General Discussions

For us, who created this platform, it was extremely important to make it the least hierarchical as possible. We believe, that a platform that gives the most possible power to its users, will be the platform vibrating with more life, more activity and more interesting discussions. Nonetheless, we k

Dear students, we welcome you to share your impressions and discuss your opinions following the plenary workshop - made by you - for you. Let us know what sparked your interest and did you learn something new from plenary workshop contributions! Let's discuss on May 7th, at 10am - see you on Zoom

We invite submissions to the VIU photography competition on the theme "Globalization". Students, staff, alumni and professors are all eligible to submit. Each person may submit ONE photo. Each entry should be accompanied by a text of up to 100 words explaining its meaning and significance. A selec

Dear everyone, You are invited to this week’s online Lunch2B, which will take place on Friday, April 2nd, at 12:00 PM, Italian time. COVID 19 has increased the environmental awareness towards contemporary challenges: preservation of ecosystems, waste and pollution generations and hazardous emission

Dear all! You are invited to this week’s online Lunch2B, which will take place on Friday, March 5TH at 12:00 PM, Italian time What is academic snobbery? Is the world of academia disconnected from the ‘real world’? Is academia gate-kept by those with positions in the ivory tower? What role do presti

I think everyone has dreams, projects and goals that they would like to achieve. In these three months we will have the opportunity to exchange ideas, enriching our cultural backgrounds thanks to our international roots. What are you looking for this semester? Are you interested in some specific

Dear all, you are warmly invited to join us at the third session of Tea2b, where we will discuss experiencing culture in Venice. First we will try to explore how have we been experiencing culture until now. Do you think this has changed because of Covid-19? How severe was the impact? What are the

Hello everyone! One week ago we recieved an email from VIU staff, declaring that you are required to take the Covid-19 test up to 72h prior to the beginning of the activities. Just today there have been some news about it; we are all able to take the test on VIU campus on Tuesday, September 29th. C

Hi mates! I'm Margherita from Venice and I'm writing from the lovely countryside of Davon. I came here to Exeter to visit a friend who teaches in Exeter university, in the drama department. He showed me a little bit the surroundings and Exeter Uni. We went to Exmouth beach too! I've seen soooo many

Dear everyone, You are invited to this week’s online Lunch2B, which will take place on Friday, May 14th, at 12:00 PM, Italian time. The meat and dairy industries are drenched in ethical debate about animal exploitation and animal welfare within the industries. One important narrative that has been g

Hi All! We are inviting you all to take advantage of an exciting new opportunity. We are making a call for essays/speeches on the topic of finding solutions for repopulating Venice. One of the entries will be chosen to be debuted by its author at the plenary workshop of April 30th! This is an amaz

During this week’s online Lunch2B, which will take place on Friday, April 16th, at 12:00 PM, Italian time, we will discuss repopulating Venice and how to save the city. But with the COVID-19 pandemic — along with the chance to move through quiet canals, to hear Venetian dialect in the air and t

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Dear all, you are warmly invited to join our first session of LUNCH2B, where we will have a meeting about students-professors social and cultural activities in the next semester to foster multicultural and multidisciplinary informal experiences. See you on Wednesday 24 at 12:30pm on ZOOM: https:/

*online event* Cultural appropriation vs. Cultural appreciation Dear all, you are warmly invited to join us at the fourth session of Tea2b, where we will discuss Cultural appropriation vs. Cultural appreciation. We will try to explore which are the constituent elements of a culture. Further on,

As some may have already heard, the third Tea2b will be dedicated to the cultural experiencing in Venice😀 Venice has more than plenty of it to offer, which means that a single Tea2b discussion couldn't possibly cover it all. So, while trying to figure out what kind of cultural experiences in Venice

I hope everyone is ready for this Fall Semester! 😉

Dear All, we would love to see the VIU community blog to evolve into a diverse, lively and inspiring as well as provocative space of interaction. Right now, it is basically just a sceleton, waiting to be filled and molded. This is why we would like to invite everyone interested in the blog and int