Warwick in Venice

Annual Report 2012-2013

For information, please contact:

Helen Johnson, International Office, h.j.johnson@warwick.ac.uk

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Contents

1. Overview2. Introduction3. Management4. Premises5. History and History of Art Term 6. CaFoscari and Warwick7. Circolo Italo Britannico8. Lecture: How to Write a History of the Sea9. WBS Year Abroad Seminar: Easter 10. Monash and Warwick Collaboration11. WBS and IKON Research Centre12. Erasmus Intensive Programme: Walking, Watching and Awakening in Venice13. Incroci De Civilta 14. Vogalonga 15. Art Night16. Regatta Storica17. Carlton University, Ottawa18. Making Space for Festivals, 1400 - 1700

Appendix 1. Venice Centre Management CommitteeAppendix 2. Venice Advisory BoardAppendix 3. Membership of the Venice Advisory Board

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Warwick in Venice

1. OVERVIEW

This is the first annual report for the Warwick Venice Centre at Palazzo Pesaro Papafava (PPP) and one

of the aims of the report is to capture the rich and varied use of the PPP over a twelve months’ period.

2. INTRODUCTION

Warwick in Venice is consistent with a number of strands in the University’s Strategy. It contributes to

the ambition of attracting the highest quality of students and staff (particularly, though not exclusively,

in History of Art and History) because of the opportunities it provides for learning and research in

Venice. The Centre is also important for enhancing the University’s international reputation by

providing a showcase for Warwick in a World Heritage City located at the centre of Europe. Venice is at

the centre of an excellent transport hub, linking Northern and Eastern Europe, the Mediterranean and

further localities worldwide. The city and its heritage constitute a strong point of attraction, in particular

for North American and, increasingly, Asian markets. Events taking place in Venice benefit from this

added value and can also count on additional publicity and visibility.

From a research perspective, in addition to facilitating scholars’ access to resources in Venice, the Centre

has already played a key role in a number of funding applications, including large EU grants in the Arts

and Social Studies. It also has the potential to become a focal point for research in Warwick’s Global

Priority Programme on Connecting Cultures as well as other GRPs. The Centre will also play a key role in

the development of Warwick’s global alliance with Monash University, with already well-established

synergies between Monash Prato and Warwick Venice fostering further collaborations in both research

and teaching areas. For example, Venice was at the centre of a project on Study Abroad co-funded by

Warwick (IATL) and Monash. The project whose final reports were submitted in 2012/13, involved

more than 250 students and staff

(http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fac/iatl/funding/fundedprojects/strategic/polezzi/) .

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Innovation in the undergraduate curriculum is another strategy objective, and this is supported by the

unique teaching opportunities provided by enabling student site visits and access to archive and library

facilities in Venice. Warwick’s ambition is that every student should be an international student: one

way of achieving this is through study opportunities overseas, and the long-established Venice teaching

term provides approximately eighty students a year with a chance to study abroad.

As Warwick develops its International Summer School there will be opportunities to host modules at the

Venice Centre, adding another dimension to our provision. Intensive teaching programmes will also find

in the Venice Centre an ideal resource and have the potential to attract funding, international

partnerships, and high calibre applicants. The Centre’s ability to attract funds is also demonstrated by a

recent private donation and by the interest demonstrated by Warwick alumni in Venice-based events.

The Centre also engages with the local community in Venice by hosting the Circolo Italo Britannico

Venezia and by taking part in cultural initiatives such as Venice’s Notte Bianca. The establishment of a

‘Distinguished Lecture’ based in Venice (the first talk was given by Mr Neil MacGregor in Autumn 2011),

while building on an existing tradition linked to the teaching term, also allows the Centre to make the

most of its facilities by offering a high-calibre event capable of attracting an international audience and

producing significant publicity at a relatively moderate cost. In the autumn term 2013, the Department

of History of Art hosted the first Warwick in Venice lecture; ‘Portraying Beauty, Parmigianino, Raphael

and Titan’, presented by Elizabeth Cropper, Dean, Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts, National

Gallery of Art, Washington DC.

