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Mario Vargas Llosa at Ca’ Foscari: ‘La literatura y la vida’

Mario Vargas Llosa, Nobel Prize Winner for Literature in 2010, will be hosted by Ca’ Foscari on Monday 4th June at 12pm. He will receive the Ca’ Foscari Honorary Fellowship

Ca' Foscari Agenda: May

In May 2018, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice will host two lectures held by Nobel prize winners, economists Robert Engle and Amartya Sen to celebrate its 150th anniversary and will inaugurate Bill Fontana’s exhibition as part of the 16th International Architecture Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia.

Ca’ Foscari and CMCC open the Climate Research Centre in Venice

An international ‘task force’ of researchers will study the effects of climate change with an interdisciplinary approach, from environmental science to economics.

Nobel Prize winner takes the stage Meet Wole Soyinka

One of the most interesting exponents of world literature, Wole Soyinka, Nobel Prize Winner for Literature in 1986, will open the Nobel Prize Winners take the stage series, created to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the University.

Ca' Foscari Agenda: April

In April 2018, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice will host the first of six lectures held by a Nobel prize winner, author Wole Soyinka, to celebrate its 150th anniversary as well as the new edition of Ca’ Foscari’s international literature festival, ‘Incroci di Civiltà’ from April 4th to 7th with 25 authors from 20 countries.

‘Mama-Mother’ is the winner of the Ca’ Foscari Short Film Festival

The 8th edition of the Festival ended last week with the victory of the Uzbek shortfilm Mama-Mother and the celebration of the 150th anniversary of the university.

Nobel Prize Winners take the stage at Ca’ Foscari

The celebration of 150 years since Ca’ Foscari University Venice was founded brings some outstanding guests to take the stage at the Venetian University: six Nobel Prize Winners will give lectures to the University students throughout 2018.

‘Your Future Run’ returns to Ca’ Foscari on 5th May, and sign ups are open

Ca’ Foscari Future Run, the non competitive run through the streets and squares of Venice, returns. You can now sign up for the run that will take place on 5th May 2018.

New Call for 13 PhD programmes, with a new programme in biomedical research

92 scholarships, 8 industrial PhD programmes, 6 PhD programmes in English and 6 international programmes in partnership with such universities as the Sorbonne and Heidelberg.