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Venice International University wishes to invite applications from tenured professors and experienced scholars in employment at one of the member universities or the Italian National Research Council, who are willing and able to teach one or more core courses during a semester of the Globalization Program at Venice International University during the three-year period 2014-2017.*
 Call for Application for lectureships - deadline extended to August 20, 2013
In 2012 the Academic Council initiated a process of Curriculum Development of the Globalization Program. The resulting restructuring of the program draws on the strengths of the program and on nearly 20 years of experience in developing programs among many partners, of harmonization of curricula and credit recognition.
The most significant change is that 10 core courses will be on offer every semester. Three themes have been identified as the core of the program: Venice & Italy; Cultures of the World; Global Challenges. The interdisciplinary nature of the program is maintained and strengthened in the belief that students exposed to interdisciplinary approaches develop the ability to think analytically and can creatively embrace new ideas.
The specialization tracks in the fields of cultural heritage and sustainable development will continue, and are bolstered by additional courses. These tracks are strongly connected to the internship opportunities offered to students, one of the success stories of VIU in recent years.
The expected outcomes are a clear, well-defined and stable program; smoother credit recognition which will result in increased enrolment; and new opportunities for cooperation among member universities.
The Globalization Program will continue to provide a powerful learning experience in which students develop their capacity for critical thinking, and creative problem solving. In addition, the interdisciplinary and intercultural nature of the program, with each student bringing her/his own personal experience to discussions, means that students are exposed to perspectives different from their own, and consequently experience the benefits of embracing difference. Students of the Globalization Program are thus more prepared for graduate and professional study and for careers in new and emerging fields.
Globalization Program: new structure from 2014
CORE COURSES - on offer every semester
A. ITALY - courses that showcase Venetian and Italian life, culture, art and history.
1. History of Venice
2. Italian Contemporary History in Films
3. Art and Architecture in Renaissance Venice
4. Italian Fashion and Design
B. CULTURES OF THE WORLD - courses that examine the cultures of the world; courses that make the most of the intercultural classroom.
5. Intercultural Communication
6. Gender Studies
7. Comparing East and West
C. GLOBAL CHALLENGES - courses that address current, global issues, preferably from an interdisciplinary perspective.
8. Identity, Heritage and Globalization
9. Globalization, Ethics, Welfare and Human Rights
10. Global governance for peace and security, cooperation and development
SPECIALIZATION TRACK COURSES – on offer in Fall and Spring semesters respectively.
D. 1. ECONOMICS, MANAGEMENT AND DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES APPLIED TO CULTURAL HERITAGE (Fall semesters )
11. Economics and Management of the Arts
12. Digital Tools for Humanities
13. Preservation of World Heritage Sites
14. Curatorship
2. ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT (Spring semesters)
11. Globalization, Environment and Sustainable Development
12. Coastal Wetlands, Lagoons and Estuaries: Environmental Monitoring and Management
13. Cities, Global Change and Sustainable Development
14. Globalization and Competitiveness: Global Value Chains
E. ADDITIONAL COURSES - on offer for one semester only, taught by visiting professors from member universities (4-6 per semester)
These courses will be compatible with the goals of the Globalization Program yet may be more flexible. The Academic Council favors courses which exploit the location of the program, and which include field-work in Venice and the Veneto; which exploit the international, multicultural and interdisciplinary classroom; which are related to the specialization tracks (Sustainable Development and Cultural Heritage); which run across disciplines and, in particular, which mix Humanities and Social Sciences; which read global issues and/or topical present-day issues through the lens of these disciplines; which adopt comparative approaches.
*Applications must be submitted via the representatives of the member universities on the VIU Academic Council, as listed in the Call. Professors and scholars of Waseda University should submit applications also to the International Affairs division (Mr. Masaki Kuno, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it).
Please consider that additional selection criteria may apply in some of the member universities according to the rules and regulations governing mobility of faculty.
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