English

This course examines how literary and visual works from different periods from across the world engage with Empire, slavery, and their legacies. The course introduces students to the complexities of race, class, gender, and their representations in a variety of expressive forms.

There are two distinct parts to this course. The first few lectures provide students with a general overview of connectionism: its origins as an attempt to model the functioning of the brain, and the various classes of algorithms created starting from these foundations. The second part focuses on the last 10-15 years. The course provides a general framework for designing machine learning models that deal with complex structured data, introduces graphical models and Bayesian networks, and describes inference and learning algorithms for them. The course also addresses the case of neural networks, i.e. to describe possible strategies for effectively training them in real-world scenarios.

This course discusses a range of contemporary security challenges providing a set of key concepts that help you develop an in-depth understanding of the post-Cold war geopolitical and strategic environment. It seeks to provide students with the analytical tools for analyzing and assessing respective policy responses, and for developing critical perspectives that go beyond the mere explanation of political practice. In doing so, the course draws on a range of International Relations theories, illustrating ways in which various approaches can serve as a framework for analyzing global and regional security. The course places particular emphasis on the dichotomy between problem-solving and critical approaches to the study of global security and this is also reflected in the way it is assessed: the policy brief challenges students' problem-solving skills whereas the essay and the tutorial discussions give students room for critical reflection.

This course allows for a close examination of the Caribbean's creole identity by assessing Caribbean literary and cultural works from the 20th- and 21st centuries. Film, music, religion, literature, and food are explored to specifically examine the influence of slavery on Caribbean culture.

This course explores emotional, social, vocational, and health-related challenges individuals face throughout life. By integrating psychological theories, counselling techniques, and practical applications, it enhances well-being and promotes personal growth. Students engage with various therapeutic methods, assessment techniques, and ethical considerations in diverse cultural contexts. Emphasizing interpersonal skills, resilience, and self-reflection, the course prepares students to be empathetic communicators who can positively impact their communities. Through hands-on experience and coursework, students navigate mental health complexities for personal and professional development.

The legal framework for private international business transactions regulates the international sale of goods, imports/exports, technology transfer, intellectual property, and foreign direct investment. We consider such topics generally and in specific situations. Focusing largely on transactions between private parties, the central goal of this course is to understand the importance of international business transactions and the legal framework surrounding the topic. After successful completion of this course, students have basic information allowing them to be aware of and adhere to laws surrounding a variety of international business transactions. The main goals of this course are as follows: (1) to understand the importance of international business transactions; (2) to understand the legal framework surrounding the international business transactions; and (3) to understand the specific legal issues regarding international business transactions compared to domestic transactions. 

The course covers topics including language, gender, and sexuality; language, politics, and ideology; language and social identity (age, gender, class, region); language contact; and multilingualism. Students gain an overview of foundational and contemporary theoretical and methodological developments in the field.

This course is part of the Laurea Magistrale degree program and is intended for advanced level students. Enrollment is by permission of the instructor. 

At the end of the course the student understands the health-related behavioral determinants and has an overview of some recent policies aimed at improving the population's lifestyles. He/she has adequate knowledge of: 1) the demand for health and health capital; 2) the behavioral determinants leading to unhealthy outcomes such as obesity and addiction; 3) the trade-offs between health and welfare objectives; 4) the policies aimed at changing health-related behavior and lifestyles. The course combines theoretical analysis and discussion of case-studies on the following topics:

• The demand for health and health capital;
• The behavioral determinants leading to unhealthy outcomes such as obesity and addiction;
• The trade-offs between health and welfare objectives;
• Policies aimed at changing health-related behavior and lifestyles.

This course looks at historical approaches to political trials in the twentieth century with a focus on the Scottsboro Trial, a major civil rights case in the Depression-era United States. Which historical sources can we use to understand the history of political trials, justice, and law? What makes a trial 'political'? The course examines a diverse range of sources including the contemporary press, poetry, theater, legal documents, speeches, and literature from the period, as well as the memory of the case through the Cold War and beyond. The course places the case in an international perspective and uses it to examine the controversial and contested intersection between contemporary law, race, and politics.