Italy, the Mediterranean, the Horn of Africa: questioning colonial spaces and their legacy

Italy, the Mediterranean, the Horn of Africa: questioning colonial spaces and their legacy 1024 483 Barbara Del Mercato

A seminar with Claudio Fogu (University of California Santa Barbara) and Igiaba Scego Venice, 18/09/2018 at 2 p.m. Aula Milone, Malcanton Marcorà Dorsoduro 3484/D, Venice Admission free Event in English…

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Citizenship and Belonging

Citizenship and Belonging 1024 683 Barbara Del Mercato

An event in collaboration with the Dimensions of Citizenship program of the USA Pavilion at the Venice Biennale 2018 Venice, 18/09/2018 at 2 p.m. Pachuka Beach. 5-7 p.m. Via Klinger, 1…

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International Summer School Critical Theory 2018: Re-Thinking Ideology

International Summer School Critical Theory 2018: Re-Thinking Ideology 500 300 domonda

Why do people often accept, and even embrace, social and political conditions that seem to run counter to their own interests? How is it possible that we sometimes support forms…

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Authoritarianism: Rule or Exception

Authoritarianism: Rule or Exception 500 300 domonda

Invited speakers: Prof. Seyla Benhabib (Yale University), Prof. Zeynep Gambetti (Boğaziçi University) Berlin, 04/07/2018, 6-8pm, Gorki Theatre Berlin Authoritarian movements and governments resurface globally. They are often presented as a shocking…

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Summer Institute in Venice – Fact And Value In Public Life

Summer Institute in Venice – Fact And Value In Public Life 1024 768 Nina Rismal

Summer Institute in Venice: Fact And Value In Public Life Plural Cultures, Media, and the Academy Today   Venice, June 25th-29th, 2018 The value of „facts“ in public life today,…

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Conference: Fountainheads of Toleration

Conference: Fountainheads of Toleration 500 300 domonda

Conference: Fountainheads of Toleration – Forms of Pluralism in Empires, Republics, Democracies. Venice, 07/06/2018 – 09/06/2018 Organized in Venice by Reset Dialogues on Civilizations, the Humanities & Social Change Center at…

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Fountainheads Of Toleration: Call For Students & Young Scholars

Fountainheads Of Toleration: Call For Students & Young Scholars 500 300 domonda

Discover the Summer School and Seminars on Fountainheads of Toleration – Forms of Pluralism in Empires, Republics, Democracies. Deadline for applications on March 15th, 2018 Venice, 04/06/2018 – 09/06/2018 Organized in…

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Alice Crary: Inside Ethics, Book Presentation (invitation only)

Alice Crary: Inside Ethics, Book Presentation (invitation only) 500 300 domonda

We have come to think of human beings and animals as elements of a morally indifferent reality that reveals itself only to neutral or science-based methods. Berlin, 31/05/2018. This little-commented-on…

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abstract painting; visual motif of the conference

Emancipation, International Conference

Emancipation, International Conference 500 300 domonda

50 years after the events of 1968, the question of emancipation is still of central importance. Berlin, Emancipation 25-27 May 2018 in Berlin. The international conference “Emancipation” will investigate from…

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Laurie Anderson: All the things I lost in the Flood

Laurie Anderson: All the things I lost in the Flood 500 300 domonda

Laurie Anderson in conversation with Shaul Bassi (Director of the Center for the Humanities and Social Change at Ca’ Foscari University of Venice) and Enrico Bettinello (Critic and curator). Venice,…

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