NYU Florence Junior Kennedy Hill has created a new blog to comment on the U.S elections called On Pulse Politica. You can follow it here: On Read More ...

See Natalia Ramirez´s profile of Professor Joshua Tucker here

Christian Vaccari teaches Television and Italian Democracy at New York University Florence as well as Political Communication at the University of Bologna. In the past, he has been a visiting schol Read More ...

Former Democratic campaign strategist and political consultant Robert Shrum has spent the last couple of months on the NYU Florence campus running a lecture series entit Read More ...

La Pietra Dialogues Publication Series - Dialogue on Politics

A few minutes later the manager lets us into a phone booth with two handsets; the space is very narrow and it is hot as hell. We are sweating, it’s sweltering hot, the phone number endless, Read More ...

NYU Florence student Samantha Chang compiled a list of "things to know" about Joanne Scott, EU law (especially environmental law and governance) and WTO law expert, and our current understanding on Read More ...

I reached out to a non-existent tissue in my bag. I would understand Primo Levi’s words and depictions of Auschwitz better if I could only see through the tears that forced their way to my ey Read More ...

On Wednesday, September 20, Vanity Fair Italia journalist Imma Vitelli gave a lecture on her ten-day journey into North Korea for the La Pietra Dialogues. She discussed her experience within the c Read More ...

On Sunday, February 12th, the Grammys provided many Americans with a short break from the crushing reality of a Trump presidency. However, one star decided to use her platform to bring attention to Read More ...

Nicole Miller, a Tucson, Arizona-born female artist released a seven-minute silent video in 2009 entitled The Conductor, a video documenting “individuals making a decision about how to repres Read More ...

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Last week, the Inside American Politics series culminated in the an event titled: The 2016 Presidential Election: What happened? Why? And What’s Next? Over the course of two days, fi Read More ...

Last Thursday, November 10th 2016, Kennedy Hill and I polled some of the NYU Florence student body regarding the results of the 2016 Election. We received 54 responses, which is about a sixth of th Read More ...

As a Black student attending a historically White institution it is difficult to grasp how the issue of race will color the social and professional interactions you have with your peers and teacher Read More ...

NYU Florence organized an All Campus ´Teach´In´ on Race, Racism and Xenophobia in a Globa Read More ...

Q: Why do you take pictures of trashcans and abandoned buildings? How does it relate to Alone Together?

A: Well, there are two different projects in that book. I often p Read More ...

283,340 pixels forced the world to pay attention to refugees escaping a war many had forgotten about. The image was absolutely shocking; depicting 3 year old Aylan Kurdi lying face down o Read More ...

It’s quite telling of the United States’ global status, or perceived status, that the first dialogue in the EU in Focus series was entitled &ldqu Read More ...

Find out more about the current hot button issues in the European Union from around the web, visit LPD´s Summer Reading: EU in Focus reading list< Read More ...

Interview conducted with Beat Schuler, the Senior Protection Officer (Legal) for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), by Stephanie Samedi and Nicoleta Nichifor, at New York Un Read More ...

Amr Adem is a hotel receptionist that hates chickens and the sound of waves at night. When he joined Vanity Fair journalist Imma Vitelli for a dialogue on Wednesday evening, listeners from New York Read More ...

During the span of two months in 2013, more than 500 African immigrants died in the Mediterranean Sea. Another 350 coffins at the doorstep of Italy after the tragic Lampedusa wreck in October 2013 Read More ...

PART 2: ITALY

Italy has been a country of migration for a long time. According to Italy’s Nationa Read More ...

PART 1: EUROPE

Migration has been a highly discussed topic in Europe in recent years. Specifically, irregular immi Read More ...

Since I was 14 years old, I have only ever wanted to be a travel journalist. It seemed like a dream that someone might one day pay me to travel to exotic destinations, meet wonderful people and wri Read More ...