The activities of the Venice Centre include two financially independent but inherently connected areas:

the Venice Teaching Term on the one hand and, on the other, a growing number and range of research,

teaching and public events taking place at the Centre around the year. While these two elements must

remain separate for financial as well as administrative purposes, they are relying on synergies which are

only made possible by Warwick’s presence in Venice on a permanent basis. The current arrangements,

which include the lease of year-round premises in the Palazzo Pesaro Papafava and the employment of a

Venice-based administrator, allow for continuity, visibility and growth in ways which are vital to both

areas. Additionally, when measuring the level of activity sustained by the Venice Centre and its impact

on the University, only an overall perspective will provide an accurate picture. For this reason, while

recognizing the independence of the teaching term, this document will take into consideration all

Venice-based activities and seek to highlight areas of contact between them as well as possible areas of

joint or interconnected growth.

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There is strong evidence that the Venice term is one of the unique selling points for History and History

of Art undergraduate programmes. Without the term, Warwick would not be able to attract such high

quality students to these courses. As international collaborations develop, there is also a growing

requirement for conference and seminar facilities.

3. MANAGEMENT

The work of the Centre is be led by the Academic Director, a member of academic staff of the University

of Warwick appointed by the Vice-Chancellor. The current Director is Dr Loredana Polezzi, from the

Department of Italian.

Currently the Centre is supported by the Venice Academic Advisory Committee (VAAC). Its terms of

reference for 2013-14 are:

1. To agree annual business plans and monitor performance against financial and other targets.

2. To act as a forum for all parties interested and to advise on the further development of the

Centre, including relations with local organisations such as University partners and statutory

bodies, new partnerships and activities, new furniture and equipment, promotion and publicity,

and major events (e.g. public lectures) to be held at the Centre.

3. To consider any other matters proposed by the Chair relating to the successful running and

development of the Centre.

Although not a formal committee of the University, the Committee is accountable to the Academic

Resourcing Committee and the Central Administration Review process for the management of the

Centre budgets.

4. PREMISES

Warwick’s Centre in Venice has been housed in the fifteenth century Palazzo Pesaro-Papafava since

2007. This stunning building, in gothic style, belonged to a rich patrician family who exercised

considerable power in political and economic spheres. The main conference facilities of the Palazzo are

on the first floor; the two seminar rooms can hold between 50 and 60 delegates each in a theatre-style,

and the main hall can accommodate up to 120 people. The facility can hold up to a maximum of 150

people at a time. The air-conditioned library on the ground floor can be used for smaller meetings, and,

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weather permitting, the garden is ideal for informal sessions. Rooms can be laid out to accommodate

lectures, workshops, drinks receptions and formal dinners.

The University holds the Palazzo on a five-year lease, which was renewed in September 2013. The lease

stipulates that the premises may only be used for cultural and educational activities, and that none of

these activities may be of a commercial nature. The University may sub-let the premises for non-

commercial, cultural and educational activities, and is entitled to recover the costs of events.

Over the past five years, having a continuous presence in Venice has allowed the University to establish

and maintain a high profile in the City (winning awards for its cultural activities in the process), to ensure

continuity for teaching-term activities, and to transform the quality and quantity of other events

organized. In particular, the lease of the Palazzo allows visits by staff and PG students at all times,

ensures the presence of a functioning office, and permits the safe and effective storage of materials

(including library holdings).

A number of activities are now carried out at the Palazzo on a yearly basis (e.g. cultural events such as

the Arts Night or the Venice Lecture, or teaching programmes such as the Easter visit by the Department

of Italian). Other events such as conference and symposia are organized on a one-off basis, or as part of

broader research programmes and collaborations. A Venice Summer School is included, for instance, in

the recently announced programme ‘Transnationalizing Modern Languages’, which is led by the

University of Bristol with Warwick, St Andrews and QMU and received 1.9 million from the AHRC under

its ‘Translating Cultures’ theme.

A new addition to facilities in Europe is The University of Warwick Brussels Office located in the EU Quarter

in Brussels close to the main European Commission buildings and the European Parliament. Materials on the

Venice Palazzo will be sent to the Brussels office to promote the conference facilities.

As an example of activities undertaken at the PPP, this report sets out some of the uses of the facility

and will provide inspiration for future events.

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5. VENICE ANNUAL REPORT – AUTUMN 2012 ART HISTORY

Some forty students spent the autumn term of their BA or MA in Venice studying art history under the

tutelage of two Warwick members of staff. They share flats throughout the city and the islands (thanks

to the help of our Venice-based administrator Chiara Farnea) and experience Venetian life for ten

weeks, travelling on foot and by boat. All History of Art students follow an Italian language course

specially designed and delivered by Ca’ Foscari and meet Venice university students through a buddying

scheme. They were joined for the first time ever by three Ca’ Foscari students who took the

undergraduate module for credit as part of a new exchange agreement.

