsupervised time during desk crits should be highly
productive and self-motivated.
MID TERM AND FINAL EXAM
Communicating your ideas clearly, and documenting your work effectively is a crucial part of
the design process and becoming an architect. As part of an effort to record your work for the
future all students will be REQUIRED to create effective and graphically well-designed
presentation.
Make sure the presentation of your design ideas is complete, convincing and professional.
Start working as soon as possible: ten minutes a day produce better projects than a two
sleepless day session close to deadlines. Work within the time constraints to maximize the
expression of your ideas. Make sure that your products represent all of your ideas, without too
much repetition, without needing to embellish too much with words. Make sure each drawing
or model says something distinct and important. If it's superfluous, leave it out. Make sure
your verbal presentation is SHORT and to the point. Make sure to outline your main points in
advance.
Mid term: February 28th. Presentation of assignment#2 in powerpoint 20x20 format to the
class and guest crits. (30% of the final grade)
Final exam: May 2nd. The final exam will consist in the examination of the materials
produced by the jury and the proclamation of the winning entries (40% of final grade
weighted as follows 20%teacher+20%jury).
VISITS
A series of mandatory site visits will be organized, in and around Florence. Meeting places
will be announced time by time. Students are responsible for knowing when and where to go.
TEXTS
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Fei S., Gobbi Sica G., Sica P. " Florence: an outline of urban history" Firenze: Alinea, 1995
AA.VV. Firenze e dintorni. Guide Rosse. Touring Editore,1983
In addition to the required over mentioned readings (one for a short history of the city and one
as a good guide to the city), an individual bibliography will be recommended to each student
according to the topic the project or of the assignment.
SCHEDULE
w
day
h
meeting
topic
place
0
sept 1
11AM
PR
1
sept 5
4PM5.25PM
AS
5.35PM
7.00PM
AS
orientation
lecture
introduction and
presentation of the course,
organization of schedule,
faq.
meeting at
groups forming
palazzo rucellai
assignment#1:
personal profile architecture in context:
& portfolio (due HIDDEN FLORENCE
mon 19)+group
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review
deadlines
2
3
4
5
sept
12
4PM5.25PM
5.35PM
7.00PM
sept
4PM19 5.25PM
5.35PM
7.00PM
8.00A
sept
M>7.00
23
PM
sept2 4PM6
5.25PM
5.35PM
7.00PM
4PMoct 3
5.25PM
5.35PM
7.00PM
6
7
oct 10
oct 17
8
oct
21-30
9
oct 31
4PM5.25PM
5.35PM
7.00PM
AS
organization
assignement#2:
an urban
parasite in
florence (due
midterm) and
final
assignment:
towering above
the rest
assignme
nt#1
THE CITY: a neverending
series of modification
AS
GROUP
2
AS
THE DRIFT. Tools and
methods to navigate the
context.
AS
on site: pienza e
montalcino
AS
URBAN FABRIC:
typologies and context
AS
GROUP
2
AS
AFTERWAR
RECONSTRUCTION IN
ITALY.working on a
particularly characterized
context.
AS
GROUP
2
AS
QART02_an housing
project. via pisana 14, 16,
18
mid term exams
presentations and critics @
palazzo
alamanni_arch.studio
AS
4PM5.25PM
AS
5.35PM
7.00PM
AS
AIC pecha kutcha:
20x20=6'40"
assignme
nt#1
GROUP
2
fall break
4PM5.25PM
GROUP
2
AS
18
10
nov 7
nov
11
11
12
13
5.35PM
7.00PM
AS
4PM5.25PM
AS
5.35PM
7.00PM
AS
nov
14
4PM5.25PM
5.35PM
7.00PM
nov2 4PM1
5.25PM
5.35PM
7.00PM
nov
4PM28 5.25PM
16
dec 5
dec
12
4PM5.25PM
5.35PM
7.00PM
2.30PM
3.55PM
4PM5.25PM
QART01_2004>2008
competitions. Strategies
and comunication.
GROUP
2
WHAT MAKES A
HOME? standards and
strategies for housing.
8.00A
M>7.00
PM
5.35PM
7.00PM
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q&a for final
assignment
on site: firenze sprawl tour
GROUP
2
AS
ARCHITECTURE AS
PERFORMANCE
AS
GROUP
2
AS
AS
guest lecturer: TBA
GROUP
2
AS
GIOVANNI
MICHELUCCI: hundred
years of Italian
architecture
AS
GROUP
2
AS
board layout general
review
AS
AS
FINALS
AS
comments and
evaluations
final
assignme
nt
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Special Topics: The Villa and The Garden
Syllabus
Fall Semester 2011
Instructor: Silvia Catitti, Ph.D., Licensed Architect
Credits: 3
Contact hrs/wk: 3
Prerequisite: None
Office hours: by appointment Monday 11:45-12:45
E mail: [email protected]
Main goals
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to look carefully at villas, palaces and gardens;
to develop a vocabulary (regarding form, style, function) so as to express what we see;
to explore the function of the works we study;
to consider what they can tell us about the society that created them.
COURSE DESCRIPTION
The course explores villas and gardens to better understand how men and women, from
different times, cultures, and countries, transformed the relationship between Architecture and
Nature. We focus on the dynamic relationship between villas and their gardens, mainly
Renaissance and Baroque in Tuscany and Rome, where gardens where conceived as part of a
multifaceted architectural system. The ‗villa & garden‘ complex originates in the
Mediterranean area, especially ancient Greece and Rome. In Renaissance Tuscany the early
formal garden took shape, later becoming the ‗rational‘ geometrical garden as an extension of
the architecture of the villa. From our base in Central Italy, we look North, to the late
Renaissance Palladian villa (a model for the 18th and 19th century villas in Northern Europe
and America); then East, to a different way of opening architecture to nature: the Japanese
home and its garden. We look West, to the modern villa in America by Frank Lloyd Wright
and its impact on mid-20th century Italian architect Carlo Scarpa. Back in Tuscany, we study
the impact of 18th century England on Florentine culture and gardens and the re-birth of the
Renaissance formal Garden in late 19th-early 20th century Tuscany. Lectures indoors based on
powerpoint presentations will be followed by the most enjoyable experience of villas and
gardens on site visits.
EVALUATION OF STUDENTS
Term paper
Midterm test
Final test
Participation and discussion of readings
Reading assignment
30%
25%
25%
10%
10%
Term paper. Students in teams of two will choose to work on a topic from a list provided by
professor. They will work on a research paper or creative project. Students working on a
research project will write six to eight pages (plus endnotes, bibliography, and illustrations).
Additional forms of expression (previously approved by professor), e.g. diagrams and
sketches, are also welcome. Students working on a creative project will provide a four page
research paper (plus endnotes, bibliography, and illustrations) introducing concepts and
summarizing the presentation. The presentation of the creative project may consist of a
written or performed dialogue, mock-correspondence, powerpoint presentation, video, or
magazine, showing knowledge of the chosen topic. The assignment of the Term Paper will be
discussed on week 4. Topics will be submitted on week 6. Outlines and bibliography are due
on week 10. All term papers are due on week 13.
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Midterm test. Part one: Short answers. Part two: one short essay (at least 500 words) on a
topic covered in the first half of the course.
Final test. Part one: Short answers. Part two: one short essay (at least 500 words) on a topic
covered in the second half of the course.
Participation and discussion of readings. Students are expected to participate in all classes
and discussions of readings.
Reading assignment. Daily readings are due for all students. Every day of class one student
will present the reading due for that day and will lead the class discussion. The same student
will send his comments in advance to the professor by replying (in one or two sentences) to 4
questions:
1. the perspective of the author
2. the key idea of the reading
3. one idea you learnt from the reading
4. one point you did not understand or one point you disagree with.
Submit your replies via e-mail (to [email protected]) by midnight the day before the
due. Delays in submitting your comments will lower your grade.
A few more details:
- Attendance is required. If you miss class or site visits for any reason you must visit sites
on your own; you must buy your own ticket which cannot be reimbursed. Two absences
(including travel time with or visits of friends or family) can be justified by a personal
note without penalty. More absences will lower your grade. For medical absences, please
submit a doctor‘s note within one week after you return.
- Punctuality is required (see also the following issue.) If you are late on-site the professor
will not be able to leave a ticket for you at the ticket office. You must purchase your own
ticket which cannot be reimbursed.
- Arriving late and leaving earlier. Repeated lateness will lower your grade. Please do not
ask to leave class earlier. The professor must be informed in advance if you will be late or
if you must leave earlier for academic or institutional reasons.
- Food and Drink. Please do not eat during class time (including lectures on site visits.)
Feel free to drink but please do not take out bottles when we are on site.
- Phone calls, text messages, and e-mails. Please, no telephone calls, text messages, and emails during class time (including lectures on site visits.)
- Photos. Feel free to take photographs after class and after lectures on site visits.
- Visitors. Unfortunately, visitors may not join our class. Please do not ask to make
exceptions.
CLASSROOM POLICY
Basic Bibliography: (source of materials in Reader):
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James S. Ackerman, The Villa. Form and Ideology of Country Houses, Washington, D.C., 1990
Elizabeth Barlow Rogers, Landscape Design. A Cultural and Architectural History, New York,
2001
David R. Coffin, The Villa in the Life of Renaissance Rome, Princeton, 1979
Roger J. Crum - John T. Paoletti, eds., Renaissance Florence. A Social History, Cambridge, 2006
Raffaella Fabiani Giannetto, Medici Gardens: From Making to Design, Philadelphia, 2008
Richard A. Goldthwaite, The Building of Renaissance Florence, Baltimore-London, 1982
Claudia Lazzaro, The Italian Renaissance Garden, New Haven-London, 1990
Daniela Mignani, The Medicean Villas by Giusto Utens, Florence, 1991
Christopher Thacker, The History of Gardens, London, 1979
The History of Garden Design, ed. by Monique Mosser - Georges Teyssot, London, 1991
Edith Wharton, Italian Villas and Their Gardens, New York, 1904
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COURSE SCHEDULE
WEEK 1: Villas vs Palaces in Renaissance Florence. Form, Function and Social Aspects
Mon., September 5, 1 hour: Introduction to the Course
♣♣♣
Wed., September 7, 2 hours: ♣ Visit to the Strozzi and Rucellai Palaces.
- Reading Due: Ackerman (reader #1)
WEEK 2: Before the Villa, before the Palace. City Homes up to Early 15th Century
Florence
Mon., September 12, 1 hour: ♣ Visit to the Davanzati Museum
- Reading Due: Barlow Rogers (reader #2)
♣♣♣
Wed., September 14, 2 hours: The Early Medici. Villas & Gardens as Intellectual Retreats
- Reading Due: Ackerman (reader #4), Mignani (reader #5: intro + Careggi + Cafaggiolo +
Poggio)
WEEK 3: Inside and Outside the City Walls. Self-Representation and Enjoyment of
Nature
Mon., September 19, 1 hour: ♣ Visit to the Medici Palace
- Reading Due: Crum-Paoletti (reader #6)
♣♣♣
Wed., September 21, 2 hours: ♣ Visit to the Gardens of the Medici Villa in Fiesole
- Reading Due: Linghor (reader #7), Mazzini (reader # 8)
WEEK 4: Reviving Ancient Roman Ideals. Humanism, Architecture, and their Sources
Mon., September 26, 1 hour: Discussion of the Readings
- Reading Due: Wharton (reader #9)
♣♣♣
Wed., September 28, 2 hours: Villas & Gardens in Antiquity. Private Citizens vs Leaders
Virtual Trip to Pompeii + Assignment of Term Paper
- Reading Due: Barlow Rogers (reader #10)
WEEK 5: Villas & Gardens of the Medici Dukes as Places of Entertainment
Mon., October 3, 1 hour: Cosimo I and Eleonora of Toledo: Pitti Place and Boboli
Gardens
- Reading Due: Mignani (reader #11: intro + Pitti/Boboli)
♣♣♣
Wed., October 5, 2 hours: ♣ Visit to Pitti Palace and Boboli Gardens
- Reading Due: Lazzaro (reader #12)
WEEK 6: Villas & Gardens of the Medici Grandukes as Places of Self-Representation
Mon., October 10, 1 hour: Patronage of Cosimo & Eleonora‟s sons
+ Submit topic of Term Paper
Reading Due: Mignani (reader #5: intro + Poggio a Caiano)
♣♣♣
Wed., October 12, 2 hours: Overview
Reading Due: none
♣♣♣
Fri., October 14: 9am-1pm: ♣ Visit to the Medici Villas of La Petraia and Castello
Reading Due: Lazzaro (reader #13), Lapi Ballerini (reader #14)
WEEK 7: Exam Week
Mon., October 17, 1 hour: no class
♣♣♣
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Wed., October 19, 2 hours: Midterm Exam
WEEK 8: Midterm Break (October 21 - 30)
WEEK 9: Beyond Tuscany: Renaissance Villas & Gardens in Papal Rome
Mon., October 31, 1 hour: Popes and Bankers. Belvedere and Farnesina
Reading Due: Barlow Rogers (reader # 15), Coffin (reader #16 + #17)
♣♣♣
Wed., November 2, 2 hours: Cardinals. Villa Giulia, Villa Medici, and Villa d‟Este
Reading Due: Coffin (reader #18 + #19), Lazzaro (reader #20)
♣ ♣ ♣i., November 4, all day: ♣ Day trip to Rome: Visit to Villa Farnesina and Villa Giulia
Reading Due: Coffin (reader #21)
WEEK 10: The Noble Life North of Tuscany
Mon., November 7: no class + Submit outlines and bibliography
♣♣♣
Wed., November 9, 2 hours: Andrea Palladio in Veneto
Reading Due: Barlow Rogers (reader #22), Ackerman (reader #23)
WEEK 11: The English Romantic Garden Style and Late 19th Century Florence
Mon., November 14, 1 hour: Eclectic Style and Picturesque: Fredrick Stibbert
Reading Due: Barlow Rogers (reader #24), Ackerman (reader #25)
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Wed., November 16, 2 hours: ♣ Visit to Frederick Stibbert’s Villa, Garden, and Collection
Reading Due: Stibbert (reader #26)
WEEK 12: The Anglo-Americans in 20th Century Tuscany. Rebirth of the Renaissance
Villa
Mon., November 21, 1 hour: Cecil Pinsent and the Italianate Villa and Garden
Reading Due: Campbell (reader #28)
♣♣♣
Wed., November 23, 2 hours: ♣ Visit to Villa Le Balze in Fiesole
Reading Due: Shacklock (reader #29), Mazzini (reader #8)
WEEK 13: Term Paper Due
Mon., November 28, 1 hour: Discussion + Submit Term Paper
Reading Due: none
♣♣♣
Wed., November 30, 2 hours: Students‟ Presentations
Reading Due: none
WEEK 14: Collecting and Displaying in Villas & Gardens at the Turn of the Century
Mon., December 5, 1 hour: Overview
Reading Due: none
♣♣♣
Wed., December 7, 2 hours: ♣ Visit to Stefano Bardini’s Garden
Reading Due: TBA
WEEK 15:
Mon., December 12: no class
Reading Due: none
♣♣♣
Wed., December 14, 2 hours: Final Exam
Reading Due: none
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History of Italian Design
Syllabus
Fall Semester 2011
Instructor: Franco Pisani, Licensed Architect
Credits: 3
Site visit fee: $ 150
COURSE DESCRIPTION
Italian design: imagination and exactitude.
"Design" as a verb refers to the process of originating and developing a plan for a new object
(machine, building, product, etc.). As a noun, "design" is used both for the final plan or
proposal (a drawing, model, or other description), or the result of implementing that plan or
proposal (the object produced). This course will focus on the history of design and production
in Italy from the industrial revolution to present, ranging from industrial, to product, to
furniture design; giving attention to the extraordinary blend of imagination and exactitude
that characterize Italy. During the semester we will trespass in the world of fashion design as
well as that of car styling, and particular importance will be given to the parallel production of
visual arts, cinema, literature and other fields of culture. After a brief (necessary) narrative on
the international history of design from the 18th century to the present (the rise of
consumerism and mass production, the Arts and Crafts movement, the Bauhaus ethic, etc.) the
course will focus on Italy and Italian designers. Each lecture will focus on one designer and
his work or one object / family of objects, presenting their cultural and productive context and
the technical and semantic background at the base of their success.
GOALS | OBJECTIVES | OUTCOMES
The general aim of this course is to understand the role of "design" within the framework of
the cultural production of Italy. On completion of this unit the student should be able to
explain and place in context the work of a designer by means of a presentation in which they
develop criteria and create links and comparisons between different objects or pieces of
furniture. The student should be able to analyze similar product types through a comparison
of innovative features, function, aesthetic and visual appeal, and any economic, social and
environmental benefits and costs.
METHODOLOGIES
From the presentation of case studies the class will focus on artists, designers, producers as
well as actual makers. Key figures during the semester will be designers such as : GioPonti,
Richard Ginori, Venini, Albini, Bottoni, Figini e Pollini, Lingeri, Terragni, Giuseppe Pagano
and Edoardo Persico, Giacosa, Fiat, Lancia, Piaggio, Olivetti, Marco Zanuso, Achille
Castiglioni, Piergiacomo Castiglioni , Gino Valle, Ignazio Gardella, Luigi Caccia Dominioni,
Vico Magistretti, Ettore Sottsass, Marco Zanuso, Mario Bellini, Vico Magistretti, Gae
Aulenti, Angelo Mangiarotti, Enzo Mari, Branzi, Deganello, Alessi, De Lucchi, Sottsass.
The class is based on three weekly contact hours, divided into two lectures of one and half
hours. The first will be spent in lectures on general themes around the history of design and
about singular pieces about the work of a designer, with the detailed program exposed at point
#10_schedule. The second will be spent in class discussion about a singular piece of design, a
designer or on a particular topic. about. Each student will have four spots of 15 minutes per
semester for a review on the in-progress assignment. A detailed schedule of appointments will
be made during the first meeting and available from the second week of class.
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PREREQUISITES AND REQUIREMENTS
This class is at an advanced level and a good knowledge of history of art, and especially of
the history of XX Century is highly recommended.
Although this class is open to all majors, a good capacity of reading technical drawings is
recommended, as well as a good background in presentation making and images treatment.
EXAMS | ASSIGNMENTS
Presentations: During the semester students will work on two individual assignments.
For the first of them, due for the midterm (week 7), they will prepare a 20by20
(http://www.pecha-kucha.org/what) presentation. The student is asked to present to the class
and to guest critics the results of the research on the subject that was chosen together with the
instructor, formatting twenty slides of a power point presentation with texts, images, graphics
as a support for their speech.
For the second, due for the final week (week 14), they will be asked to prepare an article in
hardcopy + pdf format of at least 10 pages (exclusive of notes, images and bibliography),
putting together in a well organized document graphic materials and written criticism about
the object and the work of the designer. A complete and rigorous bibliography with all the
books used for the research is mandatory as well as a series of notes to the text with reference
to books, magazines, websites.
Presentations and articles will be evaluated for both content (quantity and quality of the issues
chosen to develop the topic, commitment in the research, capacity of creating links and
arguments about them) and layout (effective presentation graphics to reinforce and explain
the main points and to highlight the organization of the presentation.; graphics that are easy
to see and to understand; professional looking; appropriate kinds of content graphics such as
tables and illustrations; all remaining within the stipulated time requirements.)
The works will be evaluated according to the following criteria:
_Completeness and appropriateness of arguments and terminology.
_Originality of ideas and support of criticisms.
_Spelling, grammar, and mechanical errors.
_Clear and compelling graphic format.
_Correctness of notes and references.
Students are strongly encouraged to use original material (especially for images and
critiques), sharpening their evaluating and criticizing capacity.
Should issues of academic dishonesty arise (plagiarism), the teacher will refer to the written
policy of the school on such matters.
A list of libraries in Florence will be given as well as a list of design shop in which students
will have the opportunity to see and touch objects of design currently produced.
The topics assigned during the first week of classes.
Test
A written test on the topics covered by the lectures during the semesters will be organized in
four sessions, during weeks #3-6-11-14 of the semester.
It will consist of a series of 12 short answers based on topics (object and designers) treated
during lectures from week 1 to week 13 and on mandatory readings (see point 9 for details),
graded as follow:
0 points: no answer or totally wrong
1 point: extremely weak answer, partially incorrect
2 points: correct answer
CRITERIA | GRADING METHOD | STANDARDS
Assignments must be completed on time. Late submissions will not be graded.
Final grades will be calculated according to the following schedule:
Attendance
10%
Midterm (Assignment1)
28%
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Final (Assignment2)
Test
Participation
28%
24%
10%
Standards
A_excellent
A-_very good
B+_good
B_average
B-_fair
C+_Satisfactory
C_ Poor
C-_Very poor
D_Barely passing (earns credit but may not fulfill requirement for a major)
F_failure
ATTENDANCE | PARTICIPATION | BEHAVIOR
Attendance is mandatory (10%of final grade).
You are required to attend every class. If you cannot make it to class, always notify your
instructor in advance.
Two missed classes will lower the final grade, more than three un-excused absences can result
in automatic failure of the course.
Chronic tardiness (3 times) will be considered one absence.
Lateness, excessive coming-and-going, and leaving early are disruptive, disrespectful, and
unacceptable. Make-up classes, site visits and trips are always mandatory as part of the course
program. If a class occasionally creates conflicts with another class, the student is required to
inform both instructors in advance. The instructors will then share a written excuse for the
class to be missed.
Please refer to the main school rules. Students are required to behave properly on the school
premises. Classrooms are to be left in orderly and clean. Students must take care of available
equipment and materials and promptly report any damage and loss. Students are required to
read and respect the specific studio rules, especially during open-studio time.
Active and responsible participation is an important component of student work. Be efficient,
learn to develop good time-management skills. You are expected to participate actively in all
discussions and pin-ups. Unsupervised time during desk crits should be highly productive and
self-motivated.
It is the responsibility of the student to catch up on any missed work.
No cell phones on. During class hours the use of computers in a way not coherent with the
assignments (IM-facebook-chat or other) will be penalized .
TEXTBOOK | BIBLIOGRAPHY | SOURCES
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Franca Santi Gualtieri A Trip Through Italian Design Edizioni Corraini,2007
Giampiero Bosoni, Paola Antonelli Italian Design The Museum of Modern Art, 2008
Enrico Colle, 500 Years of Italian Furniture: Magnificence and Design Skira, 2009
G. Cogeval, G. Bosoni Il Modo Italiano: Italian Design and Avant-garde in the 20th Century
Skira 2006
N. Bornsen-Holtmann, Italian Design, Taschen 1995
Bernhard E. Burdek Design: The History, Theory and Practice of Product Design Birkhäuser,,
2005
Stephen Bayley, Terence Conran Design: Intelligence Made Visible Firefly Books, 2007
Andrea Branzi, Introduzione al design italiano. Una modernità incompleta, Baldini e Castoldi,
2008
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Renato De Fusco, Storia del design, Laterza 1985
Karl Mang, The History of Modern Furniture, Harry N Abrams, 1979
Alberto Bassi, Design anonimo in Italia, Electa 2007
Paola Antonelli, Steven Guarnaccia, Achille Castiglioni Corraini 2000
Sergio Polano, Achille Castiglioni 1918-2002, Electa 2006
Gio Ponti, In Praise Of Architecture F.W. Dodge Corporation(1960)
Peter Lang Life without objects Skira 2003
REQUIRED READINGS
In addition to the required readings indicated in the weekly schedule (below), handouts and
readings on each topic will be given regularly in class; students are expected to to read and
study them carefully.
Specialized texts and a wide range of international journals are at students‘ disposal at the
class library, as supplementary information to the teacher‘s explanations and as references for
student papers.
VISITS | TRIPS
Some mandatory site visits will be organized during the semester, details and programs will
be available the first week of classes.
Other visits may be arranged within the course of the semester, according to different
exhibition and museum availability.
When a visit is scheduled, make sure you know the exact meeting point and how to get there.
No student will be ever excused for missing lecture/visit because he/she got lost! No student
will be ever excused for any delay! Be aware that there might be changes in the visit schedule.
Please don‘t be late at the meeting point, as the class will not wait for you to start the visit. A
late showing will be treated as an absence. Make sure you always have your map and know
where to go.
Please note that sometimes lectures are held outside and the meeting point might not be in
class!
If attendance is taken at the end of a visit no excuses will be accepted for not being there.
You will get a full 3 HOURS ABSENCE even if you missed only the very last 10 minutes of a
visit.
CLASSROOM POLICY
SCHEDULE
We
ek
1
2
#
Date
1
Sept 6
2
8
3
13
4
15
Topic
Monography
Reader
INTRO
to history of italian design
THE MOKA:
BETWEEN CRAFTSMENSHIP AND
INDUSTRY: THE EARLY YEARS OF
ITALIAN DESIGN
MARIANO
FORTUNY
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#1
Andrea Branzi
THE SEVEN
OBSESSION OF
ITALIAN DESIGN
#2
Irene de Guttry,
Maria Paola Maino
FROM ARTISTARTISANS TO
ARCHITECTDESIGNERS
#4/1
Giampiero Bosoni
WHAT IS ITALIAN
DESIGN?part1
Assignement
Test
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
5
20
6
22
7
27
8
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9
Oct
4
1910-1920
FUTURISM
class discussion:
design noun or verb?
1920-1930
STILE NOVENTO & RAZIONALISM:
TWO IDENTITIES OF ITALIAN
DESIGN
#3
Filippo Tommaso
Marinetti
The Founding and
Manifesto of
Futurism
+ Antonio Sant'Elia
The manifesto of
futurist architecture
#4/2
Norman Potter
WHAT IS GOOD
DESIGN?
#5/1
Giampiero Bosoni
WHAT IS ITALIAN
DESIGN? part2
1°
GIUSEPPE
TERRAGNI
1930-1940
BETWEEN THE WARS DESIGN
CONSOLIDATES
10
6
11
11
12
13
13
14
18 mid term presentations
GIO PONTI
1945-1955
AFTERWAR AND
RECONSTRUCTION
DANTE GIACOSA
AND FIAT 500
#7
Giampiero Bosoni
OF THE MODO
ITALIANO AND ITS
WAYS
#6
Gio Ponti
IN PRAISE OF
ARCHITECTURE
#11/aGiampiero
Bosoni
WHAT IS ITALIAN
DESIGN?part3
#9
Fiat group
FIAT 500. 50 YEARS
2°
20 review session
mid term break
15 Nov 1
3
16
1955-1965
THE BOOM
THE
CASTIGLIONIS
8
1965-1975
ITALIAN DESIGN: NEW DOMESTIC
LANDSCAPE
18
11
Field trip to Milano: Triennale Italian Design Museum + casa studio castiglioni
11 19
15
1975-1985
POSTMODERNIMS
20
17
12 21
22
22
24
10 17
13 23
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class discussion:
design exclusive or
inclusive?
1985-1995
italian design spreads
6
26
8
15 27
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3°
ETTORE
SOTTSASS
#8/b
Vittorio Gregotti
ARCHITECTURAL
CULTURE AND
INDUSTRIAL
DESIGN IN ITALY
1995-2005
NO DESIGN
class discussion:
CHANGE BY
DESIGN:
PARADIGMS FOR
SUSTAINABILITY
24 Dec 1
14 25
#11/b
Giampiero Bosoni
WHAT IS ITALIAN
DESIGN? part4
#8/c
Karl Mang
NEW IDEAS FROM
ITALY
#8/a
Karl Mang
CHIAVARI 'S "
CAMPANINO "
or, How to Improve
on a Traditional
Form
2005-2011
NEW TENDENCIES FOR ITALIAN
DESIGN
#15Michael
Braungart
is sustainability
boring?
#13
Dejan Sudjic
LANGUAGE
class discussion:
an object made my
day!
13 final presentations
15 comments and feedbacks
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#16
Dejan Sudjic
DESIGN
AND ITS
ARCHETYPES
4°
The Art of Florence: Exploring Visual Culture
Syllabus
Fall Semester 2011
Instructors: Bette Talvacchia, Ph.D.
Francesca Marini, Ph.D.
Anatole Tchikine, Ph.D.
Credits: 3
Contact hrs/wk: 3
Prerequisite: None
Site-visits fee: $85
COURSE DESCRIPTION
During the Renaissance, roughly defined as the period extending from the middle of the 14th
century until the end of the 16th century, the city of Florence was the site of some of the most
remarkable artistic creativity in European history. Why, though, should one city have
contributed so much to the course of the arts? Why should so many of the city‘s works of art,
monuments, and buildings have played a major rule in the development of the visual arts?
What set of circumstances and conditions made this possible? This course is designed to
explore these questions through an examination of historical factors that made Florence the
birthplace and point of reference for what we now call ―Renaissance art.‖ We will examine
the careers and achievements of some of the central figures working in Florence, including
Giotto, Filippo Brunelleschi, Donatello, Masaccio, Lorenzo Ghiberti, Fra Angelico, Fra
Filippo Lippi, Sandro Botticelli, Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, and Raphael.
Starting with the monumental site of the Duomo (the Cathedral of Florence), the first part of
the course will focus on the development of sculpture and its architectural setting,
emphasizing the circumstances of urban history that demanded public, monumental programs
of architecture and sculpture. The first half of the course will end with an amplification of
Filippo Brunelleschi‘s achievement in the Pazzi Chapel, while providing an introduction to
Giotto and fresco painting in Santa Croce. The second part of the semester will concentrate on
the development of painting in the 15th century, and then move on to the Cinquecento
(sixteenth century) with the achievements of Leonardo, Michelangelo and Raphael.
Emphasis will be placed on studying the art preserved and exhibited in Florentine museums
and contained in monuments that often constitute its original site; therefore, class meetings
will alternate between lectures in the classroom at Palazzo Rucellai, and study on site, so that
the students will have the opportunity each week to experience original art rather than digital
images. We will analyze the art within a sequence of contexts, in order to understand the
cultural, political, economic and religious factors that contributed to the production of art in
Renaissance Florence.
AIM OF THE COURSE
The fundamental goals are to introduce students to the art and architecture of Florence in its
historical context, and in doing so, to make them familiar with the origins, nature and
development of the Renaissance in the visual arts. Mastery of basic concepts and terminology
of art historical studies is another essential aspect of this course.
TEXTS: Students will purchase the Blue Guide for the monuments and maps; chapters from
Frederick Hartt‘s text will be assigned for Readings on the specific artists and art historical
information; titles, dates, etc. For the latter text, Readings packets will be available for
purchase, and several copies of the volume will be put on reserve in the library.
TESTING: A mid-term and final exam will be given, with one written exercise that combines
visual analysis with research.
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REQUIRED READING
Text for classroom meetings and lectures: History of Italian Renaissance Art, Frederick Hartt
and David G. Wilkins (New York, Abrams, 2003)
Text for site visits: Memorial on Many Statues and Paintings in the Illustrious City of
Florence (1510). A Booklet Devoted to Florentine Art edited by W.H.de Boer, 2011,
Additional Readings may be given in hand-outs by individual professors throughout the
semester.
All of the assigned Readings should be studied each week in preparation for the class
meetings.
For extra Reading and for written assignments, consult the following:
Ch. Avery, Florentine Renaissance Sculpture
S. Baldassari and A. Saiber (eds), Images of Quattrocento Florence
E. Borsook, Companion Guide to Florence
B. Cole, The Renaissance Artist at Work
B. Cole, Italian Art 1250-1550
P. Davies, Janson‘s History of Art. The Western Tradition, 7th ed., vol. II, chapters 13, 15, 16, 17.
J. Hall, Dictionary of Subjects and Symbols in Art
J. Hall, History of Ideas and Images in Italian Art
F. Hartt, History of Italian Renaissance Art
R. J.M. Olson, Italian Renaissance Sculpture
J.T. Paoletti and G.M. Radke, Art in Renaissance Italy
C.M. Richardson (ed.), Locating Renaissance Art
P.L. Rubin and A. Wright, Renaissance Florence. The Art of the 1470s
A.R. Turner, The Renaissance in Florence
E. Welch, Art and Society in Renaissance Italy
K. Woods (ed.), Making Renaissance Art.
CLASS FORMAT AND ATTENDANCE POLICY
Class meetings will be divided between classroom lectures and discussions at the school, and
study-visits on site in museums, churches and palaces of Florence. Attendance is required at
all class meetings and site visits; absences and late arrival will be recorded and lower the final
grade.
If 4 class meetings are missed, the student will receive an ―F‖ for the course.
Form of Assessment:
Grades will be composed of evaluations based on the mid-term and final exams, plus one
written paper, to be announced and assigned by the professor. The resulting grades will each
constitute 1/3 of the final grade.
The highest grades will be awarded for work that demonstrates:
-- thorough knowledge of course material
-- critical judgment of views expressed in required Reading and in extra Reading in the case
of the research paper.
-- the capacity to answer questions (on exams) concisely and to the point, with relevant
information to back up the statements made.
Format of Examination:
Students will be tested on material presented in class lectures, contained in assigned Readings
or viewed during site trips. Content and format of the examination will be discussed prior to
examination so that students will have a clear idea of procedures.
Examination will comprise the following:
- Terminology
- Slide Identification (name of artist, title of artwork, location, approx. date)
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- Comparison (essay type answer where two works are compared and contrasted in terms of
medium, style, subject matter, treatment, etc.)
- Questions pertaining to specific works by artists-essay type answer.
Site visit attire: Appropriate attire must be observed when visiting churches: no bare
shoulders or midriffs; no shorts, no minis.
Mobile phones and electronic devises must be switched off during class periods
CLASSROOM POLICY
SCHEDULE
Week 1
Tuesday 6 September
Introduction to the course: History of Florence (the Roman Florentia, the mendicant
churches, the building of the new cathedral and the bell tower of Santa Maria del Fiore next to
the Baptistery )
Reading: Hartt, Italy and Italian Art, pp 35-55
The Design of the Campanile, pp 114-115
Sculpture for the Baptistery, pp 122-123
Thursday 8 September
Duomo, Campanile and Baptistery [meet in front of Palazzo Rucellai]
Reading: Memorial, introduction, pp. 11-33, 97-98 (160-162)
Week 2
Tuesday 13 September
Giotto
Reading: Hartt, Florentine Art of the Early Trecento, pp 93-113
Florentine Painters after Giotto, pp 118-121
Santa Croce and Pazzi Chapel [meet AT 9.20 in front of Santa Croce ]
Reading: Memorial, p.98-99 (170-179)
Week 3
Filippo Brunelleschi, Lorenzo Ghiberti
Reading: Hartt, The Beginnings of Renaissance Architecture, pp 181-96
Gothic and Renaissance in Tuscan Sculpture, pp 199-217
Museo dell‘Opera del Duomo [meet in front of the Opera del Duomo]
Reading: Memorial, pp. 92-95 (104-125)
Week 4
Donatello
Reading: Hartt, Crisis and Crosscurrents; Donatello after 1453, pp 329-342
Or San Michele, The Bargello [meet in front of Palazzo Rucellai]
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Reading: Memorial, pp. 184-185
Week 5
Tuesday 4 October
Alberti e Masaccio
Reading: Hartt, The Second Renaissance Style, pp 265-291
Absolute and Perfect Painting, pp 293-310
Thursday 6 October
Santa Maria Novella; Palazzo Rucellai
Reading: Memorial, p.97 (154-159)
Week 6
Tuesday 11 October
Masaccio, Masolino
Reading: Hartt, Masolino and Masaccio, pp 227-243
Thursday 13 October
Brancacci Chapel, Santa Maria del Carmine [meet in front of Palazzo Rucellai]
Week 7 (17 – 20 Oct)
Mid-term Exams
Week 8 (21 -30)
Mid-term Break
Week 9
Tuesday 1 November
Fra Angelico, Fra Filippo Lippi
Reading: Hartt, The Heritage of Masaccio, pp 245-263
Thursday 3 November
San Marco [meet in front of San Marco Museum]
Week 10
Tuesday 8 November
Andrea del Verrocchio, Sandro Botticelli
Reading: Hartt, Science, Poetry, and Prose, pp 359-397
Thursday 10 November
Gli Uffizi I (Masaccio, Lippi, Botticelli) [meet in front of the Uffizi – Reservation entrance]
Week 11
Tuesday 15 November
Leonardo
Reading: Hartt, The High Renaissance in Florence, pp 477-501
Gli Uffizi II (emphasis: Leonardo Michelangelo) [meet in front of the Uffizi – Reservation
entrance]
Week 12
Tuesday 22 November
Michelangelo
Reading: Hartt, Michelangelo to 1505, pp 501-511; pp 525-554
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Galleria dell‘Accademia [meet in front of the Accademia Gallery – Reservation entrance]
Week 13
Tuesday 29 November
Michelangelo, continued
Reading: Hartt, High Renaissance and Mannerism, pp 581-604
Thursday 1 December
Medici Chapel [meet in front of Palazzo Rucellai]
Week 14
Tuesday 6 December
Raphael
Reading: Hartt, Raphael in Perugia and Florence, pp 511-515; 554-579
Thursday 8 December
Palazzo Pitti, Galleria Palatina [meet in front of the Palazzo Pitti entrance]
Week 15 (7 -10 Dec)
Final Exams
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Special Topics in Art History: Michelangelo
Syllabus
Fall Semester 2011
Instructor: Michael W. Kwakkelstein, Ph.D.
Credits: 3
Contact hrs/wk: 3
Prerequisite: a previous course in art history preferred
Site-vistits fee: $150
Office hours after class
COURSE DESCRIPTION
An in-depth study of the drawings, paintings, sculptures of Michelangelo Buonarroti (14751564). Beginning with examining the various aspects of Michelangelo‘s artistic formation and
his relation to Lorenzo de‘ Medici and his cultural environment, this course explores the
development in Michelangelo‘s progress as a draughtsman, painter, sculptor and architect
throughout his entire 75 year-long career. Attention will be devoted to establishing
Michelangelo‘s working procedures, how he designed his masterpieces; his approach to the
nude and antique sculpture, his stylistic development and finally, the nature of the interaction
between the various arts in which he excelled.
COURSE AIMS
To introduce the student to the multifaceted genius of Michelangelo and to enable him or her
to understand and appreciate the power and originality of his works, and to analyze: 1) the
role drawing played in the creative process; 2) the stylistic development of his works thereby
taking into account what is known about his personality and interests, as well as his reactions
to the changing political and religious climate in which he produced his art.
COURSE STRUCTURE
Class will meet for 3 hours per week. The course will be a combination of lectures with power
point presentations/discussions in class and site-visits to see the works of Michelangelo in
Florence and Rome.
COURSE REQUIREMENTS
Students will sit a mid-term examination and a final examination, and write a term paper with
a 10 minutes-presentation (List of topics and Outline term paper will be handed out at the
beginning of the course).
FORMAT OF THE EXAMS
The format of the exams will be discussed (see Review) before they are given. The student
will not be tested on any information not found in the textbooks or presented in class lectures.
ATTENDANCE
Attendance is mandatory and punctuality is required. Active participation in class lectures and
during field trips is expected. Absences must be justified by a personal note or physician‘s
certificate. More than 2 unjustified absences will lower your grade (unless you present a note
from a doctor). Late submission of work and persistent lateness in arriving at class will also
lower your grade.
No eating during class time and you are kindly requested to switch off your cell phone.
GRADING
High grades will be awarded for work that demonstrates:
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good knowledge of course material and the ability to recognize and identify
Michelangelo‘s artworks
the ability to articulate clearly on the subject through the use of appropriate
terminology and methods, in order to express judgments regarding the form, style and
sources of Michelangelo‘s art.
the capacity to answer questions (exams) concisely and to the point.
1. Class attendance and participation
2. Midterm exam
3 Research paper and presentation
4. Final exam
20 %
20 %
30 %
30 %
CLASSROOM POLICY
TEXTBOOKS
H. Hibbard, Michelangelo, Harmondsworth 1978
A. Hughes, Michelangelo, London 1997
FURTHER READING
J. Ackerman, The Architecture of Michelangelo, London 1961
H. Chapman, Michelangelo drawings: Closer to the Master, London 2005
R.J. Clements, Michelangelo. A Self Portrait, New Jersey 1963
Ascanio Condivi‘s Life of Michelangelo, trans. by A.S. Wohl- Sedgwick and H. Wohl, Baton Rouge
and Oxford 1976 (or later reprint)
P. De Vecchi (ed.), The Sistine Chapel. A Glorious Restoration, New York 1994
M. Giacometti (ed.), The Sistine Chapel. Michelangelo Rediscovered, London 1986
A. Gill, Il Gigante. Michelangelo, Florence and the David, 1492-1504, London 2002
F. Hartt, Michelangelo: The Complete Sculpture, London 1969
F. Hartt, History of Italian Renaissance Art, New York 1987 (or latest edition)
M. Hirst and J. Dunkerton, Making and Meaning: The Young Michelangelo. The Artist in Rome 14961501, London 1994.
Michelangelo. The Genius of the Sculptor in Michelangelo‘s Work, Montreal 1992.
J.T. Paoletti and G.M. Radke, Art in Renaissance Italy, London 2001.
L. Partridge, F. Mancinelli and G. Colalucci, Michelangelo. The Last Judgment, A Glorious
Restoration, New York 2000
J. Pope-Hennessy, Italian High Renaissance and Baroque Sculpture, London 1996.
J.M. Saslow, The Poetry of Michelangelo. New Haven, London 1991
Ch. Seymour, Michelangelo‘s David. A Search for Identity, Pittsburgh 1967
G. Vasari, The Lives of the Artists, ed. Bondanella (Oxford 1998)
IMPORTANT DATES
Monday 17 October
Friday 4 November
Monday 14 November
30 Nov.- 7 Dec.
12-15 December (date T.B.A.)
COURSE TIMETABLE
Week 1: Introduction
Monday 5 Sept.:
Mid-term Exam
Field-trip to Rome
Deadline paper
Student Presentations
Final Exam
Introduction to the course. Introducing Michelangelo.
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Wednesday 7 Sept. :
Readings:
Film (Part I) about Michelangelo and his working methods as
a sculptor. Michelangelo and the changing status of the artist
in the Renaissance.
Barker, Webb and Woods, ―From craftsman to court artist‖
and ―Vasari and the artist as hero‖ pp. 12-23 (handout).
Week 2: Training and earliest works (1487-1492)
Monday 12 Sept.:
Defining the Renaissance and the function and uses of
painting and sculpture during the period.
Readings:
Burke, chapter 5 (handout)
Wednesday 14 Sept.:
Readings:
Site visit to Casa Buonarroti (museum remains open after
16:00)
Hughes, pp. 4-27; Hibbard, pp. 11-29.
Week 3: Artistic anatomy and Michelangelo‟s first stay in Rome (1496-1501)
Monday 19 Sept.:
Michelangelo‘s wooden Crucifix. The Sleeping Cupid. The
Bacchus. The road to success: the Pietà; and a painting of the
Entombment.
Readings:
Hibbard, pp. 29-50; Hughes, pp. 28-32; 43-62.
Wednesday 21 Sept.:
Museo Nazionale del Bargello (15:30-closes at 16:50!)
Week 4: Return to Florence (1501-1505)
Monday 26 Sept.:
The David. The Battle of Cascina; Four Madonna‘s.
Readings:
Hibbard, pp. 51-84; Hughes, pp. 65-74; 84-102.
Wednesday 28 Sept.:
Site-visit to Galleria dell‘Accademia (16:15)
Week 5: Back in Rome I: The „Tragedy of the tomb‟
Monday 3 Oct.:
The tomb for Julius II (The Slaves/Prisoners, Victory,
Moses).
Readings:
Hibbard, pp. 85-92;148-161; 169-175; 202-208; Hughes, pp.
105113; 150-154; 161-165; 265-272.
Wednesday 5 Oct.:
Site visit to Galleria degli Uffizi (16:00)
Week 6: In Rome II: The Sistine Chapel Ceiling (1508-1512)
Monday 10 Oct.:
The making of an awe-inspiring masterpiece.
Readings:
Hibbard, pp. 99-143; Hughes, pp. 118-144.
Wednesday 12 Oct.:
Topic assigned and review
Week 7: Mid-Term exam
Monday 17 Oct.:
Midterm exam
Wednesday 19 Oct.:
No class
Week 8: (21-30 Oct.):
Mid-Term Break
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Week 9: Michelangelo and the Medici
Monday 31 Oct.:
The Medici Chapel (1520-1534) and Laurentian Library at
San Lorenzo, Florence
Readings:
Hibbard, pp. 177-202; 209-219; Hughes, pp.186-206; 213223.
Wednesday 2 Nov.:
Site-visits to the Medici Chapel and Laurentian Library at
church of San Lorenzo (15:30)
Friday 4 Nov.:
Field trip to Rome
Week 10: Drawings, lost compositions and lesser sculptures
Monday 7 Nov.
Wednesday 9 Nov.:
Readings:
The Leda, the Apollo and the Risen Christ. Presentation
drawings (for Tomamaso de‘Cavalieri)
Hibbard, pp. 167-169; 223-237; Hughes, pp. 165-168; 223238.
Week 11: Last Major Works (1536-64)
Monday 14 Nov.
The Last Judgment.
Readings:
Hibbard, pp. 239-254; Hughes, pp. 238-254.
Wednesday 16 Nov.
Readings:
313-6.
Late Crucifxion drawings, The Brutus, Florence Pietà, The
Rondanini Pietà
Hibbard, pp. 263-66; 280-290; Hughes, pp. 264-5; 283-8;
Week 12: Michelangelo: Architect and Influence
Monday 21 Nov.:
Roman Projects. Michelangelo‘s impact on 16th-century art.
Readings:
Wednesday 22 Nov.:
Film
Week 13: Concluding remarks and Student Presentations
Monday 28 Nov. :
Making sense of Michelangelo and review
Readings:
Wednesday 30 Nov.:
Presentations.
Week 14: Student Presentations
Monday 5 Dec.:
Presentations.
Wednesday 7 Dec.:
Presentations.
Week 15: Final exam: To be announced.
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The Art of Buon Fresco
Syllabus
Fall Semester 2011
Instructor: Tiziano Lucchesi, M.F.A.
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: Suggested at least two semesters of studio art or art history
Material fee: est. $ 60
COURSE DESCRIPTION
The studio in which the students have their classes is very similar to the original painting
workshops that one could find in the narrow old streets of Renaissance Florence, and makes
an inspiring setting. Walls are prepared with a bare, rough layer allowing the students the
possibility to work directly according in an inspiring environment. During the first month of
the semester the students will be able to see and study the antique techniques of fresco wall
painting that have preceded them over the course of history, starting with prehistoric man and
continuing on to the period of the Egyptians, Greeks,and Romans, with some attention also to
Asiatic and Mesoamerican methods. Students will also acquire some familiarity with the
famous art manuals passed down to us by the ancient masters (Plinio,Vitruvio, Cennino
Cennini and Vasari.). The study of the various steps in the process includes the preparation of
the mortar, of the preparatory drawings and life-size cartoons, of the subdivision into ―days‘
work‖, and of the various pictorial phases of this technique. After the first tries there will be
gradually added more complex projects that students will be able to take home with them.
During the last 2-3 weeks of the semester, when students have mastered the technique, we
will concentrate on a large fresco that will be carried out by the whole group, as in a true
―bottega fiorentina‖ of the Fifteenth century. The topic of the mural will be realistic, and
once the setting and narrative content is decided, students will design the characters
themselves. Then the life-size drawings and the cutting out of the ―cartoons‖ will be done,
and after the preparation of the mortar and all the materials, each student will paint his/her
character in the portion set up for the ―day‖ (giornate). At the completion of the fresco
students will have participated in the realization of a large original mural in authentic
Fifteenth century fresco technique, and they will be able to make a thorough digital
documentation of their work.
Class will meet for six hours per week in the studio.
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-
Projects: Students will be expected to work through a series of assignments that will
help in becoming familiar with the techniques being studied.
Critiques: Critiques are intended to serve as an open forum for evaluation and
discussion of your work.
Slide Presentations/Site Visits: Slide presentations will address the connections
between class concepts, your work, and art history, while site visits to
museums,churches and galleries will enable students to view the work of the Italian
masters.
Readings: Students will be given handouts to assist in learning techniques.
COURSE POLICIES
Headphones will not be permitted during class time.
Turn off your cell phone before coming to class!
GRADING AND ATTENDANCE
Class attendance and participation is crucial to the overall grade.
Students may miss 2 classes without having their grade drop. Each additional unexcused
absence will result in a drop of ½ a letter grade on your final grade. Three late and/or early
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departures from class will count as one absence. Consider illness, family emergencies, etc. to
be worthy of an excused absence. An excused absence must be accompanied by written
documentation.
GRADING SCALE
A Excellent. Work completed on time with excellence in care and effort. Excellent
attendance and class participation.
B Good, Above Average. Work completed on time in a competent manner with an
above average understanding of photography. Good attendance and class
participation.
C Average. Work completed with an average level proficiency from a beginning level
student.
D Work completed with a minimum of effort. Late or incomplete work.
F Incomplete work, excessive absences, or quality below university level.
GRADE BREAKDOWN
Projects
60%
Class participation
40%
CLASS PARTICIPATION
Students will be expected to attend class regularly, provide required supplies, work diligently
during class, as well as spend the necessary amount of time on projects outside of class. Since
open interchange of ideas are essential to any artist‘s development, students are encouraged to
be active participants in each class, and are required to contribute to discussions during formal
group critiques.
ASSIGNMENTS
Students will be familiarized with materials, techniques and styles through lectures, readings,
demonstrations and critiques and will execute assignments that are in-line with the lecture and
study information. Assignments are due at the beginning of class on the day scheduled for the
critique.
READINGS
Students will be given handouts to assist in learning techniques.
CLASS CONDUCT
All students are requested to take responsibility for personal conduct during class and arrive
on time for each lecture and studio work with proper materials and assignments already
completed and ready to present. Repeated tardiness and failure to complete work on time will
affect final grade.
CLASSROOM POLICY
TEXTS
Primary Sources:
 Cennino Cennini, Craftsman‘s Handbook
 Giorgio Vasari, On Technique
General Texts:
 Frederick Hartt, Italian Renaissance Art
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

Steffi Roettgen, Italian Frescoes of the Early and High Renaissance, vols. I and II.
Eve Borsook, The Mural Painters of Tuscany: From Cimabue to Andrea del Sarto
Reserve Texts:
 Roger Jones and Nicholas Penny, Raphael
 F. Mancinelli and G. Colalucci, Michelangelo, The Last Judgment
 Ed. P. Boroli and V. Cappellini, La capella Sistina, la volta restaurata
OFFICE HOURS
I am available before and after class.
If you have questions or need to advise me of a pending absence, you can contact me at the
following e-mail address: [email protected]
SCHEDULE
First week

Monday 5 September Presentation and introduction to the artistic techniques to be
examined during the three-part course. Explanation of the tools to be used in the course.

Wednesday 7 September Lecture with video projection on the artistic techniques in
use from prehistory to the sixteenth century. Students need to buy their supplies.

Students will begin the process by combining lime, sand, to make the mortar that will
become the first layer of Fresco. Reading: Cennini, 42-47; Vasari, 212-215; Hartt, 33-40, Roettgen, Vol. I, 9-26
Second week

Monday 12 September Lecture on the types of mortar used in mural art.
Students will continue the process by applying the mortar on the tile that will be used as
the support as first work. Preparation of First copy. Students will prepare a Giotto's
drawing copy they will use for their work.Preparation of the cartoon (preparatory drawing
of the same dimensions as the finished work) that will be used to transfer the design to the
wet plaster.

Wednesday 14 September
Guided visit to see Florentine frescos. SANTA CROCE
Readings: Cennini 47-57; Vasari, 218-221; Hartt, 76-99;Hartt, 104-129
Third week
Monday 19 September Lecture on the buon fresco ( painting characterized by the
use of pigments in water applied to a layer of plaster while it is still wet; when the plaster
hardens, the pigments are encompassed in the crystal structure of the calcium carbonate
that forms and are no longer soluble in water). Preparation of the plaster used for Final
coat layer, first day's in fresco.
- Wednesday 21 September Work day in studio.
Readings: Cennini, 20-41; Hartt, 190-212; Roettgen, vol.I, 92-117/Hartt, 213-228 and
310-316; Roettgen, 326-357
Fourth week

Monday 26 September Second guided visit SANTA MARIA NOVELLA.

Wednesday 28 September Work day in studio. Students will spread the plaster in
which the drawing will be transfer with spolvero or incised. Transfer of the drawing to the
plaster using the technique of spolvero (the cartoon is poked with holes along the lines of
the drawing and then placed over the wet plaster and dusted with powder; the powder
passes through the holes and leaves the outline of the drawing on the wet plaster) or the
technique of incisione (the cartoon is placed over the layer of wet plaster and a sharp
instrument is passed over the lines of the drawing; when the cartoon is removed, the
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indentations of the lines remain as a guide). First day of painting about the second copy.
Fifth week:
Monday 3 October Lecture on organic binders used in the different painting media
and often used on fresco after his drying; the different theories of its beginnings
including a comparison among the techniques used by the Greeks, the Egyptians, and the
Romans (Pliny, Vitruvius, etc.); the paintings of Pompeii. .
Students will finish applying the plaster onto them tiles and then finish painting in all
parts.
Discussion and evaluation of finished work.
Wednesday 5 OctoberWork day in studio. Students prepare drawing, cartoon... for
next copy.
Readings: Cennini, 20-41; Hartt, 190-212; Roettgen, vol.I, 92-117/Hartt, 213-228 and
310-316; Roettgen, 326-357
Sixth week

Monday 10 October Work day in studio.Students will begin the 3 frescos onto the
wall instead tiles, therefore they will spread the mortar made of lime, sand and marble
dust onto the wall and they wil painting on top..

Wednesday 12 October Guided visit to CHIESA DEL CARMINE E CAPPELLA
BRANCACCI to see relevant frescoes.
Readings: Hartt, 344-349; Roettgen, vol.II, 40-55 and 82-201.
Seventh week Mid-term Examination

Monday 17 October EXTEMPORE examinations

Wednesday 19 October no class
October 21-30
Midterm Break
Eighth week

Monday 31 October Work day in studio. Preparation of general drawing in black
and white with all students.

Wednesday 2 November Visit to PALAZZO VECCHIO
Ninth week:

Monday 1 November National Holiday, (All Saints Day),Institute OPEN

Wednesday 3 November Students will transfer general drawing in big cartoons, one
for Hic student.Transfer big cartoon of general drawing onto rough layer as ―sinopia‖ .

First day of work on the last big project.
Tenth week

Monday 7 November Painting in studio.

Wednesday 9 November Painting in studio.
Readings Michelangelo: Hartt, 457-468 and 487-506; F. Mancinelli and G. Colalucci,
155-186; Boroli and Cappellini, 80-109
Raphael: Jones and Penny, 49-132; Hartt, 506-534
Eleventh week

Monday 14 November Work day in studio. Painting

Wednesday 16 November Work day in studio.

Students will spread ox glue onto them frescos,lecture about fresco‘s ―strappo‖

Visit to MUSEO DEGLI ARGENTI frescoes
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Twelfth week

Monday 21 November
Students will remove the frescos painting by the wall
thanks to ―strappo‖ technique.

Students will cleaning the back of frescos and apply a new light support.

Wednesday 23 November Work day in studio.

Students will slowly remove the canvas by the top of the fresco while absorbing and
cleaning the ox glue.
Thirthteenth week
Monday 28 November Work day in studio. Re-touching.
Wednesday 30 November
Review of the techniques used. / REVIEW FOR EXAM
Fourteenth week

Monday 5 DecemberOrganization and selections for exhibit of the work done by the
students. Retouching again as necessary.

Discussion and evaluation of finished work. FINAL EXAM AND PAPERS DUE

Wednesday 7 December Exhibitions preparations
Fifteenth Week STUDENT ART EXHIBITIONS
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Drawing: The Human Figure
Syllabus
Fall Semester 2011
Instructor: Tiziano Lucchesi, M.F.A.
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: None
Site visit fee: $ 40 site visit
Materials and model fee: est. $ 70
COURSE DESCRIPTION
This course is offers the possibility to master the basic notions of anatomical drawing through
the study of classical and Renaissance Florentine sculptures and live models. The first part is
centered on the anatomical study of the male and female figures, and, in the second part, it
will progress toward the incorporation of color according to old masters techniques.
In the first phase students will observe and draw busts, plasters and sculptures in the various
Florentine collections, following the method of the old masters, using the more familiar
drawing techniques with pencil, charcoal, sanguine (iron oxide) and fusaggine. The classes
will include brief theoretical lessons to illustrate human anatomy and to analyse figures
drawn by famous artists in history. Students will then be proceed to drawing figures directly,
both in the piazzas of Florence in the studio with live models. After taking stock of the results
and progress achieved in the first part of the course, there will be the possibility of continuing
towards the desired goals with the use of color, choosing from numerous ancient and modern
techniques. Throughout the course various supporting materials will be employed, chosen
according the binder being used. The aim of the course is to prepare students to express their
own artistic creativity after having acquired mastery of the drawing of the human figure.
There will be an end-of-term exhibit, after which students may take there work back with
them.
Class will meet for six hours per week in the studio.

Projects: Students will be expected to work through a series of assignments that will
help in becoming familiar with the techniques being studied.

Critiques: Critiques are intended to serve as an open forum for evaluation and
discussion of your work.

Slide Presentations/Site Visits: Slide presentations will address the connections
between class concepts, your work, and art history, while site visits to museums and
galleries will enable students to view the work of the Italian masters.

Readings: Students will be given handouts to assist in learning techniques.
COURSE POLICIES
Headphones will not be permitted during class time.
Turn off your cell phone before coming to class!
GRADING AND ATTENDANCE
Class attendance and participation is crucial to the overall grade.
Students may miss 2 classes without having their grade drop. Each additional unexcused
absence will result in a drop of ½ a letter grade on your final grade. Three late and/or early
departures from class will count as one absence. Consider illness, family emergencies, etc. to
be worthy of an excused absence. An excused absence must be accompanied by written
documentation.
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GRADING SCALE
A Excellent. Work completed on time with excellence in care and effort. Excellent
attendance and class participation.
B Good, Above Average. Work completed on time in a competent manner with an
above average understanding of photography. Good attendance and class
participation.
C Average. Work completed with an average level proficiency from a beginning level
student.
D Work completed with a minimum of effort. Late or incomplete work.
F Incomplete work, excessive absences, or quality below university level.
GRADE BREAKDOWN
Projects
60%
Class participation
40%
CLASS PARTICIPATION
Students will be expected to attend class regularly, provide required supplies, work diligently
during class, as well as spend the necessary amount of time on projects outside of class. Since
open interchange of ideas are essential to any artist‘s development, students are encouraged to
be active participants in each class, and are required to contribute to discussions during formal
group critiques.
ASSIGNMENTS
Students will be familiarized with materials, techniques and styles through lectures, readings,
demonstrations and critiques and will execute assignments that are in-line with the lecture and
study information. Assignments are due at the beginning of class on the day scheduled for the
critique.
CLASSROOM POLICY
TEXTS
Students will be given handouts to assist in learning techniques
Primary Sources:
 Cennino Cennini, Craftsman‘s Handbook
 Giorgio Vasari, On Technique
General Texts:
 Frederick Hartt, Italian Renaissance Art
 Steffi Roettgen, Italian Frescoes of the Early and High Renaissance, vols. I and II.
 Eve Borsook, The Mural Painters of Tuscany: From Cimabue to Andrea del Sarto
Reserve Texts:
 Roger Jones and Nicholas Penny, Raphael
 F. Mancinelli and G. Colalucci, Michelangelo, The Last Judgment
 Ed. P. Boroli and V. Cappellini, La capella Sistina, la volta restaurata
OFFICE HOURS
I am available before and after class. I am also in the studio most of the week.
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If you have questions or need to advise me of a pending absence, you can contact me at the
following e-mail address: [email protected]
SCHEDULE
First week:

Tuesdays 6 September Presentation and introduction. Explanation of the tools to
be used in the course.
Lecture with video projection on the artistic techniques in use from prehistory to the sixteenth
century.