After spending a week in Kobane, Syria and falling in love with the Kurdish warrior women at the front lines fighting against ISIS, war correspondent Imma Vitelli is back at NYU Florence Read More ...

From there to here — from Eritrea to Lampedusa, from Senegalese towns to Italian streets, from immigrant to citizen — the Black Italia series has spanned miles, cultures, and identities Read More ...

The word is “contradiction.” Monday night, Italian writer and journalist Pap Khouma pointed to one simple statistic to illustrate Italy’s migratory contradiction: In the year 2013 Read More ...

“Does it mean to wait or to go into the night without fear? [...] Does it mean to trust people, to follow them and to believe [...] to [show] the life in their hands, to give an Read More ...

This past weekend marked another successful conference with La Pietra Dialogues as the Inside American Politics event brought together some of the brilliant minds influencing American poli Read More ...

“Ciao, grazie.” A long, round “o” and a sharply accented “e” to end the short sentence with a snap. Spoken like any native, these are the first words from Pap Kh Read More ...

This semester, a group of NYU Florence students participated in a student working group as part of the EU in Focus Series, which required not only attending the three lectures in the series, but al Read More ...

As the lights in the Sala da Ballo dim and a mellow drumbeat fills the background, Ubah Cristina Ali Farah’s face seems to glow. As she performs her monologue, Rap di Punt, her song-like Ital Read More ...

On November 13 and 14 several important political figures and media experts met at NYU Florence to have a dialogue on the current state of American politics. Being a marketing major, this hardly se Read More ...

If you had been standing during her entrance, you might not have seen her. It was 6:00 pm and the start of the week’s second dialogue was minutes away. The audience anxiously canvassed the ro Read More ...

Students interested in reading work related to the Black Italia series can see this article by Alessandra Di Maio on Contemporary Migrant Writers from AfricaRead More ...

“It’s the morning of October the third, and it’s dawn, and it’s 5:00.” Visibility is low. The boat—or rather “the wreck of a boat”—now precario Read More ...

Not many people would be able to find Eritrea on a map. A small country on Africa’s northeastern coast, it was at one time an Italian colony, referred to as “our place in the African su Read More ...

Where is the European Union? Yes, it exists as a political entity whose headquarters can be found in Brussels, but where exactly is this organization? Where is it found in the everyday lives of its Read More ...

Professor Lombardo, on Wednesday you will be giving an introductory workshop on the History of EU. First of all, let me ask you the following question as a historian: The history of EU, wha Read More ...

On the evening of Monday September 29th, as part of the Italian Identities As Told Through Cinema film festival, La Pietra Dialogues NYU Florence in collaboration with Stanford University Read More ...

Many times. “You can only sell a bag of drugs once, but you can sell a human being many times, and you can traffic a woman many times—even many times in one day you can prostitute her.& Read More ...

The victory of the ´NO´ vote was largely expected. The Scottish nation (no need for a history or political science degree, everybody with a passion for Rugby knows it i Read More ...

On September 18, 2014, the Scots voted “no” in a referendum on the independence of Scotland from the United Kingdom. This result was welcomed by many Europe Read More ...

On Wednesday night, Professor Nicolò Conti raised the curtain on La Pietra Dialogue´s 2014 Fall semester. Students excitedly crowded into La Pietra’s Read More ...

On February 13, La Pietra Dialogues organized a conversation with NYU Florence´s Debora Spini, Alessandro Pinzani, from the Read More ...

While I was born in New York City, I have spent most of my life in Europe, living in Italy, France and Switzerland (speaking their respective languages). I have seen the challenges these countries Read More ...

Smoke descended instantly, enveloping the clusters of tents, the momentary sanctuaries that we had built for ourselves amidst horrifying chaos and the ceaseless violenc Read More ...

History of the EU - Ariane Landuyt, University of Siena - February 11, 6:00 p.m.

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What Happened in Between?
Tracing the history of Syria, from one humanitarian crisis to another.

By Terence Tan, NYU ‘15

Armed conflict in Syria betwee Read More ...

