How do we translate the “humanities” into Italian -- or into contexts outside of the university? Scholars from both sides of the Atlantic join together at La Pietra for two days to discuss the “human” in humanities, as it relates to issues such as education, public policy, and human rights.
Program
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9
9:30am Registration and Welcome Coffee
10:00 Welcome Ellyn Toscano, Executive Director, NYU Florence Opening Remarks Jane Tylus, Faculty Director, The Humanities Initiative and Professor of Italian Studies, NYU
10:10 Public Humanities Moderator: Jane Tylus Peter Brooks, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Scholar and Professor, University Center for Human Values, Department of Comparative Literature, Princeton University Giuliano da Empoli, Italian writer and journalist Gwynneth Malin, Director, The Humanities Initiative, NYU Leah Nahmias, Program Officer, New York Council for the Humanities Cara Shousterman, Ph.D. candidate, Department of Linguistics, NYU
12:00pm – Lunch
1:00 Keynote The Empire of Necessity: Slavery, Freedom, and Deception in the New World Greg Grandin, Professor of History, NYU
2:00 Tour of Villa La Pietra Collection and Garden
3:30 - 5:45 Human Rights Moderator: Davide Lombardo, European University Institute and NYU Florence Gabriela Dragnea Horvath, NYU Florence Mona Mansour, Playwright Nathalie Peutz, Assistant Professor of Arab Crossroads Studies, NYU Abu Dhabi Robert Quinn, Executive Director, Scholars at Risk, NYU
6:00 Cocktail Reception
6:30 Performance - The Natalya Piece
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10
9:30am – Welcome Coffee
10:00 Humanities and the Arts: An Italian Example Vittoria Chierici, Visual artist
10:45 Break
11:00 Closing Plenary Moderator: Jane Tylus (all panelists)