The Venice ten-week term forms the compulsory first part of the MA strand Venice and its Legacy

(medieval to modern, sources, monuments and objects), and a third-year Honours option for

undergraduates (art and architecture and Venice and north Italy 1100-1600). Both cohorts are taught in

original buildings and in front of works of art as much as possible, with supplementary lectures and

seminars delivered in the Palazzo Pesaro Papafava. Full day teaching trips took place in Padua, Vicenza,

Bologna and there was also a tour of the Veronese to Tiepolo exhibition in Udine (for MAs) with the

curator, Dr Linda Borean. Students were also encouraged to spend five days on independent

study/travel related to their course or dissertation. Some travelled as far as Naples and Prague, others

explored the Venetian countryside.

Aside from benefiting from the well stocked lending library in the Palazzo, students have access to the

library of Ca’ Foscari and the other specialised art history libraries of the city: the Biblioteca Querini

Stampalia, the Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana, the Biblioteca of the Museo Correr and that of the

Fondazione Cini. As usual, a research seminar was held (Dr Federico Botana on a rare Florentine

renaissance manuscript depicting Aesop’s Fable), as was the interdisciplinary annual December

convegno where both young scholars and established speakers give papers on Italian art, architecture

and history. This year’s guests included Lorenzo Buonanno (Columbia), Dr Michael Rocke (Villa I Tatti),

Dr Stefano Riccioni (Ca’ Foscari), Dr Jessica Richardson (Villa I Tatti). Back in Warwick, an internal

agreement was reached between the department and the Centre for the Study of the Renaissance to

enable future MA students to spend their first term in Venice taking courses in both Art History and

History.

Dr LOUISE BOURDUA & DR LORENZO PERICOLO

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5.2. VENICE ANNUAL REPORT – AUTUMN 2012

HISTORY DEPARTMENT

Since 1967 the Warwick History Department, joined in 1977 by the Warwick Art History Department,

has sent a group of third-year undergraduates to Venice every autumn term. No other British university

teaches in Venice and this option is an important factor in attracting many applicants to study History at

Warwick. Each year between 30 and 45 History students take the Venice term and they study Italian

for the two years before their departure for Italy. The knowledge of Italian which they acquire not only

enables them to study Florentine and Venetian history in depth; it is also a potentially invaluable asset

to them when they are seeking employment after graduation. All students rent flats during their time in

Venice, and our Venetian administrator, Chiara Croff, helps to arrange the accommodation. While they

are in Italy, History students take a module on the history of Florence and Venice during the

Renaissance which is taught by Warwick staff. The history of the two cities is studied in all its principal

Dr JONATHAN DAVIES

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6. CA’ FOSCARI AND WARWICK

Autumn Term and Erasmus

The Universities of Ca’ Foscari and Warwick have a long history of collaboration and also engage with

Erasmus exchange agreements in the areas of Economics, Classics, History, History of Art and

Renaissance Studies. An agreement has also been signed to enable ten students to join the History of

Art and History autumn term in Venice. The Ca’ Foscari students study for credit on the Warwick

modules, and in turn Warwick students are able to take advantage of the library and language facilities

at Ca’ Foscari. Student feedback from the students has been positive.

“Academic staff are highly competent and professional while the atmosphere is quite informal. This is

very helpful to our integration within the group as well as to creating a stress-free environment. The

lectures are very interesting, not difficult at all, and you can have the slides immediately after the end of

the lecture and staff are always available if you need any clarifications. I am really satisfied with the

experience.”

“The experience of the Warwick in Venice term has been really positive and challenging, and this applies

to both to lectures and seminars. I must admit it was quite demanding to try to reconcile the Warwick

programme with my ‘standard’ Ca’ Foscari courses (it might be useful to suggest to the next group of

participants that they should take a break from their normal lessons, so that they can fully enjoy the

Warwick term!), but the results have been highly rewarding, thanks especially to the Warwick academic

staff, who are very competent and professional, as well as always available and understanding of our

needs.”

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7. CIRCOLO ITALO BRITANNICO

The Circolo Italo-Britannico was founded in 1967 when Derek Traversi, British Council representative in Italy gave the inaugural lecture.