In your opinion, to what extent is humanitarian aid involved with politics? Can it be achieved totally independent from politics? And if it is driven by political incentives, how will the c Read More ...

Serge Michel, a self-described ‘reporter-at-large’, began freelance travel reporting at the age of 18, and cites his most interesting years as those in which he worked with photographer Read More ...

Exhibited in the public space, street art communicates directly to a city’s inhabitants, which means that it has a large potential for affecting the public consciousness and raising awareness Read More ...

By now the entire world knows that Pope Francis was chosen by the College of Cardinals.

But how and why he was picked remains mostly a mystery.

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Last night, special guest Lucia Annunziata reflected on lessons learned and significant transformations that have taken place over her forty-four years in professional journalism and media.

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Last night, Special Advisor to the Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Alessandro Fusacchia, led a discussion about the Foreign Ministry’s strategies to foster Italy’s economic growth. Read More ...

“Il cambiamento è un modo di essere.” E’ questo il filo rosso che ha caratterizzato l’intervento tenuto ieri sera da Lucia Annunziata, attuale direttrice dell’e Read More ...

On September 16, 2013, political scientists Roberto D’Alimonte and Alessandro Chiaramonte gathered before an audience of students and professors to examine recent Read More ...

Questa settimana La Pietra Dialogues di New York University ha il piacere e l’onore di ospitare la prima edizione della Florence International Autumn School che i Read More ...

During the month of November La Pietra Dialogues will be hosting a series of dialogues on labor market issues and economics. The conference, entitled Generation Jobless: Youth Unemployment and Dise Read More ...

La Pietra Dialogues hosted an interfaith dialogue on September 11th to discuss the complexities of Interfaith Dialogue. Rabbi Yehuda Sarna, the Executive Director for J Read More ...

“La maggioranza dei leader religiosi si occupa della propria comunità, ma quanti escono da essa? Quanti escono da essa e oltrepassano i confini della propr Read More ...

This presentation reviews the strengths and weaknesses of two recent attempts to use data collected from online social media to understand the structures and agents of Read More ...

Politicians can communicate with citizens on social media in essentially two ways: directly, through messages that they broadcast to those users who “follow&rdquo Read More ...

Click here for the presentation  Is the Internet Good or Bad for Politics? Yes. Let’s talk about How a Read More ...

Scholars have emphasized the need to deepen investigation of intra-party politics in order to assess the effect of internal heterogeneity on the party and the party sys Read More ...

We examine the temporal evolution of digital communication activity relating to the American anti-capitalist movement Occupy Wall Street. Using a high-volume sample fro Read More ...

We investigate the impact of the diffusion of high-speed Internet on different forms of political participation, using data from Italy. We exploit differences in the av Read More ...

The growing usage of social media by a wider audience of citizens sharply increases the possibility of investigating the web as a device to explore and track political Read More ...

Online social media is becoming a core element in contentious politics with the growing use of Twitter and Facebook and their normalization as mobilization channels. Re Read More ...

In May of 2011 a political movement emerged in Spain that, under the influence of the Arab Spring, occupied the squares of dozens of cities as a protest against policy Read More ...

Click here for Christopher Dawes´ comments on Connective Action in European Mass Protest, paper by Read More ...

I was -12 years old (that’s negative 12 years old, people!) during the 1980 presidential election so I don’t remember MUCH, but here’s what I do recall…

The almight Read More ...

Here is a quick look at the four frontrunners in the 2013 Italian General Elections:

Pier Luigi Bersani, Age 61

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I remember the day when Cardinal Ratzinger was elected Pope.

I was coming back from the U.S. and arrived in Bernini square in Rome.  It was the second day of the Conclave. Many journal Read More ...

Chris Hanretty, Lecturer in Politics at the University of East Anglia, presents a report on 2013 Italian general election.

