LPD and the EUI hosted the international workshop Reflections on the Current Crisis: Euro American Perspectives April 23-24. NYU Global Distinguished Professor of Emeritus, Anthony Molho, brought together a distinguished group of panelists to analyze the present situation and to reflect comparatively on the European and North American crises. The workshop was organized under the auspices of the Provost´s Global Research Initiative at New York University. See the program here.

Alessandro PIzzorno, Donatella Della Porta, Nadia Urbinati, Alexander Trechsel, Augusto Valeriani, Camilo Cristancho, William Klein, Claudius Wagemann and Cristian Vaccari joined us to discuss recent social movements around the globe and the role of dissent in contemporary democracies. What are the defining characteristics of these movements? Where are the ideas coming from and how are they being expressed? How influential is social media in their structure and philosophy? In what direction are they going? The panelists addressed these questions and more Program

A group of NYU Florence students had breakfast this morning with renowned American photo journalist Kate Brooks. Kate talked about how she became a photo journalist, what it is like working as a photo journalist in the Middle East and the power of images to communicate the realities of everyday people living in a conflict zone. Learn more about her work here.