La Pietra Dialogues
La Pietra Dialogues aims to make a creative contribution to contemporary public policy debate by convening conversations around some of the most vexing and urgent policy questions in the U.S. and Europe. The Dialogues challenge disciplinary boundaries and conventional thinking by bringing together a wide array of actors not commonly called upon to reflect on policy questions, or to sit at the same table together, including academics, politicians, business leaders, and other public intellectuals, with the ultimate goal of building a rich and diverse network across the Atlantic.
For more information or to R.S.V.P. lapietra.dialogues@nyu.edu or 055 5007202
Fall 2011 Events
Calendar
- The Arab Spring: The Promise of Democracy
Dialogue
Prof. Robert Springborg, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California
Date: September 21, 2011 at 6:00 PM
Location: Villa La Pietra
Announcement, Bio
- Human Rights, Justice, and State Building in Transitional Societies
La Pietra Dialogues
Prof. Jo Dixon, Department of Sociology, New York University
Date: October 6, 2011 at 3:00 PM (by invitation only)
Location: Villa La Pietra
Announcement
- Fratelli d’Italia: The 150th Anniversary of Italian Unification Celebrated through Images
Inauguration Art Show
Exhibition open through October 22, during regular office hours, by reservation only.
Date: October 8, 2011 at 5:00 PM
Location: Villa Sassetti
Poster - U.S. Politics: Towards 2012
International conference with a distinguished panel of American and European experts
Date: Wednesday, October 12, 9:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Location: Villa Sassetti
Poster - Ridiamoci su! Italy: Satire and Society
Fratelli d'Italia Round Table
Date: October 20, 2011 at 6:00 PM
Location: Villa Sassetti - Tabloid City: Fiction and Journalism
A dialogue with Pete Hamill, American journalist, novelist, essayist, and editor
Date: October 24, 2011 at 6:00 PM
Location: Villa La Pietra - The New Role of Supreme Courts in the Political and Institutional Context: A Comparative Approach
International Conference organized with the University of Florence Department of Comparative Law
Date: November 4, 9:30 AM - 6:00 PM
Location: Villa Sassetti - The Future of the Humanities and Liberal Arts in 21st Century Higher Education
International conference organized with the NYU John Brademas Center for the Study of Congress
Date: November 11-12, 10:00 AM - 6:30 PM
Location: Villa Sassetti - Human Rights in Europe and the U.S.
International conference organized wiht the Regione Toscana and Robert F. Kennedy Foundation Europe
Location: to be announced
Date: (Postponed) - RePRESENTATIONS: Contemporary Identities in Motion
Photography Exhibition and Lecture Series
February-May
‘Africa: See You, See Me’
Photography Exhibition
Date: February 17-April 22, 2011
Location: Fondazione Studio Marangoni – fsmgallery - Via San Zanobi 19r - 50129 Florence
Flyer
- ‘Africa: See You, See Me’
Curator’s Conference and Inauguration
Contributing artists to the “Africa: See You, See Me” Photography Exhibition will discuss their work before the inauguration of the exhibition
Date: Thursday, February 17
Location: Fondazione Studio Marangoni – fsmgallery - Via San Zanobi 19r - 50129 Florence
Time: 5:30 PM - Curators' Conference (reservation required)
Time: 7:00 PM - Inauguration - Music as Torture in the United States’ ‘War on Terror’
Lecture
Prof. Suzanne Cusick will discuss her recent research into the use of music as an instrument of torture in places like the Guantanamo Bay prison operated by the U.S. military.
Date: Monday, February 28th
Location: Villa La Pietra
Time: 6:00 PM - Islam and Integration in the City
Prominent scholars, policy makers and practitioners will discuss controversies surrounding the project to built a mosque in Florence.
Date: Tuesday, March 22nd
Location: Villa Sassetti
Time: all day Conference - Climate Change: Change we can believe in , but what can we do about it?
Prof. Dale Jamieson, Director of Environmental Studies at NYU
Date: Monday, April 11th
Location: Villa La Pietra
Time: 6:00 PM - 2011 Revolutions: Democracy Rising in the Middle East and North Africa
International Conference with Bridget Kendall, Chief Diplomatic Correspondent for BBC News, Francesca Paci, Special Middle East Correspondent for La Stampa, Max Rodenbeck, Middle East Correspondent, The Economist
Date: Wednesday, April 27th
Location: Le Murate, Firenze
Time: 6:00 PM - Current Issues in Higher Education - Student Forum
A committee of University of Florence and NYU students will organize a student round table on current issues in American and Italian higher education.