Please check the power point presentation by Prof. Alessandro Chiaramonte

LEFT COALITION:

• Democratic Party – PARTITO DEMOCRATICO (PD)

Party Leader: Pierluigi Read More ...

If asked to describe in one word what her purpose is, journalist Nicole Bacharan would most likely say “brid Read More ...

“This is post election, so in that spirit I’m wearing red and Kevin Madden’s wearing blue,” Robert Shrum, Senior Fellow at the NYU Wagner School of Public Service and former Read More ...

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Two centuries of development based on the exploitation of fossil fuels has left us with legacies we must rapidly transcend. We have cities, built infrastructure and sys Read More ...

A major motor for modernization and innovation in Europe, during the 14th through 16th centuries, Florence has long been an attraction for international travellers who Read More ...

Jim Calder is Artistic Director of the Continuum Company, Director of La Pietra Summer Theatre Festival, Head of Movement at Tisch Graduate Acting Dept., recipient of g Read More ...

It was September 11, 2001 and my own family’s close brush with death that started me thinking about the past in a new way. It was Ronnie’s first full day of Read More ...

Upon arriving at the La Pietra Dialogue Xenophobia: Creative Urban Responses, I was struck by the diversity of the speakers sitting before me. While I immediately noti Read More ...

“Lets not pretend that things will change if they stay the same… for it is in crisis that inventions are born, as well as strategies and discoveries.” The latest edition of La Pi Read More ...

The goal of the conference “is to try to go back to basics and try to figure out what everybody [means when they are] talking about [the] crisis, what is it a Read More ...

Guy Fawkes was a British Catholic revolutionary during the 1600s who attempted to destroy the British parliament building in an attempt to restore a Catholic monarchy t Read More ...

A young boy spends his day hauling a huge bail of secondhand clothing on his shoulders. He is bringing the clothes back to his home town in order to make enough so that Read More ...

Last week interested passers-by peered into Villa Natalia’s blue room to find Jessamyn Hatcher and NYU Florence students working diligently to turn old clothing a Read More ...

Ventuno marzo 1960: è la tragica data del massacro di Sharpeville, in Sudafrica, quando la polizia aprì il fuoco e uccise 69 pacifisti che manifestavano c Read More ...

Welcome to the Third Annual Transatlantic Dialogue on Immigration.

Over the three years since our first Dialogue, this topic has en Read More ...

Jessamyn Hatcher, a professor in the Global Liberal Studies department at NYU, will run a worn stories project as part of our recycled clothing workshop. Hatcher sugge Read More ...

On Wednesday February 22, 2012, La Pietra Dialogues hosted a student-run Dialogue on Green Fashion with James Ferragamo and Gel Ceccarelli. The purpose of the dialogue Read More ...

Bridget Kendall, Diplomatic Correspondent for the BBC, Max Rodenbeck, the Economist´s Chief Middle East Correspondent, and Francesca Paci, La Stampa´s Speci Read More ...

The current social and political climate of the Middle East has long been a center of some of the more pressing policy questions of the last decade. Now, in the face of the Arab Spring uprisings, w Read More ...

Introduction by Jonathan Hunter and Tara Tosten of the LPD Green Fashion Committee:

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The event started with a brief introduction by Executive Director of NYU Florence Ellyn Toscano followed by NYU professor Marcella Simoni.

Imma started the dialogue by briefly speaking abou Read More ...

The Future of the Humanities and the Liberal Arts in 21st Century Higher Education symposium was informative and provided the students who attended a better idea of the Read More ...

In his talk at La Pietra this past Monday October 24, 2011, Pete Hamill shared stories from his past growing up in a poor family in New York and the relationship he dev Read More ...

The eurozone teeters on the brink of financial catastrophe, and the U.S. economy — and the 2012 election — may hang in the balance.

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Summary: 

Which of the three historical analogies can be used to compare the situation happening in Egypt to?

• The Fall of the Ottoman Empire
• 1989 coll Read More ...

