Master in Environmental Humanities

For Master in Environmental Humanities, tuition costs 2,300 EUR per year.

Environmental Humanities is a two-year master's program taught in English at Universita Ca' Foscari Venezia in Venezia, Italy. The field studies environmental issues through the lens of the humanities, drawing on history, literature, philosophy, and cultural studies to examine how societies have understood, represented, and responded to the natural world. Students in this area typically study environmental history, ecocriticism, and the philosophy of nature, alongside subjects addressing how culture, art, and media shape public perceptions of environmental change and ecological crisis. Coursework often also explores the relationship between human societies and their environments across different historical periods and regions, considering how ideas about nature have influenced policy, land use, and social organization. Because the discipline sits between environmental studies and the humanities, programs in this field usually blend close reading and critical analysis of texts with broader engagement with environmental science and policy debates. Students are often encouraged to think about environmental problems not only as scientific or technical issues but as questions bound up with culture, values, and history. Graduates of environmental humanities programs typically pursue careers in cultural and environmental organizations, museums and heritage institutions, journalism and publishing, policy research, and education, and some continue into doctoral study in the humanities or environmental studies. Venezia, a city long shaped by its relationship to water and the surrounding lagoon environment, offers a distinctive setting for this field of study. The program is delivered entirely in English over two years.