Spring Quarter
Cross-Cultural Communications/Cross-Cultural Perspectives in Siena
Read more about Cross-Cultural Communications/Cross-Cultural Perspectives in Siena Living in Siena offers you two important learning experiences. The first (more obvious) one concerns Italian life and culture, specifically as it is lived out around you in Siena day by day. What is important to people here? What patterns are woven into their lives? What about…Read more
Politics in Modern Italy
Read more about Politics in Modern Italy This course will examine political developments in modern Italy, beginning with the nationalist drive (risorgimento) prior to the achievement of statehood in 1861, continuing through the creation of the Triple Alliance and World War I, the rise of fascism and World War II. Coverage of contemporary politics will center on the issues of governmental instability…Read more
Machiavelli’s Italy
Read more about Machiavelli’s Italy This course will examine the impact of political conflict in the Tuscany region of Italy during 15th and 16th centuries, roughly corresponding to the rise of the Medici family (1434) and the writings of Niccolò Machiavelli (1469-1527). This volatile period was a time of alternation in power between the Medici family and republican rule. (Machiavelli held both diplomatic…Read more