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VIULECTURES is an initiative promoted by VIU to provide a platform for international and local professors to discuss key and current issues. VIULECTURES 2|11 December 7, 2011 Preserving the Artistic Heritage of Venice Melissa Conn, Associate Director of Save Venice Inc December 15, 2011 Occupy Wall Street in a Global Context Michael Hardt, Literature Program, Duke University, teaching "Venice and Globalization" at VIU René Gabri, Artist and Professor at the Faculty of Arts and Design, Università Iuav di Venezia VIULECTURES 1|11 May 4, 2011 The exceptional strength of Cultural Brands Hendrik Beerda, Cultural Brand Consultant, Amsterdam May 11, 2011 International Migrants and the Right to the City Marcello Balbo, SSIIM Unesco Chair, Università IUAV di Venezia VIULECTURES 2|10 November 19, 2010 Why the health of the Venice Lagoon has implications for the City's Heritage Jane da Mosto, British Pavilion, XII Venice Architecture Biennale December 1, 2010 Muslims and Modernity Herman Beck, Tilburg University VIULECTURES 1|10
April 28, 2010 VIULECTURES 2|09 December 01, 2009 Christians and Muslims in the Age of the Crusades, between conflict and collaboration Joseph Shatzmiller, Department of History, Duke University December 09, 2009 The Role of Language in negotiating with Arabic-speaking Muslims Ilai Alon, Department of Philosophy, Tel Aviv University VIULECTURES 1|09 May 6, 2009 When and Where did Globalization Begin? David Northrup, Boston College May 13, 2009 From Poverty to Development. Chinese Economic Growth in a Historical Perspective Bozhong Li, Tsinghua University
November 19, 2008 The Mediterranean Heritage as an Asset in the Age of Multi-Ethnicity Maurizio Scaparro, Director of Biennale Teatro
November 28, 2008 The Muslim Headscarf: veiled thread or religious freedom? Claudia Koonz, Professor of History, Duke University
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Multiculturalism: A New Era for the Liberal Nation-State? Menachem Mautner, Faculty of Law, Tel Aviv University
Cities and Tolerance. Diversity, Creativity and Growth Neil de Marchi, Department of Economics, Duke University Marina Bianchi, Department of Economics, University of Cassino
November 14, 2007 Kevin Newmark, Department of Romance Languages and Literature, Boston College Victor Gomez Pin, Department of Philosophy, Universitat Autònoma Barcelona
May 10, 2007 Eero Miettinen, Head of Nokia Design
Bernd Wiemann, Vodafone Group and R&D Germany
November 16, 2006
Berndt Ostendorf, Ludwig Maximilians Universität
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