Date: Thursday, April 28th (by invitation only)
Location: Villa La Pietra
Time: 6:00 PM - Complicated Ties: Stories and Histories of Italy and East Africa
Historians and creative writers from Somalia, Eritrea and Ethiopia will discuss Italian colonialism and its legacies.
Date: Monday, May 2nd
Location: Villa Sassetti
Time: all day Conference - A Dialogue with Sandra Day O'Connor, Retired Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court
Sanra Day O'Connor, the first woman appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court, serving from 1981 to 2006, will join us for a dialogue.
Villa Sassetti
September 13, 2010 - The Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars European Alumni Meeting
NYU La Pietra Policy Dialogues, the Woodroow Wilson Center for International Scholars in Washington D.C. and the University of Florence will convene a series of panels to discuss critical issues affecting transatlantic relations, including: The Obama Administration & Europe, Transatlantic Approaches to the Global Economic Crisis, A Nuclear Iran, The Afganistan-Pakistan Problem and the Russia Factor.
Program
Villa Sassetti
September 23-25, 2010 (by invitation only) - Tuscany and the United States: Cooperating for a Cleaner Tomorrow
The Italian Foreign Trade Office, U.S. Consulate and NYU will host a cross section of Tuscan and American experts and entrepreneurs to discuss policies and strategies to develop the sector of renewable energy and to increase commercial and scientific collaboration between Tuscany and the U.S.
Program
Villa Sassetti
October 6-7, 2010 - The La Pietra Coalition to Advance Women and the World
Global Working Session
Villa Sassetti
October 10-11, 2010 (by invitation only)
Global leaders in the promotion of women will meet at La Pietra to discuss some of the main challanges to the advancement of women in the world, including the status of women, political will and economic opportunities. The meeting will culminate in an International town hall where members of the public will engage with our distinguished panelists, For more information see their web site.
International Town Hall on the Status of Women
Palazzo Vecchio, Salone de'Cinquecento (free admission)
October 11, 2010, at 5:00 PM
Poster EN IT
Press Release EN IT
- Politics 2010: America and the World
Top American and European political analysts, media experts, and scholars will meet at La Pietra to discuss the results of the U.S. mid-term elections and their impact on political dynamic in the U.S and the world.
International Conference
Villa Sassetti - All day conference
November 16-17, 2010
Poster EN IT, Program - Ethics, Culture and Law
With a keynote by James Cuno, Director of the Art Institute of Chicago
International Conference
Villa La Pietra
April 24, 2010
Program
- AfroEuropa: Incontri
Photography Exhibition and Lecture Series
March 4- April 30, 2010
Poster IT EN
Program
Press Release IT EN
AfroEuropa: Images and Stories of Encounter
Curatorial Round Table with Photographers
Palazzo Strozzi, Altana, 5th floor
March 4, 2010 at 4:00 PM
Invitation
Program
Curators' Note
Biographies IT EN
AfroEuropa: Incontri
Inauguration of the Exhibition
Galleria Biagiotti - Arte Contemporanea, via delle belle donne 39r
March 4, 2010 at 6:00 PM
Images
The Second Annual Transatlantic Dialogue on Migration
A Dialogue among top immigration experts from Italy and the U.S.
Featuring: Marcelo Suárez-Orozco (NYU), Carola Suárez-Orozco (NYU), and Maurizio Ambrosini (University of Milan) Villa la Pietra. Moderated by Annalisa Butticci (NYU Africana Studies/University of Padova)
March 17, 2010 at 5:00 PM
Program
Participant Bios
Visible Lives: Sub-Saharan Africans in Renaissance Venice
Lecture by Kate Lowe
Villa La Pietra
April 26, 2010 at 6:00 PM
In residence:
Spring 2010: Awam Amkpa, Professor of Drama and Director of Africana Studies at NYU and Academic Director for NYU in Ghana
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The Obama Administration: An Early Assessment
International Conference
October 20, 2009
Program
Participant Bios
- Progress and Imperatives: An International Town Hall on the Status of Women
Palazzo Vecchio, Salone de' Cinquecento
November 2, 2009 at 5:00 PM
Program
Participant Bios
In residence:
Fall 2009: Robert Shrum, Political Analyst and Senior Fellow of the NYU Wagner Graduate School of Public Service
- Politics and