Italy (August)

ANT396Y0 Italian Regional Foodways and Culture 

This participatory seminar course introduces students to the central place occupied by food, agriculture, cooking and eating in modern Italian culture. The goal of the course is to foster a deep and sensitive understanding of the historical development of Italian cuisine and to instill an appreciation of the critical importance of local climate and ecology to Italian cuisine through comparison of various regional foodways. We’ll be looking at the scholarly literature on La Cucina Italiana and will enhance our readings with opportunities to engage personally with Italian food culture through field trips to food producers tailored for this course, and through tastings of Italian foods.

Prerequisite: None 
Recommended Preparation: ANT100Y1 or ANT204H1 or ANT207H1 or ANT200Y1 or ANT203Y1 
BR = None. 
Note: Not all food allergies can be accommodated for this course. 

2023 Course Outline (Preliminary)

Field Trips

This course includes a four-day trip visiting various food producers in the Matera area and Bari. Students will also participate in a workshop at the Espresso Academy of Mokaflor in Florence, visit Perugia and Deruta and tour local wineries and food producers. Field trip fees paid to UofT cover return bus transportation to all sites, hotel accommodation in Matera and Bari, guides and most entrance fees.

Instructor

Anne Urbancic is the Mary Rowell Jackman Professor of Humanities at Victoria College. An award-winning instructor, she has often taught in the Siena Summer Abroad Program. Her courses include ANT396Y0 Italian Regional Foodways and Culture, and previously, courses in Italian language and culture. Her research and publications focus on Italian food history, on the Italian Tuscan author Mario Pratesi (1842-1921) and on the works of Annie Vivanti. She has published widely in North American and European journals. Among her most recent publications are Mario Pratesi’s lost manuscript, All’ombra dei cipressi (SEF, 2018) and Literary Titans Revisited (Dundurn Press, 2017). Together with Giuliana Sanguinetti Katz, she has translated three novels, and two plays. She always loves teaching ANT396Y0 and looks forward to exploring Italy’s dynamic and fascinating (and delicious) food and foodways with you in Siena in 2023.

CRI389Y0 Current Issues in International Criminology 

This course is designed to introduce students to current issues in international criminology. Students will be exposed to recent research and policy debates that are relevant in both Europe and North America. The course will explore the following topics: 1) Cross-national crime trends and patterns; 2) The mafia and the growth of international organized crime; 3) Immigration and crime; 4) Youth radicalization, street gangs and “homegrown” terrorism; 5) Human trafficking and the refugee crisis; 6) Drug prohibition; 7) Hate crime and Right Wing nationalism; 8) Corporate crime within the global economy; 9) Violence against women in the global context; and 10) International trends in crime prevention and punishment. The teaching format will consist of lectures, seminar discussions, films, student presentations, debates and field trips.  

Prerequisite = None.
BR  = 3

2023 Course Outline (draft)

Field Trips

This course includes visits to a local police station, day trips to Volterra and Florence, three day trip to Rome and a local wine tour. The cost of these trips is CAD $xxxx paid to UofT for return bus transportation to all sites, hotel accommodation in Rome, guides and most entrance fees.

Instructor

Dr. Scot Wortley is one of Canada’s leading criminologists.  He has been a Professor at the Centre of Criminology and Sociolegal Studies, University of Toronto since 1996.  His academic career began in 1993 as a researcher with the Commission on Systemic Racism in the Ontario Criminal Justice System.  Over the past twenty-five years Professor Wortley has conducted numerous studies on various issues including youth violence and victimization, street gangs, drug trafficking and substance use, crime and violence within the Caribbean, public perceptions of the police and criminal courts, police in schools, police use of force, and racial bias within the Canadian criminal justice system.  In 2007, he was appointed by Metropolis to the position of National Priority Leader for research on Immigration, Justice, Policing and Security.  Professor Wortley has also served as Research Director for several government commissions including the Ontario Government’s Roots of Youth Violence Inquiry. In 2017 Professor Wortley worked with Ontario’s Anti-Racism Directorate to develop standards and guidelines for the collection and dissemination of race-based data within the public sector.  Professor Wortley is currently leading three major investigations into possible racial bias within policing for the Nova Scotia, Ontario, and British Columbia Human Rights Commissions.  He is also leading an inquiries into bias within the Toronto Transit Commission’s enforcement unit.  Professor Wortley has published in a wide variety of academic journals and edited volumes and has produced numerous report for all levels of government.  He has presented his work at conferences and workshops across the globe.  In 2015, Professor Wortley taught the first criminology course ever delivered as part of the Siena Summer Abroad program. 

BMS312Y0 The Rise of the Modern Book in Renaissance Italy

It was a decade after Gutenberg’s invention of movable type in the mid-1400s that Italy became the cradle of the European printing revolution. With Venice serving as the Silicon Valley of the Renaissance, dozens of early printing startups transformed the concept of the book. A community of entrepreneurs, inventors, and humanists introduced a number of typographical innovations and editorial ideas that were crucial to the rise of the modern book. 
This summer course will provide students with an understanding of Italian early printing history and Renaissance Italy as an innovation ecosystem of print culture in the humanistic tradition, from the incunable to the hand-press period, analyzing all components of the life cycle of the book, from papermaking to typography and bookbinding.

This course will provide students with the opportunity to visit some of the iconic locations of the Italian print culture tradition. From Fabriano to Venice, following the footsteps of the “Prince of Renaissance printers” Aldus Manutius, under his motto Festina Lente (“make haste slowly”), students will be involved in experiential learning activities and workshops held by scholars, experts, and conservationists in these historical places. 

