83692 - Introduction to Italian Culture (1)

Course contents

The School of Art, Humanities and Cultural Heritage of the University of Bologna is inaugurating in the academic year 2016/17 a new series of lectures under the title of "Introduction to Italian Culture".

The series is thought primarily for all UNIBO international students, with the goal of introducing them to the culture and history of their hosting country and city, but also for operating as a space of integration between international and local students.

Conceived as an interdisciplinary program and organized around specific topics such as "Italy before Italy", "Italian Renaissance and the Modern World", "Birth of a Nation", "Recent Trends", and two annual topics, "Landscapes" and "Food", every week some of our best faculty and guest lecturers will offer new insights on peculiar dimensions of Italian culture. Students can attend single classes of their interest, but they can also obtain academic credits (SEE [#Infos_in_summary] for details).

Classes will take place each Thursday from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. in via Zamboni 38, AULA 3.

Students interested are invited to attend a welcoming party on Sept. 22

Concacts: saverio.vita2@unibo.it

PROGRAM

(Fall 2016)

22/09

Welcoming day

29/09

ITALY BEFORE ITALY

Images of Dante

Giuseppe Ledda

06/10

ANNUAL TOPIC: LANDSCAPES

The Great Beauty: Fashionable Landscapes in Contemporary Italian Cinema

Andrea Minuz, Roma La Sapienza

13/10

ITALY BEFORE ITALY

On the way to reality: Cimabue and Giotto between 13th and 14th century

Fabrizio Lollini

20/10

ITALIAN RENAISSANCE AND THE MODERN WORLD

Brunelleschi and the Origins of Modern Space

Franco Farinelli

27/10

ANNUAL TOPIC: FOOD

Food as a main feature of Italian culture and identity

Massimo Montanari

03/11

ITALIAN RENAISSANCE AND THE MODERN WORLD

Social Behaviours in Renaissance Italy

Francesco Sberlati

10/11

BIRTH OF A NATION

Giacomo Leopardi as a (half-open) window to Italian culture

Stefano Versace, Leopardi Centre - University of Birmingham

17/11

BIRTH OF A NATION

Fascism and Antifascism

Patrizia Dogliani

24/11

RECENT TRENDS

Poetics of New Avant Garde in Italy

Antonio Schiavulli

01/12

LECTURE

Italian Studies and Digital (post)Humanism: Perspectives and Problems

Massimo Riva, Brown University

15/12

RECENT TRENDS

Carla Lonzi and Italian feminism

Paola Rudan

SPECIAL EVENT 1

TBA

TBA

SPECIAL EVENT 2: DISCOVERING BOLOGNA

TBA

TBA

Infos in summary:

• In order to obtain academic credits, the requirements needed are a 100% attendance and a ten pages paper for each seminar cycle.
• The attendance of "Introduction to Italian Culture" is allowed to every student.
• "Introduction to Italian Culture" consists in 2 seminar cycles, 30 hours/6 academic credits each (attendance 100%, 10 pages paper per cycle)
• First Semester cycle: from 29 Setpember to 15 December + 2 special events
• Second Semester cycle: from 2 February to 27 April + 2 special events
• Welcoming Day on 22 September
• Topics: "Italy before Italy", "Italian Renaissance and the Modern World", "Birth of a Nation", "Recent Trends". Annual topics: "Landscapes", "Food"
• Teaching Language: English

Office hours

See the website of Raffaele Laudani