A study of the Habsburg Empire and its relationship with the states of Central Europe and the peoples living there through an analysis of crucial points in their common history through the end of World War I. The course presents this history as an...
The course attempts to analyze the development of present-day Austria from the multi-national Habsburg Empire at the beginning of the 20th century to a new multi-national “Empire”, the European Union at the beginning of the 21st century. It will...
The aim of this course is to illustrate the fundamental role played by the ancient classical world in Italian Renaissance art: between the 15th and the 16th centuries, the classical heritage (ancient Greek and Roman) became a source of inspiration to...
This research-based course, which combines lectures with field study activities and seminars, uses the remarkable surroundings of Siena to examine the different meanings attached to the past in this city. This study deepens the cultural and political...
Analysis of chosen texts and pictures of European history from the late ancient world up to the 16th century. Visits to libraries and archives and field studies. The course material will be divided into different realms: Space and environment, social...
From the time of the first persecution under the Emperor Nero (64 AD), Christianity gradually became a decisive force to contend within the Roman world and developed into a structured monotheistic religion that ultimately became the official religion...
Today, Barcelona is a cosmopolitan city and a global leader, boasting such labels as the "coolest city in Europe," the "Paris of the Mediterranean," or the "City of Marvels." Its architectural landscape features one of the best preserved "Gothic...
The eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 A.D. spelled death and destruction for many of the inhabited areas of the Bay of Naples with an explosive force that also bred unique freeze-frames of ancient Roman life and practices in famous locations such as...
Italy is a country with an age-old tradition of wine-drinking that can be traced back millennia. In Renaissance society, for example, the act of drinking wine was a marker for higher social class and inspired artists, thinkers, writers and poets, and...