Lectio Magistralis, Fall 2016 Term Opening Ceremony |
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GLOBALIZATION PROGRAM Wednesday, 7 September 2016
Opening Remarks
Honored Guests Prof. Donatella Calabi, Professor of Urban History and Director of the Scientific Committee for the Quincentennial of the institution of the Ghetto of Venice
Lectio Magistralis Venice, a Cosmopolitan City. The Places of the Minorities and the Jewish Ghetto
Donatella Calabi will discuss the geographical distribution of the different foreign communities in the city of Venice at the beginning of the XVI century, that is, around the date of the institution of the Ghetto, and on the regulations introduced for them by the Venetian Republic.
Donatella Calabi, Director of the Scientific Committee for the Quincentennial of the institution of the Ghetto of Venice, formerly professor of “Urban History” and Vice-dean at the University IUAV of Venice. She has been visiting professor in several countries and gave lectures at Duke University, Harvard and at MIT. Prof. Calabi worked on European Town Planning between the XIX and the XX centuries, publishing books and articles; she published also on the European City, the market spaces and buildings, the foreigners, their settlements and cultural exchanges of the early modern times. She just obtained the prize Koos Bosma Prize (Delft 2016). Her last publication is Le ghetto de Venise: 500 ans, Paris 2016, Turin 2016. Some of her essays are translated into English, French, German, Dutch, Spanish, Portuguese, Greek , Hebrew and Japanese. She is curator of the exhibition "Venice, the Jews and Europe 1516-2016", 19 June – 13 November 2016, Venice Palazzo Ducale – Doge’s Apartment.*
* A visit to the exhibition has been organized on Wednesday 7 morning with the curator, Prof. Donatella Calabi. Professors and students interested can participate, please book your free ticket at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it by September 5. Info at: http://bit.ly/2c2dJmr
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