| NEWS FROM LA PIETRA DIALOGUES |
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| Social Media and Political Participation #SMaPP_LPD |
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Follow our hashtag #SMaPP_LPD and blog for news on our Social Media and Political Participation conference on May 10-11, 2013. International scholars introduced cutting-edge multi-disciplinary work (organized with the Center for New Media and Society of the New Economic School of Moscow). Check out NYU Florence student Natalia Ramirez´s interviews with Professors Joshua Tucker and Cristian Vaccari here and here. Video available soon. |
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| Democratic Representation in Crisis |
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Voter ID laws and a creaking Electoral College in the United States, street protests against a democratic deficit in Brussels, Rome and Athens, increasingly noisy praise for authoritarian capitalism in Singapore and Beijing – the contemporary political world is confronted with the nature and limits of democratic representation. Last week La Pietra Dialogues hosted a two day conference that explored how political and philosophical theories of democratic representation inform empirical social scientific research. Read more on our blog |
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| The Italian General Election of 2013: Background and Perspectives - Watch the Video |
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NYU Florence Professors Roberto D’Alimonte and Alessandro Chiaramonte kick off the Italian Elections: Looking Forward Film and Lecture series - watch the video |
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| U.S. Politics: Locally and Globally |
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The first number of the La Pietra Dialogues Publication Series is now on-line. U.S. Politics: Locally and Globally presents the proceedings of our 2010-2011 Politics Dialogues. |
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| Symposium on Cultural Diplomacy in Italy |
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The Symposium on Cultural Diplomacy in Italy: "Italian Cultural Dipolomacy and North-South Relations within the EU" will take place on June 12-14th in Rome. Read More... |
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| It´s Capitalism, Stupid! - Festival dell´altra Europa |
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Il Collettivo Prezzemolo (studenti e ricercatori dell´Istituto Universitario Europeo), in collaborazione con i movimenti di Firenze, promuove una serie di iniziative di dibattito e riflessione sull´Europa al tempo della crisi economica e dell´austerità. Read More... |
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| Join the Hollaback! campaign to end street harassment |
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Join Hollaback´s campaign to end street harassment. ´Recent research shows Hollaback! helps people "reclaim some power that was lost when they were harrassed". Read More... |
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| Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimo´ - New York University |
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Get updates and follow the events of Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimo´ from New York University NY. The programs deal with literature, cinema and both political and social reflections and involve prominent Italian artists, scholars and politicians in an open dialogue with Americans on Italian life and culture. Most of the events are recorded. See them online at: www.casaitaliananyu.org. Read More... |
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| Notes on Italian Politics and Public Broadcasting |
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Follow former NYU Florence professor Chris Henretty´s blog to get updates on Italian politics and public broadcasting http://chrishanretty.co.uk/blog/. Read More... |
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