The course is a survey of the architecture and the urban history of the city of Rome, from the early Renaissance to contemporary Rome. Rome is an exceptional city in that it represents more than 2700 years of uninterrupted history, reflected in its...
Milan is a renown global city, particularly recognized as a capital of design and fashion. Yet its history stretches back more than 2,500 years from its origins as a Celtic village, serving as one of the capitals of the Roman Empire, and later...
This course provides an introductory overview of Tokyo's architectural history and explores some of the recent questions that architects, urban planners, and scholars have raised to understand its phenomenon. To this end, the course covers the...
This course offers a critical and dynamic overview to those avant-garde creations happening in Granada during 20th and 21st centuries, including literary, filmic, performing, musical and urban art expressions, and connecting certain emblematic...
Freiburg is top when it comes to urban planning: it is the most sustainable city in Germany - a child and bicycle-friendly town, the No.1 feel good location. It is internationally renowned for the Rieselfeld and Vauban model districts as well. What...
Paris, as a global city, the capital of France and its largest city, provides an excellent opportunity to study the political system, public policies, social trends and economic stakes of the country.
Paris has over 2 million residents, with a...
Individual Performance Studies is dedicated to a hands-on approach to the performance of music under the supervision of professional Milanese musicians. The number of credits awarded is determined by the number of contact hours with the personal...
Films from Southern Europe, Northern Africa, and the Middle East will be examined with an eye to the role of women in Mediterranean societies. The course will look at how gender, kinship, division of labour, religion, tradition, and sexuality impact...
This course considers two of the most interesting questions in contemporary Spanish cinema: studying the figure of Pedro Almodóvar, the most internationally renowned Spanish director, and analyzing the representations of Spanish women in Spanish...