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The LSSOCC285 Italian Civilization and Culture: Society and Lifestyle 3-week field learning course engages stu-dents in Italian civilization and culture through direct experience. Each week of the program features coursework on-site by beginning in Northern Italy, transitioning to Southern Italy during the second week, and concluding in Central Italy for the third and final week. This sociology course offers compatibility for students from diverse major backgrounds and is cross-listed to field learning, Italian cultural studies, art history, anthropology, history, food and culture, and geography. On-site fieldwork and assessment are conducted on a daily basis.
ITALIAN CIVILIZATION AND CULTURE3-Week / 6-Credit Field Learning Program
DAY 1Lecture
ItalianCityStates FeudalandRenaissanceSocieties Milan:theItalianCapitalofIndustry
Field Learning ItineraryMilan:CastelloSforzesco,PietàRondaninistatuebyMichelangelo,Breradistrict,themoderncitycenter,LaScalaOperaTheater,fashionanddesigndistricts.
DAY 2Lecture
Europe’snorthernmostolivetreesatLakeGarda
NoblesandSignoriinnorthernItaly
Field Learning ItineraryLakeGarda-Wineandoilproducer
inValpolicella-VeronaanditsArenaPiazzadeiSignori,PiazzadelleErbe,Juliet’sHouse.
DAY 3 Lecture
TheItalianProvincia:Treviso Italianexcellence:RadicchioRosso
andProsecco
Field Learning ItineraryTrevisocitycenter-AsoloandProseccoproductionarea.
DAY 4Lecture
PaduaandtheScientificRevolution SaintAnthony:Pilgrimages
andSpirituality AntonioCanovaandNeoclassicism
Field Learning ItineraryPadua’scitycenter,ScrovegniChapel,CathedralofSt.Anthony-PossagnoandtheAntonioCanovamuseum.
DAY 5Lecture
AndreaPalladio:rediscoveringRomanarchitecture
Cityandcountrylifeinthe16thcentury Reverseintra-nationalimmigration
fromVenetotoLazio
Field Learning ItineraryBrentaRiverandPalladianvillas-Venetocountryside-TransfertoVenice.
DAY 6Lecture
Venice:gatewaybetweeneastandwest ContemporaryVenice:Cityor
museum,identityandpreservation,MOSEdamsystem
Field Learning ItineraryVenice:PalazzoDucale,BasilicadiSanMarco,SanMarcodistrict-optionalvisitstoGiudecca,SanGiorgio,theLido,BuranoandTorcelloislands,SanServolo,PeggyGuggenheimCollection.
DAY 7Lecture
VenetianRenaissance Venetiancultural/artistic
heritageandtourism
Field Learning ItineraryTransfertoMurano,artisticglassworkshop-TransfertoNaples.
The program is offered during FUA’s 3-week Summer Session II. Upon program conclusion, students may continue with regular 3/6-week sessions at the FUA campus in Florence.Please consult session dates at fua.it/Utility/academic-calendar-detail.html
Available Sessions
Field Learning Details | Daily Coursework(Detailed syllabus available upon request)
ARRIVAL DAY Arrival in Milan and Orientation.
WEEK 1 | NORTHERN ITALY
SUMMERSession II - 3 Weeks
DAY 1Lecture
ArchitectureanddailylifeinancientandcontemporaryRome
Field Learning ItineraryPiazzaVenezia-CapitolineHill-ImperialForums-ColosseumandRomanForum-Pantheon-TreviFountain-SpanishSteps-PiazzadelPopolo.
DAY 2Lecture
HistoryandartoftheVaticanState TheItaliangarden
Field Learning ItinerarySaintPeter’sSquareandBasilica-transfertoCaprarolaandPalazzoFarnese-
tastingofNoccioladiCaprarolahazelnutatlocalfarm-transfertoViterbo.
DAY 3 Lecture
MannerismandtheItaliangarden NikideSsaintPhalle’smagical
Tarotgarden
Field Learning ItineraryTransfertoBagnaiaandVillaLante-Monster’sParkinBomarzo-transfertonorthernMaremmainsouthernTuscany,GiardinodeiTarocchivisit.
DAY 4Lecture
EtruscansonthesouthernTuscancoast HistoryofItalianwinemaking FoodandwineinItalianculture
Field Learning ItineraryPopulonia,EtruscanarchaeologicalparkinBaratti-Bolgherivineyard-transfertoVersiliacoastinnorthernTuscany.
DAY 5Lecture
Architecture,business,tourisminViareggio
Michelangelo’smarble SocialhistoryofCarraraquarryworkers
Field Learning ItineraryViareggio:CittadelladelCarnevale,promenade-Carraramarblequarries-Pietrasantaandsculptingstudios.
DAY 6Lecture
TraditionofagricultureandviticultureonLiguria’ssteepslopes
Lifestyle,fashion,andcostalcultureofbeachtowns
Field Learning ItineraryCinqueTerre-Vermentinowineproducer-beachcultureactivity.
DAY 7Lecture
SocialspacesinItaly:themarket
Field Learning ItineraryBiketourtoFortedeiMarmiandweeklyoutdoormarket
TransfertoFlorenceandcourseconclusion.
DAY 1Lecture
KingdomofthetwoSicilies:Italianregionalismandthe“SouthernQuestion”
TheGreatSilence:Carthusianmonasteries
Field Learning ItineraryRoyalPalaceinCaserta-Naples:LaCertosadiSanMartino,historiccenter.
DAY 2Lecture
Themostdenselypopulatedvolcanicregionintheworld
Vesuviobiodiversity:cherrytomato Neapolitanfatalism
Field Learning ItineraryHikingonMountVesuvius-Naplescitycenter.
DAY 3 Lecture
Neapolisandchaos:Greekheritage DailylifeinaRomanEmpirecity
Field Learning ItineraryNaplescitycenter-Pompeii-TransfertoAmalficoast.
DAY 4Lecture
ImperialRomanholidaymansion:EmperorTiberius’Caprivilla
CapriandSorrento:statussymbols Sorrentogold:lemonsandlimoncello
Field Learning ItineraryCapri,optionalvisitstoBlueGrotto,Tiberius’villa,MonteSolarohike-Sorrento.
DAY 5Lecture
Italianmaritimerepublics:powerandeconomy
ArabicinfluenceontheAmalficathedral CeramicartistryofAmalfi
Field Learning ItineraryAmalfi:cityandcathedral-Vietriandceramics-transfertosouthernLazio.
DAY 6Lecture
MythofCirce’scave Buffalolivestockandcheeseproduction
Field Learning ItinerarySperlongaandMountCirceo-AbbaziadiFossanova-buffalomozzarella.
DAY 7Lecture
Mussolini’srestorationoftheRomanEmpire
ArtandliteratureatHadrian’simperialcourt
PowerofpapalRome:theBorgiafamily
Field Learning ItineraryAgroPontino,Sabaudia-Tivoli,VillaAdriana,Villad’Este-transfertoRome.
WEEK 3 | CENTRAL ITALY
WEEK 2 | SOUTHERN ITALY
Program Includes
Academic coursework,accommodation, transportation,
breakfast daily + 21 meals.
Contact Info
For further details, questions,or to request a copy of the syllabus,please contact [email protected].