INTRODUCTION

Beyond the Pit and the Pendulum

An introduction to the third issue of Beyond

Stefano U. Baldassarri, Ph.D., Director, ISI Florence

ACADEMICS

Between stereotypes and experience: teaching study abroad students in Florence

Federico Damonte

Study Abroad: the “discomfort zone”

Francesca Passeri

The Cultural Experience Abroad: Spotlight, Shadow and Illusion

Pierluca Birindelli

Flip the classroom? Challenges in teaching sociology courses with American students

Marco Bracci

Firenze and Florence: two faces of a diversified (not disorderly) whole

Franco Pisani

ALUMNI/STUDENTS

Life after MARYStudio

Marywood University & University of Maryland Architecture