S4 Ep.5 - Thinking Venice, Teaching the World with Warwick Venice Centre

In this episode of Venice Talks, Monica sits down with Bryan Brazeau, Academic Director of the Warwick Venice Centre, to talk about what happens when a university and a city begin to think together.

We explore Venice not as a setting, but as a working intellectual environment, and Warwick not simply as an institution abroad, but as a way of approaching knowledge through place, daily life, and lived experience.

Episode key notes:

1. What Warwick and Venice genuinely have in common beneath the surface
2. Why Venice works as a living classroom rather than a historical backdrop
3. How place shapes academic thinking, research, and teaching
4. The experience of studying and teaching with the city, not around it
5. The dual identity of the Warwick Venice Centre, both local and international
6. What students carry with them after living and learning in Venice
7. A shared love for Venetian cuisine, and how food becomes another way of understanding the city
8. Why eating, cooking, and sharing meals are part of truly living Venice
9. The value of intellectual distance, and why studying elsewhere matters
10. Looking ahead: the future of the Warwick Venice Centre and place-based education

A conversation about learning, location, and culture, where ideas, flavours, and stories move slowly and stay longer.

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✨ Credits:

Hosted by Monica Cesarato

Produced by Monica Cesarato, Sentire Media

Guest: Prof. Bryan Brazeau from Warwick Venice Centre

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