Thursdays 8 September Buying of materials, preparation.
Students will begin the trying of general mainly lines drawing
Second week

Tuesdays 13 September Lecture on general anatomic drawing. Work day in studio

Thursdays 15 September Lecture on anatomic skull. Work day in studio, copy of
anatomic head.
Third week
Tuesdays 20 September Lecture on anatomic arm. Work day in studio .Copy of
anatomic arms.

Thursdays 22 September guided visit in GIARDINO DI BOBOLI,work day in
the park.
Fourth week

Tuesdays 27 September Lecture on anatomic bust Work day in studio, Live model

Thursdays 29 September sketch outside. marble bust copy
Fifth week

Tuesdays 4 October Anatomic legs lecture. Copy of a drawing's legs in studio. Live
Model.

Thursdays 6 October Work outside
Sixth week

Tuesdays 11 October . Work day outside

Thursday 13 October MUSEO OPERA DEL DUOMO work day, copy of
anatomic busts inside museum.
Seventh week/ Mid term examinations

Tuesdays 18 October extempore in studio with Live Model.
review of the student's anatomic drawings.

Thursdays 20 October optional class
MIDTERM BREAK October 21-30
Eighth week

Tuesdays 1 November . Lecture on binders used as preparations by older masters,(
Cennino Cennini and Vasari comparison
with the oldest and contemporaneous
generations. Work day in studio, preparations of paper support
Ninth week

Thursday 3 November Lecture of binder in the artistic techniques. Live Model
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Tenth week

Tuesdays 8 November work day in studio.
 Thursdays 10 November Guided visit to Museo del Bargello sketching inside
Eleventh week

Tuesdays 15 November Work day in studio, finalization of the museum's drawing
in studio

Thursdays 17 November Lecture on perspective and how it is used to create a
drawing.
Twelfth week

Tuesdays 22 November. Students will create a drawing using perspective outside.

Thursdays 24 November Students will finish the drawing whit pencil and
charcoal.
Thirthteenth week

Tuesdays 29 November Live Model

Thursdays 1 December guided visit to MUSEO DELL'ACCADEMIA (sketch
inside)
Fourteenth week:

Tuesdays 6 Live Model

Thursdays 8 December Review of the techniques used. Organization and selections
for exhibit of the work done by the students. Retouching as necessary.

Discussion and evaluation of finished work.
Fiftheenth week / examinations week

Tuesdays 13 December . Live model examinations
STUDENT ART EXHIBITIONS
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Introduction to Photography: Portfolio of Florence
Syllabus
Fall Semester 2011
Instructor: Gloria Marco Munuera
Credits: 3
Contact hrs/wk: 4
Prerequisite: None
Material fee: est. $ 120
Office hours: by appointment
Email: [email protected]
COURSE DESCRIPTION
This course will offer students a foundation in one of the most diffused media of the
contemporary world: photography. Students will be immersed in the world of imagery by
walking tours in the Florentine landscape including urban sites and historical monuments.
Florence is an ideal city for photographic imagery. The city contains some of the most
irreplaceable works of art as well as being situated within a diverse moving architecture and
unforgettable Tuscan landscapes. Students will focus on beginning digital photographic
techniques including professional portfolio presentation and creative thinking.
COURSE OBJECTIVES
An objective of the course is to gain knowledge of the basics about shooting color and black
and white images with DSLR (digital single lens reflex) cameras. The class members will
leave the course being confident in knowing how to use their camera, how to correct an image
through Adobe Photoshop software and having produced a professional portfolio that conveys
their personal imagery journey of Florence. The students will improve the ability to
creatively, interpret and criticize the photographic image and develop the ability to think
critically about pictures they see. Using the Florentine environment, students will experience
a new culture through the medium of photography and its digital processes. By the end of the
course, they will have developed an understanding of their own photographic language, and
have acquired a more critical eye.
ATTENDANCE
Students are required to attend all classes. One unexcused absence is allowed; grades will be
reduced by one (full grade) for each successive unexcused absence (i.e. B- becomes C-).
Three late arrivals to class equal one absence.
• No traditional film based or automatic cameras may be used.
• Mobile phones and every kind of electronic devices must be turned off during class time
except when working on Photoshop.
ASSIGNMENTS
Assignments are due at the beginning of class on the day scheduled for the critique. Failing to
shoot the required amount of images adversely affect your overall grade (even if you hand in
the required number of prints).
PROJECT
The course culminates with the student presenting a final portfolio with 10 printed and well
presented images. Important attention will be given to the images as part of a photographic
series, rather than as just stand-alone images. Final prints could be presented in either black
and white or color.
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READINGS ASSIGNMENTS
The reading assignments will be given weekly before class. These will be on technical,
theoretical and philosophical issues about introduction to photography.
GRADING
It is very difficult to produce good work by cramming the night before it is due. Work process
and progress counts as much as a final product.
A Excellent
Indicates work of a very high character. This grade is reserved for work that shows
inspiration, demonstrating significant insight developed to its fullest extent and presented with
exquisite
craftsmanship.
Strongly
exceeding
requirements
of assignments. Growing level of improvement. Strong positive attitude toward the work.
B Good, above average
Indicates work that is definitely above average. This level of work shows thorough
exploration and development, and is well presented with good craftsmanship, but it may not
rise to the highest level of excellence. Improvement showing marks of progress. Work is
accurate and complete. Positive attitude towards the work.
C Average
Indicates work of average or medium character. Mediocre or conservative performance,
satisfying all requirements of assignments with a neutral and ordinary level of initiative and
attitude.
D/F Fail
Indicates that the student knows so little of the subject that his/her work cannot be accepted.
Work in this category may be unfinished, unimaginative, undeveloped or poorly executed,
and shows minimal understanding of issues. Level of initiative, attitude and improvement
non-existent.
30% of your grade will be based on Final Portfolio
20% of your grade will be based on Mid-Term Grade.
20% of your grade will be based on Final Exam.
20% of your grade will be based on assignments.
10% of your grade will be based on critiques and class participation.
REQUIRED MATERIALS
Art courses require overall time and extra money for supplies. In this photography course you
are expected to print only enlargements for the Mid-term and Final Portfolio. Students will
also be expected to buy the materials required in order to mount the final portfolio.
An estimated cost for the entire semester considering all the materials and lab costs is 100
Euro.
Notice that from a set of photographs captured you will not be able to use all the images,
progressively you will be expected to select your best shots. The images you photograph are
going to be used as a sketchbook for your visual education.
Students must be equipped with:
- SLR Reflex Digital camera with ‘Manual’ function and with at least one lens
(manual of instructions for camera, if possible) The amount of Megapixels is not
important.
- The cameras USB cable
- A memory card (1 G card is suggested)
- A card reader compatible with your camera
- A battery charger and an extra battery for your camera
- A laptop computer with Adobe Photoshop
- An external hard disk or USB of good capacity
- Matting cardboard for final portfolio (this would be announced)
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CLASSROOM POLICY
Recommended Bibliography
AZOULAY, P. (1998) The Adventure of Photography - 150 Years of the
Photographic Image.
BARTHES, R. (2000) Camera Lucida, London, Vintage.
CHILD, J. (2006) Studio Photography, essential skills, New York, Focal Press.
CLARKE, G. (1997) The Photograph: a Visual and Cultural History, New York, Oxford University
Press.
HORENSTEIN, H. (1983) Black and White Photography, a Basic Manual, Second Edition, New York,
Little, Brown and Company.
JUSSIM, E. (1989) The Eternal Moment: Essays on the Photographic Image, New York, Aperture.
KOETZLE, H.-M. (2003) Photo Icons: the history behind the pictures, Taschen.
LANGFORD, M., ANDREWS, P. (2009) Langford‘s Starting Photography: the guide to creating
great images, Oxford, Focal Press.
MITCHELL, W. J. (1994) The reconfigured eye: visual truth in the post-photographic era, Cambridge,
Mass., MIT Press.
PETERSON, B. F. (2003) Learning to see creatively, Design, Color and Composition in Photography,
New York, Amphoto Books.
SONTAG, S. (1977) On Photography, New York, Picador USA.
PHOTO STORES AND LABS
NEW PHOTO RAPIDA tel.055-280414
Via Nazionale 77 r (close by S.M.N. Train Station)
Open 9:30am to 7pm Monday to Friday, 9a.m to 1 pm Saturday
BONGI FOTO OTTICA tel. 055-2398972
Via Por Santa Maria, 82 R
www.otticabongi.com
OTTICA FONTANI tel. 055-47098
Viale Strozzi 18 R
FOR CAMERA REPAIRS
PUNTO REFLEX tel.055-353733
Via Ponte di Mezzo 16 R
SCHEDULE
Tues. Sept 6: Introduction to the course. Syllabus review. Questionnaire. Introduction to all
the equipment. Basics of the camera, its parts and their functions. Focusing.
Exposure basics. Aperture and speed. Correct exposure. Power point
presentation.
Thurs. Sept 8: Light and its qualities. Underexposure and Overexposure. Bracketing.
Photography examples. Sensibility (A.S.A/I.S.O characteristics). White
balance on SLR Camera.
Visit to Photo-Lab where purchase missing materials (if necessary)
For next class: Reading Assignment #1
Tues. Sept 13: Quiz on exposure (reading assignment #1)
Walking-tour: Assignment #1 (part A): ―Correct Exposure/ Space and
Depth‖ Shooting 20 images. How to download images into the computer.
Hand in Assignment n1 (part A) in USB.
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Thurs. Sept 15: Resolution of a digital image. Tools in Photoshop. Histogram. Digital
exposure. Layers. Optimising tonality, brightness and contrast. Postproduction: Demo on image correction.
Assignment #1 (part B): Exercise: correction of images from assignment n1.
For next class: Reading Assignment #2
Tues. Sept 20: Quiz on Reading Assignment #2
Hand in Assignment n1 (part B) in USB.
Walking-tour: Assignment #2: ―Abstract Shapes and Patterns/ Textures‖
Shooting 30 photographs.
Thurs. Sept 22: Lab Day: Post-production: working on images Assignment #2. Critique
Assignment #1.
Tues. Sept 27: Basics of composition in an image. Rule of thirds.
Video: Language of Photography
Critique Assignment #2
Walking-tour: Assignment #3: ―Shadows and Composition‖
Shooting 30 images
Reading Assignment #3
Thurs. Sept 29: Lab Day: working on Assignment #3
Critique on Assignment #3
Digital show: ―Masters of Photography‖
Tues. Oct 4: Walking-tour: Assignment #4 part A: ―Contrast between Landscape/Nature
photography and Buildings/Interior photography‖
Location: Palazzo Pitti and Boboli Garden
Thurs. Oct 6: Walking-tour: Assignment #4 part B: Contrast between Landscape/Nature
photography and Buildings/Interior photography
Location: Piazzale Michelangelo
Tues. Oct 11: Critique on Assignment #4 (part A and B)
Introduction to Mid-term Project, ―Stopping or Freezing Action/ Motion and
Blur ‖
Power point presentation: Capturing static and movement
Hand off Paper Topic for Mid-term
Thurs. Oct 13: Review for Mid-term Exam.
Digital preparation of files to print.
How to add a border and margin for printing.
Individual critiques for Mid-term.
Mon. Oct 17 – Thurs. Oct 20: Mid-term Exams Week
Mid-term theory Exam.
Mid-term paper: “Analysis and Contrast of two images”
Mid-term exam: 6 prints portfolio presentation (3Motion & 3
Action)
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Frozen
October 21-30: Mid-term Break
Tues. Nov 1: Review of exam. Digital show: History of photography
Research assignment: on a photographer
Thurs. Nov 3: Color Temperature. Power point presentation
Walking tour into a park: Assignment n5:‖Capturing creative light‖
30 photographs
Tues. Nov 8: Field trip to Fiesole: Assignment n6: ―Photographing Strangers, Faces and
Portraits‖ (60 photographs)
Thurs. Nov 10: Critique on Assignment n5 (6 digital corrected images)
Post-production Demo: eyes and skin color correction, partial focus and
masks in Photoshop.
Tues. Nov 15: Fratelli-Alinari Archive
Thurs. Nov 17: Critique on Assignment n6 (6 color & 6 B/W corrected images)
Students presentation on a photographer‟s work
Tues. Nov 22: Introduction to Final Project: “Portfolio of Florence”
color or b/w
Field Work A: ―Portfolio of Florence‖.
Thurs. Nov 24: Field Work B: ―Portfolio of Florence‖.
Tues. Nov 29: Field Work C: ―Portfolio of Florence‖.
Thurs. Dec 1: Demo on Portfolio Preparation
Portfolio material: visit to Rigacci
Reading assignment #9
Tues. Dec 6: Final Portfolio preparation+ Individual Critiques
Thurs. Dec 8: Final Portfolio preparation+ Individual Critiques
Preparation for Students Exhibition
Review for Final Exam
Mon. Dec 12 - Thurs. Dec 15: Final Exams Week
Final Exam Theory/slides + Final Portfolio
Students Exhibition
• Disclaimer: This schedule could be modified depending on class rhythm or unexpected
weather conditions.
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Ancient Rome: Civilization and Legacy
Syllabus
Fall Semester 2011
Instructor: Erika Bianchi, Ph.D.
Credits: 3
Contact hrs/wk: 3
Prerequisite: none
COURSE DESCRIPTION
This course is an introduction to the history and culture of the Roman world, from its
beginnings in myth and legend through its rise to domination of the Mediterranean world, its
violent conversion from a Republic to an Empire, and the long success of that Empire down
to its collapse in the fifth century A.D. The first part of the semester will focus on the
development of Roman institutions and political system, while the second will be devoted to
the social structure of the Roman Empire and the daily life of its people. As we search
together to unravel the historical significance of the Roman achievement, we will look at
Roman literature and religion, art and architecture, and philosophy. When possible, we will
give a privileged place to primary sources in translation, letting the characters of this great
historical drama speak for themselves. Our readings will be supplemented by slides and
videos, site visits to Roman vestiges in Florence and a two-day field trip to Rome.
OBJECTIVES
At the conclusion of this course, students should:
 Define and master the basic events of Roman History, from the foundation of Rome to
the fall of the Empire
 Become familiar with the daily life, values and social attitudes of the ancient Romans
during the Republic and early centuries of the Empire
 Trace the origins of many aspects of Western European culture and of modern Western
society in general
 Gain understanding of the political, religious and intellectual heritage of Roman society
and use it as a means of interpreting the human experience through history
 Recognize and understand how much of the English language is affected by Latin
vocabulary
 Be able to translate historical knowledge from the narrow focus of the course to the
much wider context of being active and acquainted citizens of today‘s world.
REQUIRED TEXT
E. Bianchi, Ancient Rome, Civilization and Legacy, CLASS READER ( = RR)
1. ATTENDANCE AND CLASSROOM CONDUCT. Because there is a close correlation
between class attendance and satisfactory performance, the student is expected to come to
class. Being present means being on time for class. Cell phones and other noise-making
electronics must be turned off. Students are not allowed to use their laptops during class.
2. ASSIGNMENTS AND PARTECIPATION. Participation in class discussions is strongly
encouraged; preparation is expected and required for every class. The reading assignments
will be of fundamental help in the full comprehension of the lecture topics.
3. FIELD TRIP TO ROME. Students will be required to participate in an overnight class field
trip to Rome (for dates, see schedule below). The trip will be carefully prepared in class:
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archaeological sites, monuments and works of art in general will be surveyed beforehand in a
lecture-slide format with some discussion.
4. TAKE-HOME QUESTION. The take-home exam question, due on the last week of term, is
designed to encourage students to analyze critically the historical events we have studied and
to draw conclusions about these events. Students will have the opportunity to pick one of two
questions about major issues of historical interpretation. By writing the essays at home, they
will be able to analyze material relevant to the exams in a setting where memorization and
time limits will not be critical to their performance.
5. QUIZZES AND EXAMS.
Emperors Quiz: a 30-minute quiz on a multiple choice, fill-in the blanks, slides identification
format, will be held on meeting 19.
Major Exams; a mid-term (Week 7) and a final (Week 14). The general format of the midterm exam will be multiple choice, fill-in-the-blanks, matching short answer, maps, plans and
slides identification. The mid-term exam will include questions on the topics covered in the
first half of term.
The general format of the final exam will be 60% multiple choice, fill-in-the-blanks,
matching short answers, maps, plans, texts and slides identification; 40% essays. The final
exam will be rather comprehensive, although focusing mainly on the topics of the second half
of term. The examinations will be designed to allow students to demonstrate their
comprehension of the basic concepts of the course.
5. MAKE-UP POLICY. Exam extension requests will not be honoured. The only good reason
to be unable to attend class the day an exam is due is illness, attested by a physician‘s note. In
any other case, the exam grade will be entered as an F. If you miss an exam because you are
ill, you can make up for it by writing a paper about some aspect of Roman history. The exact
subject of the paper and the extra-readings required for it will be agreed upon and discussed
with me.
FORM OF ASSESSMENT
Attendance and Class Participation
15%
Midterm Exam
25%
Emperors Quiz
20%
Take-home question
20%
Final Exam
20%
I am more than willing to answer any questions at any time, and students are strongly
encouraged to contact me by e-mail or ask for a special appointment if they have problems
with the lectures or the assignments or if they have questions of any kind about the topics we
will deal with.
CLASSROOM POLICY
SCHEDULE OF CLASS MEETINGS AND TOPICS
Although we will try to follow the syllabus strictly, in some cases the schedule and the
contents of the lectures and assignments may be changed so as to better fit the students‘ needs
and interests. Thus, it will always be the students‟ responsibility to make sure what will
be actually covered in class; if you miss a class, it is up to you to find out about the
lecture, the assignment or the handout given out that day.
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Week 1
Meeting 1 Introduction to course and syllabus. Sources for Roman History. People and
cultures of primitive Italy.
Assignment: RR 7-8 Who were the Etruscans?; 10-15 (The Foundation and the Regal
Period).
Meeting 2 The foundation of Rome: Romulus and the seven kings. Video: Rome, power and
glory, chapter 1, The Rise, episodes 2-3.
Assignment: RR 30-31 (Patrons and clients); 32-43 (Freedom and the struggle for
existence + The conquest of Italy).
SECONDARY BIBLIOGRAPHY: Roman Religion (RR 23-29 and Appendix 1)
Week 2
Meeting 3 The Early Republic: political institutions and military expansion.
Assignment: RR 48-57 Polybius on the Republican System; 74, Letter of
Mithridates on Roman Expansion.
Meeting 4 The Roman Republic and the US Constitution. Comparative analysis.
Assignment: RR 58-64 Rome on the Way to World Power.
SECONDARY BIBLIOGRAPHY: Polybius, Cornelius Nepos and Livy on Hannibal,
RR 65-71.
Week 3
Meeting 5 The Punic and Macedonian wars, Imperialism and the great conquests of the 2nd
century BC. Video: Rome, Power and Glory, chapter 2 (Legions of Conquest),
episodes 2-3.
Assignment: RR 72-73 (Imperialism);76-83 (From the Gracchi to Caesar).
Meeting 6 The Republican crisis: the 1st century BC reform of the army and the rise of
conflicting ambitions.
Assignment: RR 93-94 Leonardo Bruni‘s account on The Origins of Ancient
Florence; 95-101, Caesar.
SECONDARY BIBLIOGRAPHY: RR 88-92.
Week 4
Meeting 7 The origins of ancient Florence. Walk in the city streets and visit to museum
Firenze com‘era or Roman theatre of Florence.
Meeting 8 From Republic to Empire: Julius Caesar, Octavian, Marc Antony and the collapse
of the Roman Republic.
Assignment: 109-113 The Age of Augustus; RR 114-119 (Antony and Cleopatra);
Week 5
Meeting 9 The Augustan Principate: literature, art and the power of images in the new
Roman Empire
Assignment:. RR 122-28 (Formation of the Principate); 138-40 (Horace and Virgil
on Augustus‘ settlement); 129-136 (Accomplishments of the Deified Augustus).
SECONDARY BIBLIOGRAPHY: RR 120-21 (Virgil VIII, 626-731).
Meeting 10 Art and architecture under the Emperors: Augustus‘ statues, Colosseum,
Pantheon.
Week 6
Meeting 11 The Roman Forum and Imperial Fora.
Meeting 12 Review class.
October 14-15
FIELD TRIP TO ROME!
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Week 7
Meeting 13 MIDTERM EXAM.
Assignment: RR 148-153 (The Julio Claudians).
OCTOBER 21st-30TH : MIDTERM BREAK
Week 8
Meeting 14 Rome under the Emperors: Julio Claudians. Video Rome Power and Glory,
Seduction of Power, chpt. 5-6.
Assignment: 163-64 (The Flavians); 154-161 (Evil Emperors + The Big Fire of
Rome).
Meeting 15 The Flavians.
Assignment: RR 167-71 (Juvenal, Satire 3); 174-77 (Aelius Aristeides‘ Regarding
Rome).
Week 9
Meeting 16 The Pax Romana: Tacitus and the golden age under the Antonine Emperors.
Nerva and the principle of adoption.
Assignment: RR 178-83.
Meeting 17 The ―Spanish dynasty‖: Trajan and Hadrian. Video Rome Power and Glory disc
2, Grasp of Empire, Erecting an Empire.
Assignment: RR 188-191 (Hadrian).
Week 10
Meeting 18 The ―French dynasty‖: Antoninus Pius, Marcus Aurelius, Lucius Verus and
Commodus.
Meeting 19 Quiz on Roman Emperors.
Week 11
Meeting 20 Roman love and sexuality. Aristophanes‘ speech on the nature of love. The
Roman familia.
Assignment: RR: 199-203 Juvenal, Satire 6 against women.
SECONDARY BIBLIOGRAPHY: RR 195-98 (selection of Catullus‘ poems).
Meeting 21 Marriage and divorce. The life of Roman women.
Assignment: RR 208-209 Petronius‘ Satyricon, The dinner of Trimalchio.
Week 12
Meeting 22 Life in ancient Rome: calendar, daily routine, entertainment and leisure.
Assignment: 220-240: K. Hopkins, A World Full of Gods, London 1999, chapter 1
(Time-travel in pagan Pompeii).
Meeting 23 Pompeii, Herculaneum and the 79 AD eruption of Vesuvius. Life in the city of
Pompeii (slides and graffiti).
Week 13
Meeting 24 Movie: Pompeii, The Day a City Died.
Assignment: RR 241-244 (Pliny‘s letters). RR 250-261 (Reconstruction + Eternal
Rome).
Meeting 24 The fall of Rome. Video: Rome, Power and Glory, chapter 6, The Fall.
Conclusions and review. Take home question due.
Week 14
FINAL EXAM
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Archaeology and Art of Ancient Italy
Syllabus
Fall Semester 2011
Instructor: Erika Bianchi, Ph.D.
Carolina Megale, PhD
Credits: 3
Contact hrs/wk: 3
Prerequisite: none
Email: [email protected], [email protected]
COURSE DESCRIPTION
This course is intended to provide an overview of Ancient Italy from the 8th century B.C.E. to
the 5th century C.E. as interpreted through archaeology, the study of past cultures and
societies through their material remains. We will explore different varieties of archaeology
and examine theory, methods, and techniques for investigating and reconstructing the past.
We will then examine the material evidence for key areas of ancient Italy such as Etruria and
the Roman Empire, dealing with not only the artefact remains but also important social,
cultural and economic issues. Architecture, sculpture, fresco painting, and the minor arts will
be examined at such sights as Volterra, Populonia, Rome and Pompeii, and the nature of
archaeological evidence will be related to other disciplines such as Art History and History.
The course will be both a practicum in archaeology and a history course, team-taught by an
archaeologist and a historian to allow students to learn each aspect of the course material from
an expert in the field. Classes will be experimental and dynamic, and will be made of a
combination of in-class lectures, field trips, site visits to museums and archaeological digs in
Tuscany and elsewhere. Major emphasis throughout the course will be given to the Etruscan
cities of Volterra and Populonia and the Roman cities of Florentia (Florence) and Pompeii.
OBJECTIVES
At the conclusion of this course, students should be able to:
 describe the basic archaeological skills: how to locate, record, investigate, analyze
and interpret archaeological sites;
 discuss critically archaeology's social relevance: connections of past human systems
and adaptations with today's world;
 analyze details of some of the main ancient Mediterranean cultures, describing major
transitions in their history and how this knowledge is important for modern humans
and interpreted differently by different interest groups;
 describe not only specific case studies but general archaeological and historical
principles relating to real-world problem solving, in a practical application of
knowledge from the human past;
 demonstrate good communication skills: written, oral, visual and interactive, to
understand and tell the story of the past.
COURSE REQUIREMENTS
Class Participation: Classes include lectures, discussions, slide presentations, museum visits
and field trips. Note-taking and attendance are required. Thoughtful participation in class
discussion and activities will make the course more enjoyable and rewarding for all of us.
Exams: There will be two exams, a midterm and a final. Both include images, plans and keyterms identification, multiple choice, fill in the blanks, matching short answers and essay-type
questions, and each will cover assigned readings for that time period as well as lectures and
other class materials. The final exam will be cumulative to a small degree in that students will
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need to know the basic concepts of archaeology to interpret the record of Roman history.
There will be NO makeup exams except in fully documented serious circumstances.
Museum/site review: During the course of term students will have to write a 8-10 page report
on one of the museums or archaeological sites listed below. Depending on the number of
students and the composition of the class, they will work individually, in pairs or in groups.
After choosing the musem/site, students will schedule a visit on their own to one of the
following places of interest:
 Arezzo, National Archaelogical Museum ―Gaio Cilnio Mecenate‖, Via Margaritone,
10 – ph. [+39] 0575 20882, [email protected]
 Siena, National Archaeological Museum, Piazza Duomo, ph. [+39] 0577 534511,
www.santamariadellascala.com, [email protected]
 Pisa, Museum of Ancient Ship, Arsenali Medicei, Lungarno Simonelli, ph. [+39] 050
21441, www.cantierenavipisa.it
 Fiesole, Archaeological Area and Archaeological Museum, Via Portigiani, 1 - ph.
[+39] 055 5961607-5961293, www.fiesolemusei.it, [email protected]
 Luni, Archaeological Area and National Archaeological Museum, Via S. Pero, 39,
(Ortonovo
–
La
Spezia)
ph.
[+39]
0187
66811,
www.archeoge.arti.beniculturali.it
FORM OF ASSESSMENT:
Attendance and Participation
20%
Midterm Exam
25%
Museum/site review (8-10 page essay)
Final Exam
25%
30%
CLASS POLICY
Cheating and other academic dishonesty are dealt with severely, according to IPR policy.
Respectful behaviour in the classroom is required: do your errands, phone calls, and pit stops
before class; turn off cell phones; do not arrive late, leave early, or otherwise disrupt the class.
REQUIRED TEXTS
Class reader including a collection of readings taken from archaeology textbooks (see list
below); primary sources in translation; guides, descriptions and catalogues of the
archaeological sites and museums visited during the term; maps, outlines and archaeological
reconstructions.
READINGS
AA.VV., 2002, The Ancient Ships of Pisa. A European Laboratory for Research and Preservation,
Bruxelles.
Baldassarri, S. and Saiber, A. (edd.) 2000, Images of Quattrocento Florence, New Haven and London.
Bonfante, L., 1986, Etruscan Life and Afterlife: a Handbook of Etruscan Studies, Detroit.
Bruni, S. (ed.), 2000, The ancient ships of Pisa. After a year of work, Florence.
Greene, K, 1992, Roman Pottery, University of California Press/British Museum.
Greene, K., 2002, Archaeology: an Introduction (4th edition), London and
New York.
John W. Hayes, J.W., 2002, Handbook of Mediterranean Roman Pottery.
Haynes, S., 2000, Etruscan Civilization, London.
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Harris, E., 1989, Principles of Archaeological Stratigraphy, London (Academic Press). Free download
on http://www.harrismatrix.com/book/Principles_of_Archaeological_Stratigraphy.pdf
Hopkins K., 1997, A world full of gods, Cambridge.
Horden, P. and Purcell, N., The Corrupting Sea, A study of Mediterranean History, U.K. (Blackwell
Publishing). Online on Google books.
Leighton, R., 2004, Tarquinia: an Etruscan city, London.
Megale, C., 2009, Fare l‘archeologo per passione e per mestiere, Pontedera (Engl. translation).
Ranieri Panetta M., 2004, Pompeii: The History, Life and Art of the Buried City, White Star.
Renfrew, C. and Bahn, P., 1991, Archaeology: Theories, Methods and Practice, London.
Scullard, H.H., 1998, The Etruscan cities and Rome, New York.
Wallace-Hadrill, A., 1994, Houses and Society in Pompeii and Herculaneum, Princeton University
Press.
WEEKLY SCHEDULE
DATE
TOPICS FOR DISCUSSION
Week
1 Introduction to course and syllabus.
(Sept. 5-9)
Archaeology: definition and kinds.
(Bianchi - Megale)
Geographical and chronological setting:
overview of the Ancient Mediterranean
World (Bianchi)
Week
2 Theory and methods in the archaeological
(Sept. 12-16)
research: the excavation (Megale)
History and approaches to
Archaeology: a survey (Bianchi)
global
Week
(Sept 19-23)
3 The Etruscans. Art and Society (BianchiMegale).
Week
(Sept. 26-30)
4 Etruscan necropolis: Cerveteri (Bianchi)
The case of Populonia: the city of iron
(Megale)
Week
(Oct. 3-7)
Friday
(Oct. 7)
Week
(Oct. 10-14)
Week
(Oct. 17-20)
5 Archaeological excavations in Populonia:
from the acropolis to the villa of Poggio
del Molino (Megale)
Full day field trip to Populonia
READING ASSIGNMENTS
 MEGALE, Chap. 1, pp.
19-29.


HARRIS, Chap. 1-6,
pp. 1-53.
 GREEN, Chap. 3, pp.
87-99.
 RENFREW-BAHN,
Chap. 1, pp. 21-52.
 GREEN, Chap. 1, pp.
6-18 and 33-43.
 BONFANTE, Chap. 2,
pp. 47-65.
 SCULLARD, Chap. 5,
pp. 146-150.
pp. 84-103.
 HAYNES, pp. 71-79
pp. 141-145.
 Catalogo
Museo
Piomb. Class handout
provided by professor
Piante e foto
6 Tarquinia, the prime center of tomb 
painting (Bianchi)
Review session.
7
MID-TERM EXAM
Oct. 21-30 Mid-term break
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HORDEN-PURCELL,
Chap. 1.
HAINES pp. 221-33.
Week
8 The Roman superpower (Bianchi)
(Oct. 31-Nov. 4)
Ancient Florentia (Bianchi)
Week
(Nov. 7-11)


9 Museum visit to the Roman theatre of
Palazzo Vecchio (Bianchi)
Pottery in Archeology between Etruscans 
and Romans (Megale)
Week
10 Visit to the Archaeological National
(Nov. 14-18)
Museum of Florence (Megale)
An amazing discovery: the ships of Pisa
(Megale)
Week
11 Everyday life and luxury in ancient
(Nov. 21-25)
Pompeii and Herculaneum (Bianchi)
Public and private architecture in Pompeii
(Megale)
Overnight field trip to Pompeii and
National Archaeological Museum of
Naples
Week
12 Documentary video: ―Pompei. The last
(Nov. 28-Dec. 3) day‖
Week
13 REVIEW SESSION
(Dec. 5-8)
Week
14 FINAL EXAM
(Dec. 12-15)
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Class
handout
provided by professor
BALDASSARRISAIBER, pp. 10-20
GREEN, Chap. 1, pp.
7-15 and Chap. 3, pp.
24-32.



BRUNI, pp. 21-79.
AA.VV., pp. 11-15.
HOPKINS, Chap. 1

WALLACE-HADRILL,
Chap. 1 and 3.
Florence: The Story of the City
Syllabus
Fall Semester 2011
Instructor: Simon Young, Ph.D.
Credits: 3
Contact hrs/wk: 3
Prerequisite: None
COURSE DESCRIPTION
Remembering that ‗the history of Florence is the history of the West‘, this course follows the
city from its Etruscan and Roman origins through three thousand years including the end of
antiquity, the glories of the Florentine Renaissance and the chaos of the Second World War.
Employing a series of innovative methods ranging from medieval map-making to detective
work in nineteenth-century digital archives students will come to know the forgotten or
hidden sides of the city as well as the better-known Florence of international tourism. Almost
half of the classes will take place out-of-doors. Marks will be given through a diary, exams,
quizzes and a final paper. Participation will be an important part of the course and class
discussion and written responses to lessons and visits are encouraged.
Objective: to understand how the city, in which the students will live and to whose life they
will, however briefly, contribute, has been shaped by the traumas and triumphs of three
thousand years of Italian history.
VISITS. This course is based, in large part, on visits and walks in and around Florence.
Students will be expected to prepare for these trips through a series of readings and, in some
cases, ‗viewings‘ (of photographs and pictures). Punctuality will be absolutely vital! Students
should also take care to dress in a way that shows respect toward any religious sites that they
visit.
APPOINTMENTS. Students are strongly encouraged to get in touch with their teacher over
any queries or problems or points of interest with the course. Appointments are best arranged
by email ([email protected]). Email is also a convenient way to stay in touch more
generally and will be used extensively.
GRADING. Marking for the course breaks down into five parts: (I) Participation (10%). All
students are given participation points for: their contribution to each class; their responses to
mandatory readings; and their responses to optional email assignments and extra-curricular
readings. (II) Quizzes (10%). 2 quizzes both with 5 multiple choice questions (A-D) and 5
short form questions. (III-IV) Midterm and Final Exam (25%). Part One – 10 multiple choice
questions (A-D) and 10 short form questions: 30% of the exam. Part Two ten essay questions
of which the student must answer two: each essay is worth 35% of the exam. (V) Final Paper
(25%): a paper on a building, an episode, a period or an individual from Florentine History.
Previous titles have included ‗Machiavelli and Florence‘, ‗The Creation of the Cathedral
Complex‘, ‗April Blood: a study in the Pazzi Conspiracy and Lauro Martines‘. (VI)
Florentine Diary (5%): a weekly written piece reflecting on visits around the city and lesson
content.
ABSENCE. All students are allowed one unjustified absence. After this any absence will
count negatively against the student‘s participation mark. It goes without saying that students
will be responsible for finding out what they have missed in terms of handouts, homework
and basic class material.
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MAKE-UP POLICY. Quizzes or exams cannot be made up save in the most exceptional
circumstances: e.g. personal illness with a doctor‘s note. When make-ups are given the
student will be directed to write a paper on a subject chosen by the teacher.
CLASSROOM POLICY
REQUIRED READINGS
The Florentine Reader* will be our text book: including, in chronological order, historical
sources and the reactions of modern and some not so modern scholars.
*The Florentine Reader includes extracts from the following authors – Anonymous secretary
of Metropolite Isidore, Barrett Browning, Boccaccio, Casanova, G.K. Chesterton, Dino
Compagni, George Eliot, Filicaja, Gherardi, Landucci on Savonarola, Lee-Hamilton,
Machiavelli, Procopius, Pulci, Rinnucini, Savonarola, Vasari and Villani.
RECOMMENDED READING
A very limited bibliography restricted to works in our library or works that are easily
available might include…
Brackett, John Criminal Justice and Crime in Late Renaissance Florence (Cambridge 1992)
Brucker, Gene Florence: The Golden Age, 1138-1737 (London 1998)
Brucker, Gene Renaissance Florence, (Berkeley, 1983).
Brucker, Gene Giovanni and Lusanna: Love and Marriage in Renaissance Florence (London 1995)
Campbell, Katie A Paradise of Exiles: The Anglo-American Gardens of Florence (London 2009)
Cardini, Franco A Short History of Florence (Florence 1999)
Cochrane, Eric Florence in the Forgotten Centuries, 1527-1800: a History of Florence and the
Florentines in the Age of the Grand Dukes (Chicago 1973)
Garin, Eugenio (ed,), Renaissance Characters (Chicago 1997)
Hale, John Florence and the Medici (London 2001)
Hibbert, Christopher Florence: the Biography of a City (London 2004)
Hobday, Charles A Golden Ring: English Poets in Florence from 1373 to the Present Day (London
1997)
Kent, Dale Cosimo de Medici and the Florentine Renaissance (New Haven 2000)
Levey, Michael Florence: A Portrait (London 1996)
Martines, Lauro April Blood: Florence and the Plot Against the Medici (London 2004)
Martines, Lauro Fire in the City: Savonarola and the Struggle for the Soul of Renaissance Florence
(Oxford 2006)
McCarthy, Mary Stones of Florence (London 1998)
Parks, Tim Medici Money (London 2005)
Salvadori, Roberto G. The Jews of Florence: From the Origins of the Community up to the Present
(Florence 2001)
Schevill, Ferdinand History of Florence: From the Founding of the City through the Renaissance
(London 1936)
SCHEDULE OF CLASSES
1) Wed, Sep 7:
Powerpoint Lecture: ‗Situating Florence‘. Fitting Florence into Western History.
External Lesson: ‗In Search of Etruria‘. Bus ride to Fiesole including city walls and
heights and the Etruscan relics in the museum.
Assessment: Introductory sheets.
2) Wed, Sep 13:
Powerpoint Lecture: ‗Etruscan Florence: 1000 B.C.-100 B.C.‘: An introduction to
Etruscan Civilization and pre-Roman Tuscany.
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External Lesson: ‗In Search of Roman Florence‘ – a visit to seven Roman sites in
central Florence. Stress on continuity in the city and a challenge to the students to
find the hidden Roman presence.
Assessment: Class chooses the six dates that they will use in the course
Assigned Reading: 2.3 ‗Florentine Histories‘
3) Wed, Sep 21: Short Lesson in lieu of trip on Fri Sep 23
Powerpoint Lecture: ‗Roman Florentia: 100 B.C.-400 A.D.‘ A description of Roman
expansion in northern Italy and the paradoxes of Romanization there.
External Lesson: Santa Reparata
Assessment: Mock quiz for quiz 1 in the next class
Assigned Reading: 2.7 ‗Foundation of Fiesole‘
4) Fri, Sep 23:
Trip to Santa Brigida. Trip with bus at 8.30 AM, return after lunch. Visit to early
medieval pilgrimage sites and pre-Christian points around the Madonna del Sasso –
‗the Christian Conquest of Hell Valley‘.
5) Wed, Sep 28: Short lesson in lieu of Fri Sep 23.
Powerpoint Lecture: Florentine Locations
External Lesson: Campanile
Assessment: Quiz 1
Assigned Reading: 2.4 ‗Florentine Locations‘
6) Wed, Oct 5:
Powerpoint Lecture: ‗Early Medieval Florence: 400-900‘. The collapse of the
Roman city and the Roman west and the rise of Christian Florence.
External Lesson: San Miniato and Piazzale Michelangelo, ‗Mapping Florence from
the Earliest Times to Today‘. Mapping assignment based on modern street maps and
the earliest medieval and renaissance portraits of the city.
Assessment: Florentine Diary Workshop
Assigned Reading: 2.10 ‗Procopius‘
6) Wed, Oct 12:
Powerpoint Lecture: ‗Medieval Florence: 900-1200‘. The northern Italian city-states
and ‗the take off‘ of these centers in the eleventh and twelfth century.
Internal Lesson: Documentary on Early and Medieval Florence
Assessment: Discussion of Mid Term.
Assigned Reading: 2.11 ‗Factional Florence from Villani‘
7) Wed, Oct 19:
Assessment: Mid Term Exam
8) Wed, Oct 26:
Powerpoint Lecture: ‗What was the Renaissance and why it matters today‘.
Introduction to the Renaissance
External Lesson: Palazzo Vecchio, ‗Florentine Government‘.
Assigned Reading: 2.6 ‗George Eliot‘s Proem‘
9) Wed, Nov 2:
Powerpoint Lecture: ‗The Medici: 1200-1500‘. The Rise of the Medici and
Florentine cultural and economic pre-eminence.
Assessment: Final Paper Workshop
Assigned Reading: 2.13 ‗Describing Renaissance Florence‘
10) Wed, Nov 9:
Powerpoint Lecture: ‗The Economy of Renaissance Florence‘.
External Lesson: San Marco, ‗Two Different Worlds‘.
Assessment: Final paper outline to be given in
Assigned Reading: 2.15 ‗Views on Lorenzo the Magnificent‘s Regime‘
11) Wed, Nov 16:
Powerpoint Lecture: ‗Savonarola‘. Tensions inherent in late Renaissance Florence
and Christendom generally.
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External Lesson: The Synagogue, guided tour as an introduction to the next lesson.
Assessment: Quiz 2
Assigned Reading: 2.19 ‗Landucci on Savonarola‘
12) Wed, Nov 23:
Powerpoint Lecture: ‗Early Modern Florence – the Forgotten City: 1500-1900‘, Did
Florence become a backwater?
External Lesson: The English Cemetery
Assessment: Final paper check up – each student gives a brief summary of ‗where
they are at‘ to the class.
Assigned Reading: 2.20 ‗Casanova‘
13) Wed, Nov 30:
Powerpoint Lecture: ‗Florence and Tourism: 1600-2000‘ Florence through foreign
eyes.
Internal Lesson: Tea with Mussolini and written assignment.
Assessment: Final Exam discussion
Assigned Reading: 2.24 ‗Baedeker‘
14) Wed, Dec 7:
Powerpoint: ‗Twentieth Century Florence‘. The city under fascism, its rape in the
war and the post-war settlement
Viewing: Fifth part of Paisà
Assessment: Final Paper to be handed in
Assigned Reading: 2.25 ‗Florence in Black and White‘
15) Wed, Dec 14 [to be confirmed]:
Assessment: Final Exam
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The History and Culture of Food:
A Comparative Analysis
Syllabus
Fall Semester 2011
Instructor: Peter Fischer, Ph.D.
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: None
COURSE DESCRIPTION
In this course we will examine the relationship between food and culture in Italy through a
variety of readings, discussions, out-door activities and tasting experiences. We will look at
food in its social and cultural context from a multi-disciplinary perspective — history,
anthropology, sociology, and geography. The course will trace the historical evolution of
Italian cuisine in time and space focusing on the many global influences which over the
centuries have shaped the use of different food products, preparation methods, consumption
patterns, i.e. the Italian approach towards food. Food practices will be used as a window for
viewing culture as a whole, much as one might study painting or literature.
COURSE METHOD
The course will be taught through a combination of formal lectures (incl. power point
presentations) class discussions, student presentations, tastings and out-door activities
designed to engage students with the local community such as a culinary walking tour in
Florence and a field trip to the Tuscan countryside.
OBJECTIVES OF COURSE
By the end of this course you should be able to:
 understand the relevance of an interdisciplinary approach studying food;
 be familiar with the historical and social construction of taste;
 develop an understanding of food as a most fundamental cultural aspect of Italian
society and
 have enhanced your academic skills of critical analysis, literature reviews and oral
presentation.
COURSE REQUIREMENTS
Course requirements include regular class attendance, class participation, required readings
and pop quizzes, paper project, a mid-term exam and a final exam.
Class Attendance, Class Participation, Required Readings and Pop Quizzes (10%)
Attendance is mandatory and (together with class participation) will count 10% in the final
grade. Absences will automatically lower your final grade and more than three absences will
have a substantial impact on it. If you miss class, you are responsible for obtaining the class
notes. Absence is not an excuse for not knowing about an assignment or a topic.
Class Participation: I expect that you will be committed to giving a professional effort in this
class. Participation means active engagement in the course: being consistently prepared for
class (having really read that day‘s assignments), asking questions, responding to questions,
offering your own insights and opinions, attentive listening to others. Class participation
grades are not automatic. I begin by assuming a C for each student‘s class participation grade
and move from there.
The Required Readings are an integral part of this course and should not be considered
supplemental. Reading assignments should be done for the class day they are assigned.
Unannounced Pop-Quizzes covering reading assignments may be given periodically
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throughout the semester; these quizzes cannot be made up unless the instructor was notified in
advance of the absence.
Paper Project (30%)
Each student is expected to write a paper of about 8 pages. Topics must be selected in
agreement with me. The topics are determined by the available reading, and guidance will be
given throughout. You may choose to pursue further a topic that we are exploring in class, or
examine another area of academic interest which is related to the subject of this course. I urge
to discuss project ideas with me early on. This is to help you get thinking about your project
early enough to do a good job. Time passes by quickly (particularly in Florence!). I will not
accept any paper without the approved paper outline (see below) attached! Late papers will
receive a drop in grade.
Basic resources and Bibliography. Conduct a thorough search. Basic resources are available
at the Institute‘s library. You may also explore the Internet and look through magazines,
newspapers, and archives. Journal articles are one of the primary sources of new theories and
research findings. As an abroad student you should also use the on-line library facilities of
your home university to get access to important databases such as JSTOR. I will expect at
least 4 scholarly references (books, scholarly articles). All information is helpful. See me for
ideas and talk to anyone who might be of help. I will not accept a topic that you have used/are
using for another class.
Paper Outline. The outline of your paper project should contain: the title of your paper;
the bibliographic references, and a short abstract. The paper outline should be a short, singlespaced, 1-2 paragraph statement of the goals and conclusions of your paper. It should allow
the reader to grasp immediately what the paper seeks to communicate in terms of questions,
evidence, methods, or interpretations. The more detailed and specific your outline, the easier
writing your paper will be. The approved outline must be attached to the proper paper.
Mid-Term Exam (25%)
An exam covering all topics presented until the mid-term exam. It will consist of a series of
multiple choice and short answer questions. The exam will take approximately 90 minutes to
complete. It will constitute 25% of the final grade.
Final Exam (35%)
The final exam is the final step in the sequential learning process the course involves. In this
exam you bring together the various concepts/topics we have studied. The exam will take
approximately 120 minutes to complete. It will constitute 35% of the final grade. This is the
only time the exam will be given. Students who plan to depart prior to the exam should not
take this course. You must pass the final exam to pass the course.
Review Sessions
Thorough review sessions are held in indicated sessions prior to both the midterm and final
exams. A written study guide will be made available for students.
GRADING
Course grades are based on midterm and final exams, and the paper project; attendance and
class participation as well as pop-quizzes are also considered.
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Grading will be done on a percentage basis:
Letter Grade
Numerical Score
Range
Equivalent
93%
- 100%
A
90% - 92%
A87% -89%
B+
83% - 86%
B
80% - 82%
B77% - 79%
C+
73% - 76%
C
70% - 72%
C67% - 69%
D+
63% - 66%
D
60% - 62%
D59% or less
F
Student
Performance
Exceptional
Excellent
Superior
Satisfactory
Low Pass
Fail (no credit)
ASSESSMENT
10% Class Attendance and Participation
30% Paper Project and Presentation
25% Mid-Term Exam
35% Final Exam
ACADEMIC MISCONDUCT
This includes all forms of cheating i.e. copying during exam either from a fellow student or
making unauthorized use of notes and plagiarism, i.e. presenting, as one's own, the ideas or
words of another person for academic evaluation (paper, written tests, etc.) without proper
acknowledgment. This includes also insufficient or incomplete acknowledgement, or failure
to acknowledge a source that has been paraphrased. The Institute believes strongly in
academic honesty and integrity. Essential to intellectual growth is the development of
independent thought and a respect for the thoughts of others. I have and I will fail students for
plagiarism. I also report them to the Director for appropriate action. If you have concerns with
any aspect of the course, please feel free to discuss them with me.
CLASSROOM POLICY
are not permitted to eat, drink or chew gum in class. There will be no breaks during class.
You should not leave the classroom except in order to use the restroom. Extended departures
are unacceptable and will negatively affect your attendance and participation grade.
Use of technology in the classroom: please note that mobile phones must be turned off before
the beginning of each class. Use of a mobile phone during class (such as texting) may be
grounds for considering you absent from class that day. Similarly, computers may be used for
taking notes during class lectures and discussions; however, surfing the net, browsing
facebook, etc. may lead to your being counted as absent from class that day.
TEXTBOOK
A Course Pack (CP) covering the Required Readings will be made available. Additional
reading assignments will be made available by the instructor.
OFFICE HOURS
My office hours are on Mondays and Wednesdays from 10.00 to 10.45 am. If you cannot
make it to these office hours, special appointments may be scheduled directly with me. You
can also address me via email ([email protected]).
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SCHEDULE OF TOPICS AND READINGS*
Week 1
Sept 5 (Mon): What will this course be about? Introduction to course material.
Suggested readings:
Belasco, 2-23
Sept 7 (Wed): Why Food is Fundamental, Fun, Frightening, and Far-Reaching
Required readings:
Paul Rozin (1999)
Week 2
Sept 12 (Mon): Excursion: Exploration of the Florentine Food System (visit to the
Central Market and tasting of typical Florentine street food)
Sept 14 (Wed): Workshop (Discussion of Student Paper Projects)
Week 3
Sept 19 (Mon): ): Prehistoric Societies and Food – The „Invention‟ of Agriculture and
the Benefits of a Paleolithic Diet
Required readings:
Boyd Eaton, 130-137; Stahl, 137-141
Sept 21 (Wed): Food Systems and Models of Civilization in the Classical World – The
Definition of Cultural Identity through Food and the Ideal of Moderation
Required Readings:
Montanari (1999) 69-78; Dalby, 209-214
NOTE: PAPER OUTLINES MUST BE GIVEN IN BY SEPTEMBER 21 (WED)
Week 4
Sept 26 (Mon): Food as a Source of Sin and of Salvation: The Christian Food Model and
Early Medieval Food Culture: You Eat What You Are
Required Readings:
Montanari (1999), 165-167; Montanari (1996), 15-26; Capatti/Montanari, 69-74
Sept 28 (Wed): The Arabs and Their Influence on European Food Culture - The
Triumph of Spices
Required Readings:
Rosenberger, 207-223; Schivelbusch, pp. 3-14; Davidson, 744-746
Week 5
Oct 3 (Mon): The Renaissance Banquet and the Introduction of Modern Table Manners
Required Readings:
Grieco, 302-313; Santich, 176-179; Visser, 586-592
Oct 5 (Wed): The Age of European Colonialism and the Columbian Exchange
Required Readings:
Long-Solis, 436-439; Flandrin (1999), 349-359
Oct 7 (Fri): ): Field Trip: TBA
This field day-trip is of fundamental importance (mandatory!) for our class. Please
schedule your obligations in time so you can participate. Program and details to be
announced.
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Week 6
Oct 10 (Mon): no class (because of Friday activities)
Oct 12 (Wed): REVIEW
Week 7
Oct 17 (Mon): MID-TERM EXAM
Oct 19 (Wed): no class
Week 8
MID-TERM BREAK (Oct 21-30)
Week 9
Oct 31 (Mon): The Hot Beverage Revolution - The Internet in a Cup of Coffee
Required Readings:
Huetz de Lemps, 383-393; The Economist, 46-48
Nov 2 (Wed): The French “Taste” Revolution in the 17th Century: The Rejection of
Artificial Cuisine
Required Readings:
Flandrin (1999), 362-373; Flandrin (1999), 418-432
NOTE: PAPERS MUST BE HANDED IN BY WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 2
LATEST!
Week 10
Nov 7 (Mon): Wine as a Marker of Civilization
Required Readings:
Phillips, 551-557; Charters, 557-561
Nov 9 (Wed): Workshop: The Art of Wine Appreciation
Required Readings:
Davidson, 551-553
Week 11
Nov 14 (Mon): Food and Industrialization – The Return of the Omnivore‟s Dilemma
(includes film clips from „Food, Inc.‟)
Required Readings:
Flandrin (1999), 435-441; Montanari (1996), 152-171; Pollan, 1-11 (note: not in the
reader: to be distributed by the instructor)
Nov 16 (Wed): The Critique of Industrial Agriculture and the Development of
Alternatives: Organic Farming and Sustainable Agriculture
Required Readings:
TBA
Week 12
Nov 21 (Mon): Italian Mass Immigration to the United States and the Creation of an
“Italian-American” Cuisine
Required Readings:
Diner, 48-83; Del Giudice (2000), 245-248
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Nov 23 (Wed): Big Night (movie) and Class Discussion
Week 13
Nov 28 (Mon): Italian Food Culture – A Universal Model? The Return of the
Omnivore‟s Dilemma and the American „Discovery‟ of the „Mediterranean Diet‟
Required Readings:
Nestle, 1193-1203; The Mediterranean Diet Pyramid
Nov 30 (Wed): Slow Food vs. Fast Food - The Italian Revolt Against Culinary
Americanization and the Globalization of Food Systems
Required Readings:
Counihan (2004), 35-56; Del Giudice (2003), 289-290
Week 14
Dec 5 (Mon): Food and Cinema: The Representation of Italian Food Culture in Italian
and in American Movies (illustrated with selected film clips)
Dec 7 (Wed): REVIEW + Class Discussion
Week 15
Dec 12-15 FINAL EXAM WEEK
*Note: We will follow this schedule as closely as possible, but please be advised that this calendar is
subject to some minor modification. If you miss a class it is your responsibility to get in touch with a
class member or me to find out the following week‘s material and activities.
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History and Politics of Modern Italy:
From The Risorgimento to Fascism and WWII
Syllabus
Fall Semester 2011
Instructor: Peter Fischer, PhD
Credits: 3
Contact hrs/wk: 3
Prerequisite: None
COURSE DESCRIPTION
This course has been designed to review and examine the modern political history of Italy
from the end of the first World War to the present time. After a short overview over Italian
History before the 20th century the main areas of focus will be: the rise and the fall of Italian
fascism, the Second World War and the Cold War, the workings of governing institutions in
the post-war period (there will be detailed discussion of the postwar constitution and the new
political system), the role of the Church, political parties and movements, the European
unification process, black and red terrorism, as well as political corruption and political
conspiracy. There will also be detailed discussion of the crises and transformation of the postwar Italian political system in the early 1990s.
COURSE METHOD
presentations), document discussion workshops, film presentations and outdoor activities. The
lectures will provide a broad outline of the respective period while the workshops will enable
students to focus on key topics or themes. Students will engage in full class discussion and
small group work. There will be also several outdoor activities in Florence.
OBJECTIVES AND LEARNING OUTCOMES
The course seeks to provide students with basic knowledge about Italy‘s modern political
history, so that they may evaluate the complexity of Italian politics with some degree of
sophistication. On successful completion of this course students will be able to gain a
command not only of the "facts" of modern Italian political history--the dates of key events,
the importance of major personalities, and such--but also come to understand the dynamics
involved: the basic trends of continuity and change, cause and effect, the interplay of regional,
national and international influences, and the significance of global events within Italy. The
two scheduled out-door activities should allow students to get some first-hand experiences of
the place where they study.
ASSESSMENT
10% Class Attendance, Class Participation and Pop-Quizzes
10% Class Presentation
30% Paper Project
20% Mid-Term Exam
30% Final Exam
GRADING
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Letter Grade
Range
A
AB+
B
BC+
C
CD+
D
DF
Numerical Score
Equivalent
93% - 100%
90% - 92%
87% -89%
83% - 86%
80% - 82%
77% - 79%
73% - 76%
70% - 72%
67% - 69%
63% - 66%
60% - 62%
59% or less
Student Performance
Exceptional
Excellent
Superior
Satisfactory
Low Pass
Fail (no credit)
COURSE REQUIREMENTS
Course requirements include regular class attendance, class participation, required readings
and pop quizzes, student presentations, a paper project, a mid-term exam and a final exam.
Class Attendance and Class Participation and Pop Quizzes (10%)
Attendance is mandatory. For spirited discussion we will need your active attention and
participation. Absences will have an effect on your final grade. Attendance (together with
class participation and pop-quizzes) will count 10% in the final grade, therefore absences will
automatically lower your final grade and more than three absences will have a substantial
impact on it. If you miss class, you are responsible for obtaining the class notes. Absence is
not an excuse for not knowing about an assignment or a topic
Class Participation: I expect that you will be committed to giving a professional effort in this
class. Participation means active engagement in the course: being consistently prepared for
class (having really read that day‘s assignments); asking questions, responding to questions;
offering your own insights and opinions; attentive listening to others. Class participation
grades are not automatic. They are based on oral contributions to the collective learning
experience of the class as a whole in terms of asking pertinent questions, answering questions
correctly or, at least, provocatively, making insightful observations, and offering other
meaningful expressions of interest in the material that help encourage learning. I begin by
assuming a C for each student‘s class participation grade and move from there.
The Required Readings are an integral part of this course and should not be considered
supplemental. Readings should be done for the class day they are assigned. Unannounced
Pop-Quizzes covering reading assignments (lectures) and documents (workshops) may be
given periodically throughout the semester; these quizzes cannot be made up unless the
instructor was notified in advance of the absence.
Paper Project (30%)
Each student is expected to write a paper of about 8-10 pages on one of the topics relating to
modern Italian political history. I will not accept any paper without the approved paper
outline (see below) attached! Late papers will receive a drop in grade.
Topics
The topics are determined by the available reading, and guidance will be given throughout.
You may choose to pursue further a topic that we are exploring in class, or examine another
area of academic interest which is related to the subject of this course. Topics must be
selected in agreement with me. I urge to discuss project ideas with me early on. This is to help
you get thinking about your project early enough to do a good job. Time passes by quickly
(particularly in Florence!).
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Basic resources and Bibliography
Conduct a thorough search. Basic resources are available at the Institute‘s library. Do not be
afraid to use other libraries as well. You may also explore the Internet and look through
magazines, newspapers, and archives. Journal articles are one of the primary sources of new
theories and research findings. As an abroad student you should also use the on-line library
facilities of your home university to get access to important databases such as JSTOR. I will
expect at least 4 scholarly references (books, scholarly articles). All information is helpful.
See me for ideas and talk to anyone who might be of help. I will not accept a topic that you
have used/are using for another class.
Project Outline
The research outline of your research project should contain: 1) the title of your paper; 2) the
bibliographic references, and 3) a short abstract. The research outline should be a short,
single-spaced, 1-2 paragraph statement of the goals and conclusions of you paper. It should
allow the reader to grasp immediately what the paper seeks to communicate in terms of
questions, evidence, methods, or interpretations. After its return the approved outline must be
attached to the proper paper.
Student Presentations (10%)
This class is designed so that participation plays an integral role in the learning process. The
basic format for the course will consist of an introduction to the narrative and to key issues of
a specific chapter of modern political history in Italy followed by a ―workshop session‖ the
same week. The introductory session will mainly consist of lectures. The workshop sessions
will consist of the presentation of source material (primary and secondary text sources,
documentary film material) for which selected student groups will take over responsibility,
followed by a class discussion on central themes raised in those documents. There will also be
discussion on key topics or themes introduced in the lecture of the same week. The student
groups are responsible for preparing questions and topics in order to stimulate lively class
discussions.
Mid-Term Exam (20%)
An exam covering all topics presented until the mid-term exam. It will consist of a series of
multiple choice and short answer questions and one short essay (about one page) chosen
among two questions. The exam will take approximately 90 minutes to complete and is closed
book/closed note and it will constitute 20% of the final grade.
Final Exam (30%)
The final exam is the final step in the sequential learning process the course involves. In this
exam you will bring together the various concepts/topics we have studied. The exam will take
approximately 120 minutes to complete. It will constitute 30% of the final grade. This is the
only time the exam will be given. Students who plan to depart prior to the exam should not
take this course.
Review Sessions
Thorough review sessions are held in indicated sessions prior to both the mid-term and final
exams. A written study guide will be made available for students.
Academic Misconduct
This includes all forms of cheating i.e. copying during exam either from a fellow student or
making unauthorized use of notes and plagiarism, i.e. presenting, as one's own, the ideas or
words of another person for academic evaluation (research paper, written tests, etc.) without
proper acknowledgment. This includes also insufficient or incomplete acknowledgement, or
failure to acknowledge a source that has been paraphrased. The Institute believes strongly in
academic honesty and integrity. I have and I will fail students for plagiarism. I also report
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them to the Director for appropriate action. If you have concerns with any aspect of the
course, please feel free to discuss them with me. If you ever feel that I have treated you in less
than a respectful manner, please raise the issue with me.
CLASSROOM POLICY
All students are expected to develop the appropriate respect for the historical premises which
the school occupies and they are not permitted to eat, drink or chew gum during class. There
will be no breaks during class. However, you should not leave the classroom except in order
to use the restroom. Extended departures are unacceptable and will negatively affect your
Attendance and Participation grade.
REQUIRED READINGS
Material contained in course readers. Bound copies covering the Required Readings and the
Documentary Material will be made available. Additional material will be made available by
the instructor.
OFFICE HOURS
My office hours are on Mondays and on Wednesdays from 10 to 10.45 am.. If you cannot
make it to these office hours, special appointments may be scheduled directly with me. You
can also contact me via email ([email protected]).
SCHEDULE OF TOPICS AND READINGS*
WEEK 1
Sept 6 (Tue): What will this course be about? Introduction to course material.
Sept 8 (Thu): LECTURE 1 - Italian History before the Twentieth Century. A short
overview.
Required Readings:
Ch. Duggan (2000), 129-146; P. Corner (2001), 264-285
WEEK 2
Sept 13 (Tue): LECTURE 2 – Italy and the „Great War‟ (1914 - 1918)
Required Readings:
Duggan (2000), 171-204 (this text will be made available by the instructor)
Sept 15 (Thu): Workshop - Assignment and Discussion of Student Paper Projects
WEEK 3
Sept 20 (Tue): LECTURE 3 - The Fascist Revolution after WWI – Fascist State and
Society
Required Readings:
Blinkhorn, 11-25; Gentile, 139-174
Sept 22 (Thu): Presentation and Discussion of Documentary Film Material
WEEK 4
Sept 27 (Tue): LECTURE 4 - World War II, Resistance Movement and Liberation
Required Readings:
P. Corner (2001), 285-299; P. Ginsborg (1990), 39-71
NOTE: PAPER OUTLINES MUST BE GIVEN IN BY SEPTEMBER 27 (TUE)
Sept 29 (Thu): DOCUMENT WORKSHOP 1 - Student Presentations and Class
Discussion
Primary Sources:
DOC 1/1: B. Mussolini and G. Gentile: Foundations and Doctrine of Fascism (1932)
DOC 1/2: The Manifesto of Race (1938)
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DOC 1/3: Mussolini Speech, 1940
DOC 1/4: Speech delivered by Premier Benito Mussolini, Feb 23, 1941
DOC 1/5: Radio Address Roosevelt Dec 9, 1941
WEEK 5
Oct 4 (Tue): LECTURE 5 - Post-War Settlement: The Peace Treaty and the New
Constitution
Required Readings:
P. Ginsborg (1990), 98-112; Ch. Duggan (2000), 205-235
Oct 6 (Thu): OUT DOOR ACTIVITY 1: Political Walking Tour Through Florence
WEEK 6
Oct 11 (Tue): Presentation and Discussion of Documentary Film Material
Oct 13 (Thu): REVIEW
WEEK 7
Oct 18 (Tue): MID-TERM EXAMS
WEEK 8
MID-TERM BREAK (Oct 21-30)
WEEK 9
Nov 1 (Tue): LECTURE 6 - Parties and Politics: The 1948 Elections and International
Relations
Required Readings:
P. Ginsborg (1990), 110-120; J.L. Harper (2000), 95-117
Nov 3 (Thu): DOCUMENT WORKSHOP 2 - Student Presentations and Class
Discussion
Primary Sources:
DOC 2/1: The New Constitution, 1948 (selection)
DOC 2/2: The Truman Doctrine
DOC 2/3: The Marshall Plan
DOC 2/4: Interviews with Mark Wyatt (CIA) and Gianni Agnelli (FIAT) on the 1948
elections.
DOC 2/5: North Atlantic Treaty, 1949
NOTE: PAPERS MUST BE HANDED IN BY THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3 LATEST!
WEEK 10
Nov 8 (Tue): LECTURE 7 - The Economic Miracle and Social Modernization
Required Readings:
V. Zamagni (2000) 42-50; P. Allum (2000), 10-41
Nov 10 (Thu): Film Presentation – „Rocco and his Brothers‟ (Visconti) and „La Dolce
Vita‟ (Fellini) + Class Discussion
WEEK 11
Nov 15 (Tue): LECTURE 8 - The Opening to the Left
Required Readings:
D. Hine (2001) 320-347; P. Ginsborg (1990), 333-337 and 361-363
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Nov 17 (Thu): DOCUMENT WORKSHOP 3 - Student Presentations and Class
Discussion
Primary Sources:
DOC 3/1: Inaugural Address of John F. Kennedy, 1961
DOC 3/2: The Italian Political Crisis, CIA Memo, May 17, 1960
DOC 3/3: National Elections in Italy, CIA Doc, April 19, 1963
DOC 3/4: The Current Situation in Italy, Special Report CIA, July 26
WEEK 12
Nov 22 (Tue): LECTURE 9 - The Historic Compromise and the “Anni di Piombo”
Required Readings:
P. Ginsborg (1990), 354-358; Ch. Duggan (2000), 269-286
Nov 24 (Thu): OUT DOOR ACTIVITY 2: The Italian Student Revolt. Guest Lecture
and Discussion at the ARCI headquarter in Florence
WEEK 13
Nov 29 (Tue): LECTURE 10 - Tangentopoli and the Show Down of the Post-War Party
System
Required Readings:
M.J. Bull and M. Rhodes (1997), 1-13; G. Pasquino (2000), 69-86
Dec 1 (Thu): DOCUMENT WORKSHOP 4 - Student Presentations and Class
Discussion
Primary Sources:
DOC 4/1: The Moro Kidnapping and Italian Politics, CIA Memo, April 27, 1978
DOC 4/2: Danger ―Eurocommunism‖, TIME-Magazine, June 20, 1977
DOC 4/3: Italian Communist Political Strategy, CIA Memo, July 15, 1980
DOC 4/4: Italy: Prospects for Bettino Craxi‘s Socialists, CIA Memo, 1981
DOC 4/5: The Italian Communist Party, CIA Memo, March 30, 1984
DOC 4/6: George Kennan Interview on End of Cold War, 1996
WEEK 14
Dec 6 (Tue): LECTURE 11 – The Rise of Berlusconi and the Emergence of a New Party
System
Required Readings:
M.J. Bull and J.L. Newell (2005), 4-19, 39-60, and 61-62; P. Ginsborg (2004), 32-40 and
57-72
Dec 8 (Thu): OUT DOOR ACTIVITY 3: Encounter With Local Government
Week 15
Dec 12-15 (Mon-Thu): FINAL EXAM WEEK
*Note: We will follow this schedule as closely as possible, but please be advised that
this calendar is subject to some minor modification. If you miss a class it is your
responsibility to get in touch with a class member or me to find out the following
week‘s material and activities.
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The European Union
Syllabus
Fall Semester 2011
Instructor: Simone Paoli, Ph.D.
Credits: 3
Contact hrs/wk: 3
Prerequisite: none
COURSE DESCRIPTION
The European Union is the biggest capitalist marketplace, the largest trading power and one
of the most influential political players in the world. The course deals with the European
Union in a multi-disciplinary perspective. It is divided into two parts. The first one focuses on
the main policies of the European Union, taking into account historical evolution, institutional
structure, political objectives and major achievements of each area of activity. The second one
concentrates on the relations between the European Union and the United States, analysing
separately the most important dimensions of the Transatlantic relationship.
OBJECTIVE
The aim of the course is to give the students explanations for the current trends of the
European Union. The focus is on present, the study of the past being a way to better
understand the European Union as it is nowadays. On completion of the course, the students
will have acquired the instruments for grasping, interpreting and discussing critically the
topical issues of the European Union and its relations with the United States.
PREREQUISITES
There are no specific prerequisites for this course. However, a basic background in history
and international affairs is recommended.
METHODOLOGY
Classes are structured as lectures, student presentations and group discussions. Lectures do
not simply explain the readings, but also complement them by providing further figures,
information and anecdotes. In doing so, the instructor makes extensive use of multimedia
presentation formats such as power points, movies and documentaries.
Short field trips will provide students with a better understanding of what the European Union
represents for European citizens and opportunities to meet with experts will offer them a
wider range of points of view on the present and future of the European Union.
ATTENDANCE
Attendance is mandatory. If a student misses a class it will be his/her care to catch up with
what he/she missed. Every absence will lower the attendance grade.
PARTICIPATION
Students are expected to behave properly in class. Eating and drinking are not allowed. Cell
phones are not allowed. Taking notes during classes is recommended. Active participation is
highly recommended.
ASSIGNMENTS
Readings: every week students will be assigned something to read at home from
textbooks, from scholarly articles or from daily and weekly press, and they are expected
to be able to discuss the content in class; readings must be done in advance so as to
stimulate lively debates in class;
Research papers: each student is expected to present a research paper on a topic agreed
upon with the instructor concerning the European Union; not doing so and displaying
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unpreparedness in the class discussion negatively affect the participation/assignment
grades.
EXAMS
Students will have a mandatory Mid-Term Exam and a mandatory Final Exam. Both exams
will consist of essay questions or short answer questions. A short multiple-choice
questionnaire might complement the essay questions and the short answer questions at the
instructor's discretion. Exams will relate to both the readings and the class lectures.
EVALUATION AND GRADING SYSTEM
20% Class attendance
10% Class participation
10% Research paper
30% Mid-Term Exam
30% Final Exam
GRADING SCALE
A Excellent 93-100
A- 90-92
B+ Good 87-89
B 83-86
B- 80-82
C+ Average 77-79
C 73-76
C- 70-72
D+ Passing 67-69
D 63-66
D- 60-62
F Failure 0-59
TEXTBOOKS AND READINGS
Textbooks:
Michelle Cini, Nieves Pérez-Solórzano Borragán, European Union Politics, Oxford, Oxford
University Press, 2010;
Steven McGuire, Michael Smith, The European Union and the United States. Competition and
Convergence in the Global Arena, New York, Palgrave Macmillan, 2008.
Articles from collective volumes and from daily newspapers or periodical will be
provided directly by the instructor in class.
SOURCES
Useful books on the European Union available in the Rucellai Library
John McCormick, Understanding the European Union: a concise introduction, New York, Palgrave
Macmillan, 2008
Elizabeth Bomberg, John Peterson, Alexander Stubb (eds.), The European Union, Oxford, Oxford
University Press, 2008
Neil Fligstein, Euroclash: the European Union, European identity, and the future of Europe, Oxford,
Oxford University Press, 2008
Andreas Staab, The European Union explained: institutions, actors, global impact, Bloomington,
Indiana University Press, 2008
Fraser Cameron, An introduction to European foreign policy, London – New York, Routledge, 2007
Alberto Martinelli, Transatlantic divide: comparing American and European society, Oxford, Oxford
University Press, 2007
Stefano Bartolini, Restructuring Europe: centre formation, system building and political structuring
between the nation-state and the European Union, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2005
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Useful Weblinks
http://europa.eu/: official gateway to the European Union
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/en/index.htm: access to European Union law
http://ec.europa.eu/public_opinion/index_en.htm: website for the Public Opinion Analysis
sector of the European Commission
http://www.ena.lu/: multimedia reference on the history of Europe
http://www.euractiv.com/: up to date news within the European Union
http://euobserver.com/: up to date news within the European Union.
http://www.eurunion.org/eu/: official website of the European Union delegation to the United
States
LESSONS
Please note. Students are required to purchase the textbooks and be prepared to discuss
assigned materials in class; further readings may be assigned by the teacher directly in class.
Please consider that the contents of individual classes may be changed throughout the course
according to the class's progress.
5 September
7 September
Reading:
Introduction to the Course
The European Union: a Historical Overview (I)
Derek W. Urwin, The European Community: from 1945 to 1985, in Michelle
Cini, Nieves Pérez-Solórzano Borragán, edited by, European Union politics,
Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2010, pp. 15-30
12 September
The European Union: a Historical Overview (II)
Reading:
David Phinnemore, The European Union: Establishment and Development, in
Michelle Cini, Nieves Pérez-Solórzano Borragán, edited by, European Union
politics, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2010, pp. 32-46
14 September
The European Union: What it is, How it Works, What it Does
Reading:
Michelle Cini, Nieves Pérez-Solórzano Borragán, Introduction, in Michelle
Cini, Nieves Pérez-Solórzano Borragán, edited by, European Union politics,
19 September
Field Trip
The Symbols of the European Union
21 September
Borders of Europe
Reading:
Ian Barnes, Pamela Barnes, Enlargement, in Michelle Cini, Nieves PérezSolórzano Borragán, edited by, European Union politics, Oxford, Oxford
University Press, 2010, pp. 418-430
26 September
Towards Further Enlargement?
Reading:
Ian Barnes, Pamela Barnes, Enlargement, in Michelle Cini, Nieves PérezSolórzano Borragán, edited by, European Union politics, Oxford, Oxford
28 September
Reading:
The Common Market: the Miracle of Growth, the Crisis of Welfare
State
Michelle Egan, The Single Market, in Michelle Cini, Nieves Pérez-Solórzano
Borragán, edited by, European Union politics, Oxford, Oxford University
Press, 2010, pp. 258-274
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3 October
Reading:
The European Social Model: What It Was, What It is, What It Will Be
Gerda Falkner, The EU‘s Social Policy, in Michelle Cini, Nieves PérezSolórzano Borragán, edited by, European Union politics, Oxford, Oxford
5 October
Reading:
The Economic and Monetary Union: Will the Euro Survive the Crisis?
Amy Verdun, Economic and Monetary Union, in Michelle Cini, Nieves
Pérez-Solórzano Borragán, edited by, European Union politics, Oxford,
Oxford University Press, 2010, pp. 324-339
10 October
The Foreign, Security and Defence Policy: between Internal
Rivalries and American Hegemony
Robert Dover, From CFSP to ESDP: the EU‘s Foreign, Security and Defence
Policies, in Michelle Cini, Nieves Pérez-Solórzano Borragán, edited by,
European Union politics, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2010, pp. 239-257
Reading:
12 October
Review Session
17 October
MID-TERM EXAM
21-30 October
MID-TERM BREAK
31 October
Reading:
Emigration and Immigration: towards a European Fortress?
Emek M. Uçarer, Justice and Home Affairs, in Michelle Cini, Nieves PérezSolórzano Borragán, edited by, European Union politics, Oxford, Oxford
2 November
Reading:
Regional Policy: the Fragmented Continent
Marco Brunazzo, Regional Policy, in Michelle Cini, Nieves Pérez-Solórzano
Borragán, edited by, European Union politics, Oxford, Oxford University
Press, 2010, pp. 291-305
7 November
Reading:
Environmental Policy: towards a New Model of Development
David Benson, Andrew Jordan, Environmental Policy, in Michelle Cini,
Nieves Pérez-Solórzano Borragán, edited by, European Union politics,
9 November
What Holds Europe Together?
14 November
Field Trip
European Public Opinion and European Integration Process
16 November
Reading:
21 November
Reading:
The Relations between the European Union and the United
States: a Historical Overview (I)
Steven McGuire, Michael Smith, The European Union and the United States.
Competition and Convergence in the Global Arena, New York, Palgrave
Macmillan, 2008, pp. 6-26
The Relations between the European Union and the United
States: a Historical Overview (II)
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23 November
Reading:
The Trade Dimension of the Transatlantic Relations:
Agreements and Disputes
28 November The Security Dimension of the Transatlantic Relations: a New Agenda
Reading:
Macmillan, 2008, pp. 243-260
30 November
The Cultural Dimension of the Transatlantic Relations:
Differences between American Values and European Values
5 December
Field Trip
Europeans‟ Perceptions of the United States
7 December
Review Session
12 December
FINAL EXAM
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The Business of Art: the Economics and Management of Culture
Syllabus
Fall Semester 2011
Instructor: Francesca Marini, Ph.D.
Credits: 3
Contact hrs/wk: 3
Site Visit fee: $ 65.00
E-mail: [email protected]
Office hours: after class
COURSE DESCRIPTION
Markets for visual arts provide a particularly fertile ground for those concerned with the
economics of culture. The study of the past and current structure of the market for visual art,
the mechanisms that fuel this flourishing market and the involvement of public and private
institutions in the context of the current globalization of the arts, provides significant
instruments for the development of museum management studies, as well as a different
methodological approach to art history and history of culture management.
The economics of the arts are an inter-disciplinary field of study that deals with the
application of economics to the production, distribution and consumption of all cultural goods
and services. Past contributions to cultural economics were focused mainly on public policy
issues, in particular the rationale for public subsidy and the evaluation of public expenditure,
but the interdisciplinary nature of this discipline and the growing interest in it expanded
research to broader areas of interest that combine economics with the sociological,
anthropological and historical point of view.
AIM OF THE COURSE
By studying the theoretical and practical aspects of this field of study in the context of visual
arts, students will develop an understanding of the main topics and scope of the field and the
history, behavior and structure of the art market. While analyzing the economic impact of past
and current art law they will evaluate the organization of visual arts and entertainment
industries both in the past and in the ‗new economy‘ environment, which will be enriched by
meetings with significant professional figures working in the world of museums, foundations
and international art trade. Students will be introduced to institutional networks that sustain
and promote the art business, the current art market and auction house environment.
FORM OF ASSESSMENT
Grades will be composed of evaluations based on a mid-term and final exam (25%), 1
research paper of approx. 5 pages (approx 1,500 words; on a topic to be discussed with the
professor) and an Oral Presentation (20%), 1 journal (10%), 2 group projects (10%), and
class participation (10%). High grades will be awarded for work that demonstrates:
 good knowledge of course material
 critical judgment of views expressed in required reading and in extra reading for research
paper.
 the capacity to answer questions (on exams) concisely and to the point.
 Research Paper: 20% , Paper DUE the day of the oral presentation
 Journal: 10% Due the day of the final exam, developed on Art Galleries and Auction
Houses visited during the course
 Group Project 1: 10%, consists of an in-depth analysis of one aspect of the contemporary
art market through Ben Lewis documentary edited in 2009
 Group Project 2: 10%, consists of an in-depth analysis of the economic and cultural
weight of the artists involved in a current exhibition
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

