2021 Humanities Summer School - Brochure ONLINE - Rubik

University of Bergamo (Italy)

in collaboration with
Fairleigh Dickinson University (US)

2021 HUMANITIES
SUMMER SCHOOL
online learning
Bergamo (Italy)
21 June-16 July 2021

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Index
Page 3: General information
Page 4: To whom is the course destined?
Page 5: Courses: 21 June – 2 July 2021
Page 6: Courses: 5 – 16 July 2021
Page 7: Location and Costs
Page 8: How to enroll
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2021 Humanities
Summer School
University of Bergamo (Italy) in collaboration
with Fairleigh Dickinson University (US)
21 June-16 July 2021, Bergamo (ITALY)

In the enchanting city of Bergamo, one of the most appreciated touristic cities
in the North of Italy, the 2021 Humanities Summer School is a 4-weeks
intensive online program for both Bachelor and Master students.
The Summer School is organized by the University of Bergamo, a young but

very prestigious Italian University (94th Young University Rankings 2018), in
collaboration with Fairleigh Dickinson University (US).
Topics
The Summer School offers four online courses that are centered around the
humanistic and social fields, linked in particular to the Italian and European
dimension. Students may choose 1 to 4 courses.
Each course is offered along an intensive 2-weeks program and each of them
consists of a 30-hour program (3 hours/day). The courses are given by
Professors from both University of Bergamo and Fairleigh Dickinson
University.
Two courses will be given from 21 June to 2 July and other two courses from
5 to 16 July. Attendance is compulsory (Monday to Friday).
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To whom is it destined?
The Summer school is open to The admitted student can choose 1

university students from both or 2 courses within each period.
To maintain high standards of
Bachelor’s and Master’s from all
t eac h i ng , eac h cl as s will be
the academic disciplines.
composed by a limited number
students.
The course is organized for:
• Unibg students
Each course is valuable for 5 or
• Erasmus students at Unibg
6 academic credits in the Italian
• FDU students
scale, to be included in your Study
• Students from Partner and from
Plan either as elective or as
non-Partner universities
supernumeral (additional) courses.
Being an international program,
Each course includes a final
t h e minim u m lang uag e leve l
written test on the treated topics.
required is B2 (in the Common
This may also be substituted by a
European Framework of
written paper in English to be
Reference for Languages).
delivered no later than a given
date.
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COURSES
Period: 21 June – 2 July 2021
Travellers and the Making of a European Cultural Space: From Stereotypes to

Identities
Prof. Marco Sirtori (University of Bergamo)
The course analyzes how travel literature has represented, interpreted and judged the Other
and otherness, acting as a powerful means of shaping individual and national identities, from
the golden age of Grand Tour to present times. We will thus focus on the different forms of
Orientalism, a long series of fictional distortions, Eurocentric and colonialist perspectives,
received ideas and stereotypes, not devoid of ideological and imperialist implications. The
instructor will guide students through the reading of excerpts from a series of exemplary
(European) travel literature texts, comparing them to orientalist painting and to the
representation of travel and travellers in movies.
Walls or Bridges: Italy, Migration, and the Pitfalls of Globalization

Prof. Gloria Pastorino (Fairleigh Dickinson University)
Italy has been a country of mass migrations for a century and a half, both losing its people to
countries that offer(ed) better working opportunities or welcoming a new labor force from
several other countries, particularly in the past 40 years. Migrants to and from Italy have met
with a similar, at times inhumane, treatment as suspect “others,” against whom communities
need to build defenses to protect a fragile sense of self. Political agendas have always
contributed to a social unrest that aims at criminalizing people rather than appreciating them
as resources.
The course explores the different nature of these migrations through a socio-economic,
political, and cultural lens, using essays, literature, films, and documentaries.
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COURSES
Period: 5 – 16 July 2021

Understanding Visual Culture Making Sense of Contemporary Images from
Digital Photography to Videogames
Instructor to be announced
The course explores the world of images, specifically focusing on its most recent incarnations
(digital photography and cinema, videogames, virtual and augmented reality) and approaching
it through the lens of visual culture studies. Our everyday experience is more and more
mediated, and the spread of Coronavirus forced us to take in account the great impact of this
process in our lives. It is therefore quintessential to develop a critical sensibility toward
contemporary visuality, stressing elements such as the presence of ideological narratives, the
role of devices in our perception of the world and multisensorial dimension of our relationship
with images. Through collective discussion of relevant theories and analyzing specific case
studies, the course will address issues such as: What is the role of images in contemporary
society? How is vision historically, culturally and geographically defined? How politics defines
what we see and not see? How do (or do not) we visually perceive racial or sexual narratives?
‘Make’ in Italy: an Introduction to Entrepreneurship and Startupping.

Instructor to be announced. C/o Cyfe, Center for Young and Family Enterprise,
Project Manager Prof. Davide Hahn
The entrepreneur is an agent of change and an innovator who seizes opportunities and needs
in a wide range of fields. Radical and rapid changes in new technologies, such as Information
Technologies, biotechnologies, new materials, renewable energies, and the opportunities
coming from a globalized and interconnected economy encourage the establishment of
startups ready to act in different sectors. A new approach to health, aging and lifestyles also
opens entrepreneurial possibilities. Moving from an analysis of the specific features of ‘made
in Italy’ and of ‘family business’, both at the core of the Italian economic system, the course
develops the idea that entrepreneurial culture fosters innovation in all spheres.
The course is mainly lab-oriented and challenges students to explore innovative ideas of
business and discover their entrepreneurial potential.
At the end of the course students will be able to:
- analyze the value of an entrepreneurial idea through different perspectives;
- know the tools needed to establish and develop a startup.
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Location
All the lectures will be held online and will be managed from the
Department of Foreign Languages, Literatures and Cultures in Bergamo.
Address: Piazza Rosate, 2, Bergamo (Italy) -
Maps
Costs
The enrollment to the courses is absolutely free for:
• Unibg students and FDU students;
• Erasmus students who are spending their exchange at the Unibg;
• students coming from Partner Universities;
• For students coming from non-partner Universities, the cost is

150€ for each course.
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Further information
Visit also our Official Website and our Facebook page.
How to enroll
Be part of a fantastic experience!!! In order to participate to the Humanities Summer
School, please send an e-mail to: [email protected]
We will reply you immediately.
Summer school coordinator: Prof. Flaminia Nicora ([email protected])
Deadline for registration: 31 May 2021 (subject to

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Page 4: To whom is the course destined?

Page 5: Courses: 21 June – 2 July 2021

Page 6: Courses: 5 – 16 July 2021

Page 7: Location and Costs

Page 8: How to enroll

21 June-16 July 2021, Bergamo (ITALY)

The Summer School is organized by the University of Bergamo, a young but

The Summer school is open to The admitted student can choose 1

Period: 21 June – 2 July 2021

Travellers and the Making of a European Cultural Space: From Stereotypes to

Walls or Bridges: Italy, Migration, and the Pitfalls of Globalization

Period: 5 – 16 July 2021

‘Make’ in Italy: an Introduction to Entrepreneurship and Startupping.

• For students coming from non-partner Universities, the cost is

Deadline for registration: 31 May 2021 (subject to

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