A documentary by Nakul Singh Sawhney

A documentary by Nakul Singh Sawhney 500 300 Barbara Del Mercato

The Venice Center for the Humanities and Social Change presents the screening of the documentary “Muzaffarnagar eventually”, by Nakul Singh Sawhney. Followed by a discussion with the author and with…

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Venice HSC Lecture Series: Edward Wilson-Lee and The Catalogue of Shipwrecked Books

Venice HSC Lecture Series: Edward Wilson-Lee and The Catalogue of Shipwrecked Books 1024 576 Barbara Del Mercato

The Venice Center for the Humanities and Social Change in collaboration with Bollati Boringhieri presents Edward Wilson-Lee in conversation with Maria Del Valle Ojeda Calvo and Igiaba Scego about his…

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Mediterranea: civil society in defence of human rights

Mediterranea: civil society in defence of human rights 1024 724 Barbara Del Mercato

Alessandra Sciurba (University of Palermo) and Lucia Gennari (lawyer, ASGI) discuss with Sara De Vido (Ca’ Foscari University of Venice) and Shaul Bassi (HSC Venice) about the genesis and development of…

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Venice HSC Lecture Series: Stefano De Matteis

Venice HSC Lecture Series: Stefano De Matteis 500 300 Barbara Del Mercato

The Venice Center for the Humanities and Social Change presents Stefano De Matteis, Le false libertà. Verso la postglobalizzazione. A dialogue with Franca Tamisari and Francesco Della Puppa Venice, 20/11/2018…

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Venice HSC Lecture Series: Andrea Most

Venice HSC Lecture Series: Andrea Most 500 300 Barbara Del Mercato

The Venice Center for the Humanities and Social Change presents A Pain in the Neck: Ecocritical Memoir, with Andrea Most (University of Toronto) Venice, 18/10/2018 at 12.15 Aula 7, Rio Novo,…

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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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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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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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International Workshop: Afropean Bridges. Identity, Representation, Opportunities

International Workshop: Afropean Bridges. Identity, Representation, Opportunities 1024 576 domonda

Afropean Bridges aims to open a discussion about the achievements of the Africa-EU partnership and to address social and cultural issues related to the post-colonial relationship between European and African…

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Interview with Ngugi Wa Thiong’o

Interview with Ngugi Wa Thiong’o 500 300 domonda

The work of Kenyan author Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o includes novels, plays, short stories, and essays, ranging from literary and social criticism to children’s literature. Venice, 05/04/2018 The Center for the…

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Back To Life In Iraq: Art, Destruction, Regeneration

Back To Life In Iraq: Art, Destruction, Regeneration 500 300 domonda

Art is a form of resistance to violence and a hope for a new life in Iraq. Venice, 16/02/2018 – 07/04/2018 The reporter Emanuele Confortin met the Christian Syriac painter Matti al-Kanun…

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Memorie D’africa. Tracce Coloniali Nella Cultura Italiana

Memorie D’africa. Tracce Coloniali Nella Cultura Italiana 500 300 domonda

The Center for the Humanities and Social Change presents a symposium of “Memories of Africa. Colonial traces in Italian culture”. Venice, 24/11/2017 From 3 pm to 7 pm at the…

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La strada bianca: poesia, porcellana, passione

La strada bianca: poesia, porcellana, passione 500 300 domonda

The Center for the Humanities and Social Change presents Edmund de Waal, writer and artist, the author of The Hare with Amber Eyes (2011) and The White Road (2016). Venice,…

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Inaugural Event Of The Center For The Humanities And Social Change

Inaugural Event Of The Center For The Humanities And Social Change 500 300 domonda

Amitav Ghosh, author of „The Great Derangement. Climate Change and the Unthinkable“, in conversation with Shaul Bassi, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, and Thomas Carlson, University of California at Santa…

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