Midterm examination: 20% consists of questions to be completed with short and long
essays answers
Final examination: 20%consists of questions to be completed with short and long essays
answers
REQUIRED READINGS
Readings to be done each week will be assigned from the Reading Packet, which includes
selections from:
S.THORNTON, Seven Days in the Art World, London:Granta, 2008
P.L.SACCO, Money for nothing?, from Art, Price and Value. Contemporary Art and the Market,
catalogue of the exhibition by F.Nori, P.Rossi, Firenze, CCCS, November 2008 – January 2009,
Florence: Silvana, 2008
Handbook of the Economics of Art and Culture, edited by V.A.Ginsburgh and D.Throsby, ElsevierNorth Holland, 2006 (ed.2008).
I.ROBERTSON, The Art Business, Routledge, 2008
LINDEMANN, A., Collecting contemporary, Taschen, 2006
O‘MALLEY, M., The Business of Art, 2005
I.ROBERTSON, Understanding International Art Markets and Management, Routledge, 2005
VETHUIS, O., Talking Prices. Symbolic Meanings of Prices on the Market for Contemporary Art,
Princeton and Oxford: Princeton University Press, 2005
TOWSE, R., Handbook of Cultural Economics, Cheltenham, 2003
Economics of Art and Culture, Contributions to Economic Analysis, by V.A. Ginsburgh, 12th
International Conference of Cultural Economics International, vol.260, 2003
MOSSETTO, G., VECCO, M., Economics of Art Auctions, Franco Angeli, 2002
HEILBRUN, J., The Economics of Art and Culture, Cambridge University Press, 2001
B.FREY, Arts & Economics. Analysis of Cultural Policy, Springer, 2000
MOSSETTO, G., Aesthetics and Economics, Kluwer, 1993
ABBOTT, S., Corporate Art Consulting, Paperback, 1992
FREY, B. AND POMMEREHNE, W., Muses and Markets. Explorations in the Economics of Art, Oxford:
Basil Blackwell, 1989
SINGER, L.P., Microeconomics of the Art Market, in «Journal of Cultural Economics», 2(1), 1978,
pp.21-40
BAUMOL, W.J. AND BOWEN, W. G., Performing Arts. The Economic Dilemma, Cambridge Ma.:
Twentieth Century Fund, 1966
Additional Readings may be given in hand-outs by individual professors throughout the
semester.
All of the assigned Readings should be studied each week in preparation for the class
meetings.
CLASS FORMAT AND ATTENDANCE POLICY
Class meetings will be divided between classroom lectures and discussions at the school, and
study-visits on site in museums, churches and palaces of Florence. Attendance is required at
all class meetings and site visits; absences and late arrival will be recorded and lower the final
grade.
If 3 class meetings are missed, the student will receive an ―F‖ for the course.
CLASSROOM POLICY
SITE VISIT ATTIRE: Appropriate attire must be observed when visiting Art galleries and
exhibits: no bare shoulders or midriffs; no shorts, no minis.
Mobile phones and electronic devises must be switched off during class periods
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COURSE TIMETABLE
Week 1
Tuesday 6 September
Introduction and description the course
―Boundaries and bridges‖, an overview of our field of study, the presence of different
methodologies approaching the analysis of the art markets and the current bibliography.
Readings: S.THORNTON, Seven Days in the Art World, London: Granta, 2008, pp. xi-xix;
P.L.SACCO, Money for nothing?, from Art, Price and Value. Contemporary Art and the
Market, catalogue of the exhibition by F.Nori, P.Rossi, Firenze, CCCS, November 2008 –
January 2009, Florence: Silvana, 2008 [1-10]
Lab activity – 1 – Group Project
The Great Contemporary Art Bubble, by Ben Lewis, United Kingdom, 2009.
Week 2
―The problem of Value‖ – Business Organizations and Customer Value Proposition
 cultural value and material value
 defining cultural and artistic goods
 ―conspicuous consumption‖ as an economic and social engine (the creation of a nonneed and its results within the economy and society)
Readings: R.MCCAIN, Defining Cultural and Artistic Goods, in Handbook of the Economics
of Art and Culture, edited by V.A.Ginsburgh and D.Throsby, Elsevier-North Holland, 2006
(ed.2008), pp. 147-165. [113-121]
Lab activity – 2 – Group Project
The Great Contemporary Art Bubble, by Ben Lewis, United Kingdom, 2009.
Week 3
Contemporary Art Market I
 Stakeholder relationships in the market for contemporary art
 Back and forth: from the art fair to the museum
 Art Fairs validating contemporary art: ArtBasel, TefafMaastricht, Documenta in
Kassel, Biennale in Venice
Readings: D.CHONG, Stakeholder relationships in the market for contemporary art, in I.
ROBERTSON, Understanding International Art Markets and Management, Routledge, 2005,
ch.5, 7, pp. 84-102 [298-304]
Class Visit: Modern and Contemporary Art Environment, Art Dealer 1
Week 4
Contemporary Art Market II (USA)
 The visual art market for contemporary art in United States
Readings: J.Jeffri, Managing uncertainty: the visual art market for contemporary art in the
United States, in I. ROBERTSON, Understanding International Art Markets and Management,
Routledge, 2005, ch.7, pp. 146-170 [305-315]
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Class Visit: Modern and Contemporary Art Environment, Art Dealer 2
Week 5
Tuesday 4 October
Museums and business
 The role of museums in the past and in the new millennium
 Current trends in the museum world
 The nature of museums today: from Superstar museums to temporary museums
Readings: B.FREY AND S.MEYER, The Economics of Museums, in Handbook of the
Economics of Art and Culture, edited by V.A.Ginsburgh and D.Throsby, Elsevier-North
Holland, 2006 (ed.2008), pp.1017-1042; B.FREY, Arts & Economics. Analysis of Cultural
Policy, Springer, 2000, pp.35-47, 95-104 (to be read only) [227-252]
Thursday 6 October
Lab
Activity/
Class
(www.biennaleantiquariato.it)
Visit:
Biennale
Internazionale
dell‘Antiquariato
Week 6
Tuesday 11 October
Contemporary Art Market III (CHINA)
 Emerging art markets: East Asia
Readings: I.ROBERSTON, The emerging art markets for contemporary art in East Asia, in
Understanding International Art Markets and Management, Routledge, 2005, ch.8, pp. 146171; Id., V.L.Tseng, S.Singh, ‗Chindia‘ as art market opportunity, in The Art Business,
Routledge, 2008, pp.82-96 [430-441 and hand-out]
Thursday 13 October
Museums and business: from Europe to Arab Emirates
(discussion on Group Projects and review)
Week 7 (17 – 20 Oct)
Mid-term Exams
Week 8 (21 -30)
Mid-term Break
Week 9
Tuesday 1 November
The history of the art markets:
 From the Dutch Market in XV century to the global economy
Readings: N. DE MARCHI-H. VAN MIEGROET, The History of Art Markets, in Handbook of
the Economics of Art and Culture, edited by V.A.Ginsburgh and D.Throsby, Elsevier-North
Holland, 2006 (ed.2008), pp. 69-116. [66-112]
Thursday 3 November
Class Visit: exhibition at Palazzo Strozzi ―Money and Beauty. Bankers, Botticelli and the
Bonfire of the Vanities‖
Week 10
Tuesday 8 November
Old Masters ‗certified‘, sold and exhibited
 The recent collapse of a formerly successful market
 Heritage protection effects art markets in Europe and United States
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Readings: A. HOPE, Supply and demand in the Old MASTERS picture market, and P.BOYLAN,
Illicit Art Trade, in I.ROBERTSON, Understanding International Art Markets and
Management, Routledge, 2005, ch.10,11, pp. 195 – 213, 216-227; D.SAGOT-DUVAUROUX,
Art Prices, in Handbook of Cultural Economics, edited by TOWSE, R., Cheltenham, 2003, pp.
57-63 [263-283]
Class Visit: Old Masters Environment, Art Dealer 1
Week 11
Tuesday 15 November
The economic impact of art law
 Import and export legislation within western world
 Heritage protection (Carnet ATA) and copyright protection
 the Droit de suite: Europe and US (a community-wide resale royalty right)
Readings:R.PFISTER, Tax matters, in I.ROBERTSON, Understanding International Art Markets
and Management, Routledge, 2005, ch.6, 103 – 122; W.M.LANDES, D.B.LEVINE, The
Economic Analysis of Art Law, in Handbook of the Economics of Art and Culture, edited by
V.A.Ginsburgh and D.Throsby, Elsevier-North Holland, 2006 (ed.2008), pp. 211-250 [163192]
Class Visit: Old Masters Environment, Art Dealer 2
Week 12
Tuesday 22 November
Art at Auction: Auction House structure and functioning. The Auction system.
Developing an auction sale: appraisals/marketing strategies/catalogue
Readings:[
http://www.sothebys.com/help/welcome.html
and
http://www.sothebys.com/help/ref/ref_liveterms.html],[http://www.christies.com/features/wel
come/]; ASHENFELTER O., GRADDY K., Art Auctions, CEPS Working Paper No. 203, 2010,
pp.1-15 [ www.princeton.edu/ceps/workingpapers/203ashenfelter.pdf]
Class Visit: Auction Preview
Week 13
Tuesday 29 November
Marketing in Art Business
 Relationships and exchange: from the public to the private sphere
Museums and business: from Europe to Arab Emirates [http://www.saadiyat.ae/en/]
Readings: D.Chong, Marketing in art business: exchange relationships by commercial
galleries and public art museums, in The Art Business, Routledge, 2008, pp. 115-138 [hand
out]
Thursday 1 December
Oral Presentation and discussion session 1
Week 14
Tuesday 6 December
Visual arts in the ‗new economy‘
 Internet environment and the arts
 the art market and internet
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Readings: W.J.BAUMOL, The Arts in the ―New Economy‖, in Handbook of the Economics of
Art and Culture, edited by V.A. Ginsburgh and D. Throsby, Elsevier-North Holland, 2006
(ed.2008), pp. 339-357; J. FARCHY, Internet: culture, F.Rochelandet, Internet: economics, in
Handbook of Cultural Economics, edited by TOWSE, R., Cheltenham, 2003, pp.276-280, 281286. [442-457]
Thursday 8 December
Oral Presentation and discussion session 2
Week 15
Final Exams
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Family Business and Entrepreneurship:
What We Can Learn from the Successful Italian Model
Syllabus
Fall Semester 2011
Instructor: Rodolfo Rivas, M.B.A.
Credits: 3
Contact hrs/wk: 3
Prerequisite: None
Office Hours: By appointment, I am available throughout the semester to meet with students for
guidance and consultation in a free classroom at the Institute
COURSE DESCRIPTION
This course presents a theoretical framework of the key concepts and principles of
entrepreneurship as they apply in creating, managing, and growing small and medium-sized
family-owned businesses. Focusing on the brand appeal and reputation of products ―Made in
Italy‖, we will discuss the business models and experiences of well-known Italian family
firms that have continued to prosper and expand internationally in spite of fierce competition
from low-cost foreign producers.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
 Learn key concepts of entrepreneurship in general and of family-owned business as a
specific organizational form
 Learn valuable lessons about best practices of small and medium-sized businesses in Italy
that make up the backbone of the country‘s economy
METHOD OF INSTRUCTION
The course is highly interactive and active student pre-class preparation and in-class
participation is expected. Sessions consist of electronic lectures by Prof. Rivas, case studies,
and in-class critical-thinking discussions.
ACADEMIC HONESTY
A fundamental principle of academic, business and community life is honesty. The Institute
at Palazzo Rucellai and Professor Rivas will not tolerate academic dishonesty and/or
plagiarism, and the penalty for proven cases is a failing grade for the course. Academic
dishonesty includes the unauthorized use of electronic devices, soliciting or offering
assistance to other students during examinations, copying from a fellow student, and making
unauthorized use of notes during an exam. Plagiarism is defined as ―to use and pass off the
writings of another as one‘s own‖. While students are allowed to utilize legitimate
information sources as long as they provide complete and proper references, all assignments
must represent their own, original work.
ATTENDANCE
 Class sessions will begin and adjourn promptly at the scheduled time. Students should
plan to attend all scheduled classes since it will have an effect their performance on case
studies and on examinations.
 Students should sign the attendance list at the beginning of the class. Leaving before the
class ends will be considered an unexcused absence.
 Absences will be excused only for verifiable legitimate reasons: medical, emergency,
religious observance. Students are responsible for notifying Prof. Rivas in writing of
anticipated legitimate absences and arranging to make-up all work missed
 Important: Three points will be deducted from the student‟s total points for the
second unexcused absence and for each subsequent unexcused absence.
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ASSESSMENT POINTS
 Quizzes
 Mid-Term Exam
 Final Exam
Total
50 points each X 2 quizzes = 100 points
80 points
120 points
300 points
FINAL GRADES
%
Points
Rating
Gde.
%
Points
93.0-100
279-300
Excellent
A
73.0-76.9
219-230
C
90.0-92.9
270-278
A-
70.0-72.9
210-218
C-
87.0-89.9
261-269
B+
67.0-69.9
201-209
83.0-86.9
249-260
B
63.0-66.9
189-200
D
80.0-82.9
240-248
B-
60.0-62.9
180-188
D-
77.0-79.9
231-239
C+
59.9
less
Good
Average
Rating
Passing
and 179 and Failing
below
Grade
D+
F
Grading Issues - Any disputes concerning your grade must be discussed with Prof. Rivas
within one week of being notified.
Quizzes
There will be two quizzes of multiple-choice questions from the class lectures, case studies,
and the textbook. Students absent on the day of the quiz, their grade will be 0 points for that
quiz. Quizzes cannot be made up.
Exams
 The midterm and final exams consist of multiple-choice questions from the class lectures,
case studies, and the textbook.
 Exams cannot be made up except for legitimate reasons (as explained in Attendance
above)
Textbook: Hoy, Frank and Shoma, Promodita, ―Entrepreneurial Family Firms‖, Prentice
Hall, 2010
CLASSROOM POLICY
CLASS SCHEDULE – FALL 2011
Session & Topic – Instructor‟s Lecture and Class
Date
Discussion
#1
Welcome, Syllabus Review, and Introduction to
5 Sept
Entrepreneurship
#2
Key concepts and principles of entrepreneurship
7 Sept
#3
The entrepreneurial spirit
12 Sept
#4
Overview of entrepreneurial practices across the
14 Sept
world
#5
Starting up entrepreneurial ventures
19 Sept
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Quizzes and Case Studies
#6
21 Sept
#7
26 Sept
#8
28 Sept
#9
3 Oct
#10
5 Oct
#11
10 Oct
#12
12 Oct
#13
17 Oct
#14
19 Oct
#15
31 Oct
#16
2 Nov
#17
7 Nov
#18
9 Nov
#19
14 Nov
Quiz # 1
Quiz # 1
Introduction to family businesses
Life cycles of the family business
Letting Go – Family succession, who should
take the reins and when?
Keeping it in the family, selling out, or going
public?
Case Study: ―LVMH‘s
acquisition of Bulgari‖
Case Discussion
Focus Italy: family-owned SMEs, the backbone
of Italy‘s economy
Success factors that set apart the Italian family
business from other countries
Mid-term Exam
Mid-term break (no classes)
Oct 21-30
The attraction of ―Made in Italy‖
Maximizing a premium brand‘s value
Case Study: ―Ermenegildo
Zegna, Coping with the
Capriciousness of Fashion‖
Case Discussion
Consumers‘ appeal to the ―Italian living style‖
as a competitive advantage
Growing the business, concentration or
diversification?
#20
16 Nov
Session &
Date
#21
21 Nov
Quiz # 2
#22
23 Nov
Case Discussion
#23
28 Nov
#24
30 Nov
#25
5 Dec
#26
7 Dec
#27
12 Dec
Italian SMEs‘ answer to an increasingly
globalized and competitive world
Long-term sustainability of the Italian
entrepreneurial model
Case Discussion Quiz # 2
Quiz # 2
Topic – Instructor‟s Lecture and Class
Discussion
Expanding internationally, the hunt for new
market opportunities
Quizzes and Case Studies
Case Study: ―Dolce &
Gabanna Expanding in
China‖
Celebrating progress – what have we learned?
Review and preparation for final exam
Final Exam
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Case Study: ―Benetton, a
Has-Been?‖
The Florence Experience I: Beginning Italian I
Syllabus
Fall Semester 2011
Instructors: Italian Faculty
Contact hrs/wk: 4 per week
Prerequisite: None
COURSE DESCRIPTION AND OBJECTIVES
The Florence Experience I is an interdisciplinary course which focuses on achieving a basic
level in cultural and linguistic-communicative competences (speaking, writing, reading and
understanding) regarding familiar contexts, everyday life's activities and simple interaction
with native speakers, while introducing the students to various, relevant aspects of
contemporary Florentine life and Italian culture. The course offers students an
interdisciplinary experience in language learning made possible only by direct immersion in
the target culture. Since language and culture are deeply connected (language IS culture and
culture IS language), each class will introduce students to linguistic skills such as
communicative structures, grammar structures, vocabulary and pronunciation, but will, at the
same time, provide them with a deeper knowledge of Italian culture. The city of Florence
becomes a cultural laboratory: with its world-famous fashion concerns, its beautiful theaters
and lively markets, its young writers and actors, and its characteristic stores and artisans‘
workshops, it is a composite of contemporary Italian culture to be explored by the student.
In addition to classroom work, the course includes a series of on-site encounters, which will
range from interviews with various exponents of Florentine society, to encounters with young
Florentine actors who will offer interactive performances; field-trips and treasure hunts at the
most vivacious markets in town, and encounters with students of the University of Florence.
Students will encounter the author Camilla Trinchieri, who will conduct with them an
interactive dialogue about translation of excerpts from her recent book Cercando Alice.
Students will translate selections from the novel during the first part of the semester, and they
will subsequently meet the author.
REQUIREMENTS:
 Textbook: Gruppo Italiaidea, Italian Espresso 1. Italian Course for English Speakers.
Textbook, Alma Edizioni – Firenze 2006
 Workbook: Gruppo Italiaidea, Italian Espresso 1. Workbook, Alma Edizioni – Firenze
2006
 Supplementary Text: selected exercises and readings excerpted from other language
texts and workbooks, in addition to activities and handouts created by instructors.
 Homework: Outside of class time, students are expected to review subsequently, and
complete all the exercises assigned by the instructor.
 Class Participation: Extremely important due to the peculiar characteristics of a
LANGUAGE and CULTURE course where interaction and active participation are the
basis of all of the classes.
 Write-ups: Students will have to write a range of one page write-ups on topics assigned
by the instructor. Please note that all write-ups are due on the due date.
 Tests: There will be 4 one-hour exams designed to verify students‘ ability to listen,
comprehend, and write in Italian. The second test is the Mid-term Exam, and the fourth
test is the Final Exam.
 Absences: A maximum of 2 class day absences will be accepted. Additional absences
will be excused only at display of a doctor‘s note or they will bring the final grade down
– a grade per absence. Ex: 3 absences, A– becomes B+; 4 absences, B– becomes C.
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CRITERIA FOR EVALUATION
Tests (1 and 3)
20%
Write-ups
15%
*Class Participation (incl. Homework)
20%
Mid-term Exam (Test 2)
20%
Final Exam (Test 4)
25%
*(Participation Breakdown: Attention in Class; Motivation; Class Interaction - with
Classmates and Teacher; Homework /Tutorial Attendance – if assigned;
Punctuality)*
A = 100 – 93
A– = 92 – 90
B+ = 89 – 87
B = 86 – 83
B– = 82 – 80
C+ = 79 - 77
C = 76 – 73
C– = 72 – 70
D+ = 69 – 67
D = 66 – 63
D– = 62 – 60
F = 59 – 0
CLASSROOM POLICY
SCHEDULE
 Prima settimana: 5– 8 settembre
Unitá 1, Primi Contatti / Unitá 2, Buon appetito!
Communicative functions: Greeting people / Introducing yourself / Asking
pronunciation, spelling and meaning of a word / Nationalities / Ordering at the bar
Grammar: The verbs essere , avere and chiamarsi / Adjectives of nationality /
Regular verbs: first and second person singular / Numbers 0 - 20 / Nouns ending in –o
and –a
Esercizi: dalle Unità 1 e 2

Seconda settimana: 12-15 settembre
Unitá 2, Buon appetito! Unità 10 Sapori d‘Italia
Communicative functions: Ordering at the restaurant and at the bar/ Asking for the
check / Asking prices / Grocery shopping / Describing food and eating habits / More
on grocery shopping
Grammar: Questo e Quello / Nouns ending in –e / Definite article / Indefinite article /
Numbers 20 - 100
Esercizi dalla Unità 2 e dalla Unità 10
 Terza settimana: 19-22 settembre
Unitá 3, Io e gli altri
Communicative functions: Introducing someone / Asking and giving personal details
/ Talking about work / Speaking formally
Grammar: Regular verbs of the first conjugation: - are / Simple prepositions (a – in –
da - di) / Formal and informal communication / Verb – fare and idiomatic expressions
with fare / Nouns of professions / Numbers from 100 onwards
Esercizi: dalla Unità 3

Quarta settimana: 26-29 settembre
Unitá 4, Tempo libero
Communicative functions: Talking about spare time activities in Italy and in the
United States / Expressing preferences / Talking about how often you do something
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Grammar: Verbs andare e stare / Present tense of regular verbs in –ere and –ire /
Verbs sapere e conoscere / Adverbs of frequency / Verb piacere / Wh- words: asking
questions
Esercizi: dalla Unitá 4

Quinta settimana: 3-6 ottobre
Unitá 5, In giro per l‘Italia
Communicative functions: Asking and giving directions / Asking and telling the time
/ Describing a place
Grammar: Irregular verbs / Adjectives of the first group (ending with -o) and
adjectives of the second group (ending with -e) / C'è, ci sono
Esercizi:dalla Unità 5
First Encounter

Sesta settimana: 10-13 ottobre
General review and selected activities from Unità 11, Fare acquisti and Unità 13,
Non è bello ciò che è bello...
Communicative functions: Describing someone (looks and personality) / Talking
about clothes and fashion
Grammar: Adjectives of appearance and personality
Esercizi: a cura dell'insegnante
Second Encounter

Settima settimana: 17-20 ottobre
Mid-term Examinations
Mid-term Break: 21 – 30 ottobre

Ottava settimana: 31 ottobre-3 novembre
Unitá 7, Un fine settimana
Communicative functions: Talking about a trip / Describing past events
Grammar: Past tense of regular verbs with essere and avere / Past time expressions
Third Encounter

Nona settimana: 7-10 novembre
Unitá 7, Un fine settimana
Communicative functions: Describing past events / Talking about the weather
Grammar: Past tense of irregular verbs / Adverbs of time (giá, appena, non ancora)
Fourth Encounter

Decima settimana: 14-17 novembre
Unità 6, In albergo
Communicative functions: Talking about things one must – would like to – can do
Grammar: Modal verbs (volere – potere – dovere – sapere) / Bene-buono / Malecattivo
Fifth Encounter

Undicesima settimana: 21-24 novembre
Unitá 9, La famiglia
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Communicative functions: Family relationships / Describing your family / Comparing
the typical American and Italian family
Grammar: Possessive adjectives / Possessive adjectives with words denoting family
relationships
Sixth Encounter



Dodicesima settimana: 28 novembre-1 dicembre
Unitá 8, Vita quotidiana
Communicative functions: Talking about the daily routine / Describing a typical day /
Holidays and traditions
Grammar: Present tense of reflexive verbs / Direct object pronouns with present tense
Seventh Encounter
Tredicesima settimana: 5-8 dicembre
General review
Progressive Test
Quattordicesima settimana: 12 – 15 dicembre
Final Examinations
The progression of the on-site encounters will be decided by the instructor according to
public structures' opening hours and other practical matters. During the semester,
students will be involved in the following encounters:










At the market. Encounter with delicatessen sellers, butchers, fruit and fish vendors at
the vivacious Mercato Centrale who will tell students about their products.
Students will interview three persons belonging to various social and cultural contexts
in the commercial district of Florence.
The city's meeting point par excellence: the Florentine coffee houses or ―bar‖.
Encounter with Italian students of the University of Florence in class (two or more
encounters)
Studying in Florence. Encounter with students at the University of Florence
(Department of Literature and Philosophy) who will show the American students
around the school and will discuss the differences between university education in
Italy and the United States.
Treasure hunt in the commercial district of the city of Florence.
Italians' passion for food: dinner or lunch at a typical Florentine trattoria.
Encounter with young Florentine actors who will offer interactive performances (two
encounters).
Students will meet and interact with elderly Italians from two historical quarters of
Florence (San Frediano and Santo Spirito). These historic districts are rich in culture
and full of tradition, and the visitors will provide an insightful look into this world.
Camilla Trinchieri, author of Cercando Alice (Marcos y Marcos, Milano 2010) will
conduct a dialogue with the students about translation using excepts from her novel.
This syllabus is subject to change. The instructor might decide to add or change one or more
on-site encounters during the semester.
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The Florence Experience II: Beginning Italian II
Syllabus
Fall Semester 2011
Prerequisite: One semester of Italian
The Florence Experience II is an interdisciplinary course which builds on one semester of
previous work. It focuses on achieving a post-basic level in cultural and linguisticcommunicative competences regarding familiar matters, personal experiences, studies, work
and daily routine, while introducing students to various, relevant aspects of contemporary
Florentine life and Italian culture. Students will develop communicative skills in order to
easily make themselves understood and understand during interaction with native speakers.
The course offers students an interdisciplinary experience in language learning made possible
only by direct immersion in the target culture. Since language and culture are deeply
connected (language IS culture and culture IS language), each class will introduce students to
linguistic skills such as communicative structures, grammar structures, vocabulary and
pronunciation, but will, at the same time, provide them with a deeper knowledge of Italian
culture. The city of Florence becomes a cultural laboratory: with its world-famous fashion
concerns, its beautiful theaters and lively markets, its young writers and actors, and its
characteristic stores and artisans‘ workshops, it is a composite of contemporary Italian culture
to be explored by the student. In addition to classroom work, the course includes a series of
on-site encounters, which will range from interviews with various exponents of Florentine
society, to encounters with young Florentine actors who will offer interactive performances;
field-trips and treasure hunts at the most vivacious markets in town, and encounters with
students of the University of Florence. Students will encounter the author Camilla Trinchieri,
who will conduct with them an interactive dialogue about translation of excerpts from her
recent book Cercando Alice. Students will translate selections from the novel during the first
part of the semester, and they will subsequently meet the author.
REQUIREMENTS
 Textbook: Gruppo Italiaidea, Italian Espresso 1. Italian Course for English
Speakers.Textbook, Alma Edizioni – Firenze 2006;
Gruppo Italiaidea, Italian Espresso 2. Italian Course for English Speakers. Textbook,
Alma Edizioni – Firenze 2007
2006; Gruppo Italiaidea, Italian Espresso 2. Workbook, Alma Edizioni – Firenze 2007.
texts and workbooks, activities, and handouts created by instructors.
 Write- ups: Students will have to write a series of one page write-ups about what they
experienced during the on-site encounters and on topics assigned by the instructor.
Please note that all write-ups are due on the due date.
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
Absences: A maximum of 2 class day absences will be accepted. Additional absences
Tests (1 and 3)
20%
Write-ups
15%
20%
20%
Final Exam (Test 4)
25%
Punctuality)*
B+ = 89 – 87
C+ = 79 - 77
D+ = 69 – 67
F = 59 – 0
A = 100 – 93
B = 86 – 83
C = 76 – 73
D = 66 – 63
A– = 92 –90
B– = 82 –80
C– = 72 70
D– = 62 –60
CLASSROOM POLICY
SCHEDULE
 Prima settimana: 5-8 settembre
From Italian Espresso 1: Review: Unitá 4, Tempo libero / Unitá 5, In giro per
l‘Italia / Unitá 6, In albergo
Communicative functions: Talking about leisure time / Expressing likes and
preferences / Describing places / Booking a hotel room
Grammar: Present tense of regular and irregular verbs / The verb piacere /Simple
prepositions / Adjectives / Question words / Modal verbs
Esercizi: dalle Unità 4, 5 e 6
Progressive Test

Review: Unitá 7, Un fine settimana / Unitá 8, Vita quotidiana / Unitá 9, La famiglia
Communicative functions: Talking about past events / Describing a typical day and
daily routine / Describing your family
Grammar: Passato prossimo of regular and irregular verbs / Past time expressions /
Reflexive verbs in the present and past tense / Possessive adjectives

Terza settimana: 19-22 settembre
Unitá 11, Fare acquisti / Unitá 12, Da piccola
Communicative functions: Clothing / Shopping for clothes / Making polite requests /
Expressing tastes / Talking about childhood / Talking about habitual activities in the
past
Grammar: Indirect object pronouns / Use of indirect and direct pronouns / The
adjective quello / Past tense: Imperfetto

Unitá 12, Da piccola / Unitá 13, Non è bello ció che è bello…
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Communicative functions: Describing past situations / Giving someone‘s physical
description / Giving a description of someone‘s personality / Making comparisons
Grammar: The use of the imperfetto compared to the passato prossimo /
Comparatives and superlatives
Esercizi: dalle Unitá 12 e 13

Unitá 13, Non è bello ció che è bello…
Communicative functions: Expressing wishes / Making polite requests / Describing a
house
Grammar: Present conditional / Use of the conditional
First Encounter

Unità 14, Appuntamenti
Communicative functions: Organizing leisure activities / Making invitations /
Accepting and refusing invitations
Grammar: More about the conditional / Present progressive with the verb stare
Second Encounter

Mid-term Break: 21 – 30 ottobre

Ottava settimana: 31 ottobre – 3 novembre
Unitá 14, Appuntamenti
Communicative functions: Talking about good and bad manners / Talking about an
upleasant experience
Grammar: Agreement of the past participle with the direct pronouns / Direct, indirect
and reflexive pronouns with modal verbs
Third Encounter

From Italian Espresso 2: Unitá 1, Incontri / Unitá 2, Progetti futuri
Communicative functions: Talking about past events / Talking about future plans
Grammar: Passato prossimo of modal verbs / Describing a past situation with the
passato prossimo and the imperfetto / The preposition fra with future meaning
Fourth Encounter

Unitá 2, Progetti futuri
Communicative functions: Talking about the future / Making hypothesis / Writing a
résume
Grammar: Future tense / The use of the future compared to the present tense
Fifth Encounter

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Unitá 3, L‘importante è mangiar bene
Communicative functions: Give advice / Ask for advice / Comparing eating habits in
Italy and in the USA
Grammar: Informal imperative of regular and irregular verbs / Use of the conditional
and the imperative to give advice
Sixth Encounter

Dodicesima settimana: 28 novembre – 1 dicembre
Unitá 3, L‘importante è mangiar bene / Unitá 4, Mens sana
Communicative functions: The human body / At the doctor‘s: talking about sickness /
Giving advice in a formal situation
Grammar: Position of the pronouns with the informal imperative / Formal imperative
Esercizi: dalle Unitá 3 e 4
Seventh Encounter

General review
Progressive Test
Esercizi: a cura dell‘insegnante

Quattordicesima settimana: 12-15 dicembre
Final Examinations
 At the market. Encounter with delicatessen sellers, butchers, fruit and fish vendors at the
vivacious Mercato Centrale who will tell students about their products.
 Students will interview three persons belonging to various social and cultural contexts in
the commercial district of Florence.
 The city's meeting point par excellence: the Florentine coffee houses or ―bar‖.
 Encounter with Italian students of the University of Florence in class (two or more
encounters)
 Studying in Florence. Encounter with students at the University of Florence (Department
of Literature and Philosophy) who will show the American students around the school
and will discuss the differences between university education in Italy and the United
States.
 Treasure hunt in the commercial district of the city of Florence.
 Italians' passion for food: dinner or lunch at a typical Florentine trattoria
 Encounter with young Florentine actors who will offer interactive performances (two
encounters)
 Students will meet and interact with elderly Italians from two historical quarters of
Florence (San Frediano and Santo Spirito). These historic districts are rich in culture and
full of tradition, and the visitors will provide an insightful look into this world.
 Camilla Trinchieri, author of Cercando Alice (Marcos y Marcos, Milano 2010) will
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The Florence Experience III: Intermediate Italian I
Syllabus
Fall Semester 2011
Prerequisite: Two semesters of Italian
The Florence Experience III is an interdisciplinary course which builds on two semesters of
previous work. It focuses on achieving an intermediate level in cultural and linguisticcommunicative competences regarding familiar matters, personal experiences and events, a
various range of conversational topics and situations likely to arise whilst traveling while
introducing students to various, relevant aspects of contemporary Florentine life and Italian
culture. The course offers students an interdisciplinary experience in language learning made
possible only by direct immersion in the target culture. Since language and culture are deeply
connected (language IS culture and culture IS language), each class will introduce students to
linguistic skills such as communicative structures, grammar structures, vocabulary and
pronunciation, but will, at the same time, provide them with a deeper knowledge of Italian
culture. The city of Florence becomes a cultural laboratory: with its world-famous fashion
concerns, its beautiful theaters and lively markets, its young writers and actors, and its
characteristic stores and artisans‘ workshops, it is a composite of contemporary Italian culture
to be explored by the student. In addition to classroom work, the course includes a series of
on-site encounters, which will range from interviews with various exponents of Florentine
society, to encounters with young Florentine actors who will offer interactive performances;
field-trips and treasure hunts at the most vivacious markets in town, and encounters with
students of the University of Florence. Students will encounter the author Camilla Trinchieri,
who will conduct with them an interactive dialogue about translation of excerpts from her
recent book Cercando Alice. Students will translate selections from the novel during the first
part of the semester, and they will subsequently meet the author.
REQUIREMENTS
2007
texts and workbooks, activities, and handouts created by instructors.
 Write-ups: Students will have to write a series of one page write-ups about what they
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Tests (1 and 3)
20%
Write-ups
15%
20%
20%
Final Exam (Test 4)
25%
Punctuality)*
B+ = 89 – 87
C+ = 79 - 77
D+ = 69 – 67
F = 59 – 0
A = 100 – 93
B = 86 – 83
C = 76 – 73
D = 66 – 63
A– = 92 –90
B– = 82 –80
C– = 72 70
D– = 62 –60
CLASSROOM POLICY
SCHEDULE
Review: Unitá 1, Incontri
Communicative functions: Motivation to study Italian as a foreign language / Talking
about past events and experiences (I) / Describing past situations (I)
Grammar: Indicativo passato prossimo and imperfetto
Progressive Test

Review: Unitá 1, Incontri / Unitá 2, Progetti futuri
Communicative functions: Talking about future plans / Making hypothesis
Grammar: Direct, indirect and reflexive pronouns / Future tense / Hypothetical
sentences with the future

Review: Supplementary text
Communicative functions: Making polite requests / Expressing wishes / Giving and
asking for advice
Grammar: Present conditional / Uses of the conditional
Esercizi: a cura dell‘insegnante

Unitá 3, L'importante è mangiare bene; Unità 4, Mens sana
Communicative functions: Giving advice and commands in informal and formal
situations / Asking for advice
Grammar: Informal and formal imperative / The imperative in combination with
direct, indirect and reflexive pronouns

Unità 4, Mens sana
Communicative functions: Making comparisons / At the doctor's: talking about
diseases / The human body
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Grammar: Comparative and superlative, regular and irregular / Combined pronouns
First Encounter

Unità 5, Do you speak Italian?
Communicative functions: Talking about past events and experiences (II) /
Describing past situations (II) / Talking about studying abroad: comparing Europe
and the United States
Grammar: Indicativo trapassato prossimo
Second Encounter

Mid-term Break: 21-30 ottobre

Unitá 5, Do you speak Italian? / Unità 6, Vivere in città / Selected pages from Unitá 9,
Invito alla lettura
Communicative functions: Describing books, newspaper articles and stories /
Describing a city / Telling about life in a city
Grammar: Relative pronouns / Indicativo passato remoto (how to recognize it when
reading)
Third Encounter

Unitá 7, Luoghi comuni
Communicative functions: Expressing personal opinions / Talking about stereotypes /
Comparing Italy and the United States
Grammar: Congiuntivo presente after verbs of opinion (credere che – pensare che –
sembrare che – parere che) and impersonal expressions (è importante che – è bene
che – è giusto che)
Fourth Encounter

Unitá 7, Luoghi comuni
Communicative functions: Expressing wishes, personal feelings, doubts and necessity
/ Talking about cultural differences between European countries and the United States
Grammar: Congiuntivo presente after verbs of doubt (dubitare che), necessity
(bisogna che – occorre/è necessario che) and verbs expressing personal feelings
(pleasure, fear, illusion... volere che – temere/avere paura che / essere felice che) /
Congiuntivo passato / Uses of congiuntivo and indicativo
Fifth Encounter

