Class Publication Project
Beauty & Power in the Mediterranean: Artifacts from the Wolfsonian - FIU Collection
Presented by Students of The FIU Honors College Mediterranean Seminar at the
2007 National Collegiate Honors Council Conference in Denver

Sixteen research projects that examine the historic connection between aesthetics, values & authority in Mediterranean cultural history using selected artifacts from The Wolfsonian Museum, Miami Beach, Florida (AAM/ICOM). Accepted for presentation at the 2007 National Collegiate Honors Council conference in Denver. ISBN: 0-9753452-0-7. Library of Congress Card Number: 2007927088. LC Classification: N6758.5.M63 K54 2007, DC: 701.18 -45. Publication date: April 2007.

2007 Mediterranean Portraits Exhibition
Expressing The Mediterranean Through Color & Abstraction
Rafael Diaz-Balart Hall ~ FIU College of Law
April 18th, 2007, 3:00PM

With works by: Liala Abreu, Elie Ahto, Montserrat De Para, Juan Escobar, Maria Garcia, Gerardo Gomez, Vanessa Herrera, Yudiesly Herrera, Ricardo Largaespada, Lilibeth Miranda, Laura Ortega, Sarah Rodriguez, Crystal Sepulveda, Michelle Solano, Jenna Stone, Mirena Suarez

Project Accepted to the 2005 National Collegiate Honors Council Conference
Artistic Expression: Gateway to Scholarly Research
Ana Clara Mauro, Milvia Suarez ~ Prof. Kneski's AVA Course, 2004/2005

Abstract: This session explores how aesthetics is a gateway to research through a semester-long project on aesthetic expressions of authority and values in Mediterranean culture, which combined formal research with artistic expression. Also explored in the session is the interpretation of “left-brain vs. right-brain” concepts of artistic expression.

Publication Project ~ Miami to the Mediterranean: Letters to Pliny the Younger
Presented by Students of The FIU Honors College Aesthetics, Values & Authority in the Mediterranean Course at the 2004 Florida Collegiate Honors Council Conference

From Miami to the Mediterranean : Letters to Pliny the Younger / [edited by] John S. Kneski. Contents: Analysis of the Letters of Pliny the Younger through creative essays. Pliny scholars address his position on social issues such as immigration, ethnicity, gender, slavery, religion, and entertainment. Presented at the 2004 Florida Collegiate Honors Council Conference. Library of Congress PCN: 2004 -104201 / ISBN: 0-9753452-0-6 / LC: PN6131.K54 2004 / Dewey: 808.86 20.

The 2004 Student Abstract Art Exhibit & Symposium Dinner

Each year the Mediterranean Culture Course concludes with a Student Exhibition of abstract art, followed by a Symposium Dinner on the Honors College Loggia.

Reading in the Odeon Theater at Pompeii ~ May 10th, 2004

Honors College Italy Program Student Annette Shumway delivers a reading from Letters to Pliny in the Odeon Theater in the ancient Roman city of Pompeii. Students and tourists listen to Robert Salom's essay from the Letters to Pliny book published as part of Prof. Kneski's Mediterranean Course.

Honors College Mediterranean AVA Students in Italy

The FIU Honors College Italy Summer Program is a four week interdisciplinary study-travel experience that is open to all FIU Honors College students who may use the courses to complete one year of FIU Honors College requirements. The program takes a limited number of participants to four centers of investigation on this academic program: Rome, Florence, Sorrento, and Padua.

The 2003 Student Abstract Art Exhibit

This project is the end of year assignment for the course and follows lectures and research on major artists and art movements of the Mediterranean as one segment of the course. All works of art were presented framed and accompanied by an analytical essay on the aesthetic interpretation of the subject matter.