E.C.Co. Courses Spring Archivi

Italian Workshop – Laboratorio italiano [Italian]

The course Italian Workshop Laboratorio Italiano is designed to provide you with cultural, methodological, and linguistic competencies to enhance your intellectual and academic life in Italy and at the University of Bologna. Through this course, you will explore topics spanning various disciplinary fields (literature, art, cinema, history, science) that can enrich your understanding of Italian culture and society over time.

During the first part of the semester, the Laboratorio Italiano lessons introduce you to themes related to the history of the city of Bologna. Our course of study begins with medieval society, progresses through Renaissance and Baroque art, and culminates in the ideology of the anti-fascist Resistance in Bologna. Continue reading Italian Workshop – Laboratorio italiano [Italian]

Courses will be offered from among the following possibilities:

The Cities of Emilia-Romagna on Screen [Film Studies]

Piero Di Domenico

The course has two components: a first part in which students view and discuss Italian films featuring cities in Emilia Romagna, including Federico Fellini’s “Amarcord” (Rimini), Florestano Vancini’s “La lunga notte del ’43” (Ferrara), Michelangelo Antonioni’s “Il deserto rosso” (Ravenna), Renato De Maria, “Paz” (Bologna), and Pupi Avati, “Gli amici del bar Margherita” (Bologna). Continue reading The Cities of Emilia-Romagna on Screen [Film Studies]

Environment and Mediterranean Ecosystems in Italy: Ecology, Vulnerability, and Protection [Environmental Studies]

Barbara Mikac

Italy occupies a central position in the Mediterranean area and most of its territory is characterized by Mediterranean ecosystems. Mediterranean ecosystems are subject to strong anthropic pressures and are particularly sensitive to climate change which causes drought, fires, and sea level rise, resulting in losses of biodiversity and habitats, pollution and degradation of ecosystems and negative socioeconomic effects. Continue reading Environment and Mediterranean Ecosystems in Italy: Ecology, Vulnerability, and Protection [Environmental Studies]

Modern Italian Art: 1860-2000 [Art History]

Giuseppe Virelli

The goal of the course is to trace a path through Italian artistic production, with a chronological span encompassing the second half of the nineteenth century through the end of the twentieth century. The focus on Italy will be presented in close relationship with European and extra-European experiences, as contemporary art is not confined to a single geographic location. Continue reading Modern Italian Art: 1860-2000 [Art History]

Urban History: Bologna in the History of Italian Cities [Urban Studies/History of Architecture]

Francesco Ceccarelli

Based on the study of selected Italian cities in the north-central region, the goal of this course is to provide the tools to identify the historical and urban factors that have shaped the region Emilia-Romagna and its urban centers, primarily Bologna. Thanks to its well-preserved ancient historical center, Continue reading Urban History: Bologna in the History of Italian Cities [Urban Studies/History of Architecture]

Women’s Voices. Female Writers of the Twentieth Century [Literature]

Marta Serena

This course equips students with the tools to read and interpret the work of several women authors who reshaped twentieth-century literature, situating their writing within the personal histories and cultural contexts from which it emerged. This analysis involves reflecting on the social history of women—especially key moments in women’s experience in Italy—to show how these writers gave voice to the need for new forms of expression and representation of self and world. Continue reading Women’s Voices. Female Writers of the Twentieth Century [Literature]