Events

The photo exhibition 'Scarti Scelti' opens in Yangzhou

Until 12 March 2024, the prestigious Marco Polo Memorial Hall in Yangzhou (China) will host a selection of professor Riccardo Zipoli's photos - 24 out of the original fifty 'selected discards' - that made up the original exhibition at Ca’ Foscari Zattere in 2019.

Academic Year inaugurates on 16/02. Lectio Magistralis by Nicola Di Cosmo

Save the date for Friday, February 16, 2024, for the Inaugural ceremony of the Academic Year at Ca’ Foscari, starting at 11:00 am at the Teatro Stabile del Veneto Carlo Goldoni. The complete programme is online. The ceremony will be live streamed on Youcafoscari channel.

Exhibition on shamans opens in Trento. Stefano Beggiora scientific director

The exhibition Shamans. Communicating with the invisible opened on 16 December at MUSE, Science Museum of Trento. It showcases for the first time a rare selection of objects belonging to the Sergio Poggianella Foundation, and takes us into the complex story of shamanism with exhibits coming from China, Siberia and Mongolia.

Special event to commemorate prof. Marco Ceresa on 2 December

On Saturday 2 December, in the Auditorium Santa Margherita - Emanuele Severino and starting at 2 p.m., Ca' Foscari commemorates with a special event Prof. Marco Ceresa, a distinguished sinologist and former director of the Department of Asian and North African Studies, who passed away in the night between 3 and 4 May 2023.

Learning how to 'fail brilliantly' with Professor Paul Iske

Are we allowed to fail? Do we know how to take risks and accept outcomes different from the expected ones? And what is the impact of culture on how we perceive failure? Professor Paul Iske, founder and director of the 'Institute of Brilliant Failures' addressed all these questions and more in his lecture "Brilliant Failure: Working, Failing, and Learning Together”, organized by the Ca' Foscari International College. 

AQUAGRANDA 2023: Meetings and dialogues around tides

AquaGranda is in its third edition, which will take place between Nov. 12 and Dec. 12 in a series of meetings and dialogues around tides. First-hand experiences, textual, visual, audio and multimedia materials on recent climate events will come together in an exhibition moving around town on a regular ACTV vaporetto.

Meet the World of Work, join the Career Day on November 14th and 16th, 2023

The main recruiting event at Ca' Foscari is back on November 14th (in presence) and November 16th (online). Find out how to register and read the testimonial by Melissa Anne Herlitz, an American student who can continue her career in Italy thanks to an interview she had during a past Career Day.

Live Music and DJ Sets in San Basilio, event moved to October 13th

University bands are back on stage in San Basilio: on October 13thth, 2023, join us for the "San Basilio Waterfront Music Fest" organized by Ca' Foscari University of Venice and the North Adriatic Sea port system (AdSPMAS) - Ports of Venice and Chioggia, during PORT DAYS 2023.

Venetian university team wins University Rowing Challenge

The competition, now in its 19th edition (12th as an international challenge), took place in the Grand Canal on Sunday 3 September, during the most important Venetian rowing event: the Regata Storica (Historical Regatta).