Duke in Florence focuses on Italy in general, and the city of Florence specifically. Courses in Italian language, art history, and literature are offered every term, with the rest of the curriculum complementing these core subjects. Past offerings have included courses in: music, political science, history, studio art, architecture, philosophy, cinema, and physics.

Along with regular classroom lectures, course instruction will include site visits in and around Florence (including the Uffizi Gallery, the Duomo, the Bargello, and the Laurentian Library) as well as day-long trips to such cities as Pisa and Siena. There are also two weekend excursions for all program participants to more distant places, such as Rome and Venice.

Students attending the Florence program during the fall semester will receive Duke credit and grades on their transcripts just as if they were on campus. Course information for each semester will be added as it develops.

FALL 2008

COURSE OFFERINGS

• ITALIAN 11, 2, 63, 76, 103 Italian language at all levels
• HIST 100I (CZ, SS, CCI, STS) The Wonders of Nature in the Italian Renaissance. Prof. Seymour Mauskopf, Department of History, Duke University
• HIST 100I (CZ, SS, CCI) Machiavelli, Guicciardini and the Art of Politics. Prof. Tom Robisheaux, Department History, Duke University
• HIST 100I (CZ, SS, CCI) Renaissance Italy and the Catholic Renewal. Prof. Tom Robisheaux, Department History, Duke University
• CMRS 110.01 (CZ) Pilgrimage: Visits of Consequence, Visits of Conquest. Prof. Tom Du Bois, Department of Scandinavian Studies, University of Wisconsin
• ICS 100 / CA 100 (CZ) Identities, Nationalities, Migration at the Outset of the Twenty-first Century. Prof. Tom Du Bois, Department of Scandinavian Studies, University of Wisconsin
• ART HIST 144B Florentine Renaissance Art History: From Lorenzo il Magnifico to Cosimo I: 1469-1539
  Prof. Josephine Rogers Mariotti, University of Florence
• POLSCI 100F.01 (CCI, SS)/SOC 100 (CCI, SS) European Societies, Prof. Ettore Recchi, University of Florence
• ARTHIST 135A (AL, CZ, CCI, IAA) Experiencing the City. (Instructor:TBA)

See brochure for course descriptions.

Last updated: 18 February 2008