Circolo membership is made up of people of different nationalities with common cultural interests who meet regularly to attend lectures which are informal and given in English and which embrace a wide range of subjects. Book presentations and visits to exhibitions and places of interest are arranged whenever possible.

The Circolo’s relationship with Warwick University began in 2007 at Palazzo Pesaro Papafava, with a talk given by Mr Edward Chaplin, the then British Ambassador to Italy, to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the founding of the Circolo. It was more or less on this occasion that talks began with Warwick and the owner of the Palazzo to see whether the Circolo could take up “permanent” residence there the following year. This was agreed upon and the Circolo opened its 2008/2009 season at the Palazzo with a talk given by Professor Sergio Perosa, one of the founder members of the association.

Some examples of the many events organized for the 2012-2013 programme:

The season opened with a presentation given by the current British Ambassador to Italy, Mr Christopher Prentice who spoke on “The United Kingdom and Italy – A Shared Future”.

Justin Nolan, House Master at Eton College, made a return visit with a talk entitled “Beyond the Grand Tour, the English and Venice 1604-1797”.

Eric Chivian, Nobel Prize winner from the Harvard Medical School, spoke on “Biodiversity in Medicine”.

William Barcham, Professor of Art History at the New York State University, presented the exhibition he co-curated at Udine “I colori della Seduzione – Tiepolo and Veronese” A visit to this exhibition was later organized.

Donna Leon, a well-known writer of crime - novels, discussed her work.

Lino Pertile, Director of Villa I Tatti, illustrated aspects of Dante.

David Willey, BBC Rome correspondent, addressed what was at the time a very topical subject, the papal conclave.

Stanley Wells and Paul Edmondson, two eminent Shakespeare scholars, made a return visit with the presentation “Shakespeare without Doubt”

Mary Frank, an Art Historian from Princeton University and Vice-President of Save Venice Inc. presented “Reflections on Renaissance Venice – A celebration of Patricia Fortini Brown”

Ambassador Umberto Vattani, current President of Venice International University, ended the season with “The Career of an Ambassador – Reflections”.

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8. PUBLIC LECTURE: HOW TO WRITE THE HISTORY OF THE SEA, 20 NOVEMBER

Professor David Abulafia FBA

Professor David Abulafia FBA is Professor of Mediterranean History at the University of Cambridge, and

has been a Fellow of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge since 1974. He was Chairman of the History

Faculty at Cambridge from 2003 until 2005 and in 2008 he was elected to the Council of the University.

His research centres on the economic, social and political history of the Mediterranean in the Middle

Ages and the Renaissance with a particular focus on Italy and Spain. His latest book, The Great Sea: A

Human History of the Mediterranean, was published by Penguin in 2011. It has become a bestseller and

won the Mountbatten Literary Award. In his public lecture in Venice, Professor Abulafia discussed key

issues in the writing of histories of the sea, comparing the experience of the Mediterranean with that of

the Sea of Japan. The lecture was attended by Warwick students, members of the Venice Advisory

Board, and invited guests, including colleagues from the University of Venice Ca’ Foscari.

9. WBS YEAR ABROAD SEMINAR, 11-14 MARCH

Warwick Business School brought its Year Abroad Seminar for 3rd Year International Business students to

Venice for the first time in 2012-2013. The Seminar took place from 11th - 14th March using the Palazzo

Papafava as its teaching base. Venice was the perfect venue to bring the students back together as

collaborative learners in an environment where they could discuss cross cultural experiences, review

their language development and critically evaluate their year abroad.

The students also took part in team projects based

around the city and gave excellent presentations

on topics such as Venice sinking, Masks, the Rialto

Market and the Jewish Ghetto. The unstinting

support of the administrator with the organisation

and administration of the seminar was invaluable

and helped make this seminar one of the most

exciting to date.

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10. MONASH/WARWICK, 19-20 MARCH

Launch of Holocaust, Genocide and Aftermath Studies Research Collaboration

The Department of French Studies, the Department of German Studies and the School of Law were key

participants in a two-day conference which served to inaugurate a joint Monash-Warwick project named

the Holocaust, Genocide and Aftermath Studies Research Collaboration (HARC).

Speakers from both universities debated key issues such as judgment and forgiveness, wartime mass

violence and visual representations of destruction, the use of creative writing and representations of

witnessing, competing narratives of victimhood and the Cambodian genocide tribunal.

