Moodle ISI Florence
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Summer Two 2026
June 28, Sunday Departure from US June 29, Monday Arrival in Florence – Check-in after 1 pm June 30, Tuesday Orientation July 1, Wednesday Classes Begin July 3, Friday Makeup Day July 20 – 23, Monday – Thursday Last Week of Classes July 25, Saturday Program Ends, Students vacate apartments by 10 am Fall Semester 2026
August 25, Tuesday Departure from Home Country August 26, Wednesday Arrival in Florence August 27 – 29, Thursday – Saturday Orientation August 31, Monday Classes Begin October 12-15, Monday – Thursday Midterm Exams October 16-25, Friday – Sunday Semester Break December 3, Thursday Classes End December 8, Tuesday Holiday – Institute open December 7-10, Monday – Thursday Final Exams December 10, Thursday Farewell Reception December 11, Friday Program Ends December 12, Saturday Students vacate apartments by 10 am -
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- Professor: Clive Woollard
- Professor: Ted Metcalfe
- Professor: Peter Fischer
What forces shaped medicine as we understand it today? What were the social consequences of major health crises, like the Black Death? And was Western medicine truly “Western”? How were the concepts of "health" and "disease" shaped throughout the centuries? What were the major paradigm shifts? These are some of the questions we will examine in this survey of the history of medicine before 1800. The course follows four major themes from Antiquity through the Scientific Revolution:
· Transformations in medical theory: from the emergence of Galenic medicine—a system that dominated nearly two millennia—to Renaissance anatomy and its challenges to classical authority.
· Changes in medical practice: although historical models of the body and therapeutics differed sharply from today’s, healers still had to persuade patients of their expertise, and sufferers navigated a wide range of healing options.
· The rise of medical institutions and regulation: from the Medieval hospital to emerging systems of medical licensing and oversight in Colonial and Early Republic America.
· Global exchanges of knowledge and disease: including the translation movements of the High Middle Ages, the so-called Columbian exchange, and the entanglements of medicine with colonial empires.
By exploring bodies, cures, diseases, and their consequences across social, cultural, economic, scientific, technological, and ethical contexts, the course offers a broad view of how medical knowledge and practice evolved before the modern era.
- Professor: Gaston Javier Basile
This course is an introduction to the history and culture of the Roman world, from Rome's legendary beginnings through its transformation from a small city-state into the dominant power of the ancient Mediterranean, and from the Republic to the Empire that shaped the foundations of Western civilization. Drawing on literary sources, art, architecture, and archaeology, students will explore Roman political institutions, society, religion, and cultural life from the earliest period to the fall of the Western Empire in the fifth century CE.
- Professor: Erika Bianchi
- Professor: Christina Infantino
- Professor: Cecilia Rinaldi
This comprehensive Pre-departure Orientation Course is designed to equip you with all the information and references you need to kick off a successful study abroad experience in Italy.
This comprehensive Pre-departure Orientation Course is designed to equip you with all the information and references you need to kick off a successful study abroad experience in Italy.
- Professor: Miranda McDaniel
This comprehensive Pre-departure Orientation Course is designed to equip you with all the information and references you need to kick off a successful study abroad experience in Italy.
This comprehensive Pre-departure Orientation Course is designed to equip you with all the information and references you need to kick off a successful study abroad experience in Italy.
This comprehensive Pre-departure Orientation Course is designed to equip you with all the information and references you need to kick off a successful study abroad experience in Italy.
This comprehensive Pre-departure Orientation Course is designed to equip you with all the information and references you need to kick off a successful study abroad experience in Italy.
This comprehensive Pre-departure Orientation Course is designed to equip you with all the information and references you need to kick off a successful study abroad experience in Italy.
This comprehensive Pre-departure Orientation Course is designed to equip you with all the information and references you need to kick off a successful study abroad experience in Italy.
This comprehensive Pre-departure Orientation Course is designed to equip you with all the information and references you need to kick off a successful study abroad experience in Italy.
- Professor: Miranda McDaniel