Prerequisite

Prerequisite: None. Recommended preparation: BMS100H/BMS200Y/BMS201H
Breadth Requirement = 1

Course Outline 2023 
 

Field Trips

Field trips include site visits to: Museum of Papermaking and Watermark in Fabriano (Marche); Museum of the publishing house Enrico Tallone in Alpignano (Turin); Biblioteca Marciana in Venice; The Bodonian Museum of Printing in Padua; The Scriptorium Foroiuliense in San Daniele del Friuli. Please see the course outline for further details.

Instructor

Paolo Granata is an Associate Professor in Book and Media Studies at St. Michael’s College in the University of Toronto. Nurtured by the centuries-old tradition of his Alma Mater, the University of Bologna, his research and teaching interests lie broadly in the areas of media ecology, media ethics, semiotics, print culture, and visual studies. As an educator, an innovator, and a cross-disciplinary media scholar, his advocacy efforts are focused on digital equity and digital sustainability, to explore the potential that information and communication technologies hold for enacting positive social change. He is the founding director of the Media Ethics Lab at the University of Toronto and a member of the Schwartz Reisman Institute for Technology and Society. Since 2018, he is a board member of the Executive Committee at the Canadian Commission for UNESCO.

ITA358/359Y0 Modern Italian Culture

Analysis of selected philosophical, artistic, musical and literary works which range from the Middle Ages to the present. The main topics of discussion include the Renaissance, Baroque, Romanticism, Italian Unification, Theatre, Opera, Futurism, Fascism, Neorealism, Regionalism and Industrial Growth. Field trips and screening of films are included. The course is taught in English and is open to students from other disciplines. Students who wish to obtain credit in ITA359Y0 (instead of ITA358Y0) will be required to do course readings in Italian.

Prerequisite: None.

Breadth Requirement: 1+3
Exclusion: ITA245Y/247H/248Y
 

2023 Course Outline (draft)

Field Trips

This course includes excursions to Assisi (Perugina Chocolate Factory), Pienza/Montalcino (Sant'Antimo Abbey), San Gimignano/Monteriggioni, and an overnight visit to Rome. 

Instructor

Michael Lettieri is a Professor of Italian at the University of Toronto.  He has served as Vice-Dean (Academic Experience), Chair of the Department of Language Studies, Associate Dean (Humanities) and Vice-Principal (Academic) at the Mississauga Campus, and Dean and Director of the Italian School at Middlebury College (Vermont). Highlights from his extensive list of publications include articles and books on Italian literature, textual criticism, applied linguistics, and second-language teaching and learning. Lettieri has received several academic awards, including the University of Toronto APUS-SAC Undergraduate Teaching Award, the OCUFA Teaching Award, the University of Toronto President’s Teaching Award, and the American Association of Teachers of Italian Distinguished Service Award for distinguished teaching, published research, and service in the fields of Italian language, literature, and civilization.

MGT397Y0 Banks and Markets: History, Economics and Regulation

This class has one goal: to provide students with a strong foundation in understanding the functioning of financial institutions and capital markets. To reach this goal, we will investigate not only the economic rational that lies behind the design and regulation of financial institutions and capital markets, but also their historical origin. Northern Italy, with its city-states such as Venice, Florence and most importantly, Siena, is the birthplace of our modern financial institutions and markets. Students will deepen their understanding of the design, development, regulation and future challenges of financial institutions and capital markets in a complete immersion in history.

Prerequisites: None
BR = Society and its Institutions (3)
CR/NCR option: Eligible

Note:  Rotman Commerce students may take this course and it will count as the equivalent of an RSM course towards their degree/program requirements. However, if Rotman Commerce students opt for CR/NCR, the course cannot count towards their program requirements, including the 8.0 RSM requirement. It would simply be an elective towards the 20.0 credit degree requirement
Applies towards:
- Focus in Finance:  Requirement 2
- Focus in International Business (UofT Global Scholar): Requirement 2

2023 Course Outline

Instructor

Professor Célérier is an Associate Professor of Finance at Rotman, with award-winning teaching experience: she has won the Rotman teaching award every year since 2019. Attendance to her undergraduate course has kept increasing over the years, from around 70 students in 2017 to more than 250 students today. Professor Célérier has also been successfully teaching the related course “Financial Institutions and Capital Markets” to MBA students for more than two years.

Professor Célérier's research explores how finance can benefit households, investigating the role of financial institutions and the impact on diversity and inclusion. She addresses this question from different perspectives, including history. Her work has been published in top academic journals, including the Quarterly Journal of Economics, and has raised the interest of several central banks and regulators around the world.

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RLG290Y0 Special Topics: Religion in Tuscany

In addition to its many (many!) churches, the region of Tuscany is filled with temples, mosques, and synagogues, all with rich histories tied to the history of Italy itself. This interdisciplinary course will consider general concepts of religion (e.g., ritual, text, art, and community) in relation to the specific yet very diverse religious life of Tuscany, focusing on the traditions of Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, and Judaism.

Prerequisites: none
BR = 2

2023 Course Outline (preliminary)

Field Trips

Students will visit many sites throughout Tuscany, including locations in or near Florence, Pisa, Rome and of course Siena itself.

Instructor

Dr. Ken Derry is Associate Professor (Teaching Stream) in the Department of Historical Studies, University of Toronto Mississauga. His teaching and research focus on the ways in which modern literature and film relate to more “traditional” religious beliefs and practices. What might the Bible tell us about Iron Man, and vice versa? He has several publications on religion and culture including The Myth Awakens, the first book on Star Wars by scholars of religion (co-edited with John Lyden). Ken has received numerous awards for teaching, including the 2013 UTM Teaching Excellence Award and the 2022 UofT President’s Teaching Award. He has 2 cats.