HARC’s director, Professor Seán Hand, explained:

In bringing together the expertise and complementary strengths of academics in Warwick’s Faculties of

Arts, and Social Sciences, and the Australian Centre for Jewish Civilisation (ACJC) at Monash University,

HARC intends to develop a global and trans-disciplinary understanding of ‘Aftermath’ phenomena across

a wide range of ethical, political and cultural contexts. The conference helped to introduce colleagues to

one another, encourage new collective thinking, and develop a common strategic framework for future

activities."

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11. WBS HOSTS SUCCESSFUL SUMMER SCHOOL ON PRACTICE-BASED STUDIES IN VENICE

WBS and the IKON Research Centre have

successfully hosted the inaugural edition of the

International Summer School on Practice-Based

Studies, bringing together some 40 top

international faculty and young scholars for five

days of vibrant discussion and learning relating to

an increasingly prominent field of organisational

scholarship.

The Summer School took place during the second

week of September 2013 at the prestigious

Palazzo Pesaro Papafava, home of the 'Warwick in

Venice' Programme. The event was supported by

a generous grant from the Warwick IAS. The

School is a yearly initiative aimed at the

development and promotion of practice-based

studies. By bringing together the leading scholars

in the field, the School aims to become a primary

centre for the elaboration and dissemination of

this new development in the study of social,

technological, and human phenomena.

This year’s edition focussed on how to conduct practice-based studies in social and organisational

research, by focusing on exploring concepts, strategies, and consequences. Over 35 advanced students

and young researchers from Europe, Asia, Australia and the Americas joined some of the most

prominent academics in the field: Martha Feldman, Mika Panzar, Theodore Schatzki, Dvora Yanow and

Jack Whalen. The programme alternated lectures, group discussions, research clinics and free flowing

conversations, facilitated by the beauty of the city and the hospitality of its cafés and restaurants.

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The organisers, Prof Nicolini, Prof Tsoukas and Dr Korica, agreed the Summer School was a great

success: “The quality of the scientific discussion was excellent, the climate open and collegial, and all the

participants, both senior and junior, went home with new insights, new ideas and plenty of food for

thought”. The initiative, made possible by behind-the-scenes work of Dawn Coton at Warwick and

Chiara Farnea Croff in Venice, was also extremely very well received by its first participants, who

described the inaugural edition as “a superlative experiment”. Comments submitted after the event

were equally positive:

˗ "Thank you all for a great week - I learned something from each and every one of you."

˗ "I really enjoyed the very high level presentations, interactions and readings."

˗ " Thanks again for our days in Venice and for organizing such a productive workshop. The

conversations we all had together and the learning that took place was both enjoyable and very helpful

for me. It was an indulgence in the best possible and productive sense!"

Following this year's positive experience, the organisers plan to repeat the Summer School next year, in

an effort to consolidate WBS as a centre of excellence with regard to the development of this novel and

exciting area of study. For more information, please see the Summer school website:

http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/wbs/teaching/isspbs/

Photos by Felix Drobek

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12. ERASMUS INTENSIVE PROGRAMME: SUMMER SCHOOL, 6 -20 JULY

From the 6th to the 20th of July 2013 the Warwick Venice Centre at Palazzo Pesaro Papafava hosted a

summer school on the theme of ‘Walking, Watching and Awakening in Venice’. The event was

sponsored by the European Union under its Erasmus Intensive Programme scheme and brought

together almost 30 MA-level students as well as nine members of staff from the universities of Milan

Statale and Venice Ca’ Foscari in Italy, Szeged in Hungary, and Warwick itself. Further contributions

came from professional actors and theatre directors, experts in the history of Venetian art, local

craftsmen, including a chef and a glass maker (maestro vetraio) who provided specialist workshops for

the participants, and expert/activist Jane Da Mosto (previously scientific adviser to the Venice in Peril).

Students engaged in activities which ranged from interactive lectures and seminars on topics such as

psychogeography, Venice in literature and cinema, the city as a location of travel and translation

practices, design thinking and critical emotions, to performance and creative writing workshops. At the

end of two weeks of intensive individual and group activities, students produced an open theatre

session (held at Ca’ Foscari), as well as personal multimedia portfolios and reflections.

https://sites.google.com/site/studentsvenice/

Funding has been granted by the EU for a second iteration of the Summer School, which is expected to

run again in July 2014.

