Issued by: Ca' Foscari University of Venice

Venetian Historical Workshop

About the Course

The "Officina della Storia" (Historical Workshop) addresses those who are interested in historical research inside the city of Venice. The Officina is a sort of journey through some important places preserving documents and witness to significant historical experience: a Museum, churches, Archives, neighborhoods, factories. Each of these places are presented by specialist of the period or topic.

Attendance and Credentials

Attendance

FREE!

Attendance Certificate

FREE!

Course Agenda

Enrollments Start

Jul 4, 2018

Course Opens

Oct 8, 2018

Tutoring Starts

Oct 8, 2018

Tutoring Stops

Dec 16, 2018

Soft Tutoring

Dec 17, 2018

Course Closed

Jan 31, 2019

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course, students will be able to:

distinguish the important stages of Venice’s history;
deal with a conscious approach to documentary sources;
identify the cultural and historic depth of Venice, beyond the touristic perception;
understand the historic significance within unsung and unknown places.

Background and Requirements

No specific prerequisites.

Textbooks

I. Favaretto, M. De Paoli, M.C. Dossi, Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Venezia, Milano 2004

I. Favaretto; G.L. Ravagnan, Lo Statuario Pubblico della Serenissima. Due secoli di collezionismo di antichità 1596-1797, Cittadella 1997

L. CALVELLI, Da Altino a Venezia, in M. Tirelli (a cura di), Altino antica. Dai Veneti a Venezia, Venezia, Marsilio, 2011, pp. 184-197.

Daniela Rando, Una chiesa di frontiera. Le istituzioni ecclesiastiche veneziane nei secoli VI-XII, Bologna, Il Mulino, 1994

M. FINCARDI, X. TABET (a cura di), Venise XXe siècle, « Laboratoire Italien », n. 15, 2014 - http://laboratoireitalien.revues.org/810

Bruno Bertoli, Annalisa Perissa, Chiesa di San Zaccaria. Arte e devozione, Venezia, Marsilio, 1994.

La Pietà a Venezia. Arte, Musica e Cura dell'infanzia fra tradizione e innovazione, Venezia, 2008.

AA.VV., Porto Marghera, le immagini la storia 1900-1985, Torino, Musolini, 1985.

Sergio Barizza, Daniele Resini, a cura di, Portomarghera. Il Novecento industriale a Venezia, Vianello Libri, Treviso 2004;

Carlo Rubini, Marghera, sentieri nel tempo. Tre itinerari in un’altra Venezia, Enel Relazioni Esterne Territoriali, Trekking Italia (fuori commercio) Venezia 2012

Course Format

The course is divided into 8 Sections that include videolectures, forums and assessment tests.

Certificates and Exam rules

Attendance Certificate

You can earn Attendance Certificate and Open badge by completing all the included video-lessons and the final tests of each section, answering correctly to minimum 70% of questions.