Summer Abroad Info Session - Venice and Trieste

This intensive summer program will spend three weeks in Trieste, a scenic, vibrant and off the beaten path seaside city in Northern Italy, and three weeks amongst the canals and sights of Venice, often recognized as one of Europeʻs most beautiful cities.

This program is an immersion in Italian language study and is open to all levels from true beginners to advanced learners. In addition to an Italian language course, you will study Italy’s crucial historical and social position in the Mediterranean as a place of intercultural exchange. The program will explore topics of identity- national, ethnic, cultural. Learn about the extensive Venetian colonization in the Mediterranean, about the persistent multicultural nature of Italian society, and the historical and social scars left on this area by World War I and World War II. The program will also discuss current-day migrations into Italy and the complex nature of Italian identity today. By the end of the course, you will have developed a greater knowledge and deeper understanding of Italian history, society, and culture from a different perspective, to which you’ll be able to add your personal experience.
 

Highlights include:

• Build fluency in Italian through language immersion and progress through the Italian major/minor (program open to all majors and all levels from beginner to advanced)
• Spend six weeks living in and exploring the beautiful seaside cities of Trieste and Venice. (Three weeks in each location.) 
• Field trips to historic and scenic places across Italy including the castles at Miramar, San Giusto & Gorizia, the frescoes at Padova, and day trips to the beautiful cities of Bassano del Grappa and Marostica.

Visit our program page to learn more!