New York University’s La Pietra Dialogues launched its fourth annual politics conference on Wednesday, October 12, at its Florentine campus at Villa La Pietra. Read More ...

La Pietra Dialogues hosted a panel of political strategists who weighed in on the rapidly approaching 2012 American Presidential elections, agreeing that the one key fa Read More ...

This past Wednesday, Republican and Democratic analysts gathered in Villa Sassetti for a conference about the 2012 U.S. elections. The event was hosted by Read More ...

La Pietra Dialogues’ U.S. Politics: Towards 2012 Conference brought together a group of American and European political strategists, journalists, and activists to Read More ...

From a simple idea (the ‘seed’), a project follows; from a project, sometimes a struggle, a nonviolent reality (the ‘plant’) can be born, often Read More ...

Wooden framed vehicles known as Mammy Wagons fly through potholes and blind corners into uncertain landscapes across West Africa, at speeds well above the 56 k.m.h. (ki Read More ...

Because of their different cultural traditions and historical conditions, I am aware that this topic may be perceived quite differently in other European Union countrie Read More ...

One of my favorite and most memorable experiences while studying in Florence was when I and Maria, another volunteer with La Pietra Dialogues, were privileged enough to Read More ...

When reviewing upcoming events with the La Pietra Dialogues staff, my eyes instantly jumped to the conference with the title Ethics, Culture, and Law. The conference&rs Read More ...

I am a director of an encyclopedic art museum with representative examples of most of the world’s visual cultures in our collections. We are dedicated to the pro Read More ...

The Offices for the Exportation of Objects of Art and Antiquities are among the most advanced tools in implementing the Act that regulates the safeguard of cultural her Read More ...

Little cars. That’s the first thing I noticed upon my arrival in Italy. After spending over three months here I still see them everyday, but they don’t stan Read More ...

The AfroEuropa: Incontri photography exhibition started out in New York City. The process of moving the exhibition to Florence - selecting images, developing a program, Read More ...

The Vital Voices Global Partnership joined forces with NYU´s La Pietra Dialogues to bring an extraordinary array of personalities from government, business, journ Read More ...

What I took away from The Obama Administration: An Early Assessment conference is the sense that Americans (and Europeans) have exhaled a sigh of relief for th Read More ...

I was absolutely delighted to be hosted by the Mayor of Florence at the International Town Hall on the Status of Women at Palazzo Vecchio. We are all part of a lon Read More ...

It was almost exactly one year after President Barack Obama was elected the 44^th President of the United States with an overwhelming victory. The time had co Read More ...

The Transatlantic Dialogue on Migration established a number of important principles that will, I hope, help guide collaborative work in an area of growing importance o Read More ...

The relevance of cross-Atlantic dialogue on policies affecting immigration and immigrants has never been more evident as it is today. Policy makers at various levels, a Read More ...

Over 128 different flavors of gelato. Breathing in the magnificent scent of wisteria while overlooking the tops of traditional Florentine homes. Sneaking a camera into Read More ...

Participating in LPD’s Transatlantic Dialogue on Migration was a defining aspect of my study abroad experience in Florence this semester. I came to Italy as a cin Read More ...

We were happy to participate in the Transatlantic Dialogue on Migration that took place on March 23-24. The conference raised many important and interesting questions o Read More ...

Just weeks after the most exciting election in modern American history, La Pietra Dialogues convened a two-day conference to explore what had happened--and where the ne Read More ...

The discussion between European and American students around the 2008 American Presidential Elections at NYU provided a valuable opportunity to over- come the uni-dimen Read More ...

Exordium

This paper  reports on the earliest stages of a project that began not in my Read More ...

Women’s rights is an important issue in Italy because after the big movements of the 1970s and 1980s we have been living a phase, in my opinion, of cult Read More ...

Click here to read U.S. Politics: Locally and Globally

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The world needs to change paradigms from a petrol based economy to a bio-based economy because the world is on an unsustainable path of development, Piergiuseppe Morone, professor at University of Read More ...

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