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13. INCROCI DI CIVILTÁ

The ‘Writing and Translating for the World’ event held at the Warwick Venice Centre as part of the 2013

edition of the Incroci di civiltà literary festival (http://www.incrocidicivilta.org ) was the culmination of

ongoing (and growing) collaboration between colleagues at Warwick and Venice’s Ca’ Foscari University

in the area of cultures, literatures and translation. The conversation between Luisa Valenzuela, Alicia

Stallings, Amanda Hopkinson and Maureen Freely was also a novelty for the festival, which had not used

this format before. More than one hundred people attended the event, and final questions and

comments showed high levels of engagement – and a very happy audience. Participants commented on

how pleasant it had been to be part of a very spontaneous, intelligent and often ironic debate which

ranged freely from personal histories to truly global issues such as censorship. The Venice Centre and

the Connecting Cultures GRP will hopefully be able to sponsor the initiative again next year and it is

hoped this can become a regular event in the PPP calendar.

The event was connected to a bid submitted in May 2013 to the EU’s Culture Programme. The bid, also

entitled ‘Writing and Translating for the world’, involved a proposed collaboration between the

Universities of Warwick, Ca’ Foscari, Belgrade (University of Arts) and Monash (Prato and Melbourne), as

well as a number of professional and voluntary organizations. While the bid was not funded (the success

rate was approximately 10%), it received a high score and was praised by referees for its genuinely

collaborative nature. It is expected that further similar bids will be presented in future years, building on

the experience acquired in this instance.

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14. VOGALONGA PARTY, 17 MAY

May, 17th: cocktails offered by Lady Clarke for the English rowers coming from the London Rowing Club

to Venice to participate to the ‘Vogalonga’ on Sunday 19 th. This event originated 36 years ago with the

aim of making Venetians aware of the problem of swell created by engine-powered boats, thanks to the

initiative of a group of Venetians who were lovers of rowing and of the traditions of the "Serenissima".

Since then the number of participants, especially from abroad, has continued to grow, with entries

totalling up to 1500 boats.

15. ART NIGHT and THE VENICE BIENNALE

The Venice Biennale, which has its offices at Ca’ Giustinian (San Marco, 1364/A), has for over a century

been one of the most prestigious cultural institutions in the world. It promotes new artistic trends and

organises international events in contemporary arts. It is world-beating for the International Film

Festival, for the International Art Exhibition and for the International Architecture Exhibition, and

continues the great tradition of the Festival of Contemporary Music, the Theatre Festival, now flanked

by the Festival of Contemporary Dance. http://www.labiennale.org/en/biennale/index.html

The Palazzo hosted the exhibition and was open for the Art Night entitled ‘Intersections’. The following

is an abbreviated extract from the Wall Street International: ‘Vito Acconci (1940) and Franco Vaccari

(1936) are two of the leading exponents of the contemporary avant-gardes, artists whom without ever

repeating themselves, without ever following trends, have managed to remain consistent in their

experimentation, establishing a personal form of artistic practice without failing to sustain it with

appropriate theoretical awareness. This exhibition was produced with the direct collaboration of the

artists and Studio Acconci.’

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16. REGATA STORICA

Sam Hewlings – President, Warwick Rowing

This summer saw Warwick Rowing compete in the second annual International University Boat Race at

the Regata Storica, a major celebration of rowing which has taken place for several hundred years in

Venice. Warwick University’s rowing club competed against students from Bari, Lausanne, Pavia,

Trieste, Vienna, and Ca’ Foscari universities.

Qualifying races took place on Saturday August 31st on the lagoon south of Giudecca island in wooden

boats similar to traditional Cornish pilot gigs- not what the rowers are used to competing in!

Warwick lost both of their qualifying races by narrow margins to more experienced crews from Bari and

Vienna, which meant they would take part in the historical water pageant of the Regata Storica, a

parade that commemorates the welcome given in 1489 to Caterina Cornaro, the wife of the King of

Cyprus who renounced her throne in favour of Venice. This takes place on the Grand Canal, which is

closed to powered boats and lined with thousands of spectators.

The parade was an unforgettable experience, truly a once in a lifetime opportunity to experience Venice

in a way that tourists would not usually have a chance to do. Warwick Rowing would like to thank the

University of Warwick for their kind support, and Ca’ Foscari University for their warm hospitality.