Unitá 7, Luoghi comuni / Unità 8, Parole, parole, parole...
Communicative functions: Talking about personal opinions in the past / Talking about
the use of mass media in Italy
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Grammar: Indefinite adjectives and pronouns (alcuni -nessuno – altri – qualcuno...) /
Uses of congiuntivo and indicativo / Congiuntivo imperfetto
Esercizi: dalle unità 7 e 8
Sixth Encounter
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Unitá 10, La famiglia cambia faccia
Communicative functions: Talking about family relationships / Comparing a typical
American and Italian family / Stereotypes on the Italian family: il mammone
Grammar: Adverbs ending with -mente / Review of adjectives and adverbs
Seventh Encounter
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General Review
Progressive Test
Final Examinations
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At the market. Encounter with delicatessen sellers, butchers, fruit and fish vendors at the
encounters)
Studying in Florence. Encounter with students at the University of Florence (Department
States.
encounters)
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The Florence Experience IV: Intermediate Italian II
Syllabus
Fall Semester 2011
Contact hrs/wk: 4
Prerequisite: Three semesters of Italian
The Florence Experience IV is an interdisciplinary course which builds on three semesters of
previous work. It focuses on achieving a post-intermediate level in cultural and linguisticcommunicative competences regarding a wide range of complex, longer oral and written
texts. The course aims at developing such competences in order to enable students to express
themselves without evident strain in a wide range of subjects and spontaneously participate in
interaction with native speakers, while introducing them to various, relevant aspects of
same time, provide them with a deeper knowledge of Italian culture. The city of Florence
becomes a cultural laboratory: with its world-famous fashion concerns, its beautiful theaters
and lively markets, its young writers, songwriters and actors, and its characteristic stores and
artisans‘ workshops, it is a composite of contemporary Italian culture to be explored by the
student. In addition to classroom work, the course includes a series of on-site encounters,
which will range from interviews with various exponents of Florentine society, to encounters
with young Florentine actors who will offer interactive performances; field-trips and treasure
hunts at the most vivacious markets in town, and encounters with students of the University of
Florence. Students will encounter the author Camilla Trinchieri, who will conduct with them
an interactive dialogue about translation of excerpts from her recent book Cercando Alice.
Students will translate selections from the novel during the first part of the semester, and they
will subsequently meet the author.
REQUIREMENTS
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comprehend, and write in Italian.
 Oral Presentations: Students will have to hold two oral presentations on assigned topics
regarding contemporary Italian culture.
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Mid-term Exam and Final Exam: There will be one written and oral Mid-term Exam,
and one written and oral Final Exam.
Absences: A maximum of 2 absences will be accepted. Additional absences will require
medical justification or any other absence will bring the final grade down – a grade per
absence. Ex: 3 absences, A– becomes B+; 4 absences, B– becomes C.
Oral Presentations
10%
Write-ups
15%
Tests (1-3)
20%
*Class Participation
20%
Mid-term Exam / Test 2 (written 10%; oral 5%)
15%
Final Exam / Test 4 (written 15%; oral 5%)
20%
Punctuality)*
B+ = 89-87
C+ = 79-77
D+ = 69-67
F = 59-0
A = 100-93
B = 86-83
C = 76-73
D = 66-63
A- = 92-90
B- = 82-80
C- = 72-70
D- = 62-60
CLASSROOM POLICY
SCHEDULE
Presentazione del corso. Presentazione dell'insegnante e dei partecipanti al corso. Analisi
dei bisogni e delle motivazioni degli studenti.
Ripasso: Unitá 1, Incontri
Funzioni comunicative: Raccontare fatti passati / Descrivere situazioni al passato in
italiano
Grammatica: Indicativo passato prossimo e imperfetto / Pronomi diretti, indiretti e
riflessivi
Progressive Test
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Ripasso: Unità 5, Do you speak Italian?
Funzioni comunicative: Raccontare esperienze passate / Chiedere e dare informazioni
Grammatica: Indicativo trapassato prossimo / Pronomi relativi
Esercizi: dall‘Unità 5
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Ripasso: Unità 6, Vivere in città
Funzioni comunicative: Narrare al passato. Composizione scritta di storie al passato.
Grammatica: Passato remoto
Esercizi: dall‘Unità 6
First Encounter
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Unità 7, Luoghi comuni
Funzioni comunicative: Esprimere opinioni personali.
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Grammatica: Congiuntivo presente e passato
Presentazione orale I (di gruppo)
Esercizi: dall‘unità 7
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Unità 8, Parole, parole, parole…
Funzioni comunicative: Riferire opinioni personali passate. Discutere e argomentare.
Grammatica: Congiuntivo imperfetto e trapassato.
Second Encounter
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Ripasso generale del programma svolto nella prima parte del semestre
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Unità 9: Invito alla lettura
Unità 10: La famiglia cambia faccia
Funzioni comunicative: Descrivere un libro / Esprimere giudizi / Discutere, argomentare
Grammatica: Congiuntivo in dipendenza dai connettivi prima che – a patto che /
Congiuntivo in dipendenza dalle congiunzioni.
Esercizi: Esercizi dalle unità 9 e 10.
Third Encounter
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Unità 11: Tradizioni italiane
Funzioni communicative: Descrivere feste e tradizioni / Discutere e argomentare /
Esprimere desideri
Grammatica: Ripasso dei tempi del condizionale / Segnali discorsivi e connettivi
Fourth Encounter
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Unità 12: Salviamo il nostro pianeta
Funzioni communicative: Fare ipotesi / Discutere e lamentarsi
Grammatica: Il Periodo ipotetico
Fourth Encounter
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Unità 13: Noi e gli altri
Funzioni comunicative: Lamentarsi, protestare e giustificarsi / Esprimere desideri e
preferenze / Fare richieste in modo cortese.
Grammatica: Concordanza dei tempi del congiuntivo / Congiuntivo in dipendenza dal
condizionale
Fifth Encounter
Presentazioni orali II (di gruppo)
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Unità 14: Italia da scoprire
Funzioni communicative: Raccontare un viaggio / Descrivere un luogo
Grammatica: Si impersonale
Sixth Encounter
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Ripasso generale.
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Final Examinations
encounters)
 Studying in Florence. Encounter with students at the University of Florence (Department
States.
 Camilla Trinchieri, author of Cercando Alice (Marcos y Marcos, Milano 2010) will
conduct a dialogue with the students about her book.
 Italians' passion for food: dinner or lunch at a typical Florentine trattoria
 Encounter with young Florentine actors who will offer interactive performances
 Students will meet and interact with elderly Italians from two historical quarters of
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The Florence Experience V: Advanced Italian
Syllabus
Fall Semester 2011
Contact hrs/wk: 4
Prerequisite: Four semesters of Italian
The Florence Experience V is an interdisciplinary course which builds on four semesters of
previous work. It focuses on achieving an advanced level in cultural and linguisticcommunicative competences regarding a wide range of complex, longer oral and written
texts. The course aims at developing such competences in order to enable students to express
themselves fluently in a wide range of subjects and spontaneously participate in interaction
with native speakers, while introducing them to various, relevant aspects of contemporary
Florentine life and Italian culture. The course offers students an interdisciplinary experience
in language learning made possible only by direct immersion in the target culture. Since
language and culture are deeply connected (language IS culture and culture IS language), each
class will introduce students to linguistic skills such as communicative structures, grammar
structures, vocabulary and pronunciation, but will, at the same time, provide them with a
deeper knowledge of Italian culture. The city of Florence becomes a cultural laboratory: with
its world-famous fashion concerns, its beautiful theaters and lively markets, its young writers,
songwriters and actors, and its characteristic stores and artisans‘ workshops, it is a composite
of contemporary Italian culture to be explored by the student. In addition to classroom work,
the course includes a series of on-site encounters, which will range from interviews with
various exponents of Florentine society, to encounters with young Florentine actors who will
offer interactive performances; field-trips and treasure hunts at the most vivacious markets in
town, and encounters with students of the University of Florence. Students will encounter the
author Camilla Trinchieri, who will conduct with them an interactive dialogue about her
recent book, Cercando Alice. Students will have to read the novel during the first part of the
semester, and they will successively meet the author.
REQUIREMENTS
 Textbook: T. Marin, Nuovo progetto italiano 3 (Corso multimediale di lingua e civiltà
italiana. Livello Intermedio e Avanzato), Edilingua, Roma 2008.
 Workbook: Bidetti-Dominici-Piccolo, Nuovo progetto italiano 3 (Corso multimediale di
lingua e civiltà italiana. Livello Intermedio e Avanzato), Edilingua, Roma 2008.
 Supplementary Text: selected readings and class activities excerpted from
contemporary Italian literary texts and other language textbooks, in addition to activities
and handouts created by the instructor.
 Readings: Camilla Trinchieri, Cercando Alice, (selection), Marcos y Marcos – Milano
2010.
experienced during the on-site encounters and on other topics assigned by the instructor.
 Oral Presentations: Students will have to hold two oral presentations on assigned topics
regarding contemporary Italian culture.
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Tests: There will be 2 one-hour exams designed to verify students‘ ability to listen,
Mid-term Exam and Final Exam: There will be one written and oral Mid-term Exam,
and one written and oral Final Exam.
Absences: A maximum of 2 absences will be accepted. Additional absences will require
medical justification or any other absence will bring the final grade down – a grade per
absence. Ex: 3 absences, A– becomes B+; 4 absences, B– becomes C.
Criteria for Evaluation:
Oral Presentations
10%
Write-ups
15%
Tests (1 e 3)
20%
*Class Participation and Homework
20%
Mid-term Exam/Test 2 (written 10%; oral 5%)
15%
Final Exam/Test 4 (written 15%; oral 5%)
20%
Punctuality)*
B+ = 89-87
C+ = 79-77
D+ = 69-67
F = 59-0
A = 100-93
B = 86-83
C = 76-73
D = 66-63
A- = 92-90
B- = 82-80
C- = 72-70
D- = 62-60
CLASSROOM POLICY
SCHEDULE
Presentazione e descrizione del corso. Presentazione dell‘insegnante e dei partecipanti al
corso. Analisi dei bisogni e delle motivazioni degli studenti.
Unità 10: Novecento
Ripasso: i tempi passati dell‘indicativo (passato prossimo – imperfetto – trapassato prossimo).
Raccontare e argomentare al passato.
Progressive Test
Esercizi: dall‘Unità 10 e a cura dell‘insegnante.
 Seconda settimana: 12-15 settembre
Unità 11: Telefonini
La concordanza dei tempi dell‘indicativo.
Lettura e analisi di un testo letterario: D. Maraini, da Bagheria
Esercizi: dall‘unità 11 e a cura dell‘insegnante.
 Terza settimana: 19-22 settembre
Unità 8: Figli… a vita Unità 15: Come è ingiusta la parità
Condizionale semplice e composto. Esprimere dubbi, fare richieste educate, esprimere
desideri e rammarico.
Esercizi: dalle unità 8 e 15, e a cura dell‘insegnante.
First Encounter
 Quarta settimana: 26-29 settembre
Unità 7 Uomini e donne / 18 Computer / 26 Medicina alternativa
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Il sistema pronominale italiano (pronomi diretti – indiretti – doppi – riflessivi). La posizione
dei pronomi con i tempi e i modi verbali in italiano.
Lettura e analisi di un testo letterario: N. Ginzburg, ―una lettera‖ da Caro Michele).
Esercizi: dalle unità e a cura dell‘insegnante.
 Quinta settimana: 3-6 ottobre
Unità 15: Come è ingiusta la parità.
Il congiuntivo (congiuntivo presente e passato). Discutere e argomentare. Esprimere dubbi ed
opinioni personali.
Esercizi: dalla unità 15 e a cura dell‘insegnante.
Second Encounter
 Sesta settimana: 10-13 ottobre
Ripasso generale del programma svolto nella prima parte del semestre.
Esercizi: a cura dell‘insegnante.
Presentazioni orali
 Settima settimana: 17-20 ottobre
 Ottava settimana: 31 ottobre – 3 novembre
Unità 16: Storia della pasta.
Il passato remoto: narrare al passato. Composizione scritta di storie al passato. / La
formazione degli aggettivi (cenni).
Third Encounter
 Nona settimana: 7-10 novembre
Camilla Trinchieri, autrice di Cercando Alice (Marcos y Marcos, Milano 2010) condurrà in
classe un dialogo interattivo con gli studenti sul suo ultimo romanzo. Attività di lettura,
comprensione, traduzione e scrittura creativa.
Esercizi: A cura dell‘insegnante e dell‘autrice.
Fourth Encounter
 Decima settimana: 14-17 novembre
Unità 9: Lavoro / Unità 25: Pasticceria Grazia
I pronomi relativi / La forma passiva
Presentazioni orali
Fifth Encounter
 Undicesima settimana: 21-24 novembre
Unità 20: Stop alle auto.
Il periodo ipotetico (congiuntivo imperfetto e trapassato. Ancora sul condizionale). Formulare
ipotesi reali, possibili e irreali.
Sixth Encounter
 Dodicesima settimana: 28 novembre- 1 dicembre
Unità 21: Il falso a tavola / Unità 29: Roma antica
Le forme implicite: gerundio – participio – infinito (cenni)
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Lettura e analisi di un testo letterario: I. Calvino, ―Le città e il cielo. 4‖, ―Le città e gli
occhi. 2‖, ‖Le città e gli scambi. 3‖, da Le città invisibili.
Presentazioni orali
Seventh Encounter
 Tredicesima settimana: 5-8 dicembre
Ripasso generale del programma svolto durante la seconda parte del semestre.
Esercizi: A cura dell‘insegnante.
Exit test
 Quattordicesima settimana: 12-15 dicembre
Final Examinations
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At the market. Encounter with delicatessen sellers, butchers, fruit and fish vendors at
the vivacious Mercato Centrale who will tell students about their products.
Students will interview three persons belonging to various social and cultural contexts
in the commercial district of Florence.
encounters)
Studying in Florence. Encounter with students at the University of Florence
(Department of Literature and Philosophy) who will show the American students
around the school and will discuss the differences between university education in
Italy and the United States.
Treasure hunt in the commercial district of the city of Florence.
encounters).
Florence (San Frediano and Santo Spirito). These historic districts are rich in culture
and full of tradition, and the visitors will provide an insightful look into this world.
conduct a dialogue with the students about her book.
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Dante‟s World:
The Pilgrimage from Florence to the Holy Jerusalem
Syllabus
Fall Semester 2011
Instructor: Stefano U. Baldassarri, Ph.D.
Credits: 3
Contact hrs/wk: 3
Prerequisite: None
(Taught in English)
COURSE DESCRIPTION & OBJECTIES
This introductory course aims to interpret Dante Alighieri‘s life and major works in their
original context. As such, it will focus on the poet‘s indebtedness to previous authors (both
classical and medieval), on the society and the cultural milieu in which he lived, and on his
treatment of fundamental topics of the time. Among them, as the course title suggests, is the
Christian view of our earthly life as an exile from humankind‘s original home, the Garden of
Eden. By following the author‘s constant effort to rise (spiritually) from the fierce political
fragmentation of native Florence to the City of God in the last canto of Paradiso, we shall
connect his poetics to the most relevant examples of medieval literature, art, and music, while
discussing, at the same time, fundamental features connected to the political and economic
doctrines of the Middle Ages. Our approach will thus be interdisciplinary, in an effort to
provide the students not only with a thorough knowledge of Dante‘s poetry but also to
stimulate critical thinking and a sensibility to all of the humanities. In this light, the course
will have a seminar format with introductory lectures followed by discussion. Students are
expected to participate in class activites, starting with a sound contribution to class discussion.
The course will be taught in English. Likewise, all readings will be in English, although with
facing original in the case of Divine Comedy, so as to emphasize some stylistic and rhetorical
peculiarites of Dante‘s main poem. Likewise, the instructor will provide handouts with the
Italian texts of the most important lyrics from Vita Nova. Finally, the course includes two site
visits: one to the poet‘s house (the Casa di Dante museum), the other to the Dante epigraphs
placed in various important sites of the medieval city.
Grading is based on contribution to class discussion (15% of final grade); midterm exam
(20%); midterm paper (20%); final exam (20%) and final paper (25%). Midterm papers must
be 4-5 pages long (double spaced); final papers (due by the last day of class and previously
discussed with the instructor) will have to be 8-10 pages long, double spaced, with footnotes
and up-to-date bibliography (for a first reference, see the suggested readings at the end of the
syllabus). Students are invited to turn in a first draft of their midterm papers between meetings
9 and 11; also, drafts of final papers can be submitted between meetings 20 and 25.
ATTENDANCE AND OFFICE HOURS
As attendance is mandatory, students are invited to talk to the instructor in advance if there is
any valid reason for them to miss a forthcoming meeting. If they happen to fall ill, students
must turn in a doctor‘s certificate when returning to class. During the semester, only one
unauthorized absence and a maximum of three excused absences will be allowed; each
additonal one will diminish the final grade by one third of a letter grade (e.g. from B+ to B).
Three tardies will be considered equal to an unexcused absence. There will be no make-ups
for missed tests.
W Credit: UConn students who take this course to fulfill a W requirement also need to
submit a first, preliminary outline of their project as well as drafts of both the midterm and
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final papers. Students will incorporate the first revisions into the second draft, which will be
reviewed again before being given approval for the final draft. Since improving writing skills
is a crucial goal in this class, the teacher will follow and supervise the students‘ writing
process throughout the semester by providing substantial formative commentary on each main
feature of their papers (style, format, content, structure, language, punctuation, conceptual
clarity and consistency, footnotes, bibliography). UConn students must keep a portfolio of all
tests, drafts and the feedback they receive from the teacher. All these materials must be kept
by the students and brought back to their home campus to present to the CLAS Academic
Services Center or their School. The writing assignment will be a combination of research and
literary critical writing. Final papers will have to be 15 pages long, double-spaced and
provided with up-to-date bibliography (a select bibliography will be reported at the end of the
paper on a separate sheet). Remember to ask for the ―UConn W Credit Form‖ which must be
signed as soon as possible by both the student and the teacher. Please note that W Credit
students who fail to meet the writing requirements will not pass the course.
REQUIRED TEXTBOOKS: All texts will be available in the reader prepared by the
instructor, which will include excerpts from Vita Nova, Divine Comedy, and Images of
Quattrocento Florence. Selected Writings in Literature, History, and Art, eds. and trans. S.U.
Baldassarri and A. Saiber (New Haven-London: Yale University Press, 2000).
CLASSROOM POLICY
COURSE CALENDAR
The course will consists of 25 meetings, corresponding to 13 weeks of work, scheduled as
follows:
1. (9/6) Introduction to the course: program, requirements and main topics.
2. (9/8)
Dante‟s times: his life and early works.
3. (9/13)
Dante‟s spiritual awakening: Vita Nova, chs. 1-3, 7-9, 12.
4. (9/15)
Dante‟s celebration of Beatrice: Vita Nova, chs. 17-20, 22-23, 26.
5. (9/20)
The discovery of life in the afterlife: Vita Nova, chs. 28, 31, 34-42.
6. (9/22)
A new stage in the journey: Divine Comedy (Inferno), Canto I.
7. (9/27)
Virgil, Dante‟s new guide: Inferno, Canto II.
8. (9/29)
Modern cowardice and ancient greatness: Inferno, Cantos III-IV.
9. (10/4)
Love and literature: Inferno, Canto V.
10. (10/6)
Civil strife in Dante‟s Florence and its origins: Inferno, Cantos VI and XV.
11. (10/11)
Depraved curiosity: Inferno, Canto XXVI.
12. (10/13)
The center of evil: Inferno, Cantos XXXIII-XXXIV.
13. (10/18)
Midterm exam (turn in midterm papers).
14. (11/2: Wed. session)
In search of freedom: Divine Comedy (Purgatorio), Cantos
I-II.
15. (11/3)
Dante‟s Italy: Purgatorio, Cantos V-VI.
16. (11/8)
The gates of Purgatory: Purgatorio, Cantos IX-X.
17. (11/10)
Meeting Beatrice again: Purgatorio, Cantos XXX-XXXI.
18. (11/15)
The troublesome history of the Church: Purgatorio, Cantos XXXIIXXXIII.
19. (11/17)
Visit to the Casa di Dante.
20. (11/22)
Entering the City of God: Divine Comedy (Paradiso), Cantos I-III.
21. (11/24)
The Holy Roman Empire: Paradiso, Canto VI.
22. (11/29)
Saintly courage: Paradiso, Cantos X-XI.
23. (12/1)
A Florentine utopia: Paradiso, Cantos XV-XVII.
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24. (12/6)
25. (12/8)
Visit to Dante sites and epigraphs in Florence
The final vision: Paradiso, Canto XXXIII. Final papers due.
Final Exam: Tuesday December13th.
Select bibliography for midterm and final papers (on reserve, following the order in which
topics are discussed in class).
Meetings 1-2: A. Mandelbaum, ―Dante in His Age‖, in Dante Alighieri, Inferno, ed. and
trans. A. Mandelbaum (New York, 1982), pp. 319-340; introduction to Dante Alighieri,
Inferno, eds. and trans. R.M. Durling and R.L. Martinez (Oxford, 1996); T. Barolini, ―Dante
and the Lyric Past‖, in The Cambridge Companion to Dante, ed. R. Jacoff (Cambridge, 1993),
pp. 14-33.
Meetings 3-5: C. Singleton, An Essay on the ―Vita Nuova‖ (Baltimore, 1949); R.P. Harrison,
The Body of Beatrice (Baltimore, 1988); J. Bolton Holloway, ―The Vita Nuova: Paradigms of
Pilgrimage‖, Dante Studies, 103, 1985, pp. 103-124; introduction to Dante Alighieri, Vita
nuova, trans. Mark Musa (Oxford, 1992), pp. vii-xxi; M. Musa, ―An Essay on the Vita
Nuova‖, in Dante Alighieri, Vita Nuova, trans. M. Musa (Bloomington, 1973), pp. 89-210.
Meetings 6-7: G. Mazzotta, ―Poetry and the Encyclopedia,‖ in Id., Dante‘s Vision and the
Circle of Knowledge (Princeton, 1993), pp. 15-33; A. Mandelbaum‘s introduction to his
translation, cit., pp. viii-xxii; J. Freccero‘s forward to The Inferno of Dante, trans. R. Pinsky
(New York, 1999), pp. xi-xix; the essays by L. Cassata and R. Hollander on Cantos I and II
respectively in California Lectura Dantis. Inferno, eds. A. Mandelbaum, A. Oldcorn and C.
Ross (Berkeley, 1998), pp. 9-24 and 25-35; The Aeneid of Virgil: A Verse Translation by
Allen Mandelbaum (New York, 1971), Book VI, pp. 133-162; R. Hollander, ―Dante‘s
Commedia and the Classical Tradition: The Case of Virgil‖, in The Divine Comedy and the
Encyclopedia of Arts and Sciences, eds. G. Di Scipio and A. Scaglione (AmsterdamPhiladelphia, 1988), pp. 15-26.
Meeting 8: The essays on Inferno, Cantos III and IV by E.N. Frongia and M. Pastore Stocchi
respectively in California Lectura Dantis. Inferno, cit., pp. 36-49 and 50-62.
Meeting 9: R. Kirkpatrick, ―Canto V,‖ in Id., Dante‘s Inferno (Cambridge, 1988), pp. 76-95;
L.V. Ryan, ―Stornei, Gru, Colombe: The Bird Images in Inferno V‖, Dante Studies, 94, 1976,
pp. 25-45 and P. Valesio‘s essay on Canto V in California Lectura Dantis. Inferno, cit., pp.
63-83 .
Meetings 10: C. Kleinhenz, ―Cerbero‖, Dante Studies, 93, 1975, pp. 185-199; the essay by
Maria Picchio Simonelli on Canto VI in California Lectura Dantis. Inferno, cit., pp. 84-100
and J.M. Najemy, ―Dante and Florence‖, in The Cambridge Companion to Dante, cit., pp. 8099; C.T. Davis, ―Brunetto Latini and Dante‖, Studi Medievali, 8, 1967, pp. 421-450; J.T.
Chiampi, ―Ser Brunetto, Scriba and Litterato‖, Rivista di Studi Italiani, 18, 2000, pp. 1-25
and the essay by D. Della Terza on Canto XV in California Lectura Dantis. Inferno, cit., pp.
197-212.
Meeting 11: J. Freccero, ―Dante‘s Ulysses: From Epic to Novel,‖ in Id., Dante. The Poetics
of Conversion (Cambridge MA, 1986), pp. 136-151; J.A. Scott, ―Inferno XXVI, Dante‘s
Ulysses‖, Lettere Italiane, 23.2, 1971, pp.145-186 and the essay on Canto XXVI by G.
Mazzotta in California Lectura Dantis. Inferno, cit., pp. 348-356.
Meeting 12: The essays by E. Sanguineti and R. Ceserani on Cantos XXXIII and XXXIV
respectively in California Lectura Dantis. Inferno, cit., pp. 424-431 and 432-439; R.M.
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Durling, ―Christ in Hell‖, in Dante Alighieri, Inferno, eds. and trans. R.M. Durling and R.L.
Martinez (Oxford, 1996), pp. 580-583.
Meeting 14: J. Freccero, ―Casella‘s Song, Purg. II.12,‖ in Id., The Poetics of Conversion, cit.,
pp. 186-194; R. Hollander, ―Purgatorio II: Cato‘s Rebuke and Dante‘s scoglio‖, in Id.,
Studies in Dante (Ravenna, 1980). pp. 39-89 and the essays on Cantos I and II by E.
Raimondi and R. Hollander respectively in California Lectura Dantis. Purgatorio, eds. A.
Mandelbaum, A. Oldcorn and C. Ross (Berkeley, 2008), pp. 1-10 and 11-20. See also the
introduction and the fist two Additional Notes in Dante Alighieri, Purgatorio, eds. and trans.
R.M. Durling and R.L. Martinez (Oxford, 2003), pp. 3-16 and 591-594 respectively.
Meeting 15: The related essays (Purg. V-VI) by A. Scaglione and M. Picchio Simonelli in
California Lectura Dantis. Purgatorio, cit., pp. 47-55 and 56-64.
Meeting 16: P. Armour, The Door of Purgatory: A Study of Multiple Symbolism (Oxford,
1986) and the essays on cantos IX and X by C. Ross and H. Gmelin respectively in California
Lectura Dantis. Purgatorio, cit., pp. 85-94 and 95-102.
Meeting 17: The essays on cantos XXX and XXXI by R. Jacoff and E. Pasquini respectively
in California Lectura Dantis. Purgatorio, cit., pp. 341-352 and 353-359.
Meeting 18: R.E. Kaske, ―Dante‘s Purgatorio XXXII and XXXIII‖, University of Toronto
Quarterly, 43.3, 1974, pp.193-214 and the essays on the same cantos by H. Wayne Storey and
D.S. Cervigni in California Lectura Dantis. Purgatorio, cit., pp. 360-377 and 378-389.
Meeting 20: J. Freccero, ―An Introduction to the Paradiso,‖ in Id., The Poetics of Conversion,
cit., pp. 209-220; R. Kirkpatrick, Dante‘s Paradiso and the Limitations of Modern Criticism
(Cambridge, 1978).
Meeting 21: C. T. Davis, ―Dante and the Empire‖, in The Cambridge Companion to Dante,
cit., pp. 67-79 and J.M. Ferrante, The Political Vision of the Divine Comedy (Princeton,
1984).
Meeting 22: J. Freccero, ―The Dance of the Stars‖, in Id., Dante. The Poetics of Conversion,
cit., pp.221-244.
Meeting 23: J.T. Schnapp, The Transfiguration of History at the Center of Dante‘s Paradise
(Princeton, 1986); J.M. Najemy, ―Dante and Florence‖, in The Cambridge Companion to
Dante, cit., pp. 80-99; J.M. Ferrante, ―Dante and Politics, in Dante, ed. A.A. Iannucci
(Toronto, 1997), pp. 181-194 and S.U.Baldassarri, ―Like Fathers like Sons: Theories on the
Origins of the City in Late Medieval Florence‖, Modern Language Notes, 124.1, 2009, pp.
23-44.
Meeting 25: J. Freccero, ―The Final Image,‖ in Id., Dante. The Poetics of Conversion, cit.,
pp. 245-257.
On Dante‘s fame in the late Middle Ages and early Renaissance, see Giovanni Boccaccio,
Life of Dante, trans. J.G. Nichols (London 2002); Images of Quattrocento Florence. Selected
Writings in Literature, History, and Art , eds. and trans. S.U. Baldassarri and A. Saiber (New
Haven-London, 2000), pp. 125-181 and Giannozzo Manetti, Life of Dante, in Id.,
Biographical Writings, eds. and trans. S.U. Baldassarri and R. Bagemihl (Cambridge [MA],
2003), pp. 8-61.
Please note: This syllabus is subject to change at any time according to circumstances.
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Cross-Cultural Psychology
Syllabus
Fall Semester 2011
Credits: 3
Contact hrs/wk: 3
Prerequisite: None
COURSE RATIONALE, DESCRIPTION AND GOALS
Within America, Italy, and indeed across the world, cultural diversity, cross-cultural
communication, cross-cultural understanding and harmonious intercultural relations
are becoming increasingly important. The ease of international travel, access to the
world wide web, the globalization of business, immigration, as well as the
maintenance of ethnic and culture(s)-of-origin identity of those living in America,
Italy and many other countries all mean that contact between members of various
cultures is inevitable in the rich tapestry of cultures that we live amongst in our world
today. It is therefore vital that we develop effective skills to become global citizens of
the world, to understand culture, cultural differences, and the ways that culture
influences the thinking and social behavior of people. The course will expose you to
the psychology of people in other cultures (with a particular focus on those in Italy),
and you shall develop the skills that it takes to become a global citizen and to be
successful in multicultural environments as well a deep appreciation of cultural
similarities and differences. It will assist you to challenge your own experiences and
(possibly Western) ideas about what it is to be a person. It will also encourage you to
think critically about universal principles in psychology. You will learn about crosscultural psychology theoretical models and practical ways of applying these in your
life so you can develop intercultural skills as a ‗global citizen‘ that will assist you to
understand cross-cultural interactions better, be more effective in them, and get the
most out of them.
COURSE FORMAT
Our course will take the form of dynamic, highly interactive site visits in Florence,
interactive workshops with Italian guest speakers and class seminars of 1.5 hours
duration. Cross-cultural theoretical frameworks will be explored using experientiallybased activities (e.g. community and site-oriented visits, a tour of Florentine
sociocultural values, role-plays, skits, cross-cultural business simulations, interviews
of Italians, small and large group discussions, the sharing of your cross-cultural
experiences) that make the most of your cross-cultural experience here in Florence,
using Italy and its culture as a kind of ‗experimental classroom‘ to facilitate
intercultural awareness and hone your psychological skills for success as a global
citizen. You will have the opportunity to reflect deeply on your growth through
journaling and other means as you experience the Italian culture and become more
aware of changes, both positive and negative, as they occur within you. Active
participation is expected from each student during each seminar. Your reflections,
critical thinking, ideas, questions and contributions are highly encouraged - indeed
expected - so please come to class alert, ready to do some serious thinking, and
prepared (with readings done and homework completed).
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You will receive a detailed outline of each of the graded assessment tasks, including
what is expected in order to achieve an exceptional grade for each task that
contributes to your final grade.
 20% Attendance at & level of participation in class seminars. Two inexcusable
absences will immediately bring your participation grade to at least a B. More
than 2 will further reduce your participation grade. Absence due to sickness
MUST be accompanied by a doctor‘s certificate to be counted as an
‗excusable absence‘. Inexcusable absence from field excursions or group
presentations (including those of others) will severely affect the participation
grade.
 30% Projects: individual project, group project, journal club, activities
 20% Mid-Term Exam
 30% Final exam
READER
You will be provided with the main course readings in a course reader. In addition,
during the course you will be provided with focus-papers.
ATTENDANCE
Class session attendance is compulsory. Students must speak to/email me in
advance if they have a valid reason for missing a forthcoming class.
OFFICE HOURS
appointments with students immediately after class. To be fair to all students, I ask
that you make these appointments with me in advance. I can also be contacted by
email ([email protected]).
CLASSROOM POLICY
Reading(s) for each session must be read (& reflected upon!) before each class.
1. Monday, Sept 05: Course introduction and explanation of assessment
tasks. Students will be introduced to the course and grading system will be
explained. Introduction to teaching approach. Students are to share their
expectations and personal interests.
What is culture? What is my cultural self. Describing ourselves through
culture-based classifications.
2. Wednesday, Sept 07: „Lived-in‟ Florence – an exploratory tour of
Florentine sociocultural values.
The ―world village project‖: viewing the population of the world from a more
global perspective. An examination of the concept of culturally-specific social
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values. What images, stereotypes, and narratives about Italy and Italians
influence our initial perceptions of Italian and Florentine cultural values?
3. Monday, Sept 12: „Lived-in‟ Florence – an exploratory tour of Florentine
territory.
Exploring the territory. Italy, Tuscany, Florence, Centre: getting to know
where we are. Shopping for cultural values: understanding a culture from
shops and grocery stores settings.
4. Wednesday, Sept 14: Psychological skills for success in multicultural
environments.
Meeting another culture. Identifying the ways in which typical ways of acting
and thinking are the same as (or different from) the ways of thinking and
acting by people who live in a different geographic area or grew up in a
different time.
Defining calendar for Journal Club.
5. Monday, Sept 19: Reading: “Culture and Human Nature” (pp. 1-22).
Discussion of the Reading. How can we connect theoretical concepts to our
daily practices.
6. Wednesday, Sept 21: The phenomenon of Culture shock.
Culture shock curves and theories about the sequence of the culture shock
experience. Students to reflect on their present sojourn in Italy. How can one
manage culture shock? In what ways may culture provide implicit guidelines
for cultural transitions?
7. Monday, Sept 26: Reading: “Theories and Methodologies” (pp. 23-45).
Discussion of the Reading. What is each theory‘s contribution to our
understanding of cultures and how can theories be useful to guide our inquiry?
8. Wednesday, Sept 28: Cross-Cultural Human Development: infancy.
What differences do exists across cultures in child caring and rearing
practices? How do these differences relate to cross-cultural differences?
9. Monday, Oct 03: Cross-Cultural Human Development: education.
What kind of processes, skills, and competencies do different school system
foster? Results from the PISA assessment and comparisons USA-Italy.
10. Wednesday, Oct 05: Reading: “Cultural Evolution” (pp. 46-76). Discussion
of the reading. Can we see changes across time in our culture?
11. Monday, Oct 10: Ethnorelativism and intercultural sensitivity.
The various ways of being human: Idiosyncratic, ETIC, and culture-specific or
EMIC behaviors. How human behaviors differ because of culture. Differences
in taste and sensitivity: the case of music.
12. Wednesday, Oct 12: MID-TERM EXAM REVIEW & PRACTICE
EXAM
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October 17-20: Mid-term Examinations
October 21-30: Midterm Break
13. Monday, Oct 31: Workshop of Group Cross-Cultural Exploration
presentations.
Time in class to form groups, prepare and workshop ideas with me. DECIDE
GROUP (ideally maximum 5 members per group) & TOPIC BY TODAY.
Submit ‗Thesis Question‘ to me next class.
14. Wednesday, Nov 02: Why is that funny? The Cultural context of humor
& entertainment.
What American humor tickles your funnybone? What is entertaining in the
US? Why? Is this humor universally funny? You are to share examples of
humor that appeal to you and together we‘ll analyse why and what this humor
tells us about American culture. Analysis of examples of humor from Italy and
other cultures (cartoons, essays, jokes, stories, songs). Examination of Italian
humor. What does this humor tell us about the culture which produced it?
What can we learn from culture by understanding humor?
15. Monday, Nov 07: Cultural integration within individuals. Visit to a
trilingual school to explore how multicultural teenagers adapt to the Italian
culture.
16. Wednesday, Nov 09: Cultural „Craziness': the biology and culture of
mental illness.
Universalism vs. Relativism. To what extent are mental illnesses universal
(culturally neutral) vs. culturally specific?
17. Monday, Nov 14: Reading: “Dimensionalizing cultures: the Hofstede
Model in Context” (pp. 77-94). The Hofstede Model. The Hofstede model of
5 dimensions of national cultures as a paradigm for comparing the Italian and
American cultures. Hofstede‘s dimension of culture scales by country.
Discussion of the reading.
18. Wednesday, Nov 16: The inter-relationship between communication and
culture.
The relationships between culture, communication, cultural literacy, and
cultural competence. The communication process by which individuals are
culturally programmed to effectively perform in a given culture. Evaluation of
your ‗cultural literacy‘ in the Italian culture at this point in regards to Italian
social and business etiquette. Exploration of Italian values in several areas by
interviewing Italians.
Friday, Nov 18 OR Friday, Nov 25 Field Trip
19. Monday, Nov 21: Workshop of group presentations.
How to perform an effective presentation.
Resolving intercultural incidents: a global perspective.
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20. Wednesday, Nov 23: Reading: “Subjective Culture” (pp. 95-102).
Discussion of the Reading. Triandis‘ Cultural syndromes for the systematic
probing of the construct of culture.
21. Monday, Nov 28: Intra-cultural variation as an inevitable part of cultural
variation.
Regional cultural variations within Italy and within America. North-South,
inter- and intra-regional comparisons. Attitudes, beliefs, norms, and values
shared by people who speak a particular dialect, within a particular geographic
region, during a specific historical time frame (Northern and Southern Italian
and Northern and Southern American regional focus).
22. Wednesday, Nov 30: Viewing of a quintessential Italian film for analysis
from a cultural perspective
23. Wednesday, Dec 7: Group presentations.
24. Monday, Dec 5: Taking stock of our experience.
Reflect on what you‘ve gained and learnt from your cross-cultural experiences
over the semester PLUS write a separate Student Profile potentially for the
institute‘s website including ‗Currently what I am doing here‘, ‗Most
Memorable Experience at Palazzo Rucellai‘, ‗Advice for Future Students‘ (see
Prospective Students page on website).
December 12-15
Final examinations
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The History of Food, Agriculture
and Sustainability in Italy
Syllabus
Fall Semester 2011
Instructor: Peter Fischer, Ph.D.
Contact hrs/wk: 3
Credits: 3
Office Hours by appointment.
COURSE DESCRIPTION
If we cannot produce food sustainably, we will run out. Civilizations of the past that
failed to understand this basic principle (such as the people of Easter Island or the
Maya) collapsed. Today, we live in a global economy and much of our food is
produced industrially in ways that deplete soil, water and other resources, undermining
our capacity to feed ourselves in the future. If we don‘t transition from today‘s food
economy to a model that is sustainable, the next civilization collapse could be global.
How did we get to this point? What would a sustainable model of food and agriculture
look like? What would we have to do to make the transition to sustainability? Is it
possible to change the way we look at the world from one of ―resource exploitation‖
and ―maximization of production‖ to one of ―sustainable development‖ and
―appropriate use of limited resources?‖
This course will investigate historical examples and models of sustainability covering
the evolution of different approaches towards agriculture and food from the earliest
hunting and gathering societies to present industrial societies. The scope of this course
will be global, covering civilizations of Asia, America, Africa, and Europe. The focus
will be on how civilizations throughout history have interacted with their natural
environments, and how various food systems have come to crisis. We also will look at
alternative food models, with special attention paid to Italian food culture and
sustainable agricultural initiatives, which have much to teach us about how we can
produce high quality food sustainably.
METHODOLOGY
This course will necessarily be interdisciplinary, connecting in significant ways to
research in history, anthropology and sociology, the history of science and technology,
ecology, and psychology. The structure of the course, although comparative and
international, will follow chronologically, so there will also be a firm foundation in
history and methods of analysis throughout the course will be predominantly historical
in nature.
TEACHING STRATEGIES
presentations), class discussions and field experiences. Reading assignments will be
drawn from a variety of sources in the humanities and sciences. Students will be
directed to available resource material including library holdings and internet web
pages. Lectures, in-class discussions, and written assignments will provide the
knowledge base for two intensive periods of field experiences on a Tuscan farm and
it‘s respective rural community. These farm experiences together with study tours and
special activities will enable students to use the critical frameworks learned in class to
observe and interact with farmers and to understand the challenges and opportunities
they face as they develop sustainable practices.
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COURSE OBJECTIVES:
The course is designed to challenge students to develop their critical thinking,
reasoning and analytical skills. Upon successful completion of this course students
should be able to:
 understand the interdisciplinary nature of the study agriculture and food
systems;
 trace significant aspects of the history of agriculture and food systems from
prehistory to the present;
 advance basic understanding of the concept of sustainable development;
 develop multicultural understanding and cross-cultural diversity.
COURSE REQUIREMENTS
Class Attendance, Class Participation, and Required Readings (10%)
Attendance and Class Participation: Due to the format of the course, regular attendance
is mandatory, and poor attendance will have an effect on the final grade. More than two
absences will result in automatic half-grade reduction for each additional absence,
unless there is a medical excuse. If students miss class, they are responsible for
obtaining the respective class notes. Absence is not an excuse for not knowing about an
assignment or a topic. Class participation is evaluated on active participation in every
discussion and on integration of reading assignments in the discussions. The course
schedule below lists the topics and assigned readings for each class, and students are
expected to read the materials prior to attending class. Students are responsible for
getting lecture/discussion notes on days missed. Attendance and class participation is
10% of the final grade.
Mid-Term Exam (20%)
An exam covering all topics presented until the mid-term exam. It will consist of a
series of multiple choice and short answer questions. The exam will take approximately
90 minutes to complete. It will constitute 20% of the final grade. A thorough review
session will be held prior to the midterm. A written study guide will be made available.
Final Exam (30%)
The final exam is the final step in the sequential learning process the course involves.
In this exam you bring together the various concepts/topics we have studied. The exam
will take approximately 120 minutes to complete. There is no specific page limit to this
exam. It will constitute 30% of the final grade.
Paper Project and Class Presentation (20%)
Each student is expected to write an individual research paper of about 10 pages.
Topics must be selected in agreement with me. The topics are determined by the
available reading, and guidance will be given throughout.
Group Project and Class Presentation (20%)
For the field experiences students will be divided into small groups. Each group will
develop, execute and present a group project on the field experiences during the second
half of the semester. Each group will work to identify the particular environmental,
economic and social aspects of sustainability of a real farm and provide a detailed
report which will be discussed in dedicated class sessions. They will submit a power
point presentation and will give an in-class presentation at the end of the semester.
Group project development, execution and presentation is worth 20% of the final grade.
Detailed instructions will be provided in a separate handout.
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GRADING AND ASSESSMENT
Course grades are based on the midterm exam, the final exam, the paper project and the
group project together with class presentations; attendance and class participation are
also considered. Grading will be done on a percentage basis:
Midterm examination
Paper Project and Presentation
Group Project and Presentation
Final examination
Letter
Range
Grade
10%
20%
20%
20%
30%
Numerical Score
Equivalent
A
A-
93%- 100%
90% - 92%
B+
B
BC+
C
CD+
D
DF
87% -89%
83% - 86%
80% - 82%
77% - 79%
73% - 76%
70% - 72%
67% - 69%
63% - 66%
60% - 62%
59% or less
Student Performance
Exceptional
Excellent
Superior
Satisfactory
Low Pass
Fail (no credit)
OFFICIAL COURSE TEXTS: A course reader compiling a variety of scholarly
contributions from the humanities and sciences will be made available. Readings to be
done each week will be assigned from the Reading Packet, which includes selections
from:
Diamond, J., Collapse, New York: Penguin 2005
Diamond, J., Guns, Germs, and Steel, London: Vintage 1998
Flandrin, J.L and Montanari M. (eds), Food - A Culinary History, (English edition by Albert
Sonnenfeld), New York: Columbia University Press, 1999
Grigg, D., The Transformation of Agriculture in the West, Oxford Cambridge, Mass. (USA):
2001
Grew, R. (ed), Food in Global History. Boulder, Colorado and Oxford: Westview Press, 2000
Kimbrell, A. (ed), The Fatal Harvest Reader. The Tragedy of Industrial Agriculture,
Washington: Island Press, 2002
Montanari, M., The Culture of Food, (The Making of Europe), Blackwell 1996.
Norberg, H., et al., From the Ground Up. Rethinking Industrial Agriculture, Zed Books, London
2001;
Petrini, C. and Padovani, G., Slow Food Revolution: A New Culture for Eating and Living,
Milano: Rizzoli, 2006
Pilcher, J.M., Food in World History. New York and London: Routledge 2006
Pollan, M., The Omnivore's Dilemma. The Search for a Perfect Meal in a Fast Food World.
London: Bloomsbury 2006.
Rappoport, L., How We Eat. Appetite, Culture and the Psychology of Food, Toronto: ECW
Press, 2003
Sereni, E., History of the Agricultural Landscape, Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University
Press, 1997
Shiva, V., The Violence of the Green Revolution, London and New York: Zed Books Ltd., 2002
Wilk, R., Fast Food/Slow Food. The Cultural Economy of the Global Food System, Lanham
(MD): AltaMira Press, 2006
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LECTURE PLAN*:
Week 1
Sept 6 (Tue): What will this Course be About? What is a Food System?
Introduction to Italian Food Culture
Required readings:
Rozin, P. (1999)
Sept 8 (Thu): Walking Tour to the Central Market in Florence
Week 2
Sept 13 (Tue): Introduction to the Concept of Sustainability and Sustainable
Agriculture (Part 1)
Required readings:
TBA
Sept 15 (Thu): Introduction to the Concept of Sustainability and Sustainable
Agriculture (Part 2)
Required Readings:
TBA
Week 3
Sept 20 (Tue): “The Worst Mistake in Human History?” – The Neolithic
Revolution
Required readings:
S. Boyd Eaton, (2003), 130-137; J. Diamond (1987), 64-66
Sept 22 (Thu): Agriculture as a Marker of Civilization - Greek and Roman Food
Culture
Required Readings:
L. Civitello (2004), 25-51
Week 4
Sept 26 (Mon) to Sept 29 (Thu): FIELD EXPERIENCES 1 - MOLISE
Week 5
Oct 4 (Tue): Man as the “Lord of Nature” - The Judeo-Christian Concept of Man,
Nature and Food
Required Readings:
Montanari (1996), 15-26; Capatti/Montanari, 69-74
Oct 6 (Thu): Asian and American Influences on European Food and Agriculture
Required Readings:
W. Schivelbusch (1993), 3-14; S. Zaimeche; Grieco, 302-313; Visser, 586-592; J.M.
Pilcher (2006), 17-26; The Sugar and Slave Trades
Week 6
►Oct 10 (Mon) to Oct 13 (Thu): STUDY TOURS AND SPECIAL ACTIVITIES 1
Week 7
Oct 18 (Tue): Review and Class Discussion
Oct 20 (Thu): MID-TERM EXAM
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Week 8
Oct 21 (Fri) to Oct 29 (Sun): MID-TERM BREAK
Week 9
Nov 1 (Tue): “The Disenchantment of the World”: The Scientific Revolution
Required Readings:
R. Hooker (1996)
Nov 3(Thu): Nature as a Commodity: The Industrialization of Agriculture
Required Readings:
R. Hooker (1999); D. Grigg (2001), 1-10, 128-132
Week 10
►Nov 7 (Mon) to Nov 10 (Thu): FIELD EXPERIENCES 2: OLIVE OIL AND
WINE
Week 11:
Nov 15 (Tue): Lecture 9 - Limits to Growth: Organic Farming and Biodynamic
Farming in Italy
Required Readings:
J. Heckman (2006); Biodynamic Agriculture – At A Glance
Nov 17 (Thu): Lecture 10 - “Slow is Beautiful” - The Defence of Biodiversity and
the Italian Slow Food Movement
Required Readings:
M. Pollan (2003); Slowfoodfoundation-Social Report 2009, 1-13;
Week 12:
►Nov 21 (Mon) to Nov 24 (Thu): STUDY TOURS AND SPECIAL ACTIVITIES
2
Week 13
Nov 29 (Tue): Lecture 11 – “Yes We Can!” - Sustainable Agriculture and
Sustainable Food Systems in Italy
Required Readings:
J. Ikerd (1996/97); M. Pollan (2008)
Dec 1 (Thu): Lecture 12 – “Ca We Really?” - Is Sustainable Agriculture an
Oxymoron?
Required Readings:
T. Hemenway (2006); J. Godesky (2005)
Week 14:
Nov 6 (Mon): Student Presentations of Field Experiences and Paper Projects
Dec 8 (Thu): Review + Class Discussion
Week 15:
Dec 12 (Mon) to Dec 15 (Thu): FINAL EXAM
*) Note: We will follow this schedule as closely as possible, but it may be subject to
some modifications in the order of the topics.
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Environmental Economics:
Sustainable Rural Development in Tuscany
Syllabus
Fall Semester 2011
Instructor: Gabriele Scozzafava, Ph.D.
Credits: 3
COURSE DESCRIPTION
The focus of this course is the primary sector in Italy with special attention given to the
agricultural system of Tuscany. We will begin with a study of the principal theories of
welfare and environmental economics, and subsequently proceed to an analysis of a
sustainable rural development system from a multidisciplinary point of view.
Production processes will be studied considering their social, economic and
environmental aspects. We will then take up the most important and renowned Tuscan
agri-food sectors, with particular reference to the wine, oil and beef chains. Visits to
farms will be scheduled to enable a direct understanding of the production systems and
their effects on the territory.
COURSE OBJECTIVES
By the end of the course you will have acquired familiarity with the theoretical
foundations of environmental economics and understand how a sustainable rural model
is necessary to ensure a high level of well being in the social, economic and
environmental spheres. In addition, this course will increase your knowledge of the
typical agri-food products of Tuscany, together with their method of production and
marketing strategies.
TEACHING STRATEGIES
The course will be taught through a combination of lectures and power point
presentations, class discussions and field experiences. Students will be directed to
available resource material including library holdings and internet web pages. Topics,
in-class discussions, and written assignments will provide the knowledge base for an
intensive period of field experiences on Tuscan farms and their respective rural
communities. These farm experiences will enable students to use the critical
frameworks learned in class to observe and interact with farmers and to understand the
challenges and opportunities they face as they develop sustainable practices. Some
lessons will be given in collaboration with Veronica Alampi Sottini, Ph.D.
GRADING AND ASSESSMENT
Course grades are based on the midterm exam, the final exam, small tests at the end of
some lessons, a group project and class presentations; attendance and class
participation are also considered.
COURSE REQUIREMENTS
Class Attendance, Class Participation, and Required Readings (10%)
For spirited discussion we will need your active attention and participation. Absences
will have an effect on your final grade. Attendance (together with class participation)
will count for 10% of the final grade, therefore absences will automatically lower your
final grade and more than three absences will have a substantial impact on it. Reading
assignments should be done for the class day they are assigned but they give just a
general view of the lesson.
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Mid-Term Exam (20%)
This exam will cover all topics presented in the 1st half of the semester. It will consist
of a series of multiple choice and short answer questions. The exam will take
approximately 60 minutes to complete and is closed book/closed note. It will constitute
20% of the final grade. A thorough review session will be held prior to the midterm. A
written study guide will be made available for students.
Final Exam (30%)
The final exam is the final step in the sequential learning process this course involves.
In this exam you will bring together the various concepts/topics we have studied. It will
take approximately 120 minutes to complete. There is no specific page limit to
thisexam and will constitute 30% of the final grade.
Tests (20%)
At the end of certain lessons a small test (15 minutes) will be given (multiple choice
questions and exercises).
Group Project and Class Presentation (20%)
For the field experiences students will be divided into small groups. Each group will
develop, execute and present a group project on the farm experiences during the second
half of the semester. Each group will work to identify the particular environmental,
economic and social aspects of sustainability of a real farm and provide a detailed
report which will be discussed at the end of the semester. They will submit a power
point presentation and will give an in-class presentation at the end of the semester.
Group project development, execution and presentation is worth 20% of the final grade.
Detailed instructions will be provided in a separate handout.
Letter
Range
A
AB+
B
BC+
C
CD+
D
DF
Grade Numerical
Equivalent
Score Student Performance
93% - 100%
90% - 92%
87% -89%
83% - 86%
80% - 82%
77% - 79%
73% - 76%
70% - 72%
67% - 69%
63% - 66%
60% - 62%
59% or less
Midterm examination
Tests during lessons
Group Project and Presentation
Final examination
Exceptional
Excellent
Superior
Satisfactory
Low Pass
Fail (no credit)
20%
20%
20%
30%
10%
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Course-Texts:
A Course Pack (CP) with the required readings will be made available. Reading assignments
will be taken from the following sources, and will be specified for each class:
Bastianoni, S., Marchettini, N., Panzieri, M. and Tiezzi, E., Sustainability assessment of a farm in the Chianti area
(Italy), in: Journal of Cleaner Production 9 (2001) 365-373
Belletti G., Marescotti A., "The reorganization of trade channels of a typical product : the Tuscan extra-virgin
olive-oil", in: Arfini F., Mora C. (Eds.), "Typical and traditional products: rural effect and Agro-industrial
problems", Proceedings of the 52nd Seminar of the EAAE - European Association of Agricultural Economists,
June 19-21 1997, Parma, Italy. Università di Parma, Istituto di Economia Agraria e Forestale, 1998, pp.271286
Belletti G., Marescotti A., Rossi A., Rovai M., "Territorially based promotional strategies of a traditional vegetable
product. The case of spinach in Val di Cornia and Val di Serchio", in: Arfini F., Mora C. (Eds.), "Typical and
traditional products: rural effect and Agro-industrial problems", Proceedings of the 52nd Seminar of the EAAE
- European Association of Agricultural Economists, June 19-21 1997, Parma, Italy. Università di Parma,
Istituto di Economia Agraria e Forestale, 1998, pp. 349-364
Belletti G., " Origin labelled products, reputation, and etherogeneity of firms", in: Sylvander B., Barjolle D., Arfini
F. (Eds.), "The socio-economics of origin labelled products in agro-food supply chains: spatial, institutional
and co-ordination aspects", INRA, Serie Actes et Communications, n.17 vol.1, Paris, 2000, pp.239-260 (67th
EAAE Seminar, Le Mans (France), 28-30 October 1999
Clay, J., World agriculture and the environment – A commodity-by-commodity guide to impacts and practices,
Island Press , Washington, 2004.
Fisher, A.C., Resource and environmental Economics, Cambridge University Press, 1990.
Gliessman, S.R., Agroecology: the ecology of sustainable food system, CRC Press, Boca Raton, 2007.
Grigg, D., The Transformation of Agriculture in the West, Oxford Cambridge, Mass. (USA): 2001
Halliday, J. and Johnson, H., The art and science of wine Firfly Books, New York, 2007.
Marescotti A., "Marketing channels, quality hallmarks and the theory of conventions", in: Sylvander B., Barjolle
D., Arfini F. (Eds.), "The socio-economics of origin labelled products in agro-food supply chains: spatial,
institutional and co-ordination aspects", INRA, Serie Actes et Communications, n.17-2, Paris, 2000, pp.103122 (67th EAAE Seminar, Le Mans (France), 28-30 October 1999
Pacciani A., Belletti G., Marescotti A., Scaramuzzi S., "The role of typical products in fostering rural development
and the effects of Regulation EEC 2081/92", in: "Policy Experiences with Rural Development in a Diversified
Europe", 73rd EAAE Seminar, Ancona, 28-30 June
Pearce D.W., Turner R. K., Economics of Natural Resources and the Environment, Helmet Hempstead, Harvester
Wheatsheaf, 1990
Turner, Pearce, Bateman, Environmental economics, Harvester Wheatsheaf, 1994.
Scaramuzzi S., "Tradition, cooperation and competition in the ornamental plants chain: the case of Tuscany", in:
Arfini F., Mora C. (eds.), "Typical and Traditional Products: Rural Effect and Agro-Industrial Problems"
(Proceedings of 52nd International Seminar of the European Association of Agricultural Economists, Parma,
19-21 giugno 1997), Università di Parma, Istituto di Economia Agraria e Forestale, Parma
Scaramuzzi S., "The role of agricultural credit in financing vertically co-ordinated farms: the case of Italy",
Firenze, International Conference on "Vertical Relationships and Coordination in the Food System" Piacenza,
12-13 June 1997.
Sereni, E., History of the Agricultural Landscape, Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1997
Snapp, S., and Pound, B., Agricultural systems: agroecology and rural innovation for development, Elsevier, San
Diego, 2008
Lecture Plan:
Week 1
Sept 5 - Lecture 1: Introduction to the economy:
 Course introduction
 What is economy?
 Introducing the market
 The demand function
 The supply function
 The cost function
Required readings:
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Economics of natural resources and the environment ( D.W. Pearce, R.K. Turner) pag. 3-28.
Sept 7 - Lecture 2: Environmental economics
 Environment and the economic system
 Commodities and non-commodities
 The characteristics of public goods
 Environmental economics
 Market failures
 The concept of multi-functionality
 The total economic value of public goods (use and non-use value)
Required readings:
Economics of natural resources and the environment ( D.W. Pearce, R.K. Turner) pag. 120140.
Week 2
Sept 12 - Lecture 3: Evaluation methods
 Renewable resources
 Evaluating methods of public and environmental goods
 The travel cost method
 The hedonic prices method
 The contingent evaluation method
Required readings:
Economics of natural resources and the environment ( D.W. Pearce, R.K. Turner) pag. 141158.
Sept 14 - Lecture 4: Cost benefit analysis
 Introduction to the CBA
 Private and public investments analysis
 Financial mathematics for the evaluation of public goods
 Exercises
Required readings:
Environmental economics (Turner, Pearce, Bateman) pag. 93-107.
Week 3
Sept 19 - Lecture 5: Agricultural policy
 The Evolution of the Common Agriculture Policy
 The concept of sustainability
 Rural development
 The quality seals (dop, igp, docg, ecc.)
Required readings:
The role of typical products in fostering rural development and the effects of regulation (eec)
2081/92
( A. Pacciani, G. Belletti, A. Marescotti, S. Scaramuzzi) Article
Sept 21 - Lecture 6: Agriculture in Tuscany**
 History of agriculture in Tuscany
 The agricultural system in Tuscany
 Quantity of productions
 Quality of productions
Required readings:
Agroecology (S. R. Gliessman): Pag 3-23 and Pag 341-353.
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Week 4
Sept 26-29
► FIELD EXPERIENCES 1 - MOLISE
Week 5
Oct 3 - Lecture 7: Marketing**
 Marketing strategies of Tuscan products
 Farm tourism
 Products tasting
 Tasting Questionnaire
Required readings:
TBA
Oct 5 - Lecture 8: Tuscan wine I**
 The wine sector in Tuscany
 The production costs of wine
 The classification system of wine: quality vs quantity
Required readings:
The art and science of wine (J. Halliday, H. Johnson): Pag 15-18, Pag. 71-75, Pag. 88-89.
Week 6
Oct 10-13
► STUDY TOURS AND SPECIAL ACTIVITIES 1
Week 7
Oct 18 Review and Class Discussion
Oct 19 MID TERM EXAM
Week 8
Oct 21-30: MID TERM BREAK
Week 9
Oct 31 - Lecture 9: Tuscan wine II**
 The wine supply chain: strengths and weakness
 The marketing strategy in the wine sector
 How to taste wine
Required readings:
The art and science of wine (J. Halliday, H. Johnson): Pag. 112-120, Pag.137-148.
Nov 2 - Lecture 10: Tuscan olive oil I**
 The olive oil sector in Tuscany
 The production costs of olive oil
Required readings:
The reorganization of trade channels of a typical product: the Tuscan Extra-Virgin olive-oil
(Belletti G., Marescotti A.)
Week 10
Nov 7-10
►FIELD EXPERIENCE 2: OLIVE OIL AND WINE WEEK
Week 11
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Nov 14 - Lecture 11: Tuscan olive oil II**
 The olive oil supply chain: strengths and weaknesses
 The marketing strategy in the olive oil sector
Required readings:
The reorganization of trade channels of a typical product: the Tuscan Extra-Virgin olive-oil
(Belletti G., Marescotti A.)
Article
Nov 16 - Lecture 12: The beef sector I
 The beef sector in Tuscany: the Mugello case
 The production system and the impact of the beef sector
Required readings:
World Agriculture and the environment (J. Clay) Pag. 461-490.
Week 12
Nov 21-24:
►STUDY TOURS AND SPECIAL ACTIVITIES 2
Week 13
Nov 28 - Lecture 13: The beef sector II
 The beef supply chain: strengths and weakness
 The marketing strategy in the beef sector
Required readings:
World Agriculture and the environment (J. Clay) Pag. 461-490.
Nov 30
Lecture 14: Tuscan truffles
 The truffle sector in Tuscany
 The production costs of truffles
 The truffles supply chain: strengths and weakness
 The marketing strategy in the truffles sector
Required readings:
TBA
Week 14
Dec 6 - Student presentations of field experience and group projects
Dec 7 - Review and class discussion
Week 15
Dec 12 – FINAL EXAM
*) Note: We will stick to this schedule as closely as possible, but please be advised that this
calendar is subject to some minor modification. If you miss a class it is your responsibility to
get in touch with a class member or me to find out the following week‘s material and
activities.
**) In collaboration with Dott.ssa Veronica Alampi Sottini, Ph.D., University of Florence,
(Dipartimento di Economia, Ingegneria, Scienze e Tecnologie Agrarie e Forestali)
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Sustainable Environmental, Food and
Agricultural Systems in the US and Italy
Syllabus
Fall Semester 2011
Instructor: J.C. Volin, T. Morris, and K. Guillard
Credits: 3
Contact hrs/wk: 3
Office hours: by appointment
COURSE DESCRIPTION
Using past and current literature we will explore the sustainability of Environmental,
Food and Agricultural systems. In particular we will investigate these systems by both
comparing and contrasting examples from the U.S. and Italy. The course will have
three sections. The first will be an introduction to environmental and natural resource
systems in general. This will include topics such as human alterations of natural
systems, human well-being dependence on sustainable practices, key environmental
indicators, the ecological footprint, ecosystem services and life cycle analyses.
In addition, an introduction to agricultural practices from the beginning of the green
revolution to alternative farming methods will be discussed. The second section will
provide an overview of Italian agriculture with respect to the important and principal
crops and livestock products of the 20 regions of Italy. The basic concepts of
sustainable agriculture and agroecology will be discussed, followed by a review of the
Slow Food Movement/Terre Madre, Organic Agriculture Movement in Italy. Italian
case studies from the current literature related to sustainable agriculture will be used
to investigate the outcome of these practices. The third section will be an examination
of agricultural production in the Po Valley in Italy, and the Chesapeake Bay and Corn
Belt areas of the United States to show the flow of nitrogen and phosphorus in
modern agriculture, how the flow is degrading water and soil in areas where livestock
are concentrated, and the ways farmers and society have tried to solve these problems.
COURSE GRADING
Each of the three sections of the course will be worth a 1/3 of the final grade. In the
first section, 50% of the grade will be on participation and 50% on a final paper. In
the second section, three quizzes will be given, beginning with each lecture period
after the first lecture. Additionally, students will be required to develop an assessment
of an Italian agricultural production system and suggest practices and approaches for
greater sustainability. Therefore, there will be four separate scores on which to base
the final grade for the second section. In the third section, there will be four short
quizzes. The quizzes will be at the beginning of each lecture for the last four lectures.
GRADING SCALE
95% or >
90, 91, 92, 93, 94
87, 88, 89
83, 84, 85, 86
80, 81, 82
77, 78, 79
73, 74, 75, 76
A
AB+
B
BC+
C
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70, 71, 72
67, 68, 69
63, 64, 65, 66
60, 61, 62
<60%
CD+
D
DF
Text: There will be no assigned textbook for this course; rather, each instructor will
provide selected readings in advance of each topic, such as journal articles or
pertinent web resources.
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Topics:
PART ONE
1. Environmental and Natural Resource Sciences
Introduction & review
Human alteration of natural systems
Environmental Indicators
Biological Diversity
Food Production
Average global temperature and CO2 concentrations
Human Population
Resource Depletion
Human well-being dependence on sustainable practices
Ecological Footprint
Working toward sustainability
2. Introduction to Agriculture
Human nutritional requirements
The Green Revolution
Genetic engineering
Alternative farming methods
PART TWO
3. Overview of Italian Agriculture
Important Crops
Animal Production
Agricultural regions
4. Principle and Important Agriculture of Specific 20 Regions of
Italy
5. Basic Concepts and Principles of Sustainable Agriculture and
Agroecology
Soil, water, pest control, genetic diversity, nutrient cycling
6. Slow Food Movement/Terre Madre, Organic Agriculture
Movement in Italy
7. Italian Case Studies from Current Literature Related to
Sustainable Agriculture
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PART THREE
8. Nitrogen and Phosphorus Flows in Agriculture: The HaberBosch Process and the Concentration of Livestock.
i. Nitrogen and Phosphorus Processes Degrading Soils and Water
ii. The Haber-Bosch Process for Nitrogen Production
iii. Worldwide Phosphorus Supplies
iv. Agricultural Nitrogen Flows in the World, Italy and the US
v. Agricultural Phosphorus Flows in the World, Italy and the US
vi. Possible Solutions to Excess Nitrogen in Soils
Nutrient management plans
Manipulation of carbon/nitrogen cycle in soils
Adaptive management
vii. Possible solutions to excess phosphorus in soils
Nutrient management plans
The Phosphorus Index
Export of nutrients from livestock areas
Digesters
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The Florence Experience. Intensive Italian
Syllabus
Fall Semester 2011
Instructor: David Marini, M.A.
Credits: 4
COURSE DESCRIPTION
The Florence Experience I is an interdisciplinary course which focuses on achieving a basic
level in cultural and linguistic-communicative competences (speaking, writing, reading and
understanding) regarding familiar contexts, everyday life's activities and simple interaction
with native speakers, while introducing the students to various, relevant aspects of
same time, provide them with a deeper knowledge of Italian culture.
The city of Florence becomes a cultural laboratory: with its world-famous fashion concerns,
its beautiful theaters and lively markets, its young writers and actors, and its characteristic
stores and artisans‘ workshops, it is a composite of contemporary Italian culture to be
explored by the student.
In addition to classroom work based on the standard content of the first semester of language
study, the course includes a series of on-site encounters, which will range from interviews
with various exponents of Florentine society, to encounters with artisans in the botteghe of the
characteristic neighborhood of Oltrarno, field-trips and treasure hunts at the most vivacious
markets in town, and encounters with students of the University of Florence.
REQUIREMENTS
2006
 Write-ups: Students will have to write four write-ups of 200 words on topics assigned
by the instructor. Please note that all write-ups are due on the due date.
 Short Tests: There will be 2 short exams designed to verify students‘ ability to listen,
 Mid-term Exam and Final Exam: There will be one Mid-term Exam and one Final
Exam (both written).
– a grade per absence.
 Ex: 3 absences, A– becomes B+; 4 absences, B– becomes C.
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Tests (1 and 3)
20%
Write-ups
15%
20%
20%
Final Exam (Test 4)
25%
Classmates and Teacher; Homework /Tutorial Attendance – if assigned; Punctuality)*
B+ = 89 – 87
C+ = 79 - 77
D+ = 69 – 67
F = 59 – 0
A = 100 – 93
B = 86 – 83
C = 76 – 73
D = 66 – 63
A– = 92 – 90
B– = 82 – 80
C– = 72 – 70
D– = 62 – 60
Prima settimana: 5-8 settembre
Unitá 1, Primi Contatti / Unitá 2, Buon appetito! / Unitá 10, Sapori d‘Italia
Communicative functions: Greeting people / Introducing yourself / Asking pronunciation,
spelling and meaning of a word / Nationalities / Ordering at a restaurant and a bar / Asking for
the check / Asking prices / Going Grocery Shopping.
Grammar: The verbs essere, avere and chiamarsi / Adjectives of nationality / Regular verbs of
the first conjugation: -are / Numbers 0 - 20 / Nouns ending in –o and –a / Questo and Quello /
Nouns ending in –e / Definite article / Indefinite article / Numbers 20 – 100.
Esercizi: from Units 1 and 2
Unitá 3, Io e gli altri
Communicative functions: Introducing someone / Asking and giving personal details / Talking
about work / Speaking formally / Talking about spare time activities in Italy and in the United
States / Talking about how often you do something.
Grammar: Simple prepositions (a – in – da - di) / Formal and informal communication / Verb
fare and idiomatic expressions with fare / Nouns of professions / Numbers from 100 onwards
/ Verbs andare and stare / Present tense of regular verbs in –ere and –ire.
TEST 1 (Giovedì 22 settembre)
Unitá 4, Tempo libero / Unitá 5, In giro per l‘Italia
Communicative functions: Expressing preferences / Asking and giving directions / Asking
and telling the time.
Grammar: General review of the present tense of regular verbs in -are, -ere and -ire /Adverbs
of frequency / Wh- words: asking questions / Verb piacere / Irregular verbs.
(Food Study Tours)
NON ABBIAMO LEZIONE DI ITALIAN
Quinta Settimana: 3-6 ottobre
Selected activities from Unità 11, Fare acquisti and Unità 14, Non è bello ciò che è bello...
Communicative functions: Describing someone (looks and personality) / Talking about
clothes and fashion.
Grammar: Adjectives of the first group (ending with -o) and adjectives of the second group
(ending with -e) / Adjectives of appearance and personality.
ITALIANO (Field Experiences 1: Molise)
NON
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ABBIAMO
LEZIONE
DI
NON
ITALIANO (Mid-term Examinations,Test 2:TBA)
Ottava settimana: 21-30 ottobre
(Break)
ABBIAMO
LEZIONE
DI
NON ABBIAMO LEZIONE DI ITALIANO
Nona settimana: 31 ottobre – 3 novembre
Unità 7, Un fine settimana
Communicative functions: Talking about a trip / Describing past events
Grammar: Past tense of regular verbs with essere and avere
Esercizi: from Unit 7
ITALIANO
(Field Experiences 2: Tuscany)
NON
ABBIAMO
LEZIONE
DI
TEST 3 (Giovedì 17 novembre)
Unità 7, Un fine settimana / Unità 9, La famiglia
Communicative functions: Describing past events / Family relationships / Describing your
family / Comparing the typical American and Italian family
Grammar: Past time expressions / Past tense of irregular verbs / Possessive adjectives /
Possessive adjectives with words denoting family relationships
Dodicesima settimana: 21-24 novembre
ITALIANO
(Food Study Tours)
NON
ABBIAMO
LEZIONE
DI
Tredicesima settimana: 28 novembre – 1 dicembre
Unitá 8, Vita quotidiana
Communicative functions: Talking about the daily routine / Describing a typical day /
Holidays and traditions.
Grammar: Present tense of reflexive verbs / Direct object pronouns
Esercizi: from Unit 8
Quattordicesima settimana: 5-8 dicembre (Last Day of Classes)
Ripasso generale
Quindicesima settimana: 12 – 15 dicembre
ITALIANO
(Final Examinations Test 4: TBA)
NON
ABBIAMO
LEZIONE
DI
 Students will interview people belonging to various social and cultural contexts in the
commercial district of Florence.
encounters)
 Italians' passion for food: dinner or lunch at a typical Florentine trattoria.
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

