FLORENCE, ITALY – LPD convenes some of the world’s foremost scholars, policy makers, practitioners, business leaders, public intellectuals and artists whose ideas and work have made a significant cultural or intellectual contribution to global society and the revival of the spirit of humanism for which Florence is known. They gather at Villa la Pietra, New York University´s exceptional site in Florence, to confront some of the most intractable issues of contemporary society through the creative interplay of ideas and perspectives.
THE NEW CIVIC IMAGINATION
LPD will continue its series on The New Civic Imagination with an interfaith dialogue with Muslim, Catholic and Jewish community leaders in Florence on September 11. Internationally renowned intellectuals Richard Sennett, Edgar Morin, Alessandro Pizzorno and Nadia Urbinati will reflect on the crisis of contemporary society and ways forward towards creating a more just society and a world which values cooperation, public compassion and an ethic of reciprocal respect on September 26-27 followed by a screening of NYU professor Tony Judt’s much lauded final Remarque Lecture at NYU “What is Living and What is Dead in Social Democracy”?
Interfaith Dialogue followed by concert ‘Music in the Villa’ September 11, 5:00 p.m. – Limonaia, Villa La Pietra Together: Civic Dialogue in Complex Communities September 27 (time tbc).
What is Living and What is Dead in Social Democracy? Film screening.
AN ERA of POLITICAL SEA-CHANGE:
From the Transformation of Parties to the Role of Women
Following two recent national elections in the U.S. and Italy and in the lead up to the Spring 2014 European parliamentary elec- tions, LPD will take a closer look at political developments in Europe and the United States in our fall politics series. Professors Roberto D’Alimonte and Alessandro Chiaramonte will kick off the semester by analyzing the first months of Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta’s administration in their Introduction to Italian Po- litics. Professor Philippe Schmitter and UK pollster and political advisor James Morris will present some of the most critical issues being debated in Europe today in the lead up to the spring Euro- pean parliamentary elections. And our annual Dialogue on Politics – An Era of Political Sea-Change: From the Transformation of Par- ties to the Role of Women – will bring top American and European political analysts, scholars and media experts together to discuss changes that are taking place on both sides of the Atlantic.
Italian Politics: The End of the Berlusconi Era?
Professors Roberto D’Alimonte and Alessandro Chiaramonte, NYU Florence September 16, 6:00 p.m. – Villa Sassetti
The Future of Democracy in Europe and (Maybe) Elsewhere. Professor Philippe Schmitter, European University Institute October 2, 6:00 p.m. – Villa Sassetti
European Politics 2014: The Upcoming European Elections – James Morris, Campaign Pollster and Strategist – October 7, 6:00 P.M. – Villa Sassetti
An Era Of Political Sea-Change: From the Transformation of Parties to the Role of Women – October 11-12 (time tbc) – Villa Sassetti
WOMEN IN WAR: PAST AND PRESENT Film Screenings and Roundtable on Documentary Filmmaking
What is the role of women in war? Filmmakers Elizabeth Hem- merdinger and Anne de Mare will screen two documentary films The Real Rosie the Riveter and Beyond these Walls which explore the experience of women in World War II and the role of memory in transmitting their stories. The screenings will be followed by a question and answer session with the filmmakers. Vanity Fair Italy war correspondent Imma Vitelli, recently returned from Afghani- stan, and historian of women in World War II Michela Ponzani, will discuss women’s experience of war in the past and in the present in their dialogue Women in War: Past, Present. The series will clo- se with a round table on documentary filmmaking.
Women in World War II
Film Screenings and Roundtable on Documentary Filmmaking Filmmakers Elizabeth Hemmerdinger and Anne de Mare – October 12-13 (time tbc) – Villa Sassetti
Women in War: Past and Present Imma Vitelli, Vanity Fair Italy and Michela Ponzani, Remarque Institute, NYU October 12-13 (time tbc) – Villa Sassetti
GENERATION JOBLESS:
Youth Unemployment in Europe and the US
Youth unemployment is on the rise across the world. The crisis is worrisome for a number of reasons, in particular, its geographi- cal dispersion, the general ageing of the population in OECD countries, and the negative consequences for individuals, society and the economy. LPD will take a recent study by the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Condi- tions that focuses on a particular aspect of the youth labor market – young people who are not in employment, education or training (NEETs) – as the centerpiece for a dialogue on the evo- lution of the phenomenon of youth unemployment and on the different patterns across EU countries, taking the U.S. as a useful benchmark. Continuing our focus on economics, Chinese labor activist and founder of the China Labour Bulletin Han Dongfang will engage in a dialogue with students about labour issues in China today. He will be introduced by Prof. Giampiero Gallo, NYU Florence.
Generation Jobless: Youth Unemployment in Europe and the US November 6 (time tbc) – Villa Sassetti
A Dialogue with Han Dongfang, Chinese Labor Activist – November 13, 6:00 p.m. – Villa Sassetti