| Friday, May 3, all dayvisit to the Industrial Port, the Mose and the Lagoon. The excursion is programmed for the entire day and is going to have the following itinerary:9.50am: meeting point at the boat stop San Basilio 10 – 11.30am: visit to the Industrial Port of Venice 11.30am – 12.30am: Free time for lunch in Venice 12.30am – 5pm: visit to the Mose, the embankments of the Island of Pellestrina and the visit to the island Sant’Erasmo. 5.30pm: end of the trip This activity is compulsory for the courses: History of Venice, Coastal Wetlands, Cities and Global Change, Globalization Environment and Sustainable Development.
The trip is organized by the VIU, therefore the lunch will be the only expenses that you will face by yourself. Tea |
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Archive for April, 2013
Venice Lagoon: industrial port and defense systems
Jewish Museum and Venice Ghetto
| Monday, April 22, 5pm, Room 9A:
Movie series: Remember the Titans, Boaz Yakin, 2000,proposal by Duke and Boston students. A true story of a newly appointed African-American coach and his high school team on their first season as a racially integrated unit. With Denzel Washington, Will Patton, Wood Harris.
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| Friday, April 26, 10.20am at Campo of the Ghetto Novo
Guided visit to Jewish Ghetto of Venice Jewish Museum of Venice is not simply an expository space, but a widespread museum, i.e. an urbanity, architectonic and museale complex unique of its kind for its own specificity. The Jewish Museum of Venice is situated in the Campo of the Ghetto Novo, between the two most ancient Venetian synagogues. It is a little but very rich museum founded in 1953 by the Jewish Community of Venice. The list for the visit is available on the door of the classroom corridor from Monday
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| Friday, April 26, 11.30am
Field trip to North Lagoon for the course Coastal wetlands, lagoons and estuaries |
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Art and Science in Renaissance Padua
| Monday, April 15, 5pm
Movie: Don Camillo by J. Duvivier (1952) 109 mins, with Fernandel and Gino Cervi, black and white, Italian with English subtitles Comedy on the strong rivalry between the Catholic parish priest and the Communist Mayor of a rural town in Emilia. First of a series of movies, inspired by the saga written by Giovanni Guareschi.
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| Friday, April 19 Morning:Excursion to the Consorzio di Bonifica – Cà di Mezzo Course: Coastal wetlands, lagoons and estuaries |  |
| Friday, April 19 All day: Trip to Padua Courses: Art and Architecture in Renaissance Venice, Science and Society in the Early Modern World, Science and the Modern Literary Imagination- Visit to the ancient University Palazzo del Bo and the Anatomical theatre- Visit to the exhibition “Pietro Bembo and the Invention of Renaissance”- Visit to the Scrovegni Chapel- Visit to the Galilean School of Higher Education |  |
| Friday, April 19 All day:Green Companies in PordenoneCourse: International Management, Globalisation Environment and Sustainable Development, Cities and Global ChangeVisit to companies Valcucine and Magis |  |
Treasure Hunt in Venice
Night visit to the Basilica of San Marco
Tuesday, April 9, 7pmNight visit to the Basilica of San Marco
The meeting point is at the Piazzetta dei Leoncini (next to the Basilica) at 7 pm. The list is available on the door of the classroom corridor from Friday. This activity is offered by VIU to it’s students and professors. |
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Wednesday, April 10, 5pmMovie proposal by Italian students: Baaria
by Giuseppe Tornatore starring Francesco Scianna, Margareth Madè and Raoul Bova. An autobiographic epic of three generations in the Sicilian village and a tribute to Tornatore’s hometown in Sicily. The film was awarded with the Passinetti award at the Venice Film Festival and nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film. |
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During the month of April Ca’ Foscari University is organising a series of lectures and is glad to invite VIU students and faculty.