encounters).
This syllabus is subject to change. The instructor might decide to add or change one or
more
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Fall Semester 2011
Credits: 1 credit (1.5 hrs weekly over 8 weeks including a 2.5-hour field trip)
Contact hrs/wk: 1.5
Prerequisite: Openness and a desire to both better understand Italian culture and to develop
and apply cross-cultural skills that are essential to becoming a global citizen.
COURSE RATIONALE, DESCRIPTION & GOALS
Cross-cultural communication and understanding as well as harmonious intercultural relations
are becoming increasingly important. It is therefore vital that we hone effective skills to
become global citizens of the world, to understand culture, cultural differences, and the ways
that culture influences the thinking and social behavior of people - and what better
opportunity to do this and put cross-cultural and global citizen skills into practice than while
in Florence! The course will expose you to the values, beliefs, norms and ‗logic‘ of Italians
(with a particular focus on Florentines and Florentine people your age), and you shall develop
the skills that it takes to become a global citizen and to be successful in multicultural
environments as well as a deep appreciation of cultural similarities and differences between
the U.S and Italy. It will assist you to challenge your own experiences and (possibly Western)
ideas about what it is to be a person. You will learn about practical ways of applying skills for
success in your life so you can develop intercultural skills as a ‗global citizen‘ that will assist
you to understand cross-cultural interactions better, be more effective in them, and get the
most out of them during your time in Florence - and for life!
COURSE FORMAT
Our course will take the form of dynamic, highly interactive weekly 1.5 hour workshops.
Cross-cultural theoretical frameworks will be explored using experientially-based activities
(e.g. role plays, Italians guest speakers, small and large group discussions, the sharing of your
cross-cultural experiences) that make the most of your cross-cultural experience here in
Florence, using Italy and its culture as a kind of ‗experimental classroom‘ to facilitate
intercultural awareness and hone your psychological skills for success as a global citizen. You
will have the opportunity to reflect deeply on your growth through oral journals at the
beginning of each class, class discussions, and other means as you experience the Italian
culture and become more aware of changes, both positive and negative, as they occur within
you.
Active participation is expected from each student during each seminar. Your questions about
Italian culture, reflections, critical thinking, ideas, and contributions are highly encouraged indeed expected - so please come to class alert, ready to do some serious thinking, and
prepared.
75% Attendance and participation. Two unexcusable absences will immediately bring your
participation grade to at least a B-. More than 2 will further reduce your participation grade.
Absence due to sickness MUST be accompanied by a doctor‘s certificate to be counted as an
‗excusable absence‘.
25% Final multiple choice and short-answer exam
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READER
You will be provided with all the reading material during the course.
ATTENDANCE
Class session and evening outing attendance is compulsory. Students must speak to/email me
in advance if they have a valid reason for missing a forthcoming class or outing.
CLASSROOM POLICY
OFFICE HOURS
appointments with students immediately after class. To be fair to all students, I ask that you
make these appointments with me in advance. I can also be contacted by email
([email protected]).
Reading(s) for each session must be read (and reflected upon!) before each class.
1. Mon, Sept 05: What is culture? Psychological skills for success as a global citizen in
Italy & other culturally-diverse environments Is what I know to be true about my culture
also true for young Italian culture? ‗Lived-in‘ Florence. Exploratory tour of Florentine
sociocultural values. What images and narratives about Italy and Italians influence our initial
perceptions of Italian and Florentine cultural values?
2. Mon, Sept 12: Stereotypes and prejudices.
The forming of stereotypes and prejudices. What role do they play and how can they be
challenged and tested?
3. Mon, Sept 19: Culture shock & reverse culture shock. Global citizen goals for rest of
semester – and life. Culture shock curves and theories. Students to reflect on their present
sojourn in Italy. How can one manage culture shock?
4. Mon, Oct 03: Fashion values & norms.
Shopping for cultural values: understanding a culture from shops and grocery stores settings.
5. Mon, Oct 31: The Hofstede Model
Reflection on i) which Hofstede dimension best explains student reactions for a time when
they were highly aware that an Italian person thought, felt and behaved differently from what
they expected. Hofstede‘s dimension of culture scales by country.
6. Mon, Nov 14: „La bella figura‟.
The Italian philosophy of la bella figura (literally, the beautiful figure), a way of life based
on beauty, good image, aesthetics and proper behavior.
7. Mon, Nov 28: Entertainment in Italy.
What movies and shows do Italian listen to? What newspapers and magazines do they read?
What music do they listen to? Understanding Italian culture by exploring what they consider
entertaining.
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8. Mon, Dec 5: Taking stock of our experience.
‗How I have changed‘. Reflect on and share with class what you‘ve gained and learnt from
your cross-cultural experiences over the semester PLUS write a Student Profile potentially for
the institute‘s website including ‗Currently what I am doing here‘, ‗Most Memorable
Experience at Palazzo Rucellai‘, ‗Advice for Future Students‘ (see Prospective Students page
on website).
Final Exam
NB: This syllabus is subject to change at any time according to circumstances.
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CURRICULA VITAE
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architect
curriculum
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STUDIO DI ARCHITETTURA
Via dei renai 23, 50125 - FIRENZE
[email protected] [email protected] Tel +39 055 2343 3447 Fax +39 055 264 6721 Mobile +39 340 335 9839
Partita IVA 00756070553 Cod. Fisc. CHLCRL70E01G148O
EDUCATION
2002
Master in Management of Culture Heritage | Historical districts & landscape
University of Rome, Facoltà di Architettura, Italy - School of Architecture and Planning
1999
Scholarship in the Master of Science in Architecture Studies|MIT|Architecture & Urbanism
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, USA
1997
Licensed Architect, Italy | Ordine degli Architetti di Terni n° 287
1996
Laurea in Architettura - Professional Degree in Architecture
University of Rome, Facoltà di Architettura, Italy - School of Architecture and Planning
LANGUAGES & COMPUTER SKILL
Languages: Italian & English
Photography, Graphic Design, computer literate in both PC and Mac: Autodesk Architectural Studio, AutoCAD, 3D
Studio Max, Flash, Adobe Illustrator CS version, PhotoShop CS version, Acrobat, Macromedia Dreamweaver, HTML
language, Terrain Modelling, Concant LT, Mosaico, Microsoft office.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2006
COORDINATOR
Florence Architecture and Historic Preservation | Roger Williams University
School of Architecture, Art and Historic Preservation | Study Abroad
http://www.rwu.edu/Administration/SAAHP/Academic+Programs/Study+Abroad.htm
2006 - 2002
PROFESSOR
The Institute at Palazzo Rucellai, Florence, Italy
Teaching Historic Preservation – Architecture in Italy: History and Preservation
http://www.palazzorucellai.net/cgi-bin/fall.pl?index=8
The Institute at Palazzo Rucellai, Firenze, Italy/ Roger Williams University Architecture Program, Florence, Italy
Teaching Advanced Architectural Design Studio
http://www.palazzorucellai.net/cgi-bin/fall.pl?index=0
2003 - 2000
TUTORIAL FORUMS
• Africa, Ghana ―The Government House‖ - Restoration Fortress in Accra
• Italy, Orvieto ―Centro Studi Alta Formazione‖ - Master Plan in Orvieto
• Italy, Rome La Sapienza University - Le Fortezze del Cardinale Albornoz-XIV sec.
• USA, NJ, ―Paterson City Hall‖ - New American School Design Project
2002 - 2001
TEACHING | Istituto di Istruzione Superiore per Geometri, Terni, Italy
• Teaching Representation Techniques and Architectural Survey
2000 - 1999
TEACHING ASSISTANT | MIT Massachusetts Institute of Technology, cambridge, usa
• Design: School and community | workshop in Paterson, NJ, USA
Supervised students‘ design and project documentation through a series of collaborative design workshops involving
Architecture, Planning and Civil Engineering participants
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• Dimension of the Space
Supervised students, conducted classes and tutorial assistance for design and project documentation through a series of
diverse approaches including graphic design, modelling and photography
1997 - 1994
TEACHING ASSISTANT | Facoltà di Architettura, la sapienza University, Rome, italy
• Progettazione Architettonica - Architectural Design Studio
Provided input for culturally sensitive design in housing project for low income groups in suburban area of Rome, Italy
• Progettazione Architettonica d‟Interni – Interior Design Studio
Interior design projects for luxurious residential apartments in Rome, including suburban villas and rehabilitation & reuse
of ancient country houses
INTERNSHIP
2000
PROJECT ASSISTANT IN URBAN DESIGN | BRA, Boston Redevelopment Authority
City Hall, Boston, USA
• Projects for SOUTH BOSTON WATERFRONT: hotels, cultural, restaurant, retail, recreational attractions, and other
uses
1997 - 1995
PROJECT ASSISTANT IN ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN
Free Lance Civil Engineering office, Orvieto, Italy
• HOTEL PALAZZO PICCOLOMINI, XVI Century, Orvieto, Italy: Architecture Project of rehabilitation, consolidation
& reuse of the building Palazzo Piccolomini, converted into four stars hotel
• GUEST HOUSE TORRE SAN SEVERO, landscape, building, & interior design project
The Design proposal focused on the reuse and rehabilitation of damaged ancient farmhouse
converted into a luxurious Country Houses with pool
• Residential projects of several country houses in Tuscany & Umbria, Italy
The Design proposal focused on the reuse and rehabilitation of damaged &/or demolished farmhouses including interior
design project
FREE LANCE ARCHITECT
2009
• New RESIDENCES Project, via del Porcellana, Florence, Italy
Project Manager, responsible for Design, Executive Drawings & Construction: the Design proposal included architectural
survey, restoration, rehabilitation & reuse for two luxury residences
2006-2009
• new MEDICAL AMBULATORY & DENTAL CLINIC Piazza Cahen & Corso Cavour, Orvieto, Italy Project Manager,
responsible for Design, Executive Drawings & Construction
2003-2009
• New RESIDENCES Projects, via Santo Stefano, via Ripa Serancia, via Vulsinia, via Lattanzi, v.lo Lattanzi, via dei
Dolci, via Monte Marte, Orvieto, Italy
Project Manager, responsible for Design, Executive Drawings & Construction: the Design proposal included architectural
survey, restoration, rehabilitation & reuse for residences
1997 – 2009
• Residential projects of several COUNTRY HOUSES in Tuscany & Umbria, Italy
Project Manager , the Design proposal focused on reuse of damaged &/or demolished farmhouses and rehabilitation for
luxury residences with swimming pool
2007
• PALAZZO BARBERINO-TAFANI, XV Century, Florence, Italy
Project Manager, responsible for Architectural Design, Executive Drawings & Construction: the design proposal included
architectural survey, restoration, rehabilitation & reuse for luxury residences
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2006
• New addition for THE HOTEL PALAZZO PICCOLOMINI, XVI Century, Orvieto, Italy:
Interior Design Project including new guest rooms, suites, superior double bedrooms, restaurant, fitness & wellness center
2006
• Housing Project, presso Piazza d‘ Azeglio, via Giordani, Firenze, Italy:
Interior Design Project including six luxurious residential apartments, rehabilitation of an old damaged Warehouse
2005
• Restoration,reused & rinnovation of SAN PASQUALE BAYLON CHURCH, XVIII cen., via di Camerata, Firenze,
ITaly
Responsible for Design, Executive Drawings & Construction: the Design proposal included architectural survey,
restoration & reuse for office and Art Gallery
2005
• Former COURTHOUSE, Contemporary building, Viterbo, Italy
Project Manager for Architectural Design & Construction: the project included architectural survey, restoration,
rehabilitation & reuse for retails, offices & residences
2005
• Restoration Project, building XI Century, San Giovenale, Orvieto, Italy
restoration, rehabilitation & reuse for residence
2004
• New residences Project, via del Crocifisso, Firenze, Italy
restoration, rehabilitation & reuse for residences
2004
• PALAZZO CHIGI, XIII Century, Viterbo, Italy
Responsible for Design & Construction site for Palazzo Chigi: the project included architectural survey, restoration,
rehabilitation & reuse for retails, offices & residences
2003
• New Residences Project, via Santo Stefano, Orvieto, Italy
restoration, rehabilitation & reuse for residences
2002
• Urban Complex FEUDI DELLA MEDUSA, Santa Margherita di Pula, Cagliari, Italy
Responsible for Design & Executive Drawings. The project included Master Plan and renderings for holiday houses,
restaurant, stores, swimming-pool, cellar & facilities
2001
• PALAZZO RANIERI, XIV Century, Orvieto, Italy
Responsible for Design & construction site for Palazzo Ranieri with annexed medieval tower: the project included
architectural survey, interior design project, restoration, rehabilitation & reuse for insurance headquarter, offices and
residences
2001
• Urban Plan for rehabilitation of an historic district in Orvieto, Italy
The Design proposal focused on the rehabilitation of an old damaged district through upgrading of traditional building
technology
1998
• AGRITURISMO SAN VENANZO including five holiday house & pool in Umbria, Italy
The Design proposal focused on the new building while respecting of traditional Italian farmhouse typology mixed with
contemporary internal design
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1997
• HOTEL PALAZZO PICCOLOMINI, XVI Century, Orvieto, Italy
Architectural Project of rehabilitation, consolidation & reuse of the building Palazzo Piccolomini, converted into four stars
hotel (Published on July , 2007 in Architectural Digest - www.hotelpiccolomini.it)
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Via Foscolo 25, 50124
Florence, Italy.
Tel./fax: (***39) 055-2207362
Born in Genoa (Italy), 22 August 1968.
Education:
04\11
UNIVERSITÀ DEGLI STUDI DI FIRENZE, FLORENCE, ITALY
Ph.D. in Medieval and Renaissance Philology.
05\99
YALE UNIVERSITY, NEW HAVEN, CT, U.S.A.
Ph.D. in Italian Literature.
05\94
CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA, WASHINGTON D.C., U.S.A
M.A. degree in Medieval Studies.
04\93
UNIVERSITÀ DEGLI STUDI DI FIRENZE, FLORENCE, ITALY
M.A. degree in Italian literature.
Fellowships and Awards:
01\10
Society for Renaissance Studies grant towards the organization of May 2011
conference in Florence titled Humanism and Universities in Tuscany (14001600)
11\07
Lila Wallace - Reader‘s Digest Publication Subsidy (Villa I Tatti - Harvard
University)
06-00\06-01
Villa I Tatti Fellowship (Harvard University) for Renaissance studies.
11\98
Marion C. Sheridan Fellowship at Yale University for Ph.D. thesis
(Mythography and Rhetoric in Quattrocento Florence).
09\98
Borsa di Studio per ricerche in filologia e letteratura latina medievale
awarded by the Fondazione Ezio Franceschini (Florence, Italy).
02\98
The Renaissance Society of America Research Grant for Younger Scholars.
11\97
John Perry Miller Research Fund at Yale University.
03\97
John F. Enders Collaborative Research Grant at Yale University.
05\96
Richard Franke Fellowship at Yale University.
03\95
Yale University Fellowship.
05\94
Scholarship awarded by the Fondazione Ezio Franceschini (Florence, Italy)
for the best 1992 ‗Tesi di Laurea‘ (Master thesis) in medieval studies in Italy.
01\94
Scholarship awarded by the University of Rome Tor Vergata to attend
graduate courses in a foreign university.
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Employments and Teaching Experience:
09-08\present
Special Academic Activities Coordinator at ‗The Institute at Palazzo
Rucellai‘ (Florence)
09-03\present
Professor of Italian Literature at ‗The Institute at Palazzo Rucellai‘ (Florence)
11-02\11-04
Research Associate in Comparative Literature at Università di Cassino
08-98\12-03
Professor of Italian Literature at Georgetown University (Florence Program)
11-02\02-03
Professor of Italian Literature at California State University (Florence
Program)
09-99\06-01
Professor of Italian Literature and Humanities at Pepperdine University
(Florence Program)
01-98\06-03
Tutor of Italian literature at Stanford University in Florence
09-97\12-97
Teaching Assistant of Italian at Yale University
Invited lectures at:
University of Oxford, Yale University, Università di Firenze, Universitat de Barcelona,
Università di Pisa, The Institute at Palazzo Rucellai, Università di Trento, Università di
Cassino, Georgetown University at Villa Le Balze, Sarah Lawrence Florence Program,
Associazione Culturale ―Antonio Rosmini‖ di Trento.
Publications
Books:
La vipera e il giglio. Lo scontro tra Milano e Firenze nelle invettive di Antonio Loschi e
Colucio Salutati (Rome: Aracne Editrice, 2011). Pp. VI + 400. A monograph on the humanist
propaganda related to the war between Florence and Milan (1390-1402). The volume includes
a critical edition of two Latin texts by Loschi and Salutati with Italian translation and
explanatory notes.
‗Manettiana‘. La biografia anonima in terzine e altri documenti inediti su Giannozzo Manetti
(Rome: Roma nel Rinascimento, 2010). Pp. X + 177. An anthology of hitherto unpublished
archival documents on the Florentine humanist Giannozzo Manetti (1396-1459). In
collaboration with Bruno Figliuolo.
Giannozzo Manetti, Storia di Pistoia (Alessandria: Edizioni dell‘Orso, 2010). Pp. 160.
Translation from Latin into Italian (provided with an introduction and explanatory notes) of
this innovative piece of humanist historiography.
Umanesimo e traduzione da Petrarca a Manetti (Cassino: Dipartimento di Linguistica e
Letterature Comparate dell‘Università di Cassino, 2003). Pp. XV + 292. Monograph on
translation theories in the Middle Ages and the early Renaissance (Italy, France, and
England).
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Giannozzo Manetti, Biographical Writings (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, I
Tatti Renaissance Library Series, 2003). Pp. XIX + 330. Critical edition and translation of
humanist texts from Latin into English. In collaboration with Rolf Bagemihl.
Giannozzo Manetti, Vite di Dante, Petrarca e Boccaccio (Palermo: Sellerio, 2003). Pp. 223.
Critical edition and translation of humanist biographies from Latin into Italian.
Erasmus of Rotterdam, Sileni Alcibiadis (Naples: Liguori, 2002). Foreword and notes by
Jean-Claude Margolin. Pp. 132. Translation from Latin into Italian of one of Erasmus‘ most
famous Adagia.
Images of Quattrocento Florence: Selected Writings in Literature, History, and Art. Foreword
by Giuseppe Mazzotta. (New Haven-London: Yale University Press, 2000). Pp. LXIV + 350.
Anthology of fifteenth-century Florentine texts translated from Latin and Italian into English
in collaboration with Arielle Saiber.
Leonardo Bruni, Laudatio Florentinae Urbis (Florence: SISMEL, 2000). Pp. 148. Critical
edition with introduction and explanatory footnotes.
Michel de Montaigne, Essais III.8 (De l‘art de conférer). Preface by Marc Fumaroli. Pp. 95.
Translation from French into Italian with explanatory notes.
Leonardo Bruni, Dialogi ad Petrum Paulum Histrum (Florence: Olschki, 1994). Pp. XXII +
304. Critical edition with introduction and explanatory notes.
Editing of conference proceedings:
―Proxima Studia‖. Arte e letteratura a Firenze (1300-1600). Convegno internazionale di
studi (Palazzo Rucellai, 21-22 ottobre 2008), special issue of Letteratura & Arte, 9 (2011).
Dignitas et excellentia hominis. Atti del Convegno Internazionale di Studi su Giannozzo
Manetti (Georgetown University - Kent State University: Fiesole –Firenze, 18-20 giungo
2008) (Florence: Le Lettere, 2008).
Articles:
―Le città possibili: arte e filologia nel dibattito sull‘origine di Firenze da Giovanni Villani a
Leonardo Bruni,‖ in ―Proxima Studia‖: arte e letteratura a Firenze (1300-1600). Convegno
internazionale di studi (Palazzo Rucellai, 21-22 ottobre 2008), ed. Stefano U. Baldassarri,
Letteratura & Arte, 9 (2011), pp. 23-41.
―Capolavoro o ‗spamming‘ cinquecentesco? Il Discorso intorno alla nostra lingua attribuito a
Machiavelli‖, Testo a Fronte, 43 (2010), pp. 59-86.
―Giannozzo Manetti e Alfonso il Magnanimo‖, Interpres, 29 (2010), pp. 43-95.
―Found in Translation‖, in La Piazza delle Lingue. Esperienze di multilinguismo in atto. Atti
del Convegno, 21-23 maggio 2009, eds. N. Maraschio, D. De Martino, G. Stanchina
(Florence: Accademia della Crusca, 2010), pp. 237-240.
―La Invectiva in Florentinos di Antonio Loschi,‖ Esperienze Letterarie, 35.2 (2010), pp. 3-28.
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―Like Fathers like Sons: Theories on the Origins of the City in Late Medieval Florence,‖
Modern Language Notes, 124.1 (2009), pp. 23-44.
―Prime ricerche per un‘edizione critica della Invectiva in Antonium Luscum,‖ Medioevo e
Rinascimento, 22 (2008), pp. 105-129.
―Teoria e prassi della traduzione nell‘Apologeticus di Giannozzo Manetti,‖ Journal of Italian
Translation, 3.2 (2008), pp. 7-30.
―Breve guida bibliografica su teoria e prassi della traduzione nel primo umanesimo italiano
(1400-1450 ca.),‖ Testo a Fronte, 38 (2008), pp. 47-80.
―Whose Paradise? The Condition of Women in Renaissance Utopias,‖ in Italomania(s). Italy
and the English Speaking World from Chaucer to Seamus Heaney. Proceedings of the
Georgetown and Kent State University Conference held in Florence in June 20-21, 2005, ed.
Giuseppe Galigani (Florence: Pagliai, 2008), pp. 163-176.
―A Tale of Two Cities: Accounts of the Origins of Fiesole and Florence from the Anonymous
Chronica to Leonardo Bruni,‖ Studi Rinascimentali, 5 (2007), pp.29-56.
―Amplificazioni retoriche nelle versioni di un best-seller umanistico: Il De nobilitate di
Buonaccorso da Montemagno,‖ Journal of Italian Translation, 2.2 (2007), pp. 9-35.
―The Dream of Transparency: Women in Renaissance Utopias,‖ Esperienze Letterarie, 32.1
(2007), pp. 3-26.
―Girolamo Catena precursore di Pierre-Daniel Huet: Il Discorso sopra la traduttione delle
scienze e d‘altre facultà,‖ Testo a Fronte, 36 (2007), pp. 5-30.
―The Taming of the Secretary: Reflections on Some English Translations of Machiavelli‘s Il
Principe,‖ Journal of Italian Translation, 1.2 (2006), pp. 237-253.
―Scolastica e umanesimo nell‘Adversus Iudaeos et gentes di Giannozzo Manetti: edizione del
VI libro,‖ Letteratura Italiana Antica, 7 (2006), pp. 25-75.
―Il Discorso sopra la traduttione delle scienze e d‘altre facultà dell‘umanista Girolamo
Catena,‖ Per Leggere, 6.11 (2006), pp. 133-147.
― ‗Sapientia‘ e ‗meditatio mortis‘ nella Griselda latina di Petrarca,‖ in L‘esperienza poetica
del tempo e il tempo della storia. Studi sull‘opera poetica di Francesco Petrarca, eds. Carla
Chiummo and Anatole P. Fuksas (Cassino: Dipartimento di Linguistica e Letterature
Comparate dell‘Università di Cassino, 2005), pp. 433-476.
―Un‘anonima vita di Giannozzo Manetti in terza rima,‖ Yale Italian Poetry, 8 (2004), pp. 291318.
―Translations and Originals: In Search of the Golden Mean,‖ in Educating in Paradise:
Teaching Literature on AACUPI Programs (Georgetown University at Villa Le Balze,
Fiesole, 25 October 2003), ed. Portia Prebys (Florence: Centro Stampa 2P, 2004), pp. 12-21.
―Giannozzo Manetti, Vita di Dante, Petrarca e Boccaccio,‖ Testo a Fronte, 28 (2003), pp. 5124.
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―Di alcuni sonetti inediti di età rinascimentale dedicati al vino e ai piaceri della tavola,‖ Ager
Clantius, 1 (2003), pp. 33-38.
―Clichés and Myth-Making in Giannozzo Manetti‘s Biographies,‖ Italian History and
Culture, 8 (2002), pp. 15-33.
―Bartolomeo Scala e le origini di Firenze,‖ Quaderni Lucchesi, 1.1 (2000), pp. 185-208.
―Aggiunte allo stemma codicum dei Dialogi ad Petrum Paulum Histrum di Leonardo Bruni,‖
Rinascimento, n.s., 39 (1999), pp.571-585.
―Agli inizi della traduttologia moderna: Il De interpretatione recta di Leonardo Bruni,‖ Testo
a Fronte, 21 (1999), pp.31-37.
Translation into Italian with commentary and notes of Leonardo Bruni‘s De interpretatione
recta, ibidem, pp.5-30.
―Una disputa rinascimentale sul valore nutritivo del vino: il De vino et aqua di Girolamo
Mercuriale e l‘inedito De vino nutrimento di Baldassarre Berni,‖ Schede umanistiche, n.s., 2
(1999), pp. 95-106.
―L‘anarcheggiare stoicamente di Gian Pietro Lucini,‖ Italianistica, 38.1 (1999), pp.71-83.
Translation into Italian with introduction and notes of John Trevisa‘s Dialogue between a
Lord and a Clerk on Translation, Testo a Fronte, 20 (1999), pp.49-63.
―Lodi medicee in un dimenticato bestseller del Quattrocento fiorentino: il Driadeo di Luca
Pulci,‖ Forum Italicum, 32.2 (fall 1998), pp.375-402.
―Alcuni appunti su Giotto e la poesia,‖ Lettere Italiane, 49.3 (1997), pp.373-391.
― ‗Religio‘, ‗Fides‘, e ‗Summa Sollicitudo‘ nell‘arte del tradurre: la risposta di Pierre-Daniel
Huet alle Belles Infidèles,‖ Testo a Fronte, 16 (1997), pp.5-16.
Translation into Italian with commentary and notes of Pierre-Daniel Huet‘s De optimo genere
interpretandi, Testo a Fronte, 16 (1997), pp.17-45.
―Costanti del pensiero machiavelliano nel Decennale I e nel Capitolo di Fortuna,‖ Italian
Quarterly, 33.129-130 (1996), pp.17-28.
― ‗Adfluit incautis insidiosus Amor‘. La precettistica ovidiana nel Filostrato di Boccaccio,‖
Rivista di Studi Italiani, 14.2 (1996), pp. 20-42.
―Milizia e Fortuna nei primi scritti di Machiavelli,‖ Esperienze Letterarie, 21.4 (1996), pp.4972.
―Niccolò Niccoli nella satira di Francesco Filelfo: la tipizzazione di una maschera,‖ Interpres,
15 (1995), pp.7-36.
―Un testimone dei Dialogi appartenuto a Giannozzo Manetti: il ms. Pal. lat. 1598,‖ Interpres,
14 (1994), pp. 173-82.
Reviews in English and Italian for Envoi, La Rassegna della Letteratura Italiana, Italian
History and Culture, Italica, Rivista di Studi Italiani, Quaderni Lucchesi, Bryn Mawr
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Classical Review, Testo a Fronte, Studi Medievali, Italianistica, The Sixteenth Century
Journal, and Comparative Literature Studies.
Translations of scholarly works:
Translation into Italian of Giuseppe Mazzotta, Cosmopoiesis. The Renaissance Experiment
(Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2003): Cosmopoiesis: Il progetto del Rinascimento
(Palermo: Sellerio, 2008).
Translation into Italian of James Hankins, Plato in the Italian Renaissance (Leiden-New
York: Brill 1994). In collaboration with Donatella Downey: La riscoperta di Platone nel
Rinascimento italiano (Pisa: Edizioni della Normale, 2008).
Entries to encyclopaedias and exhibition catalogues:
Coluccio Salutati e l‘invenzione dell‘umanesimo, eds. T. De Robertis, G. Tanturli, S.
Zamponi (Florence: Mandragora, 2008): entries on several MSS. and Salutati‘s reply to
Antonio Loschi known as Invectiva in Antonium Luscum.
Forthcoming:
Coluccio Salutati, Political Writings (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, I Tatti
Renaissance Library Series). Critical edition and translation (from Latin into English) of
political texts by the Florentine chancellor Coluccio Salutati (d. 1406). In collaboration with
Rolf Bagemihl.
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Serena Baldini
Via Del Sansovino, 203
50142 Firenze
Cell. 333. 36 57 776
E-mail [email protected]
Education
At present
Centro di Ascolto e Orientamento Psicoanalitico, Pistoia, Italy
Three-year Master at The School of Counseling.
The course of study consists of 490 class hours. Internship and
Final dissertation. Personal Analysis (analisi didattica).
(Concentration field: Education) .
Currently completing internship and final dissertation.
Will conduct a Creative Writing Workshop: Le città invisibili
(8 hours).
2011
Attended an Advanced Seminar: Le forme del disagio (30 hours)
conducted by Dott. Alessandro Guidi.
2010
Attended an Advanced Seminar: La Questione Femminile
(30 hours) conducted by Dott. Alessandro Guidi, in collaboration
with the University of Rome.
2009
Completed collaboration in writing a Dictionary of Counseling .
2006
Università Ca' Foscari, Venice, Italy
Master in Didattica e Promozione della Lingua e della
CulturaItaliane a Stranieri
110 Lode /110
MA Dissertation: Issues related to the motivational aspects of
Language Learning and didactic projects for monolingual
American classes.
2002
Centro Internazionale “Giorgio La Pira”, Florence, Italy
Attended a specialization course of Language Teaching
for teachers of Italian as a second Language. (Jan. - June
2002)
1996 - 1997
Università degli Studi di Firenze, Florence, Italy
Department of Linguistics
Completed year-long postgraduate course in Language and
Communication.
1996
Università degli Studi di Firenze, Florence, Italy
Laurea in Lettere e Filosofia
110 Lode /110
Thesis in Moral Philosophy:
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Vilfredo Pareto- Thoughts and Concepts of Society
Professional and Teaching Experience
2002 - present
Teaching position at the Institute of Palazzo Rucellai,
Florence. Language courses.
Teach all levels of Italian language.
2004 - present
Teaching position at Gonzaga University in Florence,
Florence. Language courses.
Teach all levels of Italian language.
Sept. 1997 Sept. 2001
Co-Founder and Director of Italian Language and Cultural
Courses, Centro Studi Filippo Brunelleschi, Florence.
Designed Italian language curriculum for five levels of study.
Designed the center‘s Italian placement and proficiency exams.
Conducted educational excursions for groups from five to 25
students to Siena, Pisa, Lucca, Ferrara and Venezia.
Visited Beijing and Shanghai, China, as part of marketing
promotion plan for the center (Dec. 1999 - Jan. 2000).
Visited Slovenia as part of promotion of Centro Brunelleschi‘s
partial scholarship program for students from Eastern Europe
(February 2001).
Sept. 1997 Dec. 1997
Italian Language Instructor, Scuola Palazzo Malvisi, Florence,
Italy
Taught group Italian language courses (all levels) as well as
individual lessons.
Sept. 1997 Dec. 1997
Intern as Language Instructor
Società Dante Alighieri, Florence, Italy
Taught group Italian language courses (all levels) as well as
individual lessons.
Mar. 1997
Student Teacher as part of Professional Development Course
for Teachers of Italian as a second Language, Centro Koinè,
Florence, Italy
Taught in the regular Koinè language courses for foreigners.
Publications
2010
One of Various Authors of Dizionario di Counseling e di
Psicoanalisi laica. Edited by Alessandro Guidi.
Published by Editrice Clinamen, Florence
Languages
Fluent in English and French (taught Renaissance Courses in
both languages).
Basic command of Spanish.
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Personal Information
Date of birth : January 29, 1967 in Florence, Italy
Citizenship: Italian
Civil Status: single
Member of ILSA (National Association of Teachers of Italian
as a second Language)
References
Prof. Patrick Burke, Dean of Gonzaga University in Florence,
Via Giorgio La Pira 11/13, Florence (tel: 055 – 215226)
Dott. Alessandro Guidi, Director of The Centro di Ascolto e
Orientamento Psicoanalitico. Via Della Rosa 5, 51100 Pistoia
(tel. 0573 – 365774) e Via Trieste 16, 50100 Firenze (tel.
055- 476898) (www.centropsicoanalitico.it)
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Erika Bianchi
Address: Viale F. Redi 231, 50144 Firenze
Phone: (+39) 340 7626429 - cell
(+39) 055 362699 - home
Education
2005 Università degli Studi di Firenze, Florence, Italy
PhD in Ancient History
 Dissertation title: Plutarch and the Age of Demosthenes.
 Supervisors: Prof. P. Desideri (Roman History), Prof. C. Longo
Pecorella (Greek History)
2001, Università degli Studi di Firenze, Florence, Italy
MA degree in Classics (votes 110 cum laude)
 Dissertation title: The Law of Eukrates on the Areopagos
Teaching Experience
from Jan 2005 to present, spring, fall and summer terms
Instructor of Classics
 Ancient Rome: Civilization and Legacy, The Institute at Palazzo Rucellai,
Florence, Italy (course taught in English)
 The Roman Achievement, Kent State University - Florence Program, Florence,
Italy (course taught in English)
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Fall term 2012
Archaeology and Art of Ancient Italy, The Institute at Palazzo Rucellai,
Florence, Italy (team-taught with archaeologist Dr Carolina Megale)
Spring term 2011
 Etruscans and Romans, Gonzaga University Florence program (course taught
in English)
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2002 - 2007
Postgraduate Demonstrator
Since undertaking my PhD I have constantly been involved with the
supervision of undergraduates in Classics. I supervised students with their final
year projects and MA dissertations at the University of Florence, and one
Masters student at Middlebury College, Florence Program. In each case this
involved assisting in project management, evaluating research work and
supporting weaknesses where necessary.
Instructor of Literature
2002-2005
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 Contemporary Italian Literature at the Accademia Italiana di Arte, Moda e
Design, Arcadia Program, Florence, Italy (course taught in English)
2001-2002
 Medieval and Renaissance Italian Literature at the Accademia Italiana di Arte,
Moda e Design, Arcadia Program, Florence, Italy (course taught in English)
Research Experience
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Feb 2003 University of Erfurt, Germany
Roundtable and seminar on Law and Religion in the Ancient World
2002 University of Oxford, England, University College, Trinity term
As part of my doctorate I spent a term in Oxford attending seminars
and doing research under the supervision of Prof. Christopher Pelling, Regius
Professor of Classics.
2000-2004
Library research Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale, Firenze, Università
―La Normale‖ Pisa, Università degli Studi di Firenze.
Other Experience
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2010
Novelist
Tuscan Writer of the Year prize for my first novel, Sassi nelle Scarpe,
published in April 2010 by Dario Flaccovio, an independent publishing
company from Palermo.
I‘m currently working on a second novel.
from 2007 to present
Literary Translator
I translate novels from English into Italian for an important Milan publishing
company (for published translations see below).
2006 - 2008
Context Florence and Rome Docent
Context (www.contexttravel.com) is a network of scholars and specialists who
organize walking seminars in English for educated travelers. As a Context
docent, I have led such walking seminars on a weekly basis for two years in both
Florence and Rome.
1995-2000
Interpreter and Exchange Program Manager
I have been interpreter from English and French into Italian, and International
Youth Camps Manager for the Livorno City Hall‘s Twinning Committee.
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Publications

Plutarch and the Age of Demosthenes, ―Ploutarchos‖, forthcoming.
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The Law of Eukrates: a ―democratic trick?‖, ―Historia Antigua‖ 23,
2005, 313-330.
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Nota sulla morte degli oratori nel 322 a. C., ―Prometheus‖ 30 (2),
2004, 129-38.
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Ancora su Eschine III, 252, ―Dike‖ 5, 2002, 83-94.
Literary Translations
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Nicholas Nicastro, Impero delle Ceneri (orig. Title Empire of Ashes),
Aliberti 2011.
Camilla Trinchieri, Cercando Alice (orig. title Finding Alice), Marcos
y Marcos 2010.
Camilla Trinchieri, Il Prezzo del Silenzio (orig. title The Price of
Silence) Marcos y Marcos 2008.
Dale Furutani, Agguato all‘incrocio, (orig. title Death at the
Crossroads) Marcos y Marcos 2007.
IT Skills
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Extensive knowledge of all Microsoft Office programs, use of
advanced Internet search engines.
Language Skills
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Italian mother tongue
English, fluent
French, proficient
Spanish, good working knowledge
Modern Greek, Ancient Greek and Latin: only written
Interests and Achievements
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Travelling, writing, reading, rollerblading, theatre, cinema.
Full clean drivers licence
Referees
Andreina Bianchini, PhD - The Institute at Palazzo Rucellai, Academic
Director [email protected]
Marcello Fantoni, PhD, Kent State University, Florence Program, Academic
Director [email protected]
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Pierluca Birindelli, Ph.D.
[email protected]
http://pierluca-birindelli.blogspot.com/
Education, honors/awards
2010
Qualification as Researcher in Sociology and Cultural Anthropology, C.N.R.
(National Research Council), Department of Cultural Identity, Institute for
research on population and social policies, Rome.
2003
Ph.D. in Sociology of Culture and Communication, Department of Sociology
and Political Science, University of Florence (Grant).
1999-2002
1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th Ph.D. Summer School in Theory and Methodology, Italian
Sociological Association (Grant).
1999-2003
Honor Fellow in: Sociology of Culture and Communication, Sociology of
Deviance, Psychology of Communication and Culture (Faculty of Social and
Political Science, University of Florence).
2001
Visiting Fellow, University of Texas at Austin, Department of
Communication and Cultural Studies (Grant).
2001
Visiting Fellow, Permanent Seminary: ―Les processus d‘européanisation‖,
Institut d‘Etudes Politiques, SciencePo, Paris (Grant).
1999
1998
M.A., Media, Communication and Cultural Studies, University of Florence
(Grant).
Laurea in Political Science. Discipline: Sociology of Culture and
Communication, University of Florence.
Teaching
2011
Adj. Professor, Italian Cultural History, CET Academic Program (Affiliated
Vanderbilt
University), Florence and Siena.
2010-2011
Adj. Professor, Identity and Culture. A narrative and holistic approach,
Qualitative Methods Unit, International Research Master´s in Social Sciences,
University of Helsinki.
2010-2011
Adj. Professor, Identity and Culture in Italy. A comparative approach,
International Studies Institute (University of Connecticut, Pennsylvania State
University, University of Virginia, Arizona State University).
2010-2011
Adj. Professor, Globalization: a European Perspective, Richmond University
(Firenze).
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2008-2011
Adj. Professor: Cultural Globalization: a Euro-American Perspective,
Sociology of Italian Culture; Cross Cultural Communication, Social &
Economic Development, Gonzaga University.
2008-2009
Adj. Professor, Human Development in Culture, Umbra Institute.
2008
Visiting Professor, University of Helsinki, Faculty Seminars Italian,
European and American Youngsters.
Adj. Professor: Sociology of Culture, Georgetown University.
2007-2009
2005-2007
Adj. Professor: Sociology of Generations, M.A. in Social Science Research,
University of Florence.
2001-2003
Adj. Professor: General Sociology, Faculty of Economy, University of
Florence.
2001-2003
Adj. Professor: Sociology of Organizations, Faculty of Economy, University
of Florence.
2001-2003
Adj. Professor: Sociology and Psychology of Culture and Communication,
M.A. in Media, Communication and Cultural Studies, University of Florence.
2001-2002
Adj. Professor: Narrative Approach in Social Science, M.A. in Biography,
History and Society, University of Rome La Sapienza.
2001-2002
Adj. Professor: Psychology of Communication, Faculty of Political Science,
1999-2002
Adj. Professor: Sociology of Culture, Faculty of Political Science, University
of Florence.
2000-2001
Adj. Professor: Sociology of Communication, Faculty of Political Science,
2000-2001
Adj. Professor: Communication Strategies, M.A. in Media, Communication
and Cultural Studies, University of Florence.
2000
Adj. Professor: Qualitative Methods, 2nd Ph.D. Summer School in Theory
and Methodology, Italian Sociological Association.
Publications
Monographs
2010
I giovani italiani tra famiglia e scuola. Una cultura della dipendenza. Roma:
Aracne.
2010
Il futuro del distretto. Atteggiamenti, azioni e strategie degli attori locali. Roma:
Aracne.
2008
Sé. Concetti e pratiche. Roma: Aracne.
2006
Clicca su te stesso. Sé senza l‘Altro. Roma-Acireale: Bonanno.
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Articles
2010
How to do Words with Things, in ―Vulgo.Net.‖, Multilingual European Review in
Social Science, ISSN: 1213-5518, www.vulgo.net: 1-17.
2010
Giovani sindacalisti e giovani lavoratori: profili identitari e di ruolo, in
―Vulgo.Net.‖, Multilingual European Review in Social Science, ISSN: 1213-5518,
www.vulgo.net: 1-13.
2009
Dall‘Io al Noi all‘Altro. Allenarsi al riconoscimento sostanziale, in ―Lettera Fim‖,
2: 10-17.
2008
Un modo ritrovato di fare esperienza: una via di uscita per l‘identità dei giovani,
in ―Appunti di Cultura e Politica‖, XXXl, 5: 31-38.
2008
L‘assemblea del circolo: We Can solo se I Care, in ―Appunti di Cultura e
Politica‖, XXXl, 3: 29-32.
Giovani e adulti. Il guscio anomico della società italiana, in ―Lettera FIM‖ I, 1:
29-37.
2008
2007
2005
Rinnovare la politica: la dimensione culturale e l‘onestà intellettuale, in ―Appunti
di Cultura e Politica‖, XXX, 6: 26-30.
L‘autonomia: quanto è difficile, in ―Lettera FIM‖, 5/6: 21-25.
2003
Costruzioni identitarie di giovani adulti. Il racconto di sé, la sfera privata e i suoi
oggetti, in ―Rassegna Italiana di Sociologia‖, XLIV: 609-624.
2003
Lo spettacolo del dolore oltre il senso del luogo: l‘esperienza dell‘11 Settembre, in
G. Bechelloni e A. Natale (curr.) Narrazioni mediali dopo l'undici settembre.
Dialoghi e conflitti interculturali. Roma: Mediascape: 57-66.
2003
Raccontarsi per ritrovarsi: dalle biografie di 50 giovani un circolo virtuoso, in ―Il
Nuovo - New Auxology‖, VII, 2: 3-4.
2002
Le camere-Sé dei giovani adulti: spazi transizionali per l‘autonomizzazione?, in
―Il Nuovo - New Auxology‖, VI: 4: 5.
Conference Papers
2011
Simmel‘s Double Boundary and the Cosmopolitan Experience in Europe:
Strangers, Wanderers and Blasé Individuals. International Conference
―Classical sociology beyond the nation-state? The quest for today‘s Europe‖,
Italian Sociological Association, University of Salerno, October 6-7.
2010
Playing as reality: youngsters experience in late modernity, International
Conference ―Young and the Challenges of the Future‖, University of Rome
―La Sapienza‖, November 3-4.
2009
Young Workers and Trade Unionists: Images, Perceptions and Identities, 4th
Conference Young People & Societies in Europe and Around the
Mediterranean: ―Young people, Europe, the Mediterranean. Territories,
Identities, Policies‖, International Sociological Association, Forlì (Italy)
March 26th-28th.
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2009
How to do Words with Things, 2nd Conference ―Philosophy and Literature‖:
―Word & Disclosure‖, Gonzaga University, Florence, February 19th-21st.
2008
Self and Other Recognition. The Experience of Travel: Old and New
meanings Gonzaga in Florence Faculty Pro-Seminar, October 9.
2003
The Adolescent Room, 1st Conference ―Quo vadis juvenis. Erich Fromm and
Beyond: Life Styles, Values and Character of the European Youth‖,
International Erich Fromm Society (Tubingen), Bologna, 3-5 October.
2003
The Young Italian: Oneself without the Other, 6th Conference of the European
Sociological Association ―Ageing Societies, New Sociology‖, Murcia, Spain,
23-26 September.
2003
Cultural Conflicts in Interpersonal Communication, 2nd ―Italo-Brasilian
Conference in Media and Cultural Studies‖, University of Florence, 13-14
June.
2001
The Private Sphere, its Objects and the Narration of the Self, 5th Conference
of the European Sociological Association ―Visions and Divisions‖, August 28
- September 1, Helsinki.
Working Papers (Research Reports)
2008
FIM-CISL trade unionists: images, perceptions and identities, FIM-CISL
(Lombardy).
2007
The Future of Prato: Entrepreneur‘s Cultures and Attitudes, PIN, Laboratory
of Applied Economy (University of Florence).
2006
Urban Socio-Cultural effects, Faculty of Architecture, University of
Florence.
2006
Cultural, Communicative and Organizational Obstacles, Public Sanitary
Agency.
2005
Inside School. Youth and Culture, ASEL, Institute of Social and Economic
Research, Prato.
2005
The Metropolitan Train: Economic, Social and Cultural Consequences;
Youngsters between School and Work: the Myth of Specialization, ASEL,
Institute of Social and Economic Research, Prato.
Professional Activities
1999-2010
Member of the Research Network ―Biographical Perspective on European
Societies‖, European Sociological Association.
2010
Member of the Board of ASAUI (Association of Scholars at American
Universities in Italy).
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2007-2010
Consultant (Professional training & coaching): ―Relationship among
Generations‖; ―Ethic, Culture and Communication within Organizations‖;
―Social, Cultural and Economic Capital‖, CISL.
2001-2010
Member of ―Labyrinth‖, Permanent Seminary, Philosophy of Social
Sciences, University of Florence.
2005-2010
Evaluator & Review Expert, Sixth and Seventh Framework Programme:
Cultural interactions in an international perspective, Major trends in society
and their implications. European Commission, EC Science and Society,
Bruxelles.
2007-2009
Consultant (Research): ―FIM-CISL trade unionists: images, perceptions and
identities‖, FIM-CISL (Lombardy).
2006-2007
Consultant (Research): ―The Future of Prato: Entrepreneur‘s Cultures and
Attitudes‖, PIN Prato, Applied Economy (University of Florence).
2006-2007
Consultant (Teaching): ―Communication and negotiation strategies‖, CAFCA
Consulting, Torino.
2005-2006
Consultant (Research): ―Urban Socio-Cultural effects‖, Faculty of
Architecture, University of Florence.
2005-2006
Consultant: Sociology of Tourism, National Academy of Tourism, Fiesole.
2004-2006
Consultant (Research): ―Cultural, Communicative and Organizational
Obstacles. The introduction of new working instruments‖, ASL (Public
Sanitary Agency), Department of Prevention and Epidemiology.
2004-2005
Consultant (Researches): ―Inside School: Youth and Culture; Metropolitan
Train: Social Consequences; Women and Entrepreneurship; Social Capital in
Italy; Safety and Danger in the City; School and Work‖. ASEL, Institute of
Social Research (funded by: Prato Province; Tuscan Region, Firenze, Prato
and Pistoia Chambers of Commerce).
2003
Consultant (Research): ―Youngsters: Feelings and Actions‖, Social
Observatory, Pistoia Province.
2002-2003
Consultant: Mediascape (Publisher), Roma-Firenze.
2000-2002
Didactic Coordinator and Counselor: European M.A. in Media,
Communication and Cultural Studies, University of Florence.
1999-2000
Consultant: constitution of the Bilateral Cooperation Agreements: University
of Florence and Universiteit van Amsterdam; University of Florence and
University of Texas at Austin.
1999-2000
Consultant: constitution of the European M.A. in Media, Communication and
Cultural Studies (Florence, Bradford, Dijon, Kassel, London);
1998-2003
Consultant (Professional training): Tuscany Region, FIL, Hypercampo
Foundation.
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Major Areas of Specialization
Disciplines
Sociology, Cultural Anthropology, Cultural Studies, Communication Studies, Social
Psychology, Political Science, Human Development, Qualitative and Quantitative Research
Methods, Biographical and Narrative approach.
Themes
Individual and Collective Identities; European Socio-Cultural Integration; Social, Cultural,
Symbolic and Economic Capital; Education in Comparative Perspective; Modernization and
Cultural Globalization; Media, Self and Society; Values and Self-Identity; the passage from
Youth to Adulthood; Human Development in a Comparative Perspective (American,
Northern European and Mediterranean Cultural Heritage).
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Silvia Catitti, Ph.D.
via Giacomo Matteotti 42, 50014 Fiesole (Florence), Italy
phone / fax: (+39) 055 599 638 - cell.phone: (+39) 338 67 51 908
[email protected]
Place/Date of Birth:
Rome, Italy, December 2, 1969
Education:
Dottorato (Ph.D.) in History of Architecture, University of Rome ―la
Sapienza‖, Department of Architectural History, Restoration, and
Conservation
Dissertation: ―The Laurentian Library in Florence: Project and
Building History from Michelangelo to the 20th Century,‖ advisor: A.
Bruschi
Laurea (MA) in Architecture; specialization: ―Preservation and
Reuse of Architectural Patrimony‖
University of Rome ―la Sapienza‖,
First School of Architecture ―Ludovico Quaroni‖
Thesis: ―La Cappella Carafa in Santa Maria sopra Minerva in Roma,‖
advisor: A. Bruschi, readers: P. Zampa, F. P. Fiore
Languages:
Italian (mother tongue)
English (excellent)
Latin (written, good)
Computer Programs:
Autocad, Excel, Powerpoint, Microsoft Word
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Adjunct Professor

