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Wednesday, October 5 - 5.00 – 6.30 pm - room 9A

The seminar will be coordinated by the two conference organizers: Dr. Maartje van Gelder (University of Amsterdam) and Dr. Claire Judde de Larivière (University of Toulouse).

This co-curricular activity is part of prof. Pes’ course History of Venice – Italy Core,  the participation to the seminar is compulsory for its students.

All students and professors are welcome to join.

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The aim of the seminar is to introduce you to the late medieval and early modern Venetian society, in order to present the questions and problems that will be discussed during the international conference, which will be held at VIU on Friday, 7 October.

The seminar will be divided in three parts:

The first part will present how the Venetian society was organized, explaining the relationships between the three main groups which made up the society : the nobles (patricians), the citizens (cittadini i.e. bourgeois) and the ordinary people (popolani). We will consider how this social framework, created at the end of the Middle Ages, was related to the exclusion of the popolani from any political involvement, both in the city government and in the main institutions. We will relate these questions to the city scape and to the way Venetian spaces were and are organized.

The second part will introduce the question of the so-called “myth” of Venice, i.e. the idea that Venice has been one of the rare regimes to know no revolt or popular political unrest during its millennial history. We will analyze the evolution of this idea, and how it influenced the way the history of Venice has been written ever since the 16th century.

The third part will finally introduce the programme of the conference. It is the first time that two eminent historians of Venice will focus together on the question of political unrest in Venice, tackling collectively its myth, trying to unveil events and forms of actions and proving that political tensions were taking place in Venice and that the popolo was involved in such events.

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Friday, October 7 – all day – Aula Magna

International Conference

Participation to the international conference UNREST IN VENICE is compulsory for students attending the course History of Venice - Italy Core

Read more about the  conference on the VIU website  “Unrest In Venice. Popular Politics in an Aristocratic Republic“.

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Monday, October 3 – 5 pm – room 9A

It’s an extravagantly funny, sometimes dreamlike evocation of a year in the life of a small Italian coastal town in the nineteen-thirties [...] as it is recalled by a director with a superstar’s access to the resources of the Italian film industry and a piper’s command over our imaginations. [...]   “Amarcord, which opened yesterday at the Plaza Theater, may possibly be Federico Fellini’s most marvelous film.

Amarcord is as full of tales, some romantic, some slapstick, some elegiac, some bawdy, some as mysterious as the unexpected sight of a peacock flying through a light snowfall. It’s a film of exhilarating beauty”

Vincent Canby, The New York Times

Directed by Federico Fellini,        Starring  Bruno Zanini, Pupella Maggio, Magali Noël, Nando Orfei, Ciccio Ingrassia

Genres  comedy | drama | biographical                 Release date 13 December 1973 (Italy)

Running time 127 minutes         Language Italian (sub. Eng)

Friday, September 30, 2016 – 1.30 pm

The Jewish Museum of Venice is located in Campo del Ghetto Novo, between the two most ancient synagogues in Venice.

It is a small but very rich museum founded in 1953 by the Jewish Community of Venice.

The precious objects shown to public, important examples of goldsmith and textile manufacture made between the 16th and 19th centuries, are a lively witnessing of the Jewish tradition. Furthermore, the museum offers a wide selection of ancient books, manuscripts and ritual objects used in the most important moments of civil and religious life.

The museum is divided into two areas: the former is devoted to the cycle of Jewish festivities and to liturgical objects, the latter -planned with a greater educational approach- deals with the history of Venetian Jews.

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Meeting Point: Our intern Celeste will be waiting for you at 1.15 pm in Campo del Ghetto Novo, in front of entrance of the Jewish Museum of Venice (how to get there)

Ticket fee: 7 euro, due to the VIU Front office

The visit is compulsory and free for students attending the courses Cultural History of the Jewish Diasporaand Jewish History and Culture in Imperial Russia and in the USSR​.

To participate: all students and faculty wishing to take part to the visit have to sign in the list posted on the door of the classroom corridor by September 23.

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September 28 – 8.30 pm

Meeting point: Piazzetta dei Leoncini, a square located next to the basilica, known for its lion statues

Saint Mark’s Basilica represents one of the most famous Italian cathedrals and enshrines an extraordinary artistic and cultural heritage, which attracts four to five million visitors per year.

The night visit to Saint Mark’s basilica is a unique opportunity to admire this magnificent artistic and architectural masterpiece, surrounded by the very evocative and enchanting night atmosphere!

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Monday, September 26 – 5 pm – room 9A

“Melancholy climactic trajectory aside, Zero Motivation is primarily very funny, thanks both to its game cast and Lavie’s flair for unexpected gags” (Vladim Rizov, A.V. Club)

“In three loosely connected episodes, we watch as each woman pursues her goal in an environment where men seem to be the only ones destined for full personhood” (John DeFore, Hollywood Reporter)

Zero Motivation portrays the hard, though comedic, everyday life of a unit of young, female Israeli soldiers posted in a remote army base. The main characters of the movie spend their time dealing with bureaucracy and battling in computer games, counting down the minutes until they can return to civilian life. Amidst their boredom and clashing personalities, they manage to handle with humor and wit all of their issues related to friendship, love and commitment to the country.

Directed by:Talya Lavie                        Starring:  Dana Ivgy, Nelly Tagar, Shani Klein

Genres: comedy | drama                         Release date: 26 June 2014 (Israel) 

Running time:100 minutes                   Language: Hebrew