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17. CARLETON UNIVERSITY, OTTOWA

The History of Art Department signed an agreement with Carleton University, Ottawa, according to

which third year students from Carleton can participate in their Warwick in Venice programme at a fixed

fee of £1000.00. The longer term strategy is to develop a link with Carleton to lease part of the PPP

regularly for two/three weeks per year for additional teaching activities. Moreover, History of Art see

this venture as a potential way of recruiting Carleton undergraduates to their MA and PhD programmes.

There was one applicant from Carleton for Autumn 2013-2014, but unfortunately the application

withdrew due to personal reasons. Both Dr Lorenzo Pericolo and Professor Randi Klebanoff (Carlton)

are confident that there will be applications for 2014-15 that will convert to enrolled participants.

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This conference, organised under the auspices of the ESF Research Networking Programme PALATIUM,

and the Society for European Festivals Research, took place at the Palazzo Pesaro Papafava from 21 st to

24th March 2013. It was jointly organised by the University of Warwick (Professor Ronnie Mulryne and

Dr Margaret Shewring) and the University of Leuven, Belgium, and was attended by some 70 scholars

from across Europe, Israel and the USA. The Palazzo provided a fitting and atmospheric setting for

discussions of topics such as Festival Interactions in the Princely and Noble Environment; Ephemeral

Architecture and the Meaning of Festival; Transformed Courts and Cities: the Festival in Performance. A

highlight of the conference was an afternoon excursion to Vicenza where the group was given a special

tour of the Teatro Olympico – one of Palladio’s masterpieces. Papers from the conference are to be

published in two volumes, edited by Professor Mulryne and Professor Krista De Jonge (Leuven), by

Ashgate Publishing: Architectures of Festival and Festivals and the Negotiation of Power (working titles).

We are greatly indebted to Chiara Farnea Croff, Warwick’s Venice administrator, for all her help with the

Venice arrangements and particularly for organising the conference dinner, at the Vecia Cavana

restaurant, which was a memorable evening.

Cont.

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APPENDIX 1

Committee Membership:

Venice Academic Advisory Committee (VAAC) – Membership 2013/14 (internal)

Chair

Dr Loredana Polezzi, Department of Italian

Secretary

Mrs Helen Johnson, International Office

Members:

Prof. Ann Caesar, Pro-Vice-Chancellor

Prof. Richard Aldrich, Director, Institute of Advanced Studies

Prof. Simon Swain, Chair, Faculty of Arts

Prof. Christina Hughes, Chair, Faculty of Social Sciences

Prof. Francesco Cappuccio, Warwick Medical School

Prof. Maria Luddy, Department of History

Dr Jonathan Davies, Department of History

Dr Louise Bourdua, Department of History of Art

Dr Lorenzo Pericolo, Department of History of Art

Dr Roberta Warman, Communications

Mr James Kennedy, International Office

Mrs Caroline Watt, Finance Office

Key management tasks should be assigned as follows:

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APPENDIX 2

Venice Advisory Board Terms of Reference 2013-14 (external)

1. To advise on and jointly consider matters concerning the development of the Warwick in

Venice facility. Issues covered will include, but will not be limited, to:

a. ideas for growing activity in Venice in the nine months outside the Venice Teaching

Term (Dec-Sept)

b. relations with external bodies, including University partners and other local supporters

2. To act as a forum for all parties interested in the development of the Facility to exchange

information on activity in Venice

3. To assist in whatever capacity is appropriate with promoting the use of facility, fund-raising

activities, and generally enhancing the reputation of Warwick in Venice.

4. To meet face-to-face once a year in Venice during the teaching term, with a second meeting

held virtually at Warwick.

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APPENDIX 3

Membership of the Venice Advisory Board:

Chair

Dr Loredana Polezzi, Department of Italian

Secretary

Mrs Helen Johnson, International Office

Members:

Prof. Ann Caesar, Pro-Vice-Chancellor

Dr Louise Bourdua, Department of History of Art

Mr James Kennedy, International Office

Prof. Valerio de Scarpis, Chair of Circolo Italo Britannico, Italy

Dott.ssa. Anna Colombini, Ca’Foscari University of Venice, Italy

Lady Frances Clark, Patron, Venice in Peril

Mr Ivor Coward, Honorary British Consul in Venice

Prof Stuart Palmer, Special Advisor to the Vice-Chancellor

Mr Paul Manser, Director, Alta Advisers

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