This summer, SabbaticalHomes.com founder Nadege Conger had the opportunity to travel back to Venice, Italy. It is such an inspiring place to us that the picture of the San Michele Cemetery Island has long held the honor of being the main image on our website home page.

Many of the qualities of this unique city are reflected in our mission at SabbaticalHomes.com. We remain committed to providing a website for our people to find temporary housing and tenants. We look at it as our contribution to the thinkers, writers, artists and academics working to improve the world!

Over the years, we have noticed that many of the people who are listing their homes in Venice on SabbaticalHomes are connected to the world of art. This isn’t surprising with the creative energy that seems to emanate from the city itself.  It is no wonder that the La Biennale di Venezia started here in over a hundred years ago and draws in so many innovative minds in the worlds of architecture, film, visual arts, theater, dance and more. The 2022 Biennale is just finishing up, but if you’re inspired to experience it in the future, you have plenty of time to plan for the next one!

Related: SabbaticalHomes Listings Available for Rent in Venice, Italy

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Meeting Dr. Mirjam Schaub at her Cannaregio apartment in Venice, Italy

While visiting Venice, Nadege was able to meet with SabbaticalHomes member and professor, Mirjam Schaub. When they spoke, Mirjam was finishing her latest book. She writes at her desk next to a window, and from that window she feels like she has a view of the whole village.

Her flat is in the Cannaregio neighborhood with “real people living in Venice, it has a lot of life.” Writing can be a very lonely activity, but because she’s next to that street she does not feel isolated during her own creative work. It really is the ideal set up for the kind of focus she needs to brainstorm, plan, write – and of course, revise.

But every artist and writer needs a break sometimes. Mirjam was gracious enough to take time out of her busy schedule, and warmly welcomed Nadege to her home. After a tour of the apartment, they enjoyed a homemade bellini on the terrace and talked about their work, art, the process of writing and Venice itself.

Chatting with Writer and Academic Dr. Mirjam Schaub about her Work

Mirjam studied philosophy, political science and psychology in Münster, Munich, Paris and Berlin. She has a world citizen family culture that led her into her work; Mirjam’s mother was a translator, which led to her love of languages. Mirjam is fluent in German, English and French. She is currently working on her Italian (using the Duolingo app).

She is a prolific writer and academic who has been affiliated with several universities, including a full professorship of “Aesthetics and Cultural Philosophy” at the Design Department of the University of Applied Sciences (HAW) Hamburg.

She is a prolific writer and academic who has been affiliated with several universities, including a full professorship of “Aesthetics and Cultural Philosophy” at the Design Department of the University of Applied Sciences (HAW) Hamburg.

Dr. Mirjam

One of her books is about the work of Janet Cardiff, a Canadian artist who works with sound and sound installation. Janet Cardiff: The Walk Book written by Mirjam Schaub documents the art of Cardiff’s audio walks in Paris, London and New York. The experiential sounds of voices, music and city life guide readers through the images and text of the book.

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