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8 April 2013 14.30
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“An Intertemporal CAPM with Stochastic Volatility”John Campbell – Harvard University, U.S.A.Aula E, San Giobbe, Venezia |
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10 April 2013 11.00
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“Do you have time to take a walk together? Private and joint leisure within the household”Martin Browning – University of Oxford, U.K.Aula E, San Giobbe, Venezia |
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10 April 2013 14.00
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Phd on Science and Management of Climate Change“Greenhouse gases in the atmosphere of the past: what we can learn from ice core studies” Simon Schupbach – VIsiting Researcher from University of Bern, SwitzerlandAula E, San Giobbe, Venezia |
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15 April 2013 14.30
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“Equity Lending, Investment Restrictions and Fund Performance”Miguel Ferreira – Nova School of Business and Economics, PortugalAula E, San Giobbe, Venezia |
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17 April 2013 14.00
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Phd on Science and Management of Climate Change”“Greenhouse gases in the atmosphere of the past: what we can learn from ice core studies” Simon Schupbach – VIsiting Researcher from University of Bern, SwitzerlandAula E, San Giobbe, Venezia |
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18 April 2013 12.00
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“Information system for academic faculty performance evaluation (IS HAP): an example of a linguistic approach used in the Czech Republic”Jan Stoklasa – PalackýUniversity in Olomouc – CzechRepublicAula E, San Giobbe, Venezia |
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19 April 2013 11.00
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“BOMOPAV 2013 Workshop”Joint Workshop by the Departments of Economics of:Bologna, Modena-Reggio Emilia, Padova, and Venezia
Info: http://virgo.unive.it/seminari_economia Aula E, San Giobbe, Venezia |
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19 April 2013 19.30
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Event“Il Futuro di Venezia. The Director’s Cut”Proiezione film – documentario e dibattito
“Teorema Venezia di Andrea Pichler” Info: www.unive.it/dip.economia Auditorium Santa Margherita, Venezia |
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22 April 2013 14.30
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“Subjective Life Expectancy and Private Pensions”Tabea Bucher-Koenen – Max Plank Institute, Munich, GermanyAula E, San Giobbe, Venezia |
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24 April 2013 13.00
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Phd on Science and Management of Climate Change“Time-serie modelling for palaeoclimate data” Michel Crucifix – Université Catholique de Louvain, BelgiumAula E, San Giobbe, Venezia |
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29 April 2013 14.30
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“Ambiguity and compound risk attitudes: an experiment”Laetitia Placido – Universite’ Paris 1 Pantheon – Sorbonne, FranceAula E, San Giobbe, Venezia
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Have you always wished to learn how to sail? Why not take this opportunity?
Inscriptions until April 1st. The fee is the same as for Ca Foscari students.
Reale Società Canottieri Bucintoro 1882 A.S.D.
Dorsoduro 263, 30123 Venezia
tel. e fax: 041 5205630
e-mail: admin@bucintoro.org
website: www.bucintoro.org
Music Lecture & Concert in San Servolo by Ezio and Anna Lazzarini.
Wednesday, March 27,
The activity, organized in collaboration with the Wolf-Ferrari musical association, will combine technical and social-historical explanations with performances on the piano. It will take place in room 1G at 5pm.
PROGRAMME
JOHHAN SEBASTIAN BACH (1685 – 1750)
Toccata e Fuga in re minor, BWV 565
GIUSEPPE VERDI (1813 – 1901)
La Traviata
Preludio atto III, Aria di Violetta
RICHARD WAGNER (1813 – 1883)
Wesendonck Lieder, WWV 91
n. 5: Träume
CLAUDE DEBUSSY (1862 – 1918)
Petite Suite
En bateau, Cortège, Menuet, Ballet
We regret to inform you that the movie series “La notte di San Lorenzo” has been cancelled.
Monday, March 25, Movie series: “La notte di San Lorenzo” (1981) by Paolo and Vittorio Taviani. It is a fantasy war drama set in Italy during the end of World War II. The movie which follows the escape plan devised by the inhabitants of a Tuscan village, won the Jury Special Grand Prix at the 1982 Cannes Film Festival.
The film, selected by Prof. Luca Pes, will be screened at 5pm in room 9A.
CANCELLED
Friday, March 29, Visit to the Peggy Guggenheim Collection, scheduled at 10am. In addition to the permanent collection, you will also have the opportunity to visit the temporary exhibition “Postwar. Italian Protagonists”, curated by Luca Massimo Barbero. If you would like to participate, please sign the list on the door of the classroom corridor available from today.
You will only need to provide 3,00€ at the Front Office (museum guide cost). Admission is free.
The meeting point is at 9.20am at boat stop San Zaccaria “B”
Further information about the Collection on the website http://www.guggenheim-venice.it/.
We wish you a nice weekend!
Sara and Tea