The Institute at Palazzo Rucellai, Florence:
- ―The Villa and the Garden‖ (2006-current)
- ―Advanced Architectural Design Studio‖ (2006-2007)

New York University in Florence, Florence:
- ―Architectural Design: Art Installation in Florence (2007-2008)
Architect: Enrolled in professional association in Florence since 2005, matriculation
number 6592
- free-lance, Florence and Rome (2004-current)
- remodeling and interior design for private residences
- furniture design (bookcases, tables, doors, iron works, and units for
bathrooms/kitchens)
- Studio F. S. Battaglia, Rome, interior designer, architectural assistant (19902002)
- remodeling and interior design for private residences and offices in Rome,
Florence, Venice, Sapri
- restoration of the 19th-century Church of Saint Peter Apostle in Anizok, Equatorial
Guinea
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furniture design (bookcases, tables, doors, iron works, and units for
bathrooms/kitchens)
design of gardens and terraces
Jewelry Designer

Free-lance, Florence and Rome (2004-current):
- creation of necklaces, bracelets, and earrings out of collectibles
Exhibition Curator

Casa Buonarroti Foundation, Florence:
co-curator of the section on the Vestibule of Michelangelo‘s Laurentian Library
(Florence), in the exhibition ―Michelangelo at San Lorenzo,‖ P. Ruschi ed. (June 20–
November 12, 2007)
Translator and Editor

Specialized in Art and Architectural History (2001-current)
PUBLICATIONS AND RESEARCH
Essays:

Michelangelo e la monumentalità nel ricetto: progetto, esecuzione e
interpretazione, in Michelangelo architetto a San Lorenzo. Quattro problemi aperti,
exhibition catalogue (Florence, Casa Buonarroti, June 20–November 12, 2007), P.
Ruschi ed., Florence, Mandragora, 2007, pp. 91-103

The Canonry of San Lorenzo and its Cloisters. Space and Use, in San Lorenzo.
Architecture, Liturgy, and Art in a Florentine Religious Community, eds. R. Gaston
and L.A. Waldman, Florence, Villa I Tatti (in preparation)

The Laurentian Library. Patronage and Building History, ivi (in preparation)
Articles:

―L‘architettura della cappella Carafa in Santa Maria sopra Minerva,‖ Annali di
architettura, 16, 2004, pp. 25-43

―The San Sebastianello Niche off the Spanish Steps: History, Topography, and
Architecture in Baroque Rome‖ (in preparation)

―The Balustrade from Donatello to Palladio: Origin, Function, and
Development‖ (in preparation)
LECTURES

Michelangelo‘s Approach to Architecture: From Design to Construction,
Invited Lecturer, Dutch Institute for Art History, Florence, June 26, 2009

La Biblioteca Laurenziana e il suo contesto, in San Lorenzo. A Florentine
Church, International Conference, J. Connors, R. Gaston, and L.A. Waldman eds.,
Villa I Tatti, Florence, May 27-30, 2009

Michelangelo e il disegno come strumento progettuale ed esecutivo, in
Michelangelo e il linguaggio del disegno di architettura, International Symposium, G.
Maurer and A. Nova eds., Kunsthistorisches Institut, Florence, January 29-31, 2009

Through Doors and Windows: A Look at Michelangelo‘s Approach to
Architecture, in Rethinking Michelangelo, Ray Smith Interdisciplinary Symposium,
G. Radke ed., Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York, October 3-5, 2008
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RELEVANT COURSEWORK

project for private housing in Rome, piazzale Tiburtino (Architectural
Composition, I, Prof. Arch. P. Angeletti)

project for a Maritime Museum in Rome, along the river banks, lungotevere
delle Navi (Architectural Composition, II, Prof. Arch. M. Nicoletti)

project for the Third University Campus in Rome, Valco San Paolo
(Architectural Composition, III, Prof. Arch. G. Moneta)

project for a Museum of Contemporary Arts in Rome, Borghetto Flaminio
(Architectural Composition, IV, Prof. Arch. P. Mongelli)

town planning for Acilia, suburban development in Rome (Urban Planning, I,
Prof. Arch. L. Fonti)

town planning for the historical acropolis of Anagni, Frosinone (Urban
Planning, II, Prof. Arch. P. Falini)

research on the traditional Japanese home: structure, function and space
(Architectural Typology and Morphology, Prof. Arch. R. Battistacci)

research on examples of recent bad urban design: the arrangement of piazza
Ettore Rolli in Rome (Landscape design, Prof. Arch. L. Soprani)

project for interior design and modular components of Raffaello, the Italian
space capsule for an international orbiting space-lab (Industrial design, Prof. Arch. F.
Zuccon)
TRANSLATIONS FROM ENGLISH
2005:
 Ondate rivoluzionarie. L‘arte del manifesto politico 1914-1989, a cura di Jeffrey T.
Schnapp, Milano (Skira) 2005
 Jill Dunkreton, La tecnica e il restauro dell‘Adorazione dei Magi del Bramantino,
Milano (Skira) 2005
2004:
 Tiziano, ed. Stefano Zuffi, Milan (Electa) 2004: John Pope-Hennessy, Sulle tracce di
Tiziano, pp. 11-31
 Botticelli e Filippino. L‘inquietudine e la grazia nella pittura fiorentina del
Quattrocento, exhibition catalogue, (Florence 2004), ed. Daniel Arasse, Pierluigi De
Vecchi and Jonathan Katz Nelson, Milan (Skira) 2004:
- Jonathan Katz Nelson, Filippino nei ruoli di discepolo, collaboratore e concorrente
del Botticelli, pp. 85-99; twenty two entries
 Filippino Lippi. ―Un bellissimo ingegno‖, exhibition catalogue, (Prato 2004), ed.
Maria Pia Mannini, Florence (Giunti) 2004:
- Jonathan Katz Nelson, Filippino Lippi e Prato, pp. 13-25; seven entries
 Filippino Lippi e Pietro Perugino. La Deposizione della Santissima Annunziata e il
suo restauro, ed. Franca Falletti and Jonathan Katz Nelson, Leghorn (Sillabe) 2004:
- Jonathan Katz Nelson, La pala per l‘altar maggiore della Santissima Annunziata.
La funzione, la commissione, i dipinti e la cornice, pp. 22-43;
- Louis A. Waldman, Documenti inediti su Filippino Lippi e le sue opere, pp. 172-281
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2003:
 Michelangelo. Poesia e scultura, ed. Jonathan Katz Nelson, Milan (Electa) 2003:
Jonathan Katz Nelson, Michelangelo ―nuovo Apollo e nuovo Apelle‖: il canzoniere
mai edito e le sculture a confronto, pp. 4-23
2002:
 Venere e Amore. Michelangelo e la nuova bellezza ideale, exhibition catalogue
(Florence 2001-2002), ed. Franca Falletti and Jonathan Katz Nelson, Florence (Giunti)
2002:
- Richard Aste, Bartolomeo Bettini e la decorazione della sua camera fiorentina, pp.
3-25;
- Jonathan Katz Nelson, La ―Venere e Cupido‖ fiorentina: un nudo eroico femminile e
la potenza dell‘amore, pp. 27-63
REFERENCES
 Prof. Arch. Carlo Achilli, Florence and Orvieto, [email protected]
 Prof. Barbara Deimling, director of Syracuse University in
[email protected]
 Prof. Arch. Pietro Ruschi, Florence and Udine, [email protected]
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Florence,
Peter J.E. Fischer, PhD
Citizenship
Address
Office Phone
Mobile phone
Email
Germany
Via B. Fortini, 54, 50125 Florence, Italy (permanent residence)
+39.055-2645910
+39.335-42.95.75
[email protected]
EDUCATION
Postgraduate Studies
1983–1986 European University Institute (EUI), Florence, Department of History and
Civilization; Final Examination: Ph.D. (awarded degree: “Doctor of the European
University Institute in History and Civilization”).
University Studies
1972–1979 Rheinisch-Westfälisch-Technische Hochschule (RWTH), Aachen, Germany.
Departments: Philosophy, Sociology, Art History; Final Examination: Magister Artium
(M.A.).
Languages
German: mother tongue
English and Italian: fluent (excellent speaking, reading, writing)
French: (basic reading knowledge)
EMPLOYMENT RECORD AND TEACHING EXPERIENCE
08/2002-present
The Institute at Palazzo Rucellai, Florence; Professor of
History, (course subjects: Modern Italian Political History, Food
History, Sustainability Studies); from 01/2009-present,
Associate Director for Special Projects; from 09/2009-present,
Head of the “Sustainable Agriculture and Food Studies
Program”.
08/2009-present
Gonzaga University in Florence; Professor of History (course
subjects: Modern Italian Political History).
08/2002-04/2009
The Umbra Institute, Perugia; Professor of History (course
subjects: Modern Italian Political History, Food History).
06/2001-05/2005
Richmond College, Florence; Professor of History and
Sociology (course subjects: Modern Italian State and Society).
02/1998-05/2001
Lorenzo de‟ Medici Institute, Florence; Professor of Italian
Studies (course subjects: Italian Cultural Studies).
01/1993-12/1997
European University Institute, Florence; from 04/198712/1997, Department of History and Civilization - Research
Associate and Research Fellow; from 06-12/1986, Special
Advisor to the President of the European University Institute,
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Prof. Werner Maihofer, for the establishment of a specialized
library at the „Historical Archives of the European
Communities‟ in Florence.
04/1990-10/1992
Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik, Ebenhausen, Germany;
„International Nuclear History Project‟; Research Associate.
PUBLIC LECTURES AND PRESENTATIONS
03 March 2009
„Cesare Barbieri Endowment Lecture‟ on “Italy‟s Culinary
Renaissance” at Trinity College, Hartford (CT).
27 Febr 2009
“Sustainable Agriculture in a Historical and Cultural Perspective”,
Presentation to the Faculty of the College of Agriculture and
Natural Resources, University of Connecticut, Storrs (CT).
23 Febr 2009
“How to engage American students in local context", Faculty
Toolkit Presentation, Schreyer Honors College, Penn State
University, University Park (PA).
10 Febr 2009
„Uguccione Ranieri di Corbello Lecture‟ on “From The Culinary
Risorgimento to the Triumph of Italian Cuisine. The Definition
Of Italianness Through Food in the 19th and 20th Century” at the
Uguccione Ranieri di Sorbello Foundation, Perugia.
29 March 2003
“Machiavelli and Beyond. Teaching History and Social Sciences
on AACUPI programs”, Annual AACUPI Conference at the
„Casa Machiavelli‟ San Casciano, Florence.
CONFERENCE PAPERS
11-13 Sept 1990
“Zwischen Abschreckung und Verteidigung. Die Anfänge
bundesdeutscher Nuklearpolitik (1952-1957)” at the conference
“Das Nordatlantische Bündnis 1946-1956”, Militärgschichtliches
Forschungsamt, Freiburg i.Br.
22 June 1990
“Adenauer: „Wir müssen sie produzieren‟. Das Projekt einer
Trilateralen Nuklearkooperation”, paper presented at the
workshop “The Project of a French-German-Italian Nuclear
Cooperation” of the French section of the NHP (Groupe
d‟Ềtudes français d‟Histoire de l‟Armament nucléaire –
GREFHAN), Paris.
25 May 1990
“Die Rezeption der US Nuklearstrategie in Bonn (1953-1957)“;
Workshop “NHP-Kolloquium zu Fragen der deutschen
Nukleargeschichte”, Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik,
Ebenhausen.
09-10 Nov 1989
“Möglichkeiten und Grenzen westeuropäischer
Nuklearkooperation (1954-1958)”, paper presented at the
meeting of the Geman section of te “Nuclear History Program”,
Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik, Ebenhausen.
20-22 Sept 1989
“West German Rearmament and the Nuclear Challenge”, paper
presented at the conference “NATO and the Founding of the
Atlantic Alliance”, jointly organized by the Harry S. Truman
Library Institute for National and International Affairs and the
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University of Missouri-St. Louis at the Harry as Truman Library,
Missouri (MO).
15-17 Nov 1988
“The History of the German Social Democratic Party and its
Attitude to European Integration”, paper presented at the
conference “Socialist Parties and the European Question in the
1950s”, European University Institute, Florence.
03-05 May 1988
“Fundament und Dach der Europaeischen Integration zugleich?
das Projekt der Europaeischen Politischen Gemeinschaft und
seine Bedeutung für die Bonner Außenpolitik”, paper presented
at the conference “Die Eingliederung der Bundesrepublik
Deutschland in die westliche Welt vom Ende der vierziger bis
zum Ende der fünfziger Jahre”, Institut für Zeitgeschichte,
München.
ACADEMIC PUBLICATIONS
Books:
 Atomenergie und staatliches Interesse: Die Anfänge der Atompolitik in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland 1949-1955, Baden-Baden: Nomos 1994.
Articles:
 The Origins of the Federal Republic of Germany´s Space Policy 1959-1965 European and National Dimensions, Report ESA HSR-4 (Noordwijk: ESA, January
1994).

Zwischen Abschreckung und Verteidigung. Die Anfänge bundesdeutscher Nuklearpolitik (1952-1957), in: Das Nordatlantische Bündnis 1949-1956, edited by Klaus A.
Maier and Norbert Wiggershaus, München: Oldenbourg 1993, pp. 273-292.

Articles “Europäische Atomgemeinschaft”, “Europäische Politische Gemeinschaft”
and “Fouchet-Pläne”, in: Sachwörterbuch der Europäischen Gemeinschaften, Stuttgart: Kröner 1993.

Die Reaktion der Bundesregierung auf die Nuklearisierungsproblematik (1952-1958),
in: Militärgeschichtliche Mitteilungen, edited by Militärgeschichtlichen Forschungsamt Freiburg, 52 (1993), No. 1, pp. 105-132.

Das Projekt einer trilateralen Nuklearkooperation. Französisch-deutsch-italienische
Geheimverhandlungen 1957/1958, in: Historisches Jahrbuch, 1992, 112. Jg., 1 Hb.,
pp. 143-156.

West German Rearmament and the Nuclear Challenge, in: Francis F. Heller, John
Gillingham (Hrsg.), NATO. The Founding of the Atlantic Alliance and the Integration of Europe, New York: St. Martin‟s Press 1991, pp. 381-401.

Die Bundesrepublik und das Projekt einer Europäischen Politischen Gemeinschaft,
in: L. Herbst, W. Bührer, H. Sowade (eds.), Vom Marshallplan zur EWG. Die
Eingliederung der Bundesrepublik in die westliche Welt, München: Oldenbourg 1990,
pp. 279-299.

Die Anfänge der Atompolitik in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland im Spannungsfeld
von Kontrolle, Kooperation und Konkurrenz, Ph.D. Thesis, European University
Institute, Florence 1989.
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ARTICLES OF GENERAL INTEREST
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“Ernte Italien. 53 Millionen Hektoliter, der niedrigste Gesamtertrag seit 30 Jahren”,
VINUM – Das Internationale Weimagazin 1-2/1996, p. 45.
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“Lagenweine in Italien: Die Crux mit den Crus (Piemont/Toskana)”, VINUM – Das
Internationale Weimagazin 12/1995, pp. 32-37.
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“Italien, das Rebsortenparadies. Verkannte Rebsorten in Italien”, VINUM – Das
Internationale Weimagazin 11/1995, pp. 26-28.
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“Das ABC der italienischen Bar”, VINUM – Das Internationale Weimagazin
11/1995, pp. 50-51.
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“Toskana (Guide Vinum): Vino Nobile di Montepulciano 1991, Brunello 1990, Chianti Classico 1993”, VINUM – Das Internationale Weimagazin 10/1995, pp. 60-65.
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“Maremma im Aufbruch: Rückseite der Toskana”, VINUM – Das Internationale
Weimagazin 10/1995, pp. 36-43.
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“Südtirol - Aufstand der Autochtonen”, VINUM – Das Internationale Weimagazin
7-8/1995, pp. 40-51.
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“Sassicaia: ein Mythos in der Retrospektive”, VINUM – Das Internationale
Weimagazin 6/1995, p. 91.
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“Kalabrien (Guide Vinum)”, VINUM – Das Internationale Weimagazin 5/1995, p.
65.
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“Kalabrien: Kampf zwischen Licht und Schatten”, VINUM – Das Internationale
Weimagazin 5/1995, pp. 38-43.
RELEVANT ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCES
06-12/2000
Proposal, Organization and Execution of the International
Conference “MITOS. Il Mito del Vino Italiano” from 12/7 to
12/8 at Santa Maria Della Scala, Siena; Chair on the panel
„Origine ed evoluzione della cutura del vino in toscana‟”.
01-12/1995
Collaboration (free lance) with the international wine journal
“VINUM”, Zurich.
02/1993 - 10/1994 Member of the administrative council of the cultural association
“Amici della Lingua tedesca”, Florence.
1994/1996
Development of the executive project “Creation of a German
School in Florence”.
03/1985 - 1989
Organization of seminars and international conferences on the
subject of European integration, „European University
Institute‟, Florence.
05/1984 - 12/1985 Foundation and organization of the “European Forum”,
„European University Institute‟, Florence.
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Michael W. Kwakkelstein
Nationality:
Address:
Home tel.
Cell phone
E-mail
EDUCATION:
18/10/1994
Art Historian
Dutch
Via dell‘Oliveta 4, Poggio Ugolino
50023 Impruneta (Fi), Italy
055-2301328
388-0609748
[email protected]
Doctoral degree in Art History, Department of Art History,
University of Leiden, The Netherlands
Dissertation title:
Leonardo da Vinci as a physiognomist. Theory and drawing practice
17/6/1988
M.A. degree in Art History, Department of Art History, University
of Leiden
EMPLOYMENT RECORD:
9/2008-present
Director Dutch University Institute for Art History, Florence/
Honorary Professor of Art History, University of Utrecht
1/2006-present
Professor of Art History, The Institute at Palazzo Rucellai, Florence
1/2006-9/2008
Associate Director for Academic affairs, The Institute at Palazzo
Rucellai, Florence
1/2006-7/2008
Professor of Art History, The Umbra Institute, Perugia
1/2005 – 31/12/2005
Chief curator, Department of Fine Arts, The Teyler Museum,
Haarlem
9-12/2004
Professor of Art History, The Institute at Palazzo Rucellai, Florence
5-6/2004
Professor of Art History (summer course ‗The history of
aesthetics‘), Gonzaga University, Florence
3/1999-12/2003
The Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research Senior
Research Fellow/The Dutch University Institute for Art History in
Florence
9-10/2002
Visiting Professor, The Royal Dutch Institute in Rome
4/2002- present
Guide in Italy for Dutch academic tour operator ‗Academische
Reizen‘, Amsterdam.
9/2000-9/2002
Professor of Art History, Institute for Art History, University of
Amsterdam
5/1999-4/2000
Member Steering and Advisory Committee, Exhibition Rubens,
Holbein and the Dance of Death: On the acquisition of a
sketchbook, Rubenshuis, Antwerp
4/1999
Visiting Professor, Department of Art History, University of Leiden
9/1996-9/1998
Postdoctoral Research Fellow/Professor of Art History, Department
of Art History, University of Leiden
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5/1996-3/1997
Lecturer, Glerum Actioneer‘s of Art and Antique, The Hague
3/1996-1/1997
Lecturer, Adult Education Centre, The Hague.
9/1995-3/1996
Member Advisory Committee Exhibition Leonardo da Vinci
Artist, Scientist, Inventor, Kunsthal, Rotterdam.
3/1993-1/1994
The Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research Postgraduate
Research Fellow/Department of Art History, University of Leiden
3/1989-3/1993
Postgraduate Research Fellow/Lecturer, Department of Art History,
University of Leiden
1-3/1990
Visiting Lecturer, Società Dante Alighieri, The Hague
1/1987-5/1990
9/1986-9/1987
Lecturer, Adult Education Centre, Vlaardingen
Assistant Keeper of Collections, Leiden University Print Room,
Leiden
6-11/1985
Member Steering and Advisory Committee exhibition Old Master
Drawings from the Print Room of the University of Leiden, Institut
Néerlandais, Paris
RELEVANT ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCES
 Numerous lectures on Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Raphael and various aspects of Italian
Renaissance culture (1985-present)
 Organizer of symposium on Michelangelo (17 October 2005), The Concert Hall, Haarlem
 Hosting Her Royal Highness Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands at the opening of the exhibition:
Michelangelo at the Teyler Museum, Haarlem (4 October 2005)
 General editor of the book: Michelangelo. De hand van een genie, Haarlem 2005 (Dutch edition of
Michelangelo. Closer to the Master by Hugo Chapman). This publication accompanies the
international exhibition on Michelangelo‘s drawings held at the Teyler Museum, Haarlem (4
October 2005-8 January 2006).
 Reader for The Journal of the Warburg and Courtauld Institutes, University of London (1997)
 Annual Leonardo da Vinci Lecture, Birkbeck College, University of London (20.10.1995)
ACADEMIC AWARDS:
 Dissertation Fellowship Leiden University (1989-1993)
 Postdoctoral Fellowship Leiden University (1996-1998)
 Postdoctoral Fellowship The Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (1999-2003)
 Jan van Gelder Prize in Art History 1991/1992 for the essay: ―Leonardo da Vinci‘s grotesque
heads and the breaking of the physiognomic mould‖, Journal of the Warburg and Courtauld
Institutes, 54(1991), pp. 127-136.
PUBLICATIONS
Books
Drawing from models: Leonardo da Vinci‘s working methods as a painter and sculptor, c. 300 pp.
(forthcoming)
Hugo Chapman, Michelangelo. De hand van een genie, Haarlem 2005 (editor).
Willem Goeree. Inleydinge Tot de Al-ghemeene Teycken-konst (Middelburg 1668). Een kritische
geannoteerde editie, Leiden (Primavera Pers) 1998, 168 pp.
Leonardo da Vinci as a Physiognomist. Theory and Drawing Practice, Leiden (Primavera Pers) 1994,
233 pp.
Articles
2007
 ―Giorgione‖, Cultoura, 35, no. 137, p. 5.
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―The Development of the Figure Study in the Early Work of Raphael‖, in H. van Veen (ed.), The
Translation of Raphael‘s Roman Style, Groningen Studies in Cultural Change, vol. XXII,
Leuven/Paris/Dudley, MA, pp. 21-34.
 Book review of Dennis Geronimus, Piero di Cosimo : Visions Beautiful and Strange, (New
Haven, Yale University Press 2006) in Renaissance Quarterly, 60, no.3, pp. 918-919.
 ―Ambrogio Lorenzetti‖, Cultoura, 35, no. 136, p. 5
 ―Perugia. Centrum van Renaissancekunst‖, Cultoura, 35, no. 134, p. 34.
2006
 ―Gentile da Fabriano‖, Cultoura, 33, no. 129, p. 5
2005
 ―Michelangelo en ontleedkunde in de Renaissance‖, Teylers Magazijn, no. 88, pp. 16-23.
 ―De menselijke figuur in de tekenkunst‖, Teylers Magazijn, no. 87, pp. 10-12.
 ―Carlo Crivelli‖, Cultoura, 32, no. 125, p. 25.
2004
 ―New copies by Leonardo after Pollaiuolo and Verrocchio and his use of an écorché model. Some
notes on his working method as an anatomist‖, Apollo, vol. CLIX, no. 503, pp. 21-29.
 ―Perugino in Verrocchio‘s workshop: the transmission of an antique striding stance‖, Paragone,
vol. 55-56, pp. 47-61.
2003
 ―The Use of Sculptural models by the Master of the Pala Sforzesca‖, Raccolta Vinciana 30, pp.
149-178.
 ―The Meaning and Attribution of the Luigi Gallandt Terracotta Reconsidered‖, Raccolta Vinciana,
30, pp. 133-146.
2002
 ―The Young Leonardo and the Antique‖, in: ‗Aux Quatre Vents‘. A Festschrift for Bert W. Meijer,
A. Boschloo, E. Grasman and G. J. van der Sman (eds.), Florence, pp. 25-32.
 ―The Model‘s Pose: Raphael‘s Early Use of Antique and Italian Art‖, Artibus et Historiae, 46, pp.
37-60.
 ―Leonardo and the Low Countries‖, Kleine K, February, pp. 7-11.
2001
 ―Leonardo da Vinci‘s Drawings of Monstrous Heads: Creative Inventions or Observed
Realities?‖, in: W. Pirsig and J. Willemot (eds.), Ear, Nose and Throat in Culture, Oostende, pp.
223-242.
 ―Filippino Lippi en Sandro Botticelli: fragmenten van een studieblad, ca. 1472‖, in: N. Bartelings,
B. de Klerck, E.J. Sluijter (eds.) Uit het Leidse Prentenkabinet. Over tekeningen, prenten en foto‘s
bij het afscheid van Anton Boschloo, Leiden, pp. 15-18.
2000
 ―Verrocchio‘s Drawing of Infants at the Louvre: Sources and Influence‖, Kunstlicht, 21, 3-4, pp.
31-35.
 ―Tekenen naar beelden en spierpoppen in de werkplaats van Leonardo da Vinci‖, Desipientia, 7,
1, pp. 4-11.
 ―Copying Prints as an aspect of artistic training in the Renaissance‖, in: K. L. Belkin and C.
Depauw, Images of Death. Rubens copies Holbein, Antwerp, pp. 35-62.
 ―Tekenen naar prentkunst in de opleiding van de schilder tussen circa 1470 en 1600‖, in: K. L.
Belkin en C. Depauw, Beelden van de dood. Rubens kopieert Holbein, Antwerp, pp. 35-62.
1999
 ―The Lost Book on ‗Moti Mentali‘‖ in: Leonardo‘s Writings and Theory of Art, edited with
introductions by Claire J. Farago, New York, pp. 216-229.
 ―Leonardo da Vinci‘s Grotesque Heads and the Breaking of the Physiognomical Mould‖, in:
Leonardo‘s Science and Technology: Essential Readings for the Non-scientist, edited with
introductions by Claire J. Farago, New York, pp. 195-204.
 ―The Use of Sculptural Models by Italian Renaissance Painters: Leonardo da Vinci‘s Madonna of
the Rocks Reconsidered in Light of his Working Procedures‖, Gazette des Beaux-Arts, 133, pp.
181-198.
1998
 ―Botticelli, Leonardo and a Morris dance‖, Print Quarterly, XV, 1, pp. 3-14.
1997
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―Two Weimar Drawings Rediscovered‖, Achademia Leonardi Vinci, X, pp. 197-198.
―Willem Goeree and Leonardo‘s Theories on Painting‖, Achademia Leonardi Vinci, X, pp. 134140.
1996
 ―De eerste Nederlandse editie van Leonardo da Vinci‘s Paragone‖, Incontri. Rivista europea di
studi italiani, 2, pp. 104-105.
1993
 ―Teste di vecchi in buon numero‖, Raccolta Vinciana, XXV, pp. 39-62.
 ―The Lost Book on moti mentali‖, Achademia Leonardi Vinci, VI, pp. 56-66.
1991
 ―Leonardo da Vinci‘s Grotesque Heads and the Breaking of the Physiognomical Mould‖, Journal
of the Warburg and Courtauld Institutes, LIV, pp. 127-136.
1989
 ―Goltzius‘portret naar Mostaert gebruikt voor twee prenten‖, Delineavit et sculpsit, 1, pp. 2-3.
1985
 ―Twee tekeningen van Roelant Roghman‖, in J. Bolten (ed.), Oude tekeningen van het
Prentenkabinet der Rijksuniversiteit te Leiden, The Hague/Amsterdam, pp. 194-196.
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Tiziano Lucchesi
86 Via Samminiatese, 56027 San Miniato (Pisa), Italy
phone: +39 0550129415
cell: +39 340.6172675
[email protected]
EDUCATION
1995-2000
Academy of Fine Arts, Florence, Italy
Degree: Masters cum laude (laurea)
Concentration: Set design and fresco restoration
Minors: art history (Roman, medieval, modern, Tuscan Renaissance), ancient and modern
pictoral technique, sculpture
Thesis: "Il Restauratore nel tempo" ("The Restorer throughout the ages")
1998
Concorso di scultura Pietra Lavorata
Diploma in Stone-working, Arezzo
1997
Associazione Arte del territorio ― PI ―
Diploma of Photography, Pisa
1990-1995
Art Institute of Florence (Istituto Statale d‘Arte di Firenze)
1995: Diploma in Applied Arts
1993: Diploma in Fine Arts
APPRENTICESHIPS
2000
Restoration of sixteenth-century frescoes by Giovanni di San Giovanni removed from a
chapel in Piazza Santissima Annunziata, Florence, under the direction of Doctor Maricetta
Parlatore
Cathedral of San Miniato, San Miniato (Pisa)
1999
Project assistant at the Accademia, Florence
Cleaning of thirteenth century paintings on panel under the supervision of Doctor Maricetta
Parlatore, Docent of Restoration at the Accademia
Project assistant at the Museum of San Marco, Florence
Cleaning of thirteenth century paintings on panel under the supervision of Doctor Maricetta
Parlatore, Docent of Restoration at the Accademia
PROFESSIONAL TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Subjects taught: : History and technique of buon fresco; restoration of works of art on walls;
antique techniques; history of painting and pigments from prehistory to the twentieth century;
gilding; precepts for creating art on walls according to ancient and modern texts; painting in
the time of the Medicis; history of Florence; drawing; painting with modern and ancient
techniques; mosaic; furnishing; cabinet-making; set design; the workshop of the Renaissance
(preparation of materials for all the painting materials according to the antique instructions),
Old Master Techniques, Oil painting.
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2003-present
Istituto per l‟Arte e il Restauro, Palazzo Spinelli, Via Maggio, 13, Florence
Instructor of the history and technique of fresco and restoration of art on walls
January 2006 – June 2006
Institute of Liberal Arts, Palazzo Rucellai, Via della Vigna Nuova, 18, Florence
Instructor of the methodology and technique of buon freso, history of the fresco, and history
of the Renaissance. Old Master Techniques, Oil Painting, anatomic drawing.
From 2005 as needed
L‟Accademia d‟Arte Ad‟A
Instructor of the methodology and technique of buon fresco, history and technique of mosaic,
and the history of pigments
OTHER WORK EXPERIENCE
2009
Director of the restoration of the nineteenth century skylight and ceiling owned by Guadagni
Family collocated in Piazza Santo Spirito Florence
2008
Instructor: Palazzo Pitti – Medici Chapel - Florence
Consolidation and restoration of a mural painted of the first half of the eighteenth century by
Luigi ademollo in collaboration with the restoration firm of Lidia Cinelli, Florence
(Soprintendenza per i beni culturali di Firenze)
2008
Director of Restoration: Two ceiling painted in XXth century, consolidation and retouching
2006-2007-(2008)
Instructor: Paradiso degli Aberti, Florence
Consolidation and restoration of a series of frescoes in the former monastery of Saint Brigid
from the first half of the fourteenth century in collaboration with the restoration firm of
Fabrizio Jacopini, Castelfiorentino, Florence
2006
Director of the restoration site: Eighteenth century palazzo owned by the Merlo family
Removal of a decoration done with ‗falso fresco‘ from a ceiling of 43 square yards
May-June 2006
Restorer: Main chapel of the Sanctuary of Cosma e Damiano, Raice (Reggio Calabria)
Complete restoration of the paintings ―a secco‖ by Zimatore Grillo in 1914.
2005
Director of the restoration site: Istituto Geografico Militare, Florence
Cleaning, consolidation, and retouching of a painting ―fresco secco‖ from the seventeenth
century depicting the Natività
May-June 2005
Director of the restoration site: Palazzo dei Duchi d‘Acquaviva – ATRI – Pescara (Abruzzo)
Complete restoration including the reconstruction of 80 % of the ―arriccio‖ of a sixteenth
century fresco depicting the Natività
2004
Director of the restoration site: Palazzo Galletti, via di Sant‘Egidio, Florence
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Cleaning, consolidation, and retouching of a painting ―fresco secco‖ from the nineteenth
century depicting landscapes
Restorer: Chiesa del Sacro Cuore in Ponte a Egola, Florence
Discovery and restoration of the vault in the apse and transept decorated with the technique of
―fresco secco‖
2003
Restorer: Eleventh-century parish church of San Leonardo in Cerreto Guidi, Florence
Discovery and complete restoration of eighteenth century decoration
Restorer, Director of operations: Church of Saints Jacob and Lucy called San Domenico
Conservation and retouching of faux marble decoration
Restorer: Parish of San Miniato Basso (Pisa)
Discovery and complete restoration of eighteenth century frescoes and altars in faux marble
2002
Restorer: Cathedral of San Miniato
Complete restoration of faux marble and stucco in three chapels, the side nave, the portico,
and the transept dating from the eighteenth century
2001
Restorer: Church of San Martino a Palaia (Pisa)
Restoration of a neoclassico altar in stucco and faux marble
Restorer: Collegiata di Santa Maria a Monte (Pisa)
Complete restoration of three frescoes by Luigi Ademolli (eighteenth century) in the vault of
the apse
SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS
 Thorough knowledge of ancient techniques and artistic precepts described in the moststudied art manuscripts.
 Teacher of five years experience in various Florence institutes
 Restoration of works of art on walls since 2000, including participation in interventions of
art historical interest
 Since 1995 independent creation of more than 100 works of fresco for public and private
patrons for a total area of 2,150 square yards including the outside of a rectory, a town
hall, façades in historic centers, and a number of interiors of villas, hotels, and pubs
 Ability to paint on supports of my own creation using ancient or modern techniques in
keeping with the concept of pictorial-figurative and technical-material as shown in
various exhibitions
 More than 250 works of art in various materials including buon fresco, encausto, egg
tempera, wax, oil, mosaico, and faux marble (Affreschi, Freschi secchi, finti freschi,
pitura a calce, Encausto, encausticizzazione, Graffiti Antichi e moderni, trompe l‘oeil,
grottesche medievali, decorazioni ambientali, false superfici Tempere a uovo, colle,cera,
cera fredda, cero – resine, tempera grassa,oli, oleo-Resine,caseina, Mosaico, Finti marmi
a scagliola, finti marmi a sapone, acrilici, lavabili, stereocromia silicati, poliuretanici
catalizzati ecc.)
 Ability to work in a group acquired through work in touristic areas while a student and as
a stage manager
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SELECTED WORKS OF ART
 December 08 Decoration of the Hall ceiling in a Grand Hotel Miravalle- San Miniato Pisa
 July 2007 creation of big fresco in a little town on the Como Lake, Italy
 July 2007: creation of two works with the technique of buon fresco in Taceno, near Lake
Como, Italy
 February 2007 : creation of fresco inside the academy of art with my students
 February 2006, Cow Parade, Italy. Decoration of one 51 Italian cows displayed in the
plazzas of Italy. Sold at auction to benefit the Hospital Mayer in Florence
 August, September 2005, Parish of Saint Michael di Staffoli (Pisa). Painting in
stererochrome on the bell tower of a rectory with trompe l‘oeil
 October 2004, Parish of Saint Michael di Staffoli (Pisa). Painting in stereochrome on the
façade of the church depicting a saint and phrases in Latin. Creation from scratch of faux
architecture on all of the large windows that open along the sides of the building in
correspondence with the nave
EXHIBITIONS
 2000 Exhibition ― Giubileo‖, Church of San Domenico, San Miniato (Pisa)
 2001 Exhibition ―Il Gioco della Vita‖, San Miniato
 2003 Exhibition of two works Galleria d‘Arte, ―Atelier d‘Arte‖ di Franceschi Eliana,
Lucca
 2005 Personal Exhibition of 26 works, San Miniato (Pisa)
 2005 Exhibition of two works Galleria d‘Arte, ―Atelier d‘Arte‖ di Franceschi Eliana,
Lucca
 2006 Collective ―Oltre lo sguardo‖, Comune di San Miniato (Pisa)
 2006 Personal Exhibition of 30 works ―Momenti‖, San Miniato (Pisa)
 2006 Personal Exhibition of 12 works ―Senza titolo‖, Caffè Sant‘Ambrogio, Florence
 2006 Exhibition of three works Galleria d‘Arte, ―Atelier d‘Arte‖ di Franceschi Eliana,
Lucca
 2007 Personal Exhibition – Portraits, San Miniato (Pisa)
 2007 Personal Exhibition – Portraits, Villa Zappala, Turin
 2008 Personal Exhibition ―Speziali‖ castello di Lari PISA (Author Catalogue)
AWARDS AND HONORS
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Luglio 2009 Selection and Prize-giving by ―Muri d‘Autore‖ and Comune di Valloria –
Imperia for a painting door in the city
October 2008 Prize-giving by ―Muri d‘Autore‖ and Comune di Gavazzana –
Alessandria Mantova, for a mural painting in the city
September 2008 Prize-giving of the contest ―GUIDIZZOLO IN ARTE‖ held by the
Associazione Franco Bombana for a mural painting.
September 2007 Selection of the winner fresco for the ―Tazio Nuvolari Museum‖
Mantova
September 2007: winner of the contest ―GUIDIZZOLO IN ARTE‖ held by the
Associazione Franco Bombana for a work of buon fresco with the theme ―the colors of
speed‖ di un opera a Buon fresco su supporto con il tema ― I colori della Velocità
September 2007: recognition from the committee created by Vittorio Sgarbi for the
demonstration ―Marentino in Rebus,‖ organized by the Comune of Marentino (Torino)
and the Association of Muri d‘Autore, for the creation of a fresco on the façade of a
house in the historic center
February 2007: winner of the contet ―PARLARTI‖ – ―PARLASCO UN PAESE
AFFRESCATO‖; selected to paint with the technique of buon fresco a historic façade in
the Comune of Parlasco nella Valsassina
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COMPUTER SKILLS
 Ability to use Windows with specific knowledge of the programs related to pictures
 Familiarity with doing research on the internet and with using email
 Knowledge of programs useful for editino of photographs such as Adobe Photoshop and
coreldrow
LANGUAGES
Italian: native speaker
English: reading knowledge good, oral ability more than sufficient
REFERENCES
Istituto per l‘Arte e il Restauro, Palazzo Spinelli
Accademia d‘Arte
Institute at Palazzo Rucellai
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Gloria Marco Munuera
Via Borgo San Frediano, 35
50124 Firenze, Italia
[email protected]
www.gloriamarco.com
+39 3459682987
Education
2007–2010 - PhD by research in Fine Arts (Photography), RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia.
2006 - Master in Photography at the Libera Accademia di Belle Arti, Florence, Italy.
1997–2004 - B.F.A/M.A. in Fine Arts at the Polytechnic University ―San Carlos‖, Valencia, Spain.
2002 - Photography program Columbia College Chicago, Florence, Italy.
2002 - Promoe program at the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, U.S.A.
2000–2001 - Erasmus program at the Accademia delle Belle Arti ―Aldo Galli‖, Como, Italy.
1993–2001 - Bachelor of Classical Music, Royal Conservatory of Music, Albacete, Spain.
Specialized Courses
2011- ―Dusting on‖ Workshop on alternative printing technique, Arezzo&Fotografia 2011, Arezzo,
Italy.
2010- Adobe Lightroom 3 Specialization Course, Aula Imagenat, Madrid, Spain.
2010- Hand Flash and Professional Lightning Specialization Course, Aula Imagenat, Madrid, Spain.
2007- Photography workshop: PhotoEspaña with Andres Serrano, Madrid, Spain.
Employment
2011 - Currently, Professor of photography at Santa Reparata International School of Art, Florence,
Italy.
2011 - Currently, Professor of photography at Florence Design Accademy, Florence, Italy.
2010 - Currently, Professor of photography at Libera Accademia di Belle Arti, Florence, Italy.
2010 - Currently, Professor of photography at Palazzo Rucellai Institute of Fine and Liberal Arts,
Florence, Italy.
2008–2009, Freelance Photographer: INPasifika Magazine, Pacific Islands, Fiji.
2005–2007, Professor of photography at Palazzo Rucellai Institute of Fine and Liberal Arts, Florence,
Italy.
2003–2007, Professor of photography at ART.E School of Photography and Design, Italy.
2005, Cyanotype Workshop at Santa Reparata International School of Art, Florence, Italy.
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2003, London School, Florence, Italy (Spanish language).
2001, Instructor of contemporary art for The Institute of Modern Art of Valencia (IVAM), Spain.
Scholarships and Awards
2008 Postgraduate PhD Scholarship CCM 2008, Caja Castilla de la Mancha, Toledo, Spain.
2008 Honourable Mention in Photography, 2008 Culturas ―Lenguajes. Ceros y Unos‖, Madrid, Spain.
2008 Finalist in the XXVI Photography Contest, ―Junta Mayor de Hermandades‖ de Gandía, Valencia,
Spain.
2008 Finalist in the ―Photography‖ category in the Certamen jóvenes artistas Castilla la Mancha,
Spain.
2008 Finalist in the II Festival of Digital Photography and Video ‖Foconorte‖, Santander, Spain.
2007, 3rd: prize Colour, XIV National Photography Contest, Burgos, Spain.
2007, 1st prize B&W, XIV National Photography Contest, Burgos, Spain.
2005, 2006, 2007 Art Scholarship from Junta de Comunidades de Castilla la Mancha, Spain.
2005 Master of Photography Scholarship from the Libera Accademia di Belle Arti, Florence, Italy.
2005 Finalist in Digital Art contest XXXII Premio Bancaixa, Valencia, Spain.
2005 Finalist in photography contest Arte Latina, Madrid, Spain.
2004, 2nd prize, Photography Contest at Certamen jóvenes artistas Castilla la Mancha, Spain.
2001, 2002, 2003, 2007 Artist Scholarship, from the Diputación of Albacete, Spain.
2001 Promoe, from the Polytechnic University ―San Carlos‖, Valencia, Spain.
2000 Erasmus, from the Polytechnic University ―San Carlos‖, Valencia, Spain.
Personal Exhibitions
2010 ―Cryptographic Identity‖, RMIT School of Art Gallery, Melbourne, Australia.
2007 ―Ashes‖, Sala de Exposiciones Centro Municipal El Carmen, Murcia, Spain.
2006 ―Negraserie‖ Foto-Galerie Lind, Villach, Austria.
2005 ―Negraserie‖, Auditorium Niels Stensen, Florence, Italia.
Collective Exhibitions (selection)
(Up-coming) ―4 x 4 (4 different ways of seeing photography)‖ Comisaría Laura Carrascal, Buenos
Aires, Argentina.
2011 ―Suite Lunar: Paisajes Microscópicos‖ Galería Mercedes Perona, Albacete, Spain.
2011 ―Macro-Micro‖ Santa Reparata International School of Art, Florence, Italy.
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2010 ―Snap to Grid‖ Los Angeles Center for Digital Art (LACDA), Los Angeles, California, USA.
2010 ―Fotogenio 2010‖ Internacional Fair of Photography, Mazarrón, Murcia, Spain.
2010 ―Fashion‖ Museum of Contemporary Art, St. Petersburg, Russia (catalogue).
2008 ―Botanica‖, Pigment Gallery, Melbourne, Australia.
2008 ―Manege‖ Museum of Contemporary Art, St. Petersburg, Russia (catalogue).
2008 ―Findings‖ School of Art Gallery, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia.
2008 XXVI ―Junta Mayor de Hermandades‖ Casa de Cultura Marqués Gonzales, Gandía, Valencia,
Spain.
2008 ―II Festival of Digital Photography and Video‖, Centro Cultural Madrazo, Santander, Spain.
2007 ―Certámenes Nacionales 2007‖ Real Monasterio de San Agustín, Burgos, Spain (catalogue).
2007 ―Tripping the Light Fantastic‖, Agora Gallery, New York, USA (catalogue).
2006 ―Different Dimension‖, Novosibirsk State Art Museum, Russia (catalogue).
2006 ―Well Done‖, Instituto Galileo, Florence, Italy.
2006 ―Clessidra‖, Vera Pietra Serena, Florence, Italy.
2006 ―Lo sguardo dell‘altro‖ Art Gallery Renessans, Florence, Italy.
2006 ―Sul e dell‘oggetto‖ Libera Accademia di Belle Arti LABA, Florence, Italy.
2005 Centro Cultural La Asuncion, Albacete, Spain (catalogue).
2005 The Institute of Modern Art of Valencia (IVAM), Valencia, Spain (catalogue).
2005 Salón de Actos Junta Municipal de Latina, Madrid, Spain.
2004 Museo Provincial, Albacete, España (catalogue).
2004 Sala de Exposiciones del Palacio del Infantado, Guadalajara, Spain.
2004 Sala de Exposiciones del Archivo Histórico Provincial, Toledo, Spain.
2004 (finger) PRINT (SACI) Studio Art Centers International, Florence, Italy.
Refereed Paper/Conference
2008 IADIS International Conference ―Visual Communication 2008: Creative Industries, Photography
and Culture‖
Cryptographic Identity: The Construction of Photographic Images Based on Biometric
Material Information, Amsterdam, Holland.
Publications
2009 ―Art 967‖, Magazine, n. July to December.
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2009 ―Impracabeza‖, Digital Magazine, n. 6 September.
2009 ―Hair Anthology‖, Art-Book, Boccalatte Pty Ltd, Sydney, Australia.
2009 ―Reflejos‖, Art-Book, Melbourne Reflections, Poetica Christi Press.
2006 DVD Thanatos: The Imprint of the Soul.
2006 ―Photo and Video‖ Magazine, no. August.
2004 Isla Desnuda no.12 Winter ―Beyond the Form‖ (pg. 14–23).
Personal Catalogs
2009 Fiji.
2008 The Light of Then.
2007 Ashes, Ayuntamiento de Murcia.
2007 Rain of Death.
Languages
Spanish – mother tongue
English – Title of Advanced English as a second language, Escuela Oficial de Idiomas, Spain.
Italian - Title of Advanced Italian as a second language, Escuela Oficial de Idiomas, Spain.
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CURRICULUM VITAE: DAVID MARINI
PERSONAL DATA:
Address:
Phone:
e-mail:
Date of birth:
Nationality:
Via Galleria Nazionale – 51100 Pistoia
+ 39 – 0573 – 366057
[email protected]
August 12, 1968
Italian
EDUCATION:
At present
Three-year Master at the School of Counseling. ABD,
Dissertation Title: Jaques Lacan between Hegel and
Heidegger. Psychoanalysis and History of Ideas. ).
(Centro di Ascolto ad Orientamento Psicoanalitico di
Pistoia e Firenze). The course of study consists of 490
class hours. Internship of 150 hours. Final dissertation.
Personal Analysis (analisi didattica). (Concentration
field: Mental Desease). Didactic Analysis (5 years
completed so far) currently held with Dott. Augusto
Jossa Fasano.
2010
Advanced Seminar (30 hours). Held by Dott. Alessandro
Guidi, in collaboration with the University of Rome.
Seminar Title: La questione femminile.
2008
DITALS-Level II: Teaching Certification in Italian as a
Foreign Language, Università per Stranieri di Siena
(University for Foreigners).
2007
Language Learning and Teaching Laboratory for
English Speaking Students. Teaching Italian to English
Speaking Students: a critical approach to the study of
grammar using authentic materials: Italian Culture in
Context. (May 11th. Three hours. Workshop offered by
ITALIAIDEA and ALMA EDIZIONI).
2006
Master of Arts in Italian Literature (University of
Connecticut). (Completed all the credits for the PhD
track in Italian Literature. Already published part of the
Dissertation).
2004
Specialization course in Editing and Publishing. Literary
Agency ―Herzog‖, Rome.
2004
Specialization course in Italian Language Teachiyng.
Comune di Firenze, ILSA (Prof. Leonardo Gandi, L2
Florence).
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2001-2002
Graduate Courses: history of Italian Literature,
University of Connecticut, Storrs. (PhD Program).
2000-2001
University of Connecticut, Storrs. (PhD Program).
Language Teaching Training organized by The Modern
and Calssical Languages Department (Univ. of CT,
Storrs).
1999
Specialization course on Dante‘s Divina Commedia.
Carla Rossi Academy / University of Connecticut,
Florence Study Program.
1998-1999
University of Wisconsin, Madison. (PhD Program).
Language Teaching Training organized by The French
and Italian Department (Univ. of WI, Madison).
1998
Specialization course on Dante‘s Divina Commedia.
Carla Rossi Academy / University of Connecticut,
Florence Study Program.
1997
Laurea cum laude in Philosophy, University of Florence
Dissertation Title: Isaiah Berlin and the Pluralism of
Values: an Historical Perspective.
1989
Maturità scientifica. Scientific High School of Pistoia
ACADEMIC AWARDS AND OTHER OFFICIAL AWARDS:
2008
Qualified (May 2008) in an official national competition
(Concorso Pubblico) at the University of Florence as
Italian Linguist Expert (Esperto linguistico per
l‘insegnamento
dell‘Italiano).
(www.unifi.it//Personale//Reclutamento//Collaboratori//
esperti linguistici)
2007
One of the eight awarded finalists, selected for
publication, of the prestigious Poetry Prize Lerici-Pea
(Genova).
2001
Winner of a 1000 dollar Grant for a cultural project for
The Trinity College Italian Club. Prize given from the
NIAF (National Italian American Foundation)
2001
Departmental Award for Excellence, Department of
Modern and Classical Languages, University of
Connecticut
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1999
Scholarship from The Carla Rossi Academy / University
of Connecticut, Florence Study Program
1999
Departmental Award for Excellence, Department of
French and Italian, University of Wisconsin, Madison
1998
Scholarship from The Carla Rossi Academy / University
PRACTICAL AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
At present
Teaching position at the Institute of Palazzo Rucellai
Florence, since 2003. (Language courses).
Editor for the Tuscan Magazine of Montalbano
(www.montalbano.toscana.it).
Translator (From English and French) for the Prestigious
Prescott Studio of Scandicci, Florence.
06 / 2004 – 05 / 2005
Teaching position at The Lorenzo De‘ Medici Institute,
Florence, (Summer course, Introduction to Italian
Philosophy. Fall Semester, From Plato to Machiavelli.
Spring Semester, Introduction to Italian Philosophy,
From Plato to Machiavelli).
Teaching position at The Institute of Fine and Liberal
Arts, Palazzo Rucellai, Florence, Language courses.
07 / 2003 – 07 / 2004
Teaching position at the Institute of Fine and Liberal
Arts, Palazzo Rucellai, Florence. Language courses,
Italian Literature, Cultural Studies.
03 / 2004
Lecturer at the British Institute, Florence, Dante and the
Medieval Age
01 / 2002 – 05 / 2002
Teaching position at The University of Connecticut,
Florence Study Program, Courses of Italian Language
and Literature
06 / 2001- 07 / 2003
Teaching position at The Clida, Centro Linguistico
Italiano Dante Alighieri, Firenze, Courses of Italian
Language
08 / 2000 – 06 / 2001
Graduate Fellow in Italian (organizer of the Italian
Club), and teaching position at Trinity College,
Hartford. Cultural Events and corse of Italian Language
and Culture
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08 / 1998 – 05 / 2000:
Teaching Assistant at University of Connecticut, Storss,
Modern and Classical Languages Department. Courses
in Italian Language and Culture.
As a PhD candidate, helped to develop the project for a
hands-on guide for novice instructors teaching foreign
languages (tentatively titled: The Novice Instructor and
the Second Language Classroom: A Survival Guide). A
project conceived to integrate both technology and
pedagogy to enhance students‘ learning.
05-06 / 1999
Teaching
Assistant
at
the
Carla
Rossi
Academy/University of Connecticut, Florence Study
Program. Lessons on the history of Philosophic
hermeneutics, and the history of the philosophy of music
Spring 2000
Assistant of the language laboratory director Barbara
Lindsey, University of Connecticut. Teaching and
Technology. The Standards, The 5C Method for the
teaching of a foreign language (Cultivating Connections:
Using technology to Integrate the Four Skills and the
Standards for Foreign Language Learning. NMLA 2001:
Le tradizioni della tavola italiana).
Organization of workshops for teaching assistants and
for high school teachers of Italian Language in
Connecticut, in collaboration with the Italian Section of
the Modern and Classical Languages Department
(University of Connecticut, Storrs).
Summer 2000
Graduate Research Technician for Prof. Norma
Bouchard (University of Connecticut). The Italian
Historical Novel of the second half of the twentieth
century.
Summer 1996
Policeman (Vigile Urbano)
04 / 1995 – 04 / 1996
Military Service
Winter 1994
Policeman (Vigile Urbano)
PUBLICATIONS
2008
Isaiah Berlin e il suo ‗inconsapevole‘ Machiavelli
controcorrente. Tentativo di isolare filosoficamente il
nucleo centrale de Il Principe. Published by the Carla
Rossi Academy Press.
2006
Dante, Vincenzo Consolo and the metaphor of the door
in the Commedia, in «Sotto il velame. Rivista di studi
danteschi»
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11 / 2005
Contributor to the 31st number (nov. 2005) of the
literary review «Prospektiva» (a piece of poetry).
06 / 2004
Some pieces of poetry, edited by Roberto Carifi, in
«Poesia», edizioni Crocetti.
04 - 06 / 2003
―Isaiah Berlin e l‘idea di totalitarismo‖, in «I quaderni di
Fare Storia. Rivista dell‘Istituto storico di Pistoia».
06 / 2003
―Percorsi Danteschi: Il sorriso dell‘ignoto marinaio di
Vincenzo Consolo e il viaggio di conoscenza di Dante‖,
in «Sotto il velame. Rivista di studi danteschi»
10 / 2003
―L‘albergo delle tre rose, di Augusto De Angelis‖, in
«Delitti di carta».
LECTURES:
June 2003
June 2002
June 2001
June 2000
April 2000
Spring Semester 2000
Fall Semester 2000
Summer 1999
May - July 1999
Il rapporto fra soggetto e oggetto nella narrativa
contemporanea. Carla Rossi Academy/University of
Connecticut, Florence Study Program.
Riferimenti danteschi ne Il sorriso dell‘ignoto marinaio
di Vincenzo Consolo. Carla Rossi Academy/University
of Connecticut, Florence Study Program.
Percorsi danteschi: il viaggio di Dante e la spirale del
consoliano
ignoto
marinaio.
Carla
Rossi
Program
La filosofia della storia e Il sorriso dell‘ignoto marinaio
di Vincenzo Consolo. Carla Rossi Academy/University
Ermeneutica e metafisica ne Il sorriso dell‘ignoto
marinaio di Vincenzo Consolo. Annual Symposium of
Italian Studies (New York)
Heidegger and the Origin of the Work of Art. University
of Connecticut, Literary Criticism Seminar
Adriana Cavarero e il pensiero della differenza
sessuale. University of Connecticut, Contemporary
Italian Literature Seminar
Isaiah Berlin e il pluralismo dei valori. Carla Rossi
Program
Five lectures in the history of hermeneutics (Origini del
problema ermeneutico, Schleiermacher, La scuola
storica e Dilthey, Heidegger, Gadamer). Carla Rossi
Program.
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May – July 1998
Five lectures on the history of philosophy: Music
(Pitagora – Platone - Aristotele, Agostino – Boezio,
Ficino, Schopenhauer, Nietzsche). Carla Rossi
Program.
LANGUAGES:
Italian:
English:
French:
Spanish:
native speaker
written and spoken, fluent (translator)
reading proficiency (translator)
reading proficiency
REFERENCES:
Prof. Andreina Bianchini, PhD, Director of The Institute at
Palazzo Rucellai, Firenze. e-mail: [email protected]
Dott. Mauro Conti, Via Aligi Barducci 1 – 50018 Scandicci,
Florence (www.prescott.it)
Dott. Alessandro Guidi, Director of The Centro di Ascolto e
Orientamento Psicoanalitico. Via Della Rosa 5 – 51100,
Pistoia (tel. 0573-365774) e Via Trieste 16 – 50100, Firenze
(tel. 055-476898)
(www.centropsicoanalitico.it)
Dott. On. Roberto Barontini, President of The Historical
Institute of Pistoia (Istituto Storico della Resistenza). Via
Olimpiadi 27 – 51100, Pistoia. (Tel. 0573-25341)
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PERSONAL DETAILS
Place and date of Birth: Roma, 7 may 1971
Citizen: Italian
Address: Piazza Piattellina 12, Firenze 50123
Tel. +39 349 8343701
E – mail: [email protected]
EDUCATION
2007
Dottorato di Ricerca in Storia dell‘Arte Moderna (Ph.D. in Modern Art History),
Dipartimento di Storia delle Arti e dello Spettacolo, Università di Firenze, Italia.
2002
Scuola di Specializzazione di Storia dell‘Arte Moderna (second year Postgraduate
Specialization School in Modern Art History), Dipartimento di Storia delle Arti e dello
Spettacolo, Università di Pisa, Italia.
2001 Idoneità al corso di Perfezionamento nelle materie storico- artistiche (Selected for
Specialization Studies in Art History), Scuola Normale Superiore of Pisa, Italia.
1999 Laurea in Lettere Moderne (summa cum Laude), indirizzo Storia dell‘Arte Moderna
(first degree in Modern Letters (cum Laude), major in Modern Art History), Università di
Firenze, Italia
HONORS AND AWARDS
2006 - 2002 European Fellowship ―Fondo Sociale Europeo‖ for PhD thesis, Provincia di
Firenze, Regione Toscana, Italia.
2002 Grant: ―Progetto Giovani Ricercatori‖, Dipartimento di Storia dell‘Arte e dello
Spettacolo, Università di Firenze, Italia.
2000 First prize winner of ―Premio Alberto Saibene per un Libro di Storia dell‘Arte‖,
Fondazione Roberto Longhi, Firenze.
PROFESSIONAL CAREER
2009 Scientific Committee Member for the exhibition: ―Cultura della terra in Toscana,
mezzadri e coltivatori diretti nell‘arte dell‘Ottocento e Novecento‖ by Enrico Dei, Palazzo
Mediceo, Seravezza (Lucca), 4 luglio–28 settembre 2009.
2009 - 2007
Supervisor position at Marist College (Poughkeepsie NY) Campus in
Florence - ―Lorenzo de‘Medici‖, via Faenza 43, Firenze. Academic supervision and
coordination of the following sections: Art History, Anthropology, Restoration.
2009 - 2002 External expert for historical and commercial appraisal of Antiques, Old Masters,
Modern and Contemporary art works for Farsettiarte, Prato-Milano-Cortina d‘Ampezzo,
Italia.
Author of appraisals and auction catalogue entries published from 2004 to 2009 on the
following artists: Amedeo Modigliani, Filippo De Pisis, Mario Sironi, Giorgio de Chirico,
Alberto Savinio, Giuseppe Capogrossi, Lucio Fontana, Carlo Carrà, Ottone Rosai, Renato
Guttuso, Massimo Campigli, Ardengo Soffici, Pablo Picasso.
2008 Scientific Committee Member for the exhibition: ―Terre d‘Arno‖ by Enrico Dei and
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Andrea Baldinotti, Palazzo Mediceo, Seravezza (Lucca), 5 luglio–12 ottobre 2008.
2006 Scientific Committee Member for the exhibition ―Lorenzo Viani. Pittore e Scrittore
Espressionista‖, Ancona, Mole Vanvitelliana, 1 dicembre 2006 – 18 febbraio 2007.
2005 Art historian consultant and creator of the series ―I Grandi Musei‖ 30 monographs on
museums of the world, published by Skira ed., Milano, Italia, for ―Corriere della Sera‖
newspaper.
2005 - 2003
Art historian consultant and creator of for the series ―I Classici dell‘Arte‖
published by Rizzoli ed.–Skira ed., Milano for ―Corriere della Sera‖ (from 2006 published in
English as ―Rizzoli Art Classics‖ by Paperback ed., in French as ―Classiques de l'art‖ by
Flammarion ed., Paris).
2001
Founder of the on–line magazine ―Predella‖ (www.arte.unipi.it/predella) supported
by the Dipartimento di Storia delle Arti e dello Spettacolo of Università di Pisa.
2000 Archive researcher in artistic areas commissioned by Scuola Normale Superiore (Pisa):
Salviati Archive of Pisa and Archivio di Stato of Florence.
Collaboration on PITTI project (led by Dr Miriam Fileti Mazza), supported by ―Centro di
Ricerche Informatiche per i Beni Culturali della Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa‖
(www.cribecu.sns.it), for the inventorying of the goods of Palazzo Pitti..
Curator of the English translations of the art history journal Proporzioni - Annali della
Fondazione Roberto Longhi - Firenze.
Teaching positions
2009 - 2008
―The Institute at Palazzo Rucellai‖ – via della Vigna Nuova 18, Firenze
affiliated with The Public University Consortium (The University of Connecticut,
Pennsylvania State University, The University of Virginia, Arizona State University). Courses
taught (all in English):
(spring, summer, fall 2008) ―Masters and Monuments: The Art of Florence in Context‖
(spring 2009) The Business of Art: the Economics and Management of Culture
(spring, summer 2009) ―The Art of Florence In Context: Exploring Visual Culture‖
2009 - 2007
Marist College (Poughkeepsie NY) Campus in Florence - ―Lorenzo de‘
Medici‖, via Faenza 43, Firenze. Course taught (in English):
(fall-spring) ―International Art Business‖.
2004 – 2002
CAPA - ―The Centers for Academic Programs Abroad - Florence Centre‖,
Via Pandolfini, 20, Firenze. Courses held for Purdue University, Pittsburgh University,
Florida International University, Minnesota University, Ursinus College, D‘Youville College.
Courses taught (all in English): ―The City of Florence and the History of Italian Art from
Antiquity to High Renaissance‖ ―A brief History of Florence through its main monuments‖,
―The Art of Renaissance Florence‖, ―Art History from Renaissance to Nineteenth Century‖
PUBLICATIONS
To be published in 2009
·
F.Marini, Tra centro e periferia: contadini e ruralismo in alcune opere della
prima metà del Novecento, ―Cultura della terra in Toscana, mezzadri e coltivatori
diretti nell‘arte dell‘Ottocento e Novecento‖ by Enrico Dei, Palazzo Mediceo,
Seravezza (Lucca), 4 luglio–28 settembre 2009, Pisa, 2009.
2009
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·
·
F.Marini, Modigliani, «SkiraMiniARTbooks», Milano.
F.Marini, Bacon, «SkiraMiniARTbooks», Milano.
2008
·
F.Marini, L‘Arno, la toscanità, la Primaverile e il paesaggio attraverso
alcuni dipinti della prima metà del Novecento, in ―Terre d‘Arno‖ edited by Enrico
Dei and Andrea Baldinotti, Palazzo Mediceo, Seravezza (Lucca), 5 luglio–12 ottobre
2008, Pondera (Pisa).
·
F.Marini, catalogue entries, in Bacon, edited by Rudy Chiappini, Palazzo
Reale, Milano, 5 marzo-29 giugno 2008, Skira ed., Milano, catt. 1-91 a-b, pp. 229245 (English edition Bacon: Anthology, Skira-Rizzoli International).
·
F.Marini, Francis Bacon, «SkiraMiniARTbooks», Milano.
2007
·
F.Marini, L‘attività versatile di un artista comprimario operante nella
seconda metà del Seicento. Giovanni Maria Morandi (1622 – 1717), cortigiano,
pittore, connoisseur, principe dell‘Accademia e soprattutto cavaliere al servizio dei
potenti: documenti e opere, PhD thesis, Dipartimento di Storia dell‘Arte e dello
Spettacolo, Università di Firenze, Italia.
·
F.Marini, Gaspar van Wittel, Michele Marieschi, Francesco Guardi,
Francesco Zanin, Giovanni Boldini, Umberto Boccioni, Carlo Carrà, Giorgio de
Chirico, Filippo de Pisis, Lucio Fontana, in Golden Venice. Da Guardi a Fontana,
catalogue of the exhibition, 9 agosto-2 settembre 2007, Farsettiarte, Cortina
d‘Ampezzo, Firenze, catt.1-13, pp.24-49.
2006
·
F.Marini, Quadro senza suggestioni: Lorenzo Viani ante guerra, in ―Lorenzo
Viani. Pittore e Scrittore Espressionista‖, Ancona, Mole Vanvitelliana, 1 dicembre
2006 – 18 febbraio 2007 Silvana ed., Milano 2006.
·
F.Marini, Caravaggio, Rizzoli Art Classics, Rizzoli International, New York.
·
F.Marini, Caravage, Flammarion ed., Paris.
·
Entries 1 - 107, in Modigliani, exhibition catalogue by R. Chiappini,
―Modigliani‖, Complesso del Vittoriano, Roma, 24 February – 20 June 2006, Skira
ed., Milano 2006.
·
F.Marini, La vita e i capolavori, in Caravaggio, preface by V.Sgarbi, Skira
ed. Milano.
·
F.Marini, La vita e i capolavori, in Mantegna, preface by V.Sgarbi, Skira ed.
Milano.
·
F.Marini, La storia e i capolavori, in MoMa, series ―I Grandi Musei‖, special
edition for the ―Corriere della Sera‖, Milano.
·
F.Marini, La storia e i capolavori, in Uffizi, series ―I Grandi Musei‖, special
edition for the ―Corriere della Sera‖, 2, Milano 2006.
2005
·
M.Fagioli - F.Marini, Immagini del tempo passato. Una raccolta toscana di
dipinti antichi, exhibition catalogue, Capalbio (Gr), August – September, Aiòn ed.,
Firenze.
·
F.Marini, La vita e i capolavori, in Géricault, series ―Nuovi Classici
dell‘Arte‖, special edition for the ―Corriere della Sera‖, ed. Rizzoli – Skira, Milano,
2005.
·
F.Marini, La vita e i capolavori, in Mantegna, series ―Nuovi Classici
dell‘Arte‖, ed. Skira, Milano 2005.
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2004
·
M.Fagioli – F.Marini, Descrivere o narrare: Disegni francesi tra
Naturalismo e Simbolismo. Gustave Doré (1832 – 1883) –Puvis de Chavannes (1824
– 1898) – Léon Augustin Lhermitte (1844 – 1925)– Louis Émile Adan (1839 – 1937)–
Théophile Steinlein (1859 – 1923)– René François Xavier Prinet (1861 – 1946),
exhibition catalogue, Firenze, Milano, Cagliari, October 2004 – March 2005, Aiòn
ed., Firenze, 2004.
·
Entries and biographies: Pietro Annigoni, Ardengo Soffici, Baccio Maria
Bacci, Felice Casorati, Giacomo Manzù, Giovanni Colacicchi, Lorenzo Guarnieri,
Lorenzo Viani, Marino Marini, Ottone Rosai, in Immagini del Sacro nell‘Arte
Toscana del Novecento. Pittura e Scultura, ed. M. Fagioli, Montopoli Val d‘Arno
(Pisa), 22 May – 20 June 2004, Aiòn ed., Firenze, 2004.
·
F.Marini, La vita e i capolavori, in Tintoretto, series ―Nuovi Classici
dell‘Arte‖, special edition for the ―Corriere della Sera‖, M ed.Rizzoli – Skira, Milano,
2004.
·
F.Marini, La vita e i capolavori, in Beato Angelico, series ―Nuovi Classici
dell‘Arte‖, special edition for the ―Corriere della Sera‖, ed.Rizzoli – Skira, Milano,
2004.
·
F.Marini, La vita e i capolavori, in Modigliani, series ―Nuovi Classici
2004.
·
F.Marini, Francis Bacon, series ―Nuovi Classici dell‘Arte‖, special edition
for the ―Corriere della Sera‖, ed.Rizzoli – Skira, Milano, 2004.
2003
·
F.Marini, Entries 1 – 77, in Parmigianino by V. Sgarbi, Milano, Rizzoli ed.,
2003.
·
F.Marini, La vita e i capolavori, in Caravaggio, series ―Nuovi Classici
2003.
·
F.Marini, La vita e i capolavori, in Mantegna, series ―Nuovi Classici
dell‘Arte‖, special edition for the ―Corriere della Sera‖, ed. Rizzoli – Skiragolden
venice, Milano, 2003.
2001
·
Il complesso museale dell‘Arciconfraternita dei Pellegrini. Memorie dalla
vita quotidiana del Sodalizio, by Francesca Marini, C. De Feo, E. Perrelli, I. Giglio,
F. Scaglione, P. Visone, Napoli, 2001.
2000
·
Brevi note sul recupero dei grandi del passato in alcune opere di Vito
D‘Ancona in Vito D‘Ancona, aggiunte e notazioni, Montecatini, 2000
KNOWN LANGUAGES
Italian (mother tongue)
English (very good written and spoken)
French (basic knowledge spoke and written)
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Curriculum Vitae
Personal Information
Carolina Megale
born in Livorno, Italy, 27/08/1975
Piazza G. Matteotti 52
57126 Livorno - Italy
home: +39 0586 95 96 72
cell: +39 339 75 44 894
e-mail: [email protected]
Present positions
From 2011 Lecturer at the University of Florence
2009-present President of Cultural Association Past in Progress
2009-present Principal Investigator Earthwatch Archaeological Expedition in Populonia
(Italy)
2008-present Project Scientific Director excavation Roman Villa of Poggio del Molino,
Populonia
Education
2006–2009
Univeristy of Florence. PhD in ―History and Civilization of the Ancient World‖
Dissertation title: ―I bolli su terra sigillata ispanica: analisi critica e nuove proposte di lettura‖
2008
University of Rome 3. Research Fellowship.
Research title: ―Populonia romana: produzioni, merci e consumi‖
2007
University of Florence. Research Fellowship
Research title: ―I bolli su Terra Sigillata Ispanica: nuove proposte di lettura‖
2003–2005
University of Florence. Cum laude degree (MA) in Roman Archaeology
Dissertation title: ―La sigillata italica della Collezione Remedi di Sarzana‖
1994–2001
University of Pisa. Cum laude degree (MA) in Conservation of Cultural Heritage
(archaeological track)
Dissertation title: ―Il cd. Sacello delle Tre Navate ad Ostia Antica: nuove ipotesi per un
vecchio scavo‖
Courses
2006
Univesidad Internacional de Andalucìa, Sevilla. International course
Course title: ―La construcciòn de las identidades romanas‖
2004
CNR and Regione Toscana. International course
Course title: ―Tecnologie e metodologie innovative per lo studio e il restauro di manufatti
archeologici‖
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Research Project
2009-present
Earthwatch Institute Archaeological Expedition ―Discovering Italy‘s Ancient Roman Coast‖
to the Roman Villa of Poggio del Molino, Populonia (Piombino, Livorno). Principal
Investigator.
2008-present
Archaeological excavation of Roman Villa of Poggio del Molino, Populonia (Piombino,
Livorno)
Project Scientific Director. Superintendence for Archaeological Heritage of Tuscany.
2010
Archaeological excavation of Bronze age settlement of Campiglia Vecchia, Campiglia.
Project Scientific Director. Superintendence for Archaeological Heritage of Tuscany.
2008
Selection and ordination of archaeological pottery finds for the section IV, V and VII of
Archaeological Museum of Ancient Ships of Pisa.
Superintendence for Archaeological Heritage of Tuscany.
2007
Uffizi Urban Archaeological Excavation, Florence. Fieldwork Supervisor.
2002–2007
Archaeology Project of Provincia di Livorno. Scientific coordinator.
- Archaeological Museum System ―Rete Archeologica dei Musei e Parchi Archeologici
della provincia di Livorno‖
- Book: ―Guida Archeologica della provincia di Livorno e dell‘Arcipelago Toscana‖
- Brochure for Provincia di Livorno Museum System
- web site www.archeologiaprovincialivorno.it
- Poster designing didactic-illustrative, signals, coordinate image
- Organization of educational visits to the archaeological ruins in the territory
surrounding Livorno
- Congress organization ―Rete Archeologica. Valorizzazione e ricerche‖
- Editing Acta ―Rete Archeologica. Valorizzazione e ricerche‖
- Congress organization ―Il Medioevo nella provincia nella Livorno‖
- Editing Acta ―Il Medioevo nella provincia di Livorno. I risultati delle recenti
indagini‖
- Congress organization ―Archeologia Industriale nella provincia di Livorno‖
1998-2007
Archaeological excavation Acropolis of Populonia. Fieldwork Supervisor.
University of Pisa, University of Siena, University of Rome 3.
2003
Archaeological excavation Sabine necropolis Colle del Forno, Montelibretti (Rome). CNR.
Archaeological excavation Cantiere Antiche Navi di S. Rossore (Pisa).
2002
Archaeological assistance on the railroad line Pisa–La Spezia. Supervisor.
Archaeological assistance to Porta a Lucca Nuova (Pisa). Supervisor.
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1996
Archaeological excavation Nerva‘s Forum, Rome.
Superintendence for Cultural Heritage of Rome.
1995 and 1998
Archaeological excavation Roman villa of S. Vincenzino (Cecina, Livorno). University of
Pisa.
Laboratories
2002-2007
Post-excavation work
Excavation report writing and word processing
Cataloguing and processing of slides and digital photos
Finds processing and cataloguing of roman and etruscan pottery of the acropolis of Populonia
University of Pisa, University of Siena, University of Rome 3
02-03/2004
Finds processing and cataloguing of coins of Tesoretto di Rimigliano
Superintendence for Archaeological Heritage of Tuscany
05/1999
Finds processing and cataloguing of roman pottery of Necropoli of Porto - Isola Sacra
(Fiumicino, Roma)
Superintendence of Archaeological Heritage of Ancient Ostia
Teaching Activities and Conference Activities
S.Antonio, TX 2011
Poster ―From classical archaeology to sustainable culture. The experience of Populonia‖.
AIA Meeting
Firenze 2010
Lecture ―Lo scavo della villa romana di Poggio del Molino: nuovi dati‖
Soprintendenza per i Beni Archeologici della Toscana, Firenze
Piombino 2010
Lecture ―Lo scavo della villa romana di Poggio del Molino‖
Archaeological Museum of the territory of Populonia
Marsiliana 2010
Lecture ―Populonia in Roman age‖
Marsiliana Project
Piombino 2009
Lecture ―Archeologia e futuro. Lo scavo della villa romana di Poggio del Molino‖
Associazione Archeologica Piombinese
Roma 2009
Lecture ―Lo scavo della villa romana di Poggio del Molino vent‘anni dopo‖
University La Sapienza, Rome
Long Island, NY 2008
Lecture ―Roman Populonia and the study of Poggio del Molino‖
Hofstra University, NY
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Florence 2008
Lecture ―L‘edificio D di Populonia‖
University of Florence
Livorno 2008
Lecture ―Brixia romana‖
Liceo Classico ―Niccolini-Palli‖, Livorno
Piombino 2007
Lecture ―Populonia romana: i risultati delle indagini in corso‖
Associazione Archeologica Piombinese and Municipality of Piombino
Fosdinovo 06/2007
Lecture ―La stele funeraria di L. Caelius Bianor‖
University of Pisa
Siena 2007
Lecture ―I saggi XXIV e XXV‖
University of Siena
Livorno 2007
Lecture ―Per terra e per mare nei santuari della divina Afrodite‖
Centro Donna and Municipality of Livorno
Roma 2006
Lecture ―Una lastra architettonica da Populonia‖
University of Rome 3
Firenze 2006
Lecture ―Il saggio XXI‖
Superintendence for Archaeological Heritage of Tuscany
Livorno 2005
Lecture ―Archeologia della provincia di Livorno‖
Liceo Classico ―Niccolini-Palli‖, Livorno
Livorno 2005
Lecture ―L‘esperienza della Provincia di Livorno‖
Master Comunicazione pubblica e politica
University of Pisa
Siena 2005
Lecture ―Un nuovo bollo laterizio da Populonia‖
University of Siena
Siena 2005
Lecture ―Il saggio XX. Nuovi dati di scavo‖
University of Siena
Pisa 2004
Lecture ―Il saggio XX‖
University of Pisa
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Siena 2003
Lecture ―Lucerne di epoca repubblicana dall‘acropoli di Populonia‖
University of Siena
Scientific Publications
C. MEGALE, La Terra Sigillata Italica e Tardo Italica, in A. ALBERTI, E. PARIBENI (eds.),
Archeologia in Piazza dei miracoli, Pisa i.p.
C. MEGALE, G. DE TOMMASO, F. GHIZZANI MARCÌA, La villa romana di Poggio del Molino e
il Progetto Archeodig: un nuovo approccio all‘archeologia sul campo, in G. BARATTI, F.
FABIANI (eds.), Materiali per Populonia 9, Pisa 2010, pp. 163-180.
C. MEGALE, G. DE TOMMASO, F. GHIZZANI MARCÌA, Piombino (Li). Populonia, Villa di
Poggio del Molino: nuove indagini, le campagne 2008 e 2009, «Notiziario della
Soprintendenza per i Beni Archeologici dellla Toscana», 5/2009, 2010, pp. 352-356.
C. MEGALE, La stele funeraria di L. Caelius Bianor, Rassegna di Archeologia, 23B, 2010, pp.
141-147.
C. MEGALE, F. GHIZZANI MARCÌA (ed.), Materiali per Populonia 8, Pisa 2009.
C. MEGALE (ed.), Fare l‘archeologo. Per passione e per mestiere, Livorno 2009.
C. MEGALE, L. BARTALI, E. BENVENUTI, F. GHIZZANI MARCÌA, I saggi XXIV e XXV in V.
ACCONCIA, C. RIZZITELLI (ed.), Materiali per Populonia 7, Pisa 2008, pp.19-48.
C. MEGALE, L. BARTALI, F. GHIZZANI MARCÌA, Il saggio XXI, in L. BOTARELLI, M.
COCCOLUTO, C. MILETI (ed.), Materiali per Populonia 6, Pisa 2007, pp. 39-63.
C. MEGALE, Un nuovo bollo laterizio da Populonia, in L. BOTARELLI, M. COCCOLUTO, C.
MILETI (ed.), Materiali per Populonia 6, Pisa 2007, pp. 203-212.
C. MEGALE, Una lastra architettonica con ratto di Ganimede da Populonia, in L. BOTARELLI,
M. COCCOLUTO, C. MILETI (ed.), Materiali per Populonia 6, Pisa 2007, pp. 213-220.
C. MEGALE, C. MARCUCCI (ed.), Il Medioevo nella provincia di Livorno. I risultati delle
recenti indagini, Atti del Convegno (Livorno 2005), Pisa 2006.
C. MEGALE, C. RIZZITELLI, Il saggio XX, in M.APROSIO, C.MASCIONE (ed.), Materiali per
Populonia 5, Pisa 2006, pp. 85-94.
C. MEGALE, C. MARCUCCI (ed.), Rete Archeologica. Valorizzazione e ricerche, Atti del
Convegno (Livorno 2004), Pisa 2005.
C. MEGALE, C. RIZZITELLI, I saggi di scavo del 2003. Il saggio XX, in A. CAMILLI, M.L.
GUALANDI (ed.), Materiali per Populonia 4, Firenze 2005, pp. 33-37.
C. MEGALE, Lucerne di epoca repubblicana, in M.L. GUALANDI, C. MASCIONE (ed.),
Materiali per Populonia 3, Firenze 2004, pp. 157-163.
C. MEGALE, Il ritratto imperiale nella monetazione di III secolo, in A. DE LAURENZI (ed.),
Un tesoro dal mare. Il tesoretto di Rimigliano dal restauro al museo, Pontedera 2004, pp. 2125.
C. MEGALE, Decio; Gallieno, in A. DE LAURENZI (ed.), Un tesoro dal mare. Il tesoretto di
Rimigliano dal restauro al museo, Pontedera 2004, pp. 38-39 e 51-63.
C. MEGALE, C. MARCUCCI, Schede in AA. VV., Guida Archeologica della provincia di
Livorno e dell‘Arcipelago Toscano, Firenze 2003, pp. 28-35, 40, 54-63, 90-92, 116-123, 138145, 160-161, 198-201.
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Prof. Rodolfo Rivas
6092 Via Venetia North
Delray Beach, FL 33484, USA
Summary
Professor Rodolfo Rivas is a member of the Faculty of the College of Business, Department
of Management Programs, at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, Florida. He is also
Visiting Professor of Business Strategy, Intercultural Management, International
Marketing, Entrepreneurship, Human Resource Management, and Leadership at
business schools in Spain, Portugal, and Italy. Prior to becoming a university professor,
Professor Rivas had a distinguished business career in Marketing, Organizational Behavior,
Total Quality Management, Human Resources, Executive Education, and Leadership
Development in multinational corporations including foreign assignments in Europe and Latin
America.
Course Curricula Developed and Taught by Professor Rivas (2003 – to date)
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International Marketing, ESIC Marketing and Business School (Spain)
Global Marketing, Focus Europe, University of Connecticut Study Abroad Program
(Italy)
Entrepreneurship and Family Business, University of Connecticut Study Abroad Program
(Italy)
Global Strategic Management, INDEG Business School (Portugal)
Intercultural Management, INDEG Business School (Portugal)
Global Leadership and HR Management, INDEG Business School (Portugal)
Leadership and Organizational Behavior, INDEG Business School (Portugal)
Advanced Management Program, INDEG Executive Education Programs (Portugal)
Global Strategy and Business Policy, Florida Atlantic University (USA)
International Business, Florida Atlantic University (USA)
Cross-Cultural Human Relations and Negotiations, Florida Atlantic University (USA)
Organizational Behavior and HR Management, Florida Atlantic University (USA)
Global HR Management, University of Connecticut Study Abroad Program (Italy)
Human Resource Management, University of Phoenix (USA)
Strategic HR Management, International MBA Program, Bocconi University, (Italy)
Papers Delivered at International Forums
The Human Side of a Business Enterprise (Rome, Italy)
 Effective Leadership Across Cultures, Florida Atlantic University (USA)
 Managing Human Resources in a Global Context, Florida Atlantic University (USA)
 Emerging Issues in Human Resources, Society of Human Resource Management (USA)
 Best Practices in Developing Global Leaders, The Conference Board (Mexico)
 Successful Cultural Integration following Mergers and Acquisitions, The Conference
Board (Mexico)
 The Role of Human Resources as a Business Partner, ITAM (Mexico)
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International Business Experience
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Vice President, Human Resources Bristol-Myers Squibb (Latin America, Canada,
Mexico)
Vice President, Global Human Resources, Lucent Technologies (Europe, Asia, Latin
America)
Vice President, Human Resources AT&T (Latin America)
Human Resources Director, PepsiCo International (Mediterranean, Africa, Middle East)
Human Resources Director, Xerox Corporation (Hong Kong, Latin America)
Human Resources Director, Xerox Corporation (Mexico)
Marketing Manager, Ford Motor Company (Mexico)
Education
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MBA degree in Management, University of Connecticut
Bachelor of Science degree in Human Resource Management, Universidad
Iberoamericana
Post-graduate course: ―Teaching the Adult College Student‖, University of Phoenix
Professional Associations
During his business career, Professor Rivas served in the Board of Directors of international
associations in the following positions:
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Vice President of Global Programs, Society of Human Resource Management (USA)
Executive Committee, Mexican Association of HR Executives (Mexico)
Steering Committee, Latin American Personnel Association (USA)
Mexico Chapter, The Conference Board (USA)
Languages
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English and Spanish (native fluency)
Italian and Portuguese (conversational)
Other Personal Data
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U.S. citizen
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SIMONE PAOLI
Nationality: Italian
Place of Birth: Prato (PO)
Date of Birth: 01/08/1976
Address: via Pisana 53, 50143 Florence (FI) - Italy
Mobile Phone: 347-1922654
[email protected]
CURRENT POSITION
Research Fellow, Department of International Studies of the University of Padua
Research Project: «Europe and emerging countries from Détente to the Second Cold War»
Contract Professor of the course «The European Union», Institute of International Studies at
Palazzo Rucellai in Florence
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
2010 Postgraduate Certificate in Cold War at the University of Vienna
2005 PhD in History of International Relations at the Faculty of Political Science of the
University of Florence, with the thesis «Between the search for a new identity and the
construction of a single market: the utopia of a common education space in the European
integration process, 1961-1992»
2002 Master‘s Degree in European Studies at the Faculty of Political Science of the
University of Florence, with the thesis «The ERDF contribution to the development of the
objective 2 areas in Italy, 1988-1999»
2001 University Degree at the Faculty of Political Science of the University of Florence, with
the thesis «Vocational training in the Community social policy: a European history, 19861997»
PARTICIPATION IN RESEARCH PROJECTS
1-10/2010 Grant for complementary teaching activities in the course of History of
International Relations, Faculty of Political Science of the University of Pisa
3-10/2009 Research Fellowship, Department of International Studies of the University of
Padua
Research Project: «The role of the social forces in the international organisations during the
1970s»
11/2007-12/2008 Research Fellowship, Department of International Studies of the University
of Padua
Research Project: «Europe in the international context, 1970-1980»
3-12/2007 Research Grant, San Pio V University of Rome
Research Project: «The EU Mediterranean policy»
Research Project: «The Mediterranean Sea from the Suez crisis to the Second Détente 19561975»
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3-12/2006 Research Fellowship, Department of International Studies of the University of
Padua
Research Project: «Western Europe in the international context during the 1970s: crisis of old
order and new challenges»
Research Project: «The United Nations and the question of development in ―the creative
1970s‖»
RESEARCH MISSIONS
a)
Archives of international organizations
Historical Archives of the European Union, Florence
Historical Archives of the Commission of the European Union, Brussels
Historical Archives of the Council of the European Union, Brussels
Historical Archives of the European Economic and Social Committee, Brussels
Historical Archives of the European Parliament, Luxembourg
Historical Archives of the Council of Europe, Strasbourg
Historical Archives of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris
Historical Archives of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization,
Paris
Historical Archives of the International Telecommunication Union, Geneva
b)
Archives of national governments
Italian Central Archive of State, Rome
Historical Archives of the Italian Chamber of Deputies, Rome
Historical Archives of the Italian Senate, Rome
British National Archives, London
Archives of the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Paris
c)
Archives of non-governmental organizations
Historical Archives of the International Institute of Social History, Amsterdam
Historical Archives of the Antonio Gramsci Foundation Institute, Rome
Historical Archives of the Bettino Craxi Foundation, Rome
Historical Archives of the Luigi Sturzo Institute, Rome
Historical Archives of the Ugo Spirito Foundation, Rome
Historical Archives of the Luigi Einaudi Foundation, Rome
Historical Archives of the Giovanni Goria Foundation, Rome
Historical Archives of the Italian Catholic Action, Rome
Historical Archives of the Giovanni Spadolini Foundation, Florence
―The 1968‖ Archive, Florence
TEACHING ACTIVITY
a) Courses
1-5/2011 The European Union
Institute of International Studies at Palazzo Rucellai in Florence
8-12/2010 The European Union
Institute of International Studies at Palazzo Rucellai in Florence
3/2007 History of the European integration process
European Master in Social Enterprise and Local e-Governance, Faculty of Political Science of
the University of Pisa
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b) Seminars
18/5/2011-8/6/2011 Conflicts of ideas, internal policies and external policies in the European
integration process
Course of History of the European Integration Process, Faculty of Political Science of the
University of Padua
18-26/5/2011 FAO, ILO, WHO and UNESCO: the big Specialized Agencies of the United
Nations in the history of the 20th century
Course of History of the International Organization, Faculty of Political Science of the
University of Padua
9-10/5/2011 The European Communities from The Hague Summit (1969) to the Stuttgart
European Council (1983): the phase two of the European integration process
University of Padua
5-12/4/2011 Origins, development and consequences of the European ―1968‖
Course of History of Europe, Faculty of Political Science of the University of Padua
10-12/2/2011 History of the European Welfare State
Course of Contemporary History, Faculty of Sciences of Education of the Salesian Pontifical
University of Rome
22/4/2010-12/5/2010 FAO, ILO, WHO and UNESCO: the big Specialized Agencies of the
United Nations in the history of the 20th century
University of Padua
19-20/10/2009 The American counter-culture in the 1960s and the Reaganomics in the 1980s:
impact on European economy, society, politics and culture
Course of History of International Relations, Faculty of Political Science of the University of
Pisa
c) Lectures
11/5/2011 The European Communities from the Second Détente to the end of the Cold War
Padua
29/3/2011 The Shoah in the context of the total war
International Holocaust Remembrance Day 2011, High School ―Antonio Gramsci – John
Maynard Keynes‖, Prato
3/3/2011 The Shoah and the Anglo-American Allies
International Holocaust Remembrance Day 2011, High School ―Tito Sarrocchi‖, Siena
International Holocaust Remembrance Day 2011, High School ―Francesco Redi‖, Arezzo
22/2/2010 The Shoah in the context of the total war
International Holocaust Remembrance Day 2010, High School ―Antonio Gramsci – John
Maynard Keynes‖, Prato
International Holocaust Remembrance Day 2010, High School ―Francesco Redi‖, Arezzo
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6/2/2010 War to terrorism
Agora for students 2010, High School ―Niccolò Copernico‖, Prato
11/6/2009 Protest movements and international relations in the 1960s and 1970s
Course of Diplomatic History, Faculty of Political Science of the University of Padua
12/5/2009 The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization and the New
World Information and Communication Order
University of Padua
24/11/2008 History of the EU education policy
University of Padua
6/5/2008 The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization and the New
World Information and Communication Order
Course of History of the International Organisation, Faculty of Political Science of the
University of Padua
27/3/2008 Interpretations of the Italian ―1968‖
Calabria
20/11/2007 Values and policies in the United States and in the European Union after 11
September: a comparison
Pisa
14/4/2007 War and information from the decolonisation wars to the current wars
International Holocaust Remembrance Day 2007, High School ―Francesco Petrarca‖, Arezzo
29/11/2006 The global information war,1976-2006
Pisa
PARTICIPATION IN CONFERENCES
2-4/12/2010 The European Communities and the New World Information and Communication
Order (1976-1985)
Paper presented together with Maria Elena Spagnolo at the international conference «The
United Nations and European construction in a historical perspective», University of Padua,
Padua
22-23/10/2010 A European viewpoint on news: past, present and future of EuroNews
Paper presented at the workshop «Mass Media in Europe. Europe in Mass Media», University
of Trento, Trento
1-3/7/2010 Post-Colonial Europe: the European and Mediterranean identity in a changing
cultural climate
Paper presented together with Giuliano Garavini at the international conference «The
Mediterranean and Southern Europe: crisis and transformation from Détente to the Second
Cold War», University of Padua, Padua
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25/6/2010 The intercultural dialogue in the Mediterranean area. The cultural issue from the
Euro-Mediterranean Partnership to the Union for the Mediterranean (1995-2010)
Paper presented at the international conference «La construction d‘un espace euroméditerranéen. Genèses, mythes et perspectives (The establishment of a Euro-Mediterranean
area: genesis, myths and perspectives)», Panthéon Center, Paris
10-11/6/2010 The Liaison Committee of the Rectors‘ Conferences of the Member States of the
European Communities in the European integration process: an overview
Paper presented at the international conference «European integration history in debate: the
interplay between national, supranational and transnational actors and institutions», European
University Institute, Florence
5-6/5/2010 The consensus crisis and the political need to evaluate public attitudes towards
European integration: causes and origins of the Eurobarometer Surveys (1968-1974)
Paper presented at the international conference «The evolution of the consensus to European
integration 1950-2005», University of Genoa, Genoa
21/2/2010-5/3/2010 The New International Information and Communication Order: flows of
information and communication between East and West and between North and South
(Individual Work); Communist propaganda through communication during the Hungarian
Revolution and the Prague Spring in Bulgaria, Hungary and Italy (Group Work)
Papers presented at the intensive programme/winter school «Cold War and Society»,
University of Vienna, Vienna
28-30/5/2009 The influence of the European protest movements on the European integration
process: an original interpretation of the 1972 Paris Summit
Paper presented at the international conference «Europe in the international arena during the
1970s: entering a different world», University of Padua, Padua
27-28/2/2009 The other Cold War. The North-South clash on a new international order in the
sectors of information and communication, 1970-1980
Paper presented at the international conference «The transformation of the international
system in the 1970s», University of Bologna, Bologna
27/11/2008 I sindacati europei, la crisi economica e il profilarsi di un ―nuovo ordine
educativo‖ (European trade unions, the economic crisis and the ―New Educational Order‖)
Paper presented at the conference «Sindacati, imprenditori e la fine della ―Golden Age‖
(Trade unions, entrepreneurs and the end of the ―Golden Age‖)», University of Teramo,
Teramo
12-13/6/2008 ―Occorre offrire uno sbocco idealistico all‘ansia di rinnovamento dei giovani‖.
La Democrazia Cristiana e la nascita di una politica europea per la gioventù, 1969-1972
(The Italian Christian Democrats and the birth of a EC youth policy, 1969-1972)
Paper presented at the conference «Aldo Moro e le relazioni internazionali dell‘Italia (Aldo
Moro and Italy‘s international relations)», University of Salento, Lecce
15-17/5/2008 The Italian Delegation
Paper presented at the international conference «Congress of Europe (1948-2008)»,
University of Paris I Panthèon-Sorbonne and House of Europe, Paris
9-10/3/2007 L‘isolamento creativo. Ragioni, carattere, esiti del contributo italiano allo
sviluppo di una dimensione educativa comunitaria (The creative loneliness: reasons,
characteristics, results of the Italian contribution to the EC education policy)
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Paper presented at the conference «L‘Italia e la dimensione sociale nell‘integrazione europea
(Italy and sthe ocial dimension in the European integration process)», University of Perugia,
Perugia
7-10/12/2006 The identity dilemma: educational autarchy or educational cooperation for
preserving political legitimacy and cultural sovereignty? The French case, 1968-1992
Paper presented at the international conference «The road to a united Europe: interpretations
of the process of European integration», University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen
22-25/11/2006 European protest movements, European integration process: mutual influences
in a historical perspective (1968-1969)
Paper presented at the international conference «Tracing protest movements: perspectives
from sociology, political sciences, and media studies», University of Halle, Halle
20-22/11/2006 European Union education policy in a historical perspective. Towards a
European model? (1976-2006)
Paper presented at the international conference «The transformation of higher education:
international influences», University of Boulogne-sur-Mer, Boulogne-sur-Mer
12/5/2006 Between the search for a new identity and the construction of a single market. The
European University Institute in the Community education policy, 1969-1971
Paper presented at the international conference «The origins of the European University
Institute», European University Institute, Florence
25-26/11/2005 When, how and why the mere vocational training became inadequate. The
origins of the Community educational policy, 1969-1974
Paper presented at the international conference «Vocational education and training and
Cedefop in the European integration», University of Padua, Padua
27-29/10/2005 Building a European cultural and educational model: another face of the
integration process, 1969-1974
Paper presented at the international conference «Beyond the customs union. The European
Community‘s quest for completion, deepening and enlargement, 1969-1975», University of
Groningen, Groningen
19-21/10/2005 Towards a European educational model. The Community educational policy in
a historical perspective, 1968-1992
Paper presented at the international conference «Europe‘s challenges. From the European
social space to the social Europe», University of Salamanca, Salamanca
22-23/4/2005 La nascita dell‘Europa dell‘educazione (The origins of the Europe of
education)
Paper presented at the conference «L‘Europa negli anni ‘70: un momento di svolta nella storia
del continente (The 1970s: a turning point in the history of Europe)», University of Padua,
Padua
18-19/6/2004 L‘Italia e le politiche comunitarie per l‘educazione (Italy and the EC education
policies)
Paper presented at the conference «L‘Italia e la costruzione europea: nuove prospettive di
ricerca (Italy and the European integration process: new perspectives of research», University
of Padua, Padua
10-11/10/2003 Le politiche comunitarie in materia di educazione (EC education policies)
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Paper presented at the international conference «Lo spazio sociale europeo (The European
social space)», Cisl Center, Florence
PUBLICATIONS
a)
Monographs
1.
Il sogno di Erasmo. La questione educativa nel processo di integrazione europea
(The Erasmus‘ Dream. The educational issue in the European integration process), Milano,
FrancoAngeli, 2010
b) Essays in volumes
1.
Anathema or Model? The German Montanmitbestimmung in the Italian debate over
industrial democracy, in Karl Lauschke, edited by, «60 years of European Coal and Steel
Community, 60 years of codetermination», (2012)
2.
(together with Maria Elena Spagnolo) The European Communities and the New World
Information and Communication Order (1976-1985), in «Proceedings of the international
conference ―The United Nations and European construction in a historical perspective‖,
Padua, 2-4/12/2010», (2012)
3.
Intercultural dialogue in the Mediterranean region. The cultural issue from the EuroMediterranean Partnership to the Union for the Mediterranean, in «Proceedings of the
international conference ―La construction d‘un espace euro-méditerranéen. Genèses, mythes
et perspectives (The establishment of a Euro-Mediterranean area: genesis, myths and
perspectives)‖, Paris, 25/6/2010», (2011)
4.
The origins of the Eurobarometer Surveys (1968-1974), in «Proceedings of the
international conference ―The Evolution of the consensus to European integration 19502005‖, Genoa, 5-6/5/2010», (2011)
5.
The other Cold War. The North-South clash on a new international order in the
sectors of information and communication, 1970-1980, in «Proceedings of the international
conference “The transformation of the international system in the 1970s‖, Bologna, 2728/2/2009», (2011)
6.
Aldo Moro e la nascita di una politica europea della gioventù (Aldo Moro and the
birth of the European youth policy), in «Proceedings of the conference ―Aldo Moro e le
Relazioni Internazionali dell‘Italia (Aldo Moro and Italy‘s international relations)‖, Lecce, 1213/6/2008», (2011)
7.
Pratomigranti.it: quanto è conosciuto, come viene giudicato (Website
Pratomigranti.it. How many people know it? What do they think about it?), in
«L‘immigrazione nella provincia di Prato: VII Rapporto Anno 2010 (Immigration in Prato,
2010)», (2011)
8.
Come trovare la cultura cercando la sicurezza. La dimensione sociale, culturale e
umana nel Partenariato euromediterraneo (Social, cultural and human dimension in the
Euro-Mediterranean Partnership), in Francesco Anghelone, edited by, «La politica
mediterranea dell‘Unione europea (The EU Mediterranean Policy)», Roma, Editrice Apes,
(2011), pp. 145-231
9.
The Influence of Protest Movements on the European Integration Process: an
Interpretation of the 1972 Paris Summit, in Antonio Varsori, Guia Migani, edited by, «Europe
in the International Arena during the 1970s. Entering a different world/L‘Europe sur la scène
internationale dans les années 1970s. A la découverte d‘un nouveau monde», Bruxelles, Peter
Lang, 2011, pp. 253-277
10.
Il sindacato europeo, la crisi economica e il nuovo ordine educativo (European trade
unions, the economic crisis and the ―New Educational Order‖), in Ilaria Del Biondo, Lorenzo
Mechi, Francesco Petrini, edited by, «Fra mercato comune e globalizzazione: le forze sociali
europee e la fine dell‘età dell‘oro (Between the Common Market and globalization: European
social forces and the end of the Golden Age)», Milano, FrancoAngeli, 2010, pp. 151-178
207
11.
Between sovereignty dilemmas and cultural strategies. France and the birth of the
Community education policy, 1968-1974, in Morten Rasmussen, Ann-Christina Knudsen,
edited by, «The road to a united Europe. Interpretations of the process of European
integration», Bruxelles – Berne – Berlin - Frankfurt am Main - New York – Oxford - Wien,
Peter Lang, 2009, pp. 319-333
12.
The Italian Delegation to the Hague «Congress of Europe», in Jean-Michel Guieu,
Christophe Le Dréau, edited by, «Le Congrès de l‘Europe à La Haye (1948-2008)», Bruxelles
– Berne – Berlin - Frankfurt am Main - New York – Oxford - Wien, Peter Lang, 2009, pp.
211-222
13.
Giovani migranti a Prato (Young Immigrants in Prato), in Fabio Bracci, edited by,
«L‘immigrazione nella provincia di Prato: VI Rapporto Anno 2008. Più stabili ma più incerti:
giovani, donne e comunità migranti a Prato (Immigration in Prato, 2008)», Prato, Tipografia
La Moderna, 2009, pp. 145-192
14.
L‘isolamento creativo. Ragioni, caratteri, esiti del contributo italiano allo sviluppo di
una dimensione educativa comunitaria, 1961-1975 (The creative loneliness: reasons,
characteristics, results of the Italian contribution to a Community education dimension,
(1961-1975), in Luciano Tosi, edited by, «L‘Italia e la dimensione sociale nell‘integrazione
europea (Italy and the social dimension in the European integration process)», Padova,
Cedam, 2008, pp. 199-232
15.
Building a European cultural and educational model: another face of the integration
process, 1969-1974, in Jan van der Harst, edited by, «Beyond the customs union: the
European Community‘s quest for deepening, widening and completion, 1969-1975»,
Brussels, Bruylant, 2007, pp. 251-273
16.
La nascita di una dimensione educativa comunitaria. Tra interessi nazionali e istanze
di movimento, 1969-1976 (The origins of a Community education dimension: between
national interests and protest movements‘ requests, 1969-1976), in Antonio Varsori, edited by,
«Alle origini del presente. L‘Europa occidentale nella crisi degli anni Settanta (The origins of
the present. Western Europe in the 1970s)», Milano, FrancoAngeli, 2006, pp. 251-273
17.
La forza di due debolezze. Il ruolo del Parlamento europeo nella nascita di una
politica comunitaria dell‘istruzione, 1957-1976 (The strength of two weaknesses. The
European Parliament‘s contribution to the Community education policy, 1957-1976), in
Antonio Varsori, edited by, «Sfide del mercato e identità europea. Le politiche di educazione e
formazione professionale nell‘Europa comunitaria (Market struggles and European identity:
educational and vocational training in the European Union)», Milano, FrancoAngeli, 2006,
pp. 11-52
18.
La politica comunitaria in materia di istruzione nel corso degli anni sessanta (The
Community education policy during the 1960s), in Laura Leonardi, Antonio Varsori, edited
by, «Lo spazio sociale europeo. Atti del convegno internazionale di studi, Fiesole, 10-11
ottobre 2003 (The European social space. Proceedings of the international conference,
Fiesole, 10-11 October 2003)», Firenze, Firenze University Press, 2005, pp. 57-75
19.
Formazione e ricerca: la storia e il futuro (Training and research: past and future),
in Luciano Barca, Maurizio Franzini, edited by, «Legittimare l‘Europa. Diritti sociali e
crescita economica (Legitimizing Europe: social rights and economic growth)», Bologna, Il
Mulino, 2005, pp. 307-329
c) Essays in magazines
1.
The long path to a European television channel: democracy, broadcasting and
European unification at the time of the communications satellites, (1976-1986), in
«Zeitgeschichte», N. 4, 2011, pp. 251-264
2.
The Italian Communist Party, L‘Unità and the Hungarian events, in Gergana
Georgieva/Gábor Faragó/Valentine Lomellini/Simone Paoli, Language and politics in the
Communist world: Bulgaria, Hungary and Italy as study cases between 1956
and 1968, in
«Zeitgeschichte», N. 6, 2010, pp. 380-396
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3.
La geografia mentale del Sessantotto italiano (The mental geography of the Italian
―1968‖), in «Annali della Fondazione Ugo La Malfa», Vol. XXII, 2007, , pp. 73-96
4.
Alle radici della politica educativa europea, 1968-1974 (The origin of the European
education policy, 1968-1974), in «Ventunesimo Secolo», N. 9, 2006, pp. 199-228
5.
La costruzione di una politica europea dell‘istruzione. Il ruolo dell‘Italia, 19571976 (The Italian contribution to the Community education policy, 1957-1976), in «Annali
della Fondazione Ugo La Malfa», Volume XIX, 2004, pp. 187-220
d) Essays in web magazines
1.
Unione Europea-Sadc: due strade che rischiano di divaricarsi (The European
Union and the Southern African Development Community: a lack of dialogue), in
«www.equilibri.net», 20/6/2005
2.
UE: quali politiche per quante Afriche dopo la creazione dell‘Unione Africana (The
European Union: relations with the African Union), in «www.equilibri.net», 28/4/2005
3.
UE: rilancio nei rapporti con l‘Asean tra grandi speranze e premature delusioni
(The European Union: relations with the Association of South-East Asian Nations between
great expectations and early disappointments) in «www.equilibri.net», 25/2/2005
4.
UE: crisi nei rapporti col Mercosur (The European Union: crisis in the relations
with
the Southern Common Market), in «www.equilibri.net», 21/12/2004
e)
Entries in reference works
Congresso dell‘Europa dell‘Aja (The Hague «Congress of Europe»), in Piero
Craveri, Umberto Morelli, Gaetano Quagliariello, edited by, «Dizionario dell‘integrazione
europea (Dictionary of the European integration)», Soveria Mannelli, Rubbettino, (2011)
2.
Bombassei Giorgio, in Piero Craveri, Umberto Morelli, Gaetano Quagliariello,
edited by, «Dizionario dell‘integrazione europea (Dictionary of the European integration)»,
Soveria Mannelli, Rubbettino, (2011)
3.
Brittan Leon, in Piero Craveri, Umberto Morelli, Gaetano Quagliariello, edited by,
«Dizionario dell‘integrazione europea (Dictionary of the European integration)», Soveria
Mannelli, Rubbettino, (2011)
4.
Brown Gordon, in Piero Craveri, Umberto Morelli, Gaetano Quagliariello, edited by,
5.
Dixon Pierson, in Piero Craveri, Umberto Morelli, Gaetano Quagliariello, edited by,
6.
Douglas Alec Home, in Piero Craveri, Umberto Morelli, Gaetano Quagliariello,
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Kinnock Neil, in Piero Craveri, Umberto Morelli, Gaetano Quagliariello, edited by,
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Lee Frank, in Piero Craveri, Umberto Morelli, Gaetano Quagliariello, edited by,
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Maudling Reginald, in Piero Craveri, Umberto Morelli, Gaetano Quagliariello,
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Monti Mario, in Piero Craveri, Umberto Morelli, Gaetano Quagliariello, edited by,
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Roll Eric, in Piero Craveri, Umberto Morelli, Gaetano Quagliariello, edited by,
13.
La Grande Guerra, la rivoluzione e la guerra civile in Russia (The Great War, the
revolution and the civil war in Russia), in «Atlante Storico Treccani (Historical Atlas
Treccani)», Roma, Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, 2007, pp. 92-107
14.
Regimi dittatoriali e crisi economica in Occidente, ―rivoluzione dall‘alto‖ in
Unione Sovietica (Dictatorial regimes, economic crisis in the West and the Stalinism), in
«Atlante Storico Treccani (Historical Atlas Treccani)», Roma, Istituto della Enciclopedia
Italiana, 2007, pp. 126-139
11.
f)
Reviews
Andrea Bosco, Federal Union e l‘Unione franco-britannica. Il dibattito federalista
nel Regno Unito dal Patto di Monaco al crollo della Francia (1938-1940), Bologna, Il
Mulino, 2009, in «Relations Internationales», (2011)
2.
Lorenzo Medici, Dalla propaganda alla cooperazione. La diplomazia culturale
italiana nel secondo dopoguerra (1944-1950), Padova, Cedam, 2009, in «Rivista della
Società Italiana per lo Studio della Storia Contemporanea ―Il Mestiere di Storico‖», N. II/2,
2010, p. 231
3.
Laura Scichilone, L‘Europa e la sfida ecologica. Storia della politica ambientale
europea (1969-1998), Bologna, Il Mulino, 2008, in «Rivista della Società Italiana per lo
Studio della Storia Contemporanea ―Il Mestiere di Storico‖», N. I/2, 2009, p. 253
4.
Giuliana Laschi e Mario Telò, a cura di, Europa potenza civile o entità in declino?
Contributi a una nuova stagione multidisciplinare degli studi europei, Bologna, Il Mulino,
2007, in «Journal of European Integration History», N. 2, 2008, pp. 186-189
5.
Cinzia Rognoni Vercelli, Luciano Bolis dall‘Italia all‘Europa, Bologna, Il Mulino,
2007, in «Annali della Società Italiana per lo Studio della Storia Contemporanea ―Il Mestiere
di Storico‖», Annale IX, 2008, p. 461
6.
Andrea Sangiovanni, Tute blu. La parabola operaia nell‘Italia repubblicana, Roma,
Donzelli, 2006, in «Annali della Fondazione Ugo La Malfa», Vol. XXI, 2006, pp. 279-286
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Franco Pisani architetto
via del casone 3r, 50124 FIRENZE
tel +390552286196 mob+393355220660 e.mail: [email protected] website: www.qart.it
education
1997 degree in architecture in the Facoltà di Architettura dell’Università degli Studi di
Firenze (110/110 e lode con dignità di pubblicazione).
1997 licensed architect, Ordine degli architetti di Firenze e Prato (number 5283).
teaching experiences
- 2004 to present The Institute at Palazzo Rucellai, Architecture Program, (PRARP)
firenze:
teacher of ARCH477 architecture in context
guest lecturer & visiting critic in the advanced architecture studio
- 2010 designing emptiness. a masterplan for the urban re-qualification of lazzeretto.
coordinator and curator of the urban design workshop.
- 2010 roger williams university SAAHP, thesis studio final presentations guest
critic, spring '10 session.
- 2009 bruno zevi foundation, università di roma la sapienza, for a frugal approach
in architecture, international design workshop, tutor.
- 2009 roger williams university SAAHP, bristol RI, visiting critic, ARCH 513
graduate architecture design studio
- 2008 fasten belts. strategies and proposals for the retraining of the outer belt of cerreto
guidi. coordinator and curator of the urban design workshop.
- 2008 to present kent state university, school of architecture, florence campus,
guest critic for the graduate and advanced architecture design studio
- 2007>2008 syracuse university, florence architecture program
teacher of ARCH397 architecture design studio for pre-arch students (summer
07, fall 08)
- 2005 universita degli studi di parma, facoltà di architettura
guest lecturer & visiting professor in the Materiali e progettazione di elementi
costruttivi course
- 2005>2006 syracuse university, florence architecture program guest lecturer and
visiting critic for the M.ARCH2
- 1999 to present Lorenzo de'Medici/The Art Institute of Florence/Atelier, firenze:
teacher of various courses in the interior design and architecture department
- 2002>1998 Università degli studi di Ferrara, Facoltà di Architettura:
aca+pe collaboration as teaching assistant in the courses architettura e composizione
architettonica+progettazione esecutiva held by prof. Luca Emanueli and prof. Vittorio
Anselmi in the facoltà di architettura of the ferrara university.
research experiences
- 2010 acces_SOS, is an international container of events and instruments for the
investigation and the evaluation of the nature of public space and its level of
accessibility
to
every
category
of
users
and
inhabitants.
http://accessos01.blogspot.com/
- 2007 the map of accessibility for the territory of bagno a ripoli
- 2002 to present research ―il superamento del disagio abitativo‖ for the city of
Bolzano.
- 2001 la carta della progettazione interculturale, member of the international
workshop portofranco, organized by the Regione Toscana
- 1996 to 2003 Fondazione Giovanni Michelucci, fiesole.
Founded in 1982, the F.G.M. promote studies and research in the field of urbanism
and architecture, focusing in particular on themes linked to social habitat and to the
relationship between space and society.
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professional experiences
- 1994 to present qart progetti (2000 to present as associated architect)
main works: sassi turchini: center for accessible holidays @ isola d‘elba
(construction), theatre in Olbia with Giovanni Michelucci (built), progetto di recupero
urbano ERP in via Pisana for the city of Firenze (built), aree residenziali attrezzate
per Sinti e Rom for the city of Empoli and Prato (research and buildings),
bed&breakfast for Symposium Quattro stagioni in Cartoceto (project), NEGOZIO
CLASSICA concept and first shop in London UK (built), gymnasium for the city of
Golfo Aranci (built), EXCESS fashion & underground in the‘80, installation design
(realised)
- 1994>2000 collaboration with various architects in Florence
- 1996 Soprintendenza ai Beni Artistici Storici Firenze, Prato e Pistoia
collaboration in the setting up of art exhibitions
recently published work
- 2010 shantywrap, in http://www.os-house.org/pages/os-house/home
- 2010 una scuola a legna, in ―la scuola e la città‖, serie I quaderni della Nuova Citta,
Edizioni Polistampa.
- 2005 renzino for welcome, in BOX dicembre 2005
- 2004 excess: moda e underground negli anni ottanta; in interni n°540 aprile 2004
- 2003 1000 € par m2:italie,florence,qart progetti,in: l‘architecture d‘aujourd‘hui,marchapril 2003
- 2000 giovanni michelucci e qart progetti il complesso teatrale di olbia Edizioni
Polistampa, Firenze
awards and grants
- 2009 modena quartieri sud urban design competition, III prize
- 2008 vicchio la nuova scuola don milani design competion for a middle school IV
prize
- 2007 lipomo design competition for a didactic complex, lipomo, CO, IV prize
- 2006 progettare per tutti design competition for accessibility, milano, winner
- 2005 art box design competition, cork, IE, selectioned work
- 2005 welcome international design competion, milano, selectioned work
- 2004 gondola museum architectural competition, venezia, IV prize
- 2004 biennale di venezia, METAMORPH:IX mostra internazionale
dell‟architettura excess: moda e underground negli anni ottanta installation selected
to be shown in the ―notizie dall‘interno‖ section
- 1999 IV guido de masi award scholarship award for the research: autocostruzione
ed autorecupero: for a social culture of habitat
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Dott. Scozzafava Gabriele
Address:
Via Madonna di pagano 16, 50100 Florence ITALY.
Phone: Mobile: +393477665752
Date of birth: 16/03/1977
Education:
2008 PhD in ―Economics, Forestry Planning and Wood Sciences‖, at the Department of
Agricultural Economics and Land Resource of the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences of
the University of Florence.
PhD thesis: ―Positive mathematical programming and the geographic information
system approach for the evaluation of land use changes due to CAP reform: a study
case in Tuscany‖.
2008 ―Discrete Choice Models: Theory and Applications to Environment, Landscape,
Transportation and Marketing‖ Kenneth Train, Riccardo Scarpa, Imola. University of
Bologna.
2007 ―Training Workshop: Introduction to GAMS for evaluating CAP by quantitative tools‖
Filippo Arfini, Course at Economics University of Parma.
2007―Moral hazard in agro-food chain and the stochastic optimization‖ Norbert Hirschauer,
Course at Economics University of Perugia..
2006 ―Advances in Modelling Human Choice Behaviour: a graduate level Course‖. Vic
Adamowicz, Summer Course - University of British Columbia, Vancouver Canada.
2004 University of Florence, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, Master Course Degree in
―Forest and Environmental Sciences‖.
Degree thesis: ―Territorial approach on rural development processes: the case of farm
tourism in Tuscany‖.
Score: 110/110 cum laude.
2000 University of Freiburg (Germany), University of Agricultural Sciences, European
Erasmus programme.
1996 Castelnuovo Scientific High School, Florence ITALY.
Score: 46/60
Work Experience:
Collaboration and scholarship at the Department of Agricultural Economics and Land
Resources of the University of Florence for research activities and practices:
2010-now Researcher at the University of Florence
2010 Teacher of the course: ―Environmental Economics: Sustainable Rural Development in
Tuscany‖, The Institute at Palazzo Rucellai (3 crediti).
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2010 Co-teacher of the course: ―Sustainable management of renewable resourses‖,
2009 Co-teacher of the course: ―Sustainable management of renewable resourses‖, University
of Florence.
2008 Post Doctoral scholarship on: Information technologies for the wine chain.
2007 Co.Co.Co. ―Continuous collaboration contract‖ on: Urban green areas assessment.
2005 Co.Co.Co. ―Continuous collaboration contract‖ on: Evaluation of environmental goods.
2004 Co.Co.Co. ―Continuous collaboration contract‖ on: Evaluation of green areas through the
Contingent Valuation.
Other work experiences:
2004 Sales assistant at Bar tabacchi Centrale, Potenza.
European projects and activities:
2005 EU project, MEA-Scope: ―Micro-economic instruments for impact assessment of
multifunctional agriculture to implement the Model of European Agriculture‖.
2005 Collaboration in the teaching activities of the Department, Course of Environmental
Economics.
2004
EU project, RISVEM: Research on Multifunctional Green Systems of Tuscany.
Publications:
2009 ―A georeferred positive mathematical programming model for the territorial analysis of
the Common Agriculture Policy‖. Journal of Agricultural Science and Technology,
Chicago. (in press).
2009 ―Green urban areas: evaluation and analysis of public spending for greening
management. Some case of study in Florence‖. Fratini R., Marone E., Riccioli F.,
Scozzafava G. Geomatics and environmental engineering. Volume 3, No 3.
2009―Proposal for a territorial assessment of the effects of agricultural policies with a
georeferred mathematical programming model: a study case‖. Atti del convegno 57th
International Association of Agricultural Economists Conference, Beijing, China,
August 16-22, 2009
2009 ―Il ruolo delle valutazioni economico-estimative, giuridiche ed urbanistiche nella
conservazione e trasformazione del paesaggio agrario‖, Bernetti I., Scozzafava G.,
Italian Journal of Agronomy (Rivista di Agronomia), Vol. 4 suppl. 3, 2009. Udine.
ISSN 1125-4718.
2008 ―Un modello di programmazione matematica positiva georeferenziata per la
valutazione degli effetti indotti dalla riforma della politica agricola comune: un caso di
studio‖ Scozzafava G., Casini L., Rivista di economia e diritto agroalimentare.
2008 ―Proposal for a territorial assessment of the effects of agricultural policies with a
georeferred mathematical programming model: a study case‖ Scozzafava G., Poster
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prepared for the 109th EAAE Seminar "The CAP after the Fischler reform: national
implementations, impact assessment and the agenda for future reforms‖. Viterbo.
2007 ―Il ruolo della vite nella caratterizzazione del territorio e degli ordinamenti produttivi
per lo sviluppo delle aziende agrituristiche in Toscana‖ Alampi Sottini V., Menghini
S., Scozzafava G. Aestimum,
2007 ―Le variazioni del territorio rurale e le diverse tipologie di imprenditore agricolo: un
caso di studio.‖ Alampi Sottini V., Marone E., Riccioli F., Scozzafava G., Articolo
presentato al XLIV convegno SIDEA, Taormina.
2006 ―Decoupling and cross-compliance effects on a conventional and organic farm: a case
study in Mugello‖ Alampi Sottini V., Scozzafava G., Rivista di economia e diritto
agroalimentare.
2006 ―Decoupling payment and cross-compliance on the rural landscape changes: a study
case.‖ Riccioli F., Scozzafava G., XXXV incontro CeSET, Catania.
2006 ―Evaluation of green urban areas: some study cases in Florence‖. Riccioli F., Scozzafava
G., Accademia italiana di scienze forestali, (in corso di pubblicazione). Paper presented at
IUFRO: 9th European Forum on Urban Forestry, Firenze 2006.
2005 Wine and territory: the oenological tourism in Tuscany. Alampi V., Menghini S.,
Scozzafava G., Wine Marketing Journal, Emerald, (in corso di pubblicazione).
Paper presented at the 2nd ―International Wine Marketing Symposium‖ Sonoma.
State University Sonoma, California.
2005 ―Landscape in Florance‘s Province: new legislative and valutative orientations in urban
green management.‖ Riccioli F., Scozzafava G. XXXIV incontro CeSET, Potenza.
Languages:
Italian, English.
Computer Skills:
Internet, Microsoft Office Programmes: Word, Excel, Power Point, Outlook, Geographical
Information System (GIS) (software: Idrisi, Mapinfo, Arcgis, etc.), Mathematical
Programming GAMS, Stata.
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Daniela Sinicropi
Architect
Via Luna 34, 50121, Florence
Phone : 055 676 200 (home); 338 523 1855 (mobile)
[email protected]
Place/Date of birth Hartford (CT), USA, 07/08/1980
Citizenship Italian/United States
January 2009 Licensed Architect. University of Florence, 2008
qualifying examination. N° 7446 of the Professional
Association of Architects, Planners, Landscapers and
Conservers of the Province of Florence, Italy, Section A
Education and
Training Degree in Architecture from the University of Florence
March 2008 with first class honours (110/110, magna cum laude).
Thesis title: Experimental analysis on masonry arches
reinforced with SRP Subjected to Loads and Horizontal
Displacements. Thesis Supervisor: Prof. M. Paradiso; Codirector: Prof. A. Borri.
June 1999 High school leaving certificate (diploma) from the ―N.
Machiavelli‖ Classical Lyceum in Lucca, Italy.
Additional Education
and Training
September 2011 Certificate for ―Corso Internazionale di Perfezionamento
in
Museologia
e
Museografia‖
(International
Specialization Course in Museology and Museum
Science), Fondazione Rinascimento Digitale, Florence.
February 2009 Certificate for ―Coordinatore della sicurezza per la
progettazione e per l‘esecuzione dei lavori‖ (Coordinator
for Safety in Project Design and Management), Scuola
Professionale Edile of Florence.
September 2008 CTEFL (Certified Teacher of English as a Foreign
Language with an additional study in Teaching Business
English) Via Lingua, Florence.
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Professional Activities Project management for the restructuring of a flat in
April – May 2011 Florence, Via Sacchetti, 4.
Safety Plan for The International Studies Institute, Via
November 2010 della Vigna Nuova, 18, Florence, together with Arch.
Simonetta Bracciali and Eng. Antonio Polli.
Adjunct Faculty for Arch 413 - F1/F2 Advanced
From September 2010 Architectural Design Studio for RWU School of
Architecture, Art & Historic Preservation at the
International Studies Institute, Via della Vigna Nuova 18,
Florence
Project management for the redevelopment of a flat in
October 2009 - January Florence, Via della Rondinella 66/2.
2010
Project management for the restructuring of a flat in
November 2009 - Florence, Via Luna, 34.
February 2010
Freelance Architect for Studio Architettura Bracciali, Via
from April 2010 del Casone 20, 50124 Florence.
Freelance Architect for Studio Tecnico Associato Dei
May 2009 - April 2010 1000, Viale Dei Mille 94, 50131 Florence.
Participation in the project competition with DEA Group
May 2009 for the requalification of the urban spaces in via Roma
adjacent the Church and for the design of the new Piazza
for the Town of Asigliano Veneto (VI).
Freelance Architect for Monostudio, Polo Scientifico e
March - May 2009 Tecnologico, Via M. Giuntini 63, 56023 Navacchio (PI);
Public Relations for Architectour.net.
Instructor for the course of Statica e Stabilità delle
January - June 2009 Costruzioni Murarie e Monumentali (Statics and Stability
of Masonry and Monumental Constructions) held by Prof.
M. Paradiso, University of Florence.
September - November
Tutor in workshop ―FASTEN BELTS. Strategies and
2008 proposals for the urban retraining of the outer belt of
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Cerreto Guidi‖, presented to the Town of Cerreto Guidi,
by The Institute at Palazzo Rucellai and Roger Williams
University.
July 9th - 12th 2008 Congress speaker in the ―9th International Congress on
Heritage and Building Conservation, Cultural Heritage and
Innovation‖, Seville, Spain.
January 17 – 18, 2008 Participant in the Second Annual RELUIS (Rete dei
Laboratori Universitari di Ingegneria Sismica - Network
of University Seismic Engineering Laboratories)
Assembly, Florence.
October 17 - November Cooperation Project with the city of Fez, Morocco,
3 2007 coordinated by the Foundation ―Città di Ieri per l‘Uomo di
Domani‖ (City of Yesterday for the Man of Tomorrow),
for the technical and specialized training of technicians of
ADER-FES in structural rehabilitation and restoration.
Fez, Morocco.
July 30 - August 3, 2006 Participant in the XVIth International Seminar and
Architectural and Urban Culture Award in Camerino,
Italy.
September 3 – 26, 2005 Participation in the project competition ―Premio
Piranesi_DARC 2005‖, for the creation of a museum
space in Villa Adriana (TV), Rome.
Publications
Paradiso, M., Sinicropi, D. ―Análisis experimental de
arcos de albañilería reforzados con SRP y sometidos a
cargas y desaplazamientos horizontales.‖ 8vo Simposio
Internacional de Estructuras, Geotecnia y Materiales de
Construcción, 2008, UCLV, Cuba.
Paradiso, M., Sinicropi, D. ―Experimental Analysis on
Masonry Arches Reinforced with SRP and subjected to
Loads and Horizontal Displacements.‖ Libro de Actas, IX
Congreso Internacional di Rehabilitación del Patrimonio
arquitectónico y edificación, Sevilla, 2008, Tomo I, pp
315-320.
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Mother tongues Italian, English
Other Languages
Spanish B1 Level certification (Common European Framework of
Reference for Language) for Spanish, February 2008,
Centro Linguistico di Ateneo, University of Florence.
German B1 Level certification (Common European Framework of
Reference for Language) for German, June 2008, Centro
Linguistico di Ateneo, University of Florence.
Technical Skills and Experience in Laboratory work from June 2007 to March
Competences 2008. The competences acquired in this environment
include the organization of experimental work in a
laboratory, hand-making of formworks and mortar, brickcutting, load and traction tests on brick and mortar
samples, arch building and the use of various measuring
instruments.
Computer Skills and Office package (Word, Excel, Power Point); Adobe
Competences Photoshop, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Premiere Pro;
AutoCad, CorelDraw, DOCET (energy certification),
YPOT.
References
Prof. Arch. Michele Paradiso; [email protected]
Prof. Eng. Antonio Borri; [email protected]
Arch. Carlo Achilli; [email protected]
Arch. Franco Pisani; [email protected]
Maria Gemma Maggi; [email protected]
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BETTE TALVACCHIA________________________________________________
University of Connecticut
Department of Art and Art History
830 Bolton Road, Unit 1099
Storrs, CT 06269
phone: 860-486-3930 fax: 860-486-3869
email: [email protected]
EDUCATION
Stanford University
Ph.D, History of Art, 1981
Dissertation: Giulio Romano‘s Sala di Troia: A Synthesis of Epic Narrative and Emblematic
Imagery
The University of Texas at Austin
M.A., History of Art, 1975
Thesis: Marinetti, Balla, Futurism
Bryn Mawr College
A.B., History of Art, 1973
A.B., Italian Language and Literature, 1973
Università Cattolica di Milano a Roma
Summer Program (literature and archaeology), 1971
UNIVERSITY APPOINTMENTS
Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor, University of Connecticut, 2005 - present
Associate Dean of Development, School of Fine Arts, 2004 - 2005
Professor, Department of Art and Art History, University of Connecticut, 1994 – present
Interim Department Head, spring semester, 2001
Associate Professor, Department of Art and Art History, University of Connecticut, 19861994 (tenure awarded 1987)
Associate Dean of Academic Programs, School of Fine Arts, Univ of Connecticut, 1986-1987
Andrew W. Mellon Faculty Fellow, Department of Fine Arts, Harvard University, 1984-1985
Assistant Professor, Department of Art and Art History, University of Connecticut, 19811985
PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS AND HONORS
Renaissance Society of America Council, Discipline Representative (Art History) 2003-2006
Committee of Honor, exhibition Caravaggio and his Italian Followers, Wadsworth
Atheneum, Hartford, CT. 1998
Reviewer, Fellowship Program, The Getty Center for the History of Art and the Humanities,
1992-1994
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Consultant, The Getty Center for the History of Art and the Humanities, Film Symposium
Project Development, summer, 1992
Director, University of Connecticut Florence Study Program, Florence, Italy, 1989-1990
Working Committee, Giulio Romano Exhibition, Palazzo del Te, Mantua, Italy. Curator of
sections I miti amorosi and Immagini erotiche, 1986-1989
College Board Test Development Committee, Advanced Placement Exam in Art History,
1986-1988
Consultant, The Getty Center for the History of Art and the Humanities, Giulio Romano
Bibliography Project, 1985-1986
Bryn Mawr College/Higher Education Resource Services, Summer Institute for Women in
Higher Education Administration, 1986
Consultant, The Getty Center for the History of Art and the Humanities, Coordinator for
Photo Archive Project, documentation of frescoes in the Hall of Troy, Ducal Palace, Mantua,
Italy, 1985
VISITING PROFESSORSHIPS
Robert Lehman Visiting Professor, Villa I Tatti, The Harvard University Center for Italian
Renaissance Studies, Florence, Italy 2002-2003
Visiting Professor, Villa I Tatti, The Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance
Studies, Florence, Italy, 2003-2004
Visiting Consortium Professor, The Institute at Palazzo Rucellai, Florence, Italy 2007-2008
Visiting Professor, The Institute at Palazzo Rucellai, Florence, Italy, 2008-2010
FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS
Faculty Excellence in Research Award, The University of Connecticut Alumni Association,
2003
Andrew W. Mellon Art History Fellow, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2002
Frese Senior Fellow, Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts, National Gallery of Art,
Washington D.C., 2001
Fellow, The Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, School of Historical Studies, 1999-2000
Villa I Tatti, Lila Wallace-Reader‘s Digest Collaborative Project Grant, October, 1999
Guest Scholar, Villa I Tatti, The Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies,
Florence, Italy, 1996-97
Fellow, Villa I Tatti, The Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies,
Florence, Italy, 1995-1996
Chancellor‘s Research Fellowship, University of Connecticut, spring 1997
Faculty Research Award, The Research Foundation, University of Connecticut, 1995-1996
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NEH Summer Institute, Fellow in research group on The Graphic Revolution in Early Modern
Europe, Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, D.C., summer 1994
Andrew W. Mellon Faculty Fellowship in the Humanities, Harvard University, 1984-1985
Fulbright Fellowship, Research Award (Declined), 1984
Faculty Summer Fellowship, The Research Foundation, University of Connecticut, 1983
Cantor Research Fellowship, Art Department, Stanford University, 1980
Fulbright Fellowship, administered by the Commissione per gli scambi culturali fra l‘Italia e
gli Stati Uniti, Rome, 1978-1979
Deane Award for Research in Europe, Stanford University, 1978
Renaissance Society of America Grant for Workshop in Paleography and Archive Research,
Florence, Italy, summer 1978
University Fellowships, Stanford University, 1975-1978
SCHOLARSHIPS AND AWARDS
Academic Scholarships, University of Texas at Austin, 1973-1975
Alumnae Regional Scholar, Bryn Mawr College, 1969-1973
Hester Ann Corner Prize for Literary Criticism, Bryn Mawr College, 1973
Frances Day Lukens Award for Study Abroad, History of Art, Bryn Mawr College, 1971
PUBLICATIONS
WORK IN PROGRESS
Editor, volume 3, Sexuality in the Renaissance (1450-1650), in The Cultural History of
Sexuality, Berg Publishers, Oxford, projected 2010
Commissioned as Editor, responsible for choice of contributors, Introductory Essay, and
Chapter on Erotic Images
Commissioned
Antonello da Messina, Phaidon Publishers, London
BOOKS
Raphael, Phaidon Press, London (2007)
Translated into Italian, French, German, Spanish
See review in the Renaissance Quarterly 61 (2008) 889-891
Taking Positions: On the Erotic in Renaissance Culture. Princeton University Press,1999
_____________ Paperback edition, spring 2001
Taking Positions received a Millard Meiss Award, College Art Association (publication
subvention). It was reviewed in the New York Review of Books (June 15, 2000, 36-40).
Apollo art journal chose Taking Positions as one of the year‘s ten most notable books in art
history (December 1999, 52).
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ARTICLES
―The Double Life of Saint Sebastian in Renaissance Painting,‖ The Body in Early Modern
Italy, ed. Julia Hairston and Walter Stephens, Baltimore, Johns Hopkins University Press
(forthcoming)
―Sexual Imagery in Renaissance Art from the Symbolic to the Obscene,‖ in L‘arte erotica del
Rinascimento. Atti del colloquio internazionale, Tokyo 2008, ed. Michiaki Koshikawa, Tokyo,
The National Museum of Western Art/The Yomiuri Shimbun, 2009, pp7-17
―Palma il Giovane, First Temptation of Christ,‖ entry in Disegno , giudizio e bella maniera.
Studi sul disegno italiano in onore di Catherine Monbeig Goguel, ed. Philippe Costamagna et
al., Milan, SilvanaEditoriale, 2005, 127
―Raphael‘s Workshop and the Development of a Managerial Style,‖ in The Cambridge
Raphael Companion, ed. Marcia Hall, New York, Cambridge University Press, 2005, 167185____________Paperback edition, 2008
―Il mercato dell Eros: Rappresentazioni della sessualità femminile nei soggetti mitologici,‖ in
the anthology Monaca, moglie, serva, cortigiana: Vita e immagine delle donne tra
Rinascimento e Controriforma. Sara F. Matthews-Grieco, ed. Morgana Edizioni, Florence,
2001, pp.192-245
―The Fragments of I modi in the British Museum: Material Remains, Traces, and Locked
Cases,‖ Quaderni di Palazzo Te 8 (2000): 46-55
―The Erotic Souvenir as a Portrait of the Artist,‖ Annali d‘italianistica 16 (1998): 31-47
―Classical Paradigms and Renaissance Antiquarianism in Giulio Romano‘s I modi, ‖ I Tatti
Studies 7 (1997): 81-118
―Giulio Romano,‖ The Macmillan Dictionary of Art, vol. 12 (London: Macmillan, 1996),
749-759. Reprinted in the Grove Encyclopedia of Italian Renaissance and Mannerist Art,
edited by Jane Turner (London and New York, 1999)
―Notes for a Job Description to be Filed under Court Artist,‖ in The Search for a Patron in the
Middle Ages and the Renaissance, ed. David G. Wilkins and Rebecca L. Wilkins (Lewiston,
NY: Edwin Mellen Press, 1996), 179-90
―L‘erotismo in Giulio Romano fra decoro, decorazione e scandalo,‖ La nuova città, 5 (1994),
94-113
―Professional Advancement and the Use of the Erotic in the Art of Francesco Xanto,‖ The
Sixteenth Century Journal, 25 (1994), 121-153
―Historical Phallicy: Derek Jarman‘s Edward II,‖ The Oxford Art Journal, 16 (1993), 112-128
―The Rare Italian Master and the Posture of Hermione in The Winter‘s Tale,‖ LIT: Literature,
Interpretation, Theory, 3 (1992), 163-174
―The Rare Italian Master...‖ reprinted in The Elizabethan Review, 1 (1993), 40-57
―The Art of Courting Women‘s Laughter,‖ in New Perspectives in Women and Comedy,
Regina Barreca, ed. (Philadelphia: Gordon and Breach, 1992), 213-222
―Dead Ringers Dissected: Some Images,‖ Parkett, 26 (1990), 152-159
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Cornell Journal of Architecture, 4 (1990). Introduction (200-05) and editing of the 1986
Preston H. Thomas Memorial Lectures, with Martin Kubelik. Editor of and participant in
lecture‘s closing colloquium, ―Comment, Criticism, Challenge‖
Essays and entries in the exhibition catalogue, Giulio Romano (Milan: Electa, 1989):
Figure lascive per trastullo de l‘ingegno, 277-287
L‘apparato decorativo dell‘Appartamento di Troia, 392
La Camera delle Teste, 398-399
Il Camerino dei Cesari, 400-405
La Sala di Troia, 406-411
Allegoria dell‘Immortalità, 438
―Homer, Greek Heroes and Hellenism in Giulio Romano‘s Hall of Troy,‖ Journal of the
Warburg and Courtauld Institutes, 51 (1988), 235-242
―Translating an Ancient Text into Paint-- Narration through Gesture in Giulio Romano‘s Sala
di Troia,‖ Renaissance and Reformation, n.s. 10 (1986), 49-65
―Politics Considered as a Category of Culture: The Anti-Fascist Corrente Group,‖ Art
History, 8 (1985), 336-355
CONFERENCE PAPERS AND INVITED LECTURES
Keynote talk, Giornata di Studi, sponsored by the Department of Drawings and Prints, Uffizi
Gallery, the Kunsthistorisches Institut, and the University of Bern, ―Marcantonio Raimondi‘s
Technique, Raphael‘s Enterprise and the Business of Printmaking,‖ Kunsthistorisches Institut,
Florence, December 2008
International Conference, Erotic Art in the Renaissance: Iconography and Function, ―Sexual
Imagery in Renaissance Art from the Symbolic to the Obscene,‖ The National Museum of
Western Art, Tokyo, Japan, March 2008
The Acton Miscellany Lecture, Villa La Pietra (New York University), ―The Body in Parts: A
Renaissance Aesthetic, an Avant -Garde Strategy,‖ Florence, February 2008
Lecture Series, The Institute at Palazzo Rucellai, ―The Ingredients of Raphael‘s Recipe for
Fame, Florence,‖ November 2007
International Workshop, Printing and its Public in Early Modern Italy. ―New Medium, Novel
Manners of Consumption,‖ Villa Spelman, Florence, May 2007
Bucknell University, ―Beauty, Morality and Mythology in Venetian Portraits of Women,‖
February 2007.
International Conference Spuren der Avantgarde: Theatrum Anatomicum, organized by the
Sonderforschungsbereich ‗Kulturen des Performativen‘, Freie Universität, Berlin, ―Body
Fragments: A Disjointed View of Renaissance Art,‖ Berlin, November 2006
Spring Conference, The Folger Institute, Washington, D. C. Further Transactions of the
Book. Session on the Humanist Book, paper entitled ―Further Adventures of the Humanist
Book: Art as Part of the Rhetoric, March 2006
Renaissance Society of America, Annual Conference, San Francisco, CA, Session:
Penetrating the Sacred Body: Signifying Wounds in Italian Images and Texts, (organizer), and
presenter: ―The Arrows of Saint Sebastian,‖ March 2006
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Rutgers University, Renaissance Woman: A Symposium in Honor of Rona Goffen, ― ‗A
woman of indisputable beauty but perhaps dubious morality:‘ Further Thoughts about Flora,‖
October 2005
Yale University, Renaissance Study Group, ―Carnality and Spirituality in Renaissance Art,‖
March 2005
The University of Bristol, U.K., Italian Studies Program, ―Sexuality and Spirituality in
Renaissance Art,‖ March 2004
The Courtauld Institute of Art, London, ―The Classification of the Erotic in Italian
Renaissance Art,‖ London, June 2003
J. Paul Getty Museum, ―Representations of the Sensual Body in Religious Art during the
Renaissance.‖ Los Angeles, April 2003
The Graduate Center, CUNY, Renaissance Studies Spring Symposium, ―Control and Excess
in Bronzino‘s Art,‖ New York, April 2003
Renaissance Society of America, Conference, ― ‗Everyone likes variety‘: The Positions of
Bronzino‘s Del pennello.‖ Toronto, March 2003
Villa I Tatti, The Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies, ―The Word
Made Flesh: Sacred Subjects and Carnal Depictions in Renaissance Art.‖ November, 2002
Renaissance Society of America, ―The Organization of Raphael‘s Workshop,‖ Scottsdale,
Arizona, April 2002
Center for Advanced Research in the Visual Arts, The National Gallery of Art, ―Eroticism
and Sexual Imagery in Religious Art of the Renaissance.‖ Washington, D.C., December 2001
Renaissance Society of America, ―The Sexualized Body as Signifier in Religious Art,‖
Chicago, March 2001
Alfred University, School of Art and Design, Visiting Artist/Scholar program, ―Satire or
Serious Signifier: The Uses of Sexual Imagery in Renaissance Art,‖ Alfred, New York,
November 2000
New England Renaissance Conference: Emotion and Creativity in the Renaissance.
―Responses to Sexual Imagery in a Catholic Culture,‖ Hartford, Connecticut, October 2000
The Wesleyan Renaissance Seminar, ―Anton Francesco Doni‘s Disegno: The Paragone and
the Popular Press in mid-Sixteenth Century Venice,‖ Wesleyan College, May 2000
The Renaissance Society of America, National Conference, ―Consumption and Destruction as
Strategies in Print Making,‖ Florence, Italy, March 2000
Hunter College, CUNY and the Italian Cultural Institute, ―The Fragments of I modi in the
British Museum,‖ Symposium for the exhibition, Giulio Romano Master Designer, curated by
Janet Cox-Rearick, Hunter College Gallery, New York, November 1999
New York Academy of Art, ―The Body and Design: Giulio Romano in Federico Gonzaga‘s
Court,‖ New York, November 1999
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Richard Feigen Gallery, participant in symposium on Artemisia Gentileschi, New York, May
1998
Wadsworth Atheneum, Series of six lectures: ―Ambition, Aggression, and Devotion:
Understanding the Art of Caravaggio‖ to accompany the exhibition Caravaggio and his
Italian Followers. Hartford, Connecticut, March - April 1998
Hunter College, CUNY, ―Sexual Representation in Prints and the Issue of I modi,‖ Graduate
seminar of Prof. Janet Cox-Rearick on Giulio Romano, March 1998
Princeton University, Department of Art and Archaeology, ―Sexual Representation in Prints
and the Issue of I modi,‖ Princeton, New Jersey, November 1997
University of Venice, Institute of Architecture, Symposium, Corpo e erotismo nella cultura
umanistica, ―Il libro dei Sonnetti lussuriosi e la rappresentazione erotica fra immagine e
testo,‖ Venice, Italy, June 1997
The Renaissance Society of America, National Conference, ―Reviewing the Representation of
the Erotic,‖ Vancouver, British Columbia, April 1997
Symposium, Vita e immagine della donna tra rinascimento e controriforma, ―The Market of
Eros in Mythological Prints,‖ Syracuse University, Florence, Italy, March 1997
Swiss Federal Technical University (ETH), Architectural History Graduate Program, ―Fresco
Cycles, Patrons, and Court Artists: Case Studies from Sixteenth-Century Italy.‖ Zurich,
Switzerland, January 1997
Swiss Federal Technical University (ETH), Architectural History Doctoral Seminar,
―Ancient Sex Manuals and Aretino‘s Sonetti lussurios,.‖ Zurich, Switzerland, January 1997
The University of Manchester, Research Seminar, ―Antiquity, Obscenity, and Reproducible
Images: Issues of Sexual Representation in I modi,‖ Manchester, England, December 1996
The University of Birmingham, Art History Department, ―Antiquity, Obscenity, and
Reproducible Images,‖ Birmingham, England, December 1996
The Warburg Institute, The Venetian Seminar, ―Pietro Aretino‘s Book: The Venetian
Contribution to the Scandal of I modi,‖ London, England, December 1996
Villa Spelman, The Charles E. Singleton Center for Italian Studies, The Johns Hopkins
University, ―A Position Paper on I modi, concerning Roman Spintriae and Catholic
Confession Manuals,‖ Florence, Italy, March 1996
Pentafillo, Gruppo di Lavoro di Storia delle Donne, ―The Language and Images of Female
Sexuality in Sixteenth-Century Italy,‖ The University of Florence, Italy, January 1996
Swiss Federal Technical University (ETH), Architectural History Graduate Program,
―Eroticism in the Art of Giulio Romano in Relation to his Architectural Production,‖ Zurich,
Switzerland, January 1996
University of Warwick in Venice, ―Antiquity and Eroticism in I modi of Giulio Romano and
the Sonetti lussuriosi of Pietro Aretino,‖ Venice, Italy, December 1995
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Villa I Tatti, The Harvard University Center for Studies in Renaissance Art, ―Eros, Antiquity,
and Anatomy: Aspects of Sexual Representation in the Sixteenth Century,‖ Florence, Italy,
Nov 1995
Syracuse University, Florence, ―Eros, Antiquity, and Anatomy. Methods and Approaches to
Gender and Sexuality in the Study of Renaissance Art,‖ Florence, Italy, November 1995
Organizer of session, ―Exploring Eroticism and Pornography in History: What‘s the
Difference?‖
The American Society of Aesthetics Annual Conference. Paper presented ―An Honest Look at
Dishonest Positions in Sixteenth-Century Italy,‖ St. Louis, Missouri, November 1995.
Organizer of session, ―Eroticism and Mannerism,‖ The Sixteenth Century Society
Conference. Paper presented, ―Terms of Discourse around the Erotic in Mannerist Art.‖ San
Francisco, California, October 1995
University of California, Santa Cruz, Board of Art, Guest Lecture, ―Under Construction: The
Representation of Gender in Renaissance Art.‖ Santa Cruz, California, May 1995
University of Connecticut, Women in the Arts series,‖ The Construction of Female Sexuality
in Renaissance Art,‖ Storrs, Connecticut, March 1995
Honors Program Lecture Series, Portland State University, ―Gender Matters in Renaissance
Painting,‖ Portland, Oregon, March 1995
Sixteenth Century Studies Conference, ―All Manner of Courtly Behavior: the Cultural
Context of Italian Mannerism,‖ Toronto, Ontario, October 1994
Conference Antiquity and Antiquity Transumed, Centre for Reformation and Renaissance
Studies, University of Toronto, ―Responses to the Erotic: Positions and Counter-Positions in
Antiquity and the Renaissance.‖ Toronto, Ontario, March 1994
Conference on Medieval and Renaissance Studies, New College, University of South Florida,
―Positioning the Female Body in the Renaissance,‖ Sarasota Springs, Florida, March 1994
Stamford Center for the Visual Arts, ―Getting Art to Work: Strategies of Patronage in the
Italian Renaissance,‖ Stamford, Connecticut, November 1992
The Renaissance Society of America, National Conference, ―Mythology, Misogyny, and
Science in Estienne‘s Anatomy.‖ Stanford, California, March 1992
Sixteenth Century Studies Conference, ―Bodies and Embodiment in the Positions of Giulio
Romano and the Sonetti lussuriosi of Pietro Aretino,‖ Philadelphia, University of
Pennsylvania, October 1991
Pennsylvania Symposium on Medieval and Renaissance Studies, ―Notes for a Job
Description. Wanted: A Court Artist,‖ Pittsburgh, PA, University of Pittsburgh, October 1991
The Getty Center for the History of Art and the Humanities, ―Shakespeare‘s Knowledge of
Giulio Romano,‖ Santa Monica, California, June 1991
Villa Spelman, The Charles E. Singleton Center for Italian Studies, the Johns Hopkins
University, ―Giulio Romano‘s I modi: Eroticism becomes Pornography,‖ Florence, March
1990
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Harvard University, Graduate School of Design, Seminar Lectures, ―Approaches to Imagery
in the Sala di Troia,‖ and ―The Modi of Giulio Romano,‖ Cambridge, Massachusetts,
December 1988
International Congress on Medieval Studies, ―Some Thoughts on Decorum and Passion in the
Art of Giulio Romano,‖ Kalamazoo, MI, Western Michigan University, May 1988
The Renaissance Society of America National Conference, ―The City as a Work of Art,‖ New
York, March 1988
Center for Medieval and Early Renaissance Studies, Annual Conference, ―Eroticism all‘antica
in Giulio Romano‘s I modi,‖ State University of New York at Binghamton, October 1987
Preston H. Thomas Memorial Lectures, School of Architecture, Cornell University,
Respondent. Ithaca, NY, October, 1986
College Art Association, Annual Conference, ―Experts at Work: The Painting of the Hall of
Troy at Mantua.‖ New York, February 1986
New England Conference on the History of Art, ―Giulio Romano‘s New Rome in Federico
Gonzaga‘s Mantua,‖ University of Massachusetts, Amherst, November 1986
Department of Art, The University of Rhode Island, ―Giulio Romano and the Court of
Mantua.‖ Kingston, RI, November 1985
The Courtauld Institute, University of London, ―Giulio Romano and the Sala di Troia,‖
London, England, June 1985
The American Association for Italian Studies Annual Conference, ―The Anti-Fascist Corrente
Artists,‖ Indiana University, May 1984
Toronto Renaissance and Reformation Colloquium, ―Translating an Ancient Text into Paint-Narration through Gesture in the Sala di Troia,‖ University of Toronto, Ontario, November
1983
Centro Internazionale di Studi di Architettura ‗A. Palladio‘, Conference Giulio Romano
architetto e la sua influenza, ―La costruzione e la decorazione della Sala di Troia,‖ Vicenza,
September, 1982
COURSES TAUGHT
Introductory Course, The History of Art, Renaissance to Modern
The Art of the Italian Renaissance
Gender Issues in Renaissance Art (on-site version also developed to teach in Florence)
Topics in Northern Renaissance Art
Topics in Baroque Art, Italian and Dutch
The History of the Print
The Artist and Society
Michelangelo as Paradigm of the Renaissance Artist (seminar)
Raphael (seminar)
Fresco Painting in Italy after Raphael (seminar)
Vasari‘s Vite and the Florentine Masters (seminar; developed to teach on site in Florence)
The Art of Florence: Experiencing Visual Culture (introductory: developed to teach on site)
From Michelangelo to Bernini (beginning level; developed to teach on site in Italy)
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Christian Tarchi, PhD
Resident in via Mari, 5 – 50014 – Fiesole (FI) - Italy
Mobile Phone Number: (+39) 3383745579
Born in Fiesole (FI, Italy) on the 30th of November, 1980
Education
2011
Department of Psychology (University of Florence)
Ph.D. in Educational Psychology
Dissertation:‖ Comprehending expository texts in the Knowledge Era:
Fostering the reading comprehension process of disciplinary-content
texts by activating and sharing prior knowledge‖
2010
Ontario Institute for Studies in Education – University of Toronto
(Canada)
Visiting Scholar at the Institute for Knowledge Innovation and
Technology.
2008
Department of Psychology, University of Florence (Italy)
Specialization course in ―Learning difficulties in children and
teenagers: diagnosis and intervention‖
2007
Department of Psychology - University of Florence (Italy)
Training in Research in Educational Psychology
2006
Department of Psychiatry – University of Queensland (Australia)
Training in Research in Cross-cultural Psychology
2005
Informatics section applied to Psychotherapy – University of Ulm
(Germany)
Training in Research in Clinical Psychology
2004
Faculty of Psychology – University of Padua (Italy)
Degree in Psychology - Specialization in Developmental and
Educational Psychology (110/110 with honors)
1999
Liceo Scientifico Guido Castelnuovo – Florence (Italy)
Diploma in Scientific Studies
Academic Experience
2011
The Institute at Palazzo Rucellai – Florence (Italy)
Lecturer of Cross-Cultural Psychology (3 credits)
2011
The Institute at Palazzo Rucellai – Florence (Italy)
Lecturer of Cultural Literacy (1 credit)
2011
The Umbra Institute – Perugia (Italy)
Lecturer of Human Development in Culture
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2011
Faculty of Political Sciences – University of Florence (Italy)
Lecturer of Developmental Psychology (9 credits)
2008-2011
Department of Psychology – University of Florence, Italy
Teaching Assistant in Educational Psychology
2008
Tutor for the Specialization Course Learning disorders in children and
teenagers: diagnosis and intervention
Publications
Tarchi, C., Chuy, M., Donoahue, Z. & Stephenson, C. (in press). Introdurre gli
studenti al Knowledge Building ed al Knowledge Forum. Qwerty.
Chuy, M., Resendes, M., Tarchi, C., & Chen, B. (in press). Modi di contribuire ad un
dialogo per la ricerca di spiegazioni. Qwerty.
Chen, B., Resendes, M., Chuy, M. & Tarchi, C. (in press). Identificare, selezionare e
sviluppare idee promettenti nella Knowledge Building. Qwerty.
Tarchi, C. (in press). La comprensione del testo espositivo. L‘interazione tra
conoscenze precedenti del lettore e contenuto del testo. Giornale Italiano di
Psicologia.
Bigozzi, L., Vezzani, C., Tarchi, C. & Fiorentini, C. (in press). The role of individual
writing in fostering scientific conceptualization. European Journal of Psychology
of Education, http://dx.doi.org.10.1007/s10212-010-0031-8.
Tarchi, C. (2010). Reading comprehension of informative texts in secondary school:
A focus on direct and indirect effects of reader's prior knowledge. Learning and
Individual Differences, 20 (5), 415-420.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.lindif.2010.04.002.
Tarchi, C. (2010). Co-costruire il significato di un testo: verifica dell‘efficacia di un
trattamento. Psicologia dell‘Educazione, 4 (3).
Translations (IT-EN and EN-IT)
Borgogni, L., Petitta, L. & Barbaranelli, C. (2007). Test of Motivational orientation.
Firenze: Giunti O.S. Organizzazioni Speciali; Bucuresti: OS / D&D / Testcentral.
Caverni, S. & De Ponte-Conti, R. (2006). Edgar Levenson: Psicoanalisi
Contemporanea. Urbino: Edizioni QuattroVenti.
Comello, V. (2004). La terapia Control-Mastery come relazione di attaccamento
sicuro. Psicoterapia, 30.
Collaborations with Journals
Referee for Psicologia Clinica dello Sviluppo since 2010.
Presentations at Conferences and Workshops
Chuy, M., Tarchi, C., Resendes, M. & Chen, Bodong (2011). Knowledge Building in
Senior Kindergarten and Grade 1. Oral Communication at the 9th International
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Conference on Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning. Hong Kong, July 4-8,
2011
Tarchi, C. (2011). Activating and sharing prior knowledge before reading an
expository text. Oral Communication at EARLI (European association of Research
on Learning and Instruction) 14th Biennial Conference ―Education for a Global
Networked Society‖. Exeter, United Kingdom, 30 August – 03 September 2011.
Chuy, M., Tarchi, C., Resendes, M. & Scardamalia, M. (2011). Ways of Contributing
to a Knowledge-Building Dialogue in Elementary Classrooms. Poster Presentation
at EARLI (European association of Research on Learning and Instruction) 14th
Biennial Conference ―Education for a Global Networked Society‖. Exeter, United
Kingdom, 30 August – 03 September 2011.
Tarchi, C. & Camilloni, M. (2011). Reading and drawing together: analyzing
processes of co-construction of meaning. Oral Communication at JURE (Junior
Researches of EARLI) Pre-Conference ―Education for a Global Networked
Society‖. Exeter, United Kingdom, 29-30 August 2011.
Tarchi, C. (2011). Attivare e condividere conoscenze precedenti per apprendere dal
testo espositivo. uno studio condotto con studenti di scuola secondaria di primo
livello. Oral Communication at Giunti Conference ―In classe ho un bambino
che…‖. Florence (Italy), 4/5 february, 2011.
Tarchi, C. & Pinto, G. & Camilloni, M. (2011). A più voci: costruire significati
attraverso l‘interazione in classe. Oral Communication at AIP (Italian Association
of Psychology) Conference. Genova (Italy), 19-21 September, 2011.
Chuy, M., Tarchi, C., Scardamalia, M. & Donoahue, Z. (2011). Primi passi con il
Knowledge Building ed il Knowledge Forum in scuola primaria. Oral
Communication at Giunti Conference ―In classe ho un bambino che…‖. Florence
(Italy), 4/5 february, 2011.
Camilloni, M. & Tarchi, C. (2011). Disegnare insieme: valutare i processi di cocostruzione del significato. Oral Communication at Giunti Conference ―In classe
ho un bambino che…‖. Florence (Italy), 4/5 february, 2011.
Tarchi, C. (2010). Reading comprehension of informative texts in secondary school: a
focus on direct and indirect effects of reader‘s prior knowledge. Oral
Communication at JURE (Junior Researches of EARLI) Conference ―Connecting
diverse perspectives on learning and instruction, a conference of synergy‖.
Goethe-University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, 19-22 luglio 2010.
Tarchi, C. & Camilloni, M. (2010). Comprendere un testo scritto e disegnare insieme:
valutare i processi di co-costruzione del significato. Oral Communication at III
Simposio sull' interazione fra pari nei processi d‘apprendimento. Facoltà di Lettere
e Filosofia, Macerata, 28-30 ottobre 2010.
Piccinelli, F., Pezzica,S., Tarchi, C. & Bigozzi, L. (2010). Essere genitori di bambini
con ADHD: analisi del contenuto di un Parent Training. Oral Communication at
XIX Congresso nazionale AIRIPA (Associazione Italiana per la Ricerca e
l'Intervento nella Psicopatologia dell'Apprendimento) - I disturbi
dell'apprendimento - Ivrea, 15-16 Ottobre 2010
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Bigozzi, L., Vezzani, C., Tarchi, C., & Fiorentini, C. (2010). The role of individual
writing in fostering scientific conceptualization. Poster presented at 12th
International Conference of the EARLI Special Interest Group on Writing University of Education at Heidelberg, Germany, 8/10 september 2010
Tarchi, C. (2010). La comprensione del testo scritto: valutare i processi di cocostruzione del significato. Poster presented at XXIII Congresso Nazionale della
sezione di Psicologia dello Sviluppo e dell‘Educazione– Libera Università degli
Studi di Bolzano, Bressanone, 26/28 ottobre 2010
Tarchi, C. (2010). Eccesso, rischio, velocità: la parola ai ragazzi. Oral Communication
at Workshop ACI (Automobile Club Firenze) La percezione del rischio tra gli
adolescenti in un‘ottica di ricerca ed acquisizione dell‘autonomia emotiva –
Palazzo Bastogi, Sala delle Feste, Firenze, 07 maggio 2010.
Tarchi, C. (2009). Il Ruolo della Conoscenza Precedente nella Comprensione del
Testo Scritto. Oral Communication at XVIII Congresso Nazionale
dell‘Associazione Italiana per la Ricerca e l‘Intervento nella Psicopatologia
dell‘Apprendimento (AIRIPA) - I disturbi dell'apprendimento. La Spezia, 23-24
ottobre 2009.
Tarchi, C. (2009). The socio-constructivist dimension of reading comprehension: a
focus on reader‘s prior knowledge. Poster presented at JURE Conference
―Fostering Communities of Learners‖ – Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 24/25
agosto 2009.
Tarchi, C. (2009). La comprensione del testo informativo: analisi dei predittori e
dell‘interazione tra le componenti in studenti di II media. Poster presented at AIP
Workshop – Sezione psicologia dello sviluppo e dell‘educazione - La prevenzione:
un bene invisibile? Ricerca e interventi nei contesti di sviluppo. Università degli
Studi di Bari, 4/5 dicembre 2009.
Camilloni, M., & Tarchi, C. (2009). Global Curriculum Approach: valutazione
dell‘efficacia negli apprendimenti di base. Poster presented at AIP Workshop –
Sezione psicologia dello sviluppo e dell‘educazione - La prevenzione: un bene
invisibile? Ricerca e interventi nei contesti di sviluppo. Università degli Studi di
Bari, 4/5 dicembre 2009.
Tarchi, C. (2009). Come migliorare la comprensione del testo? Il peso delle
conoscenze precedenti del lettore. Poster presented at the Workshop ―Lo psicologo
nella scuola: teoria, ricerca e intervento‖. Facoltà di Psicologia, Università degli
Studi di Firenze, 13 novembre 2009.
Camilloni, M. & Tarchi, C. (2009). Metodi di valutazione delle capacità collaborative
e delle rappresentazioni dell‘esperienza scolastica per studenti di scuola primaria.
Poster presented at the Workshop ―Lo psicologo nella scuola: teoria, ricerca e
intervento‖. Facoltà di Psicologia, Università degli Studi di Firenze, 13 novembre
2009.
Tarchi, C. (2008). Insegnamento Reciproco ed Internalizzazione: uno studio condotto
con alunni di IV elementare. Poster presented at XVII National Conference of
Associazione Italiana per la Ricerca e l‘Intervento nella Psicopatologia
dell‘Apprendimento (AIRIPA) - I disturbi dell'apprendimento. Facoltà di Scienze
della Formazione, Università Cattolica di Piacenza, 17/18 ottobre 2008.
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Tarchi, C. (2008). La classe come Comunità di Allievi: co-costruzione del significato
in alunni di IV elementare. Poster presented at VII National Conference of Società
Italiana di Psicologia di Comunità (SIPCO). Facoltà di Psicologia, Università
degli Studi di Firenze, 25/27 settembre 2008.
Tarchi, C. (2008). I Disturbi Specifici dell‘Apprendimento (DSA) e le Difficoltà
dell‘apprendimento scolastico. L‘esperienza della difficoltà di apprendimento. Il
dialogo tra Scuola e Università nel campo dell‘Apprendimento. Oral
Communication at the Workshop ―Le Difficoltà di Apprendimento Scolastico:
l‘importanza delle relazioni interpersonali‖. Istituto Comprensivo Statale ―Ernesto
Balducci‖, Fiesole (FI), 05 settembre 2008.
Research Support
2009
Project ―The emergency of literacy‖.
2008
Project ―Assessment of the Project ―Senza Zaino‖.
Enrollment in Registers and Associations
2010-today Member AIP (Italian Association Psychology) - Section of
Developmental end Educational Psychology).
2009-today
5241).
Enrolled in the register of the Roll of Psychologists in Tuscany (nr.
2009-today
Member JURE (Junior Researchers) of EARLI (European Association
of Research on Learning and Instruction).
Skills: Languages
2008-2009
Language Center of the University of Florence, Italy
Course of Spanish, level A1 and B1
2003-2004
Goethe Institut Inter Nationes – Florence, Italy
Certificates in German: Zertifikat Deutsch; Deutsch Zentrale
Mittelstufepruefung
2002
British Institute of Florence, Italy
First Certificate in English
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Anatole Tchikine
Research Associate, Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, University of Dublin,
Trinity College
Via Santa Reparata, 30, 50129, Florence, Italy
Tel: +39-333-7256611
Education:
2004:
1997:
1990-1993:
Ph.D., University of Dublin, Trinity College, Department of History of Art
and Architecture (dissertation: ―Francesco Camilliani and the Florentine
garden of Don Luigi di Toledo: a study of fountain production and
consumption in the third quarter of the 16th century‖; advisor: Dr Peter
Cherry)
First Class Honors B.A., University of Dublin, Trinity College (History of
Art and Architecture and Philosophy)
B.A., Urals State University (Ekaterinburg, Russia), Department of History
(transferred to the University of Dublin)
Employment:
2010-:
2010-2011:
2005-2009:
2002-2005:
2001-2002:
2001:
Adjunct Professor, The International Studies Institute at Palazzo Rucellai,
Florence
Fellow in Garden and Landscape Studies, Dumbarton Oaks Research Library
and Collection (Trustees for Harvard University), Washington, DC
Visiting Lecturer, University of Dublin, Trinity College, Department of
History of Art and Architecture
Fellow, The Medici Archive Project, Florence
History of Art and Architecture
Russian
Publications:
Book:

―For life, pleasure, and everyday use‖: water and fountains in Renaissance and
Baroque Italy (for the Penn Studies in Landscape Architecture; the proposal is
currently under review by the University of Pennsylvania Press).
Peer-reviewed articles:
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―L‘anima del giardino: water, gardens, and hydraulics in sixteenth-century Florence
and Naples,‖ Technology and the garden. Dumbarton Oaks Symposium on the
History of Landscape Architecture, edited by Michael Lee (Washington, DC:
Dumbarton Oaks, 2014) (forthcoming)
―Medicinal herbs and ‗marvels of nature‘: gardens of simples in sixteenth-century
Medici Tuscany,‖ Studies in the History of Gardens & Designed Landscapes, 32
(2012) (forthcoming)
―‘When he becomes pope…‘: the rise and fall of Don Luis de Toledo at the Medici
court (1545-1579),‖ The Medici and their Archive, edited by Alessio Assonitis and
Brian Sandberg (Rome: Viella, 2011) (in press)
―Galera, navicella, barcaccia? Bernini‘s fountain in Piazza di Spagna revisited,‖
Studies in the History of Gardens & Designed Landscapes, 31 (2011), 4 (in press)
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―Horticultural differences: the Florentine garden of Don Luis de Toledo and the nuns
of S. Domenico del Maglio,‖ Studies in the History of Gardens & Designed
Landscapes, 30 (2010), 3, pp. 224-240
―Giochi d‘acqua: water effects in Renaissance and Baroque Italy,‖ Studies in the
History of Gardens & Designed Landscapes, 30 (2010), 1, pp. 57-76
―The ‗candelabrum‘ fountain reconsidered,‖ Studies in the History of Gardens &
Designed Landscapes, 29 (2009), 4, pp. 257-269
Other:

―Vera Mukhina (1889-1953), Russian/Soviet sculptor,‖ ―Vladimir Tatlin (18851953), Model for Monument to the Third International (1919-20),‖ and ―Niccolò
Tribolo (1500-1550), Italian sculptor,‖ The Encyclopedia of Sculpture, ed. Antonia
Boström, New York and London: Fitzroy Dearborn, 2004, pp. 1128-1130, 16431644, 1682-1684
Selected conferences, symposia, and invited lectures:
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―‘Oranges and lemons …‘: troubles with the Giardino dei Semplici in eighteenthcentury Florence,‖ The Society of Architectural Historians (SAH) annual conference,
Detroit, April 2012 (forthcoming)
―Gardens of mistaken identity: the Giardino delle Stalle in Florence and the Giardino
dell‘Arsenale in Pisa,‖ The Renaissance Society of America (RSA) Conference,
Washington, DC, April 2012 (forthcoming)
―L‘anima del giardino: water, gardens, and hydraulics in sixteenth-century Florence
and Naples,‖ Technology and the Garden, Dumbarton Oaks Symposium,
Washington, DC, May 2011
―The art of water: fountains in Renaissance and Baroque Italy,‖ public lecture,
Academy Art Museum, Easton, MD, April 2011
―Hidden retreats: green on the map of Renaissance Florence,‖ keynote address, Biannual Graduate Symposium in Art and Architectural History, University of Virginia,
Charlottesville, VA, March 2011
―Art, trade, and diplomacy: sixteenth-century Florentine fountains and commodities
and gifts,‖ The Renaissance Society of America (RSA) Conference, Venice, April
2010
―Florence and the rest of the world: ‗exotic‘ gifts at the sixteenth-century Medici
court,‖ Cultural Exchange Conference, Dublin, November 2009
―Horticultural differences: the Florentine garden of Don Luis de Toledo and the nuns
of S. Domenico del Maglio,‖ Early Modern Gardens in Context Inaugural
Conference, Dublin, November 2009
―Natural magic and the science of waters: the unpublished treatise of a late sixteenthcentury Neapolitan fontaniere,‖ Society for Renaissance Studies (SRS) National
Conference, Dublin, July 2008
―Military motifs in Italian Renaissance and Baroque fountain design,‖ Cultures of
War Interdisciplinary Conference, Dublin, March 2008
Awards, grants, honors:
2010-2011:
2002-2005:
2001, 1997:
1999-2001:
1997-2000:
Dumbarton Oaks Fellowship in Garden and Landscape Studies (Trustees for
Harvard University), Washington, DC
The Medici Archive Project Fellowship, Florence
The Royal Hibernian Academy, Thomas Dammann Junior Memorial Trust
Travel Award
Government of Ireland Postgraduate Scholarship
University of Dublin, Trinity College, Adam Loftus International Scholarship
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1995-2000:
1995:
1994:
University of Dublin, Trinity College, Foundation Scholarship
University of Dublin, Trinity College, John Henry Bernard Prize in
Philosophy
University of Dublin, Trinity College, Anne Crookshank Prize in History of
Art
Courses taught:
The Institute at Palazzo Rucellai, Florence (study abroad program for UConn, UVa,
PennState, ASU, and Roger Williams University students)
Undergraduate course:
 The Art of Florence (Spring, Summer 2010; Summer, Fall 2011)
Department of History of Art and Architecture, University of Dublin, Trinity College
Undergraduate courses:
 Painting and sculpture in the Italian Renaissance (academic year 2001-02; Fall 2005;
Spring 2008; Fall 2009)
 Art and society (academic year 2006-2007)
 Introduction to European painting (Fall 2005; Fall 2006; Fall 2007; Fall 2009:
segments on Italian Renaissance and Northern Renaissance art)
 Introduction to European architecture (Spring 2008)
 The Gothic Cathedral (Spring 2008; Fall 2009)
 Approaches to art history (Spring 2007; Fall 2008)
 The arts of Japan (Fall 2006: segments on 16th- and 17th-century Japanese art and
architecture)
TRIARC (Irish Art Research Centre), University of Dublin, Trinity College
Graduate seminars:
 Research and methodologies (Fall 2006; Spring 2007; Spring 2008; Fall 2008; Fall
2009: seminars on Iconology, Psychoanalysis, Marxism, Feminism, Semiotics,
Structuralism, and Deconstruction)
Department of Russian, University of Dublin, Trinity College
Undergraduate course:
 Art and architecture in Stalin‘s Russia (Spring 2001)
Research interests:
Fountains and hydraulics in 13th- through 18th-century Italy
Urban gardens in 16th-century Florence: horticulture, collecting, and medicine
Sculpture and architecture at the 16th-century Medici court
Gifts in Renaissance and Baroque Europe
Languages:
Russian, English, Italian (reading, speaking, writing)
Spanish, French, Latin, German (reading)
Computer skills:
Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Access, Excel
Adobe Acrobat, Photoshop, Illustrator
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References:
Professor John Dixon Hunt, Professor Emeritus and Editor, Studies in the History of Gardens
and Designed Landscapes, University of Pennsylvania, The Graduate School of Fine Arts,
Department of Landscape Architecture, 119, Meyerson Hall, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6311,
USA; e-mail: [email protected]
Professor John Beardsley, Director of Studies, Garden and Landscape Studies, Dumbarton
Oaks Research Library and Collection, 1703, 32nd Street NW, Washington, DC, 20007; tel:
202-339-6461, fax: 202-625-0432, e-mail: [email protected]
Dr Sarah Alyn Stacey, Director, Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, University of
Dublin, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Republic of Ireland; tel: +353-1-896-2686, e-mail:
[email protected]
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Simon Young
Contact Details
Name: Simon Young
Address: Via Piana 54, Santa Brigida, Pontassieve (FI) 50065
Telephone: 055 8300399, 3284804195
Qualifications
2003-2006
Istituto di Studi Umanistici di Firenze
Doctorate, Prolegomena to a Prosopography of the Western Exiles
given magna cum laude December 18th 2006
First in concorso
1992-1995
Clare College Cambridge
First cum laude in Part Two of Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic Tripos.
Awarded Chadwick Prize for Celtic Studies and Green Prize ‗for
learning‘.
First in Part One of Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic Tripos
1990-1992
Huddersfield New College
5 A Levels at level A: English Literature, History, Politics, Ancient
Civilisation, General Studies.
2 S levels at level one: English and History.
New College Prize for best student in History, Politics and English
Literature.
1989-1990
Rosalind High School, Alberta, Canada
1984-1989
Calder High School
6 GCSEs at level A: English language, English literature, History,
Geography, Home Economics and French.
2 GCSEs at level B: Maths and Integrated Science
Work Experience
2010-
Lecturer at Palazzo Rucellai: Courses on History of Florence
2009-
Research Assistant at the European University Institute (Fiesole)
2009-
Lecturer at Umbra Institute in Perugia: Courses on Italian Food History
and the History and Politics of Modern Italy
2007-9
Television consultancy with TrueVision (London)
2006-
Lecturer at Fairfield University in Florence: Courses on Renaissance
Italy, the Second World War in Italy and the History of Christianity.
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1999-
Freelance journalist in publications ranging from the Guardian to the
Spectator and from History Today to the Fortean Times. Book reviews
in the Sunday Telegraph and the Independent.
1998-1999
Teacher in the Irish Refugee Association. Teaching to large groups
several times every week. Help with special needs student.
1995-2002
English teaching in Ireland, Spain and Italy, both individually and to
classes
Academic Publications
2012
2011
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2005
Victorian FAQ: Victorian Florence (forthcoming)
‗Three Notes on West Yorkshire Fairies in the Nineteenth Century‘
(forthcoming) Folklore
‗Fairy Impostors in Longford in the Great Famine‘ (Forthcoming)
Studia Hibernica
‗Apocalypse Then, c. 410‘, BBC History (March)
Celtic Revolution (Gibson Square, 2010 paperback). Sunday
Telegraph: ‗...a writer with the enviable ability to make even the
obscurest periods of history accessible and interesting...rare that such
evident learning is work with such lightness and sprezzatura...a
wonderfully written book‘. Guardian: ‗Young wears his considerable
learning lightly – not many scholars can describe 2,000 years of
European history with authority – and his style is light, witty and
enjoyable‘. Spectator: ‗Extrordinarily ambitious‘. Times Literary
Supplement: ‗So good a book… up to date scholarship‘. BBC History
Magazine: Diverting… refreshingly contentious‘. CARN ‗This book is
just very interesting, very good and very entertaining‘. Church Times:
‗Fascinating, well paced‘. Western Mail: ‗Witty informative and
enthralling‘. Fortean Times: ‗Lively, well-written‘
‗Will the Real King Arthur Please Stand Up?‘, BBC History (Dec),
15-21
Farewell Britannia (Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 2008 paperback).
Sunday Telegraph: ‗For imaginative and thrilling engagement with the
history of those often shadowy and chaotic times, Farwell Britannia
will be very hard to beat.‘ Spectator: ‗…fiction as written by a careful
and formidably knowledgeable scholar, one who is concerned to
ground all that he writes in scrupously documented fact…a book that,
garlanded as it is, with a whle array of learned yet hugely entertaining
notes, serves as a work of much more than simply fiction.‘
A.D. 500: A Journey Through the Dark Isles of Britain and Ireland
(Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 2006 paperback). Financial Times:
‗Informative and entertaining, this is popular history at its best.‘
Independent on Sunday: ‗What a joy to be able to recommend a book
about misery, bloodshed and grisly superstition for being funny,
compassionate and clear-eyed… The world is wonderfully evoked…
the hand behind these narrators guides them with warmth and fluency.‘
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2004
2003
2003
2003
2002
2002
2002
2002
2001
2001
2001
2001
2001
2000
1998
1998
1998
1997
1995
Ireland on Sunday: ‗Simon Young offers nugget after nugget of
fascinating detail… This bawdy picaresque and high-spirited book
wears its considerable learning lightly and opens a window on a time
long neglected.‘
‗Et Iterum Post: Dislocation in St Patrick‘s Confessio?‘, Studi Celtici 2,
69-75
‗The Bishops of the Early Medieval Spanish Diocese of Britonia‘,
Cambrian Medieval Celtic Studies 45, 1-19
‗A Briton in Twelfth-Century Santiago de Compostela‘, Peritia 17-18,
507-8
‗In gentibus dispersti nos: the British Diaspora in Patrick and Gildas‘,
Peritia 17-18, 505-6
‗On the Irish Peregrini in Italy‘, Peritia 16, 250-55
‗Iberian Addenda to Fleuriot‘s Toponymes‘, Peritia 16, 479-80
‗St Patrick and Clovis‘, Peritia 16, 478-9
‗Celtic Myths, Celtic History‘, History Today 52, 20-24
Britonia: Camiños Novos [Galician](Toxosoutos translated into
Spanish in 2002)
‗St. Brigit in a Medieval Welsh Poem‘, Peritia 15, 279
‗A note on St Patrick's Confessio: Gloria patris est‘, Studia Celtica 35,
361-2
‗Britones in Thirteenth-century Galicia‘, Studia Celtica 35, 361-2
‗The Forgotten Colony‘, History Today 50, 5-6
Review of García y García, Bretoña in electronic journal Heroic Age 4,
‗Brigit of Kildare in early Medieval Tuscany‘, Studia Hibernica 30,
251-55
‗Donatus Bishop of Fiesole 829-76, and the Cult of St Brigit in Italy‘,
Cambrian Medieval Celtic Studies 35, 13-26
‗San Donato, un vescovo irlandese nella Fiesolo del secolo IX‘,
Corrispondenza 32, 3-5
‗A Britto in Eighth-Century Tuscany‘, Studia Celtica 3, 281-282
The Celtic Sources for the Arthurian Legend (Llanerch) with Jon Coe.
Talks and Congresses
2005Over fifty appearances on British radio from 2005 onwards
including Excess Baggage and Women‟s Hour.
2006
Talk at the British Institute Florence on ‗the Irish Saints in Italy‘.
2007
Lecture at Aberdeen Conference on Souter: ‗Was Pelagius British?‘
Personal Details
Nationality: British
Date of Birth: 11th July 1973
Marital Status: Married with one daughter
Prizes: Runner up in the 2002 Premio Historia for Britonia (see publications)
Hobbies: Boar watching
Languages: English – native speaker; Italian – fluent; Spanish – fluent; Gallego –
intermediate; French – excellent reading; German – basic reading. I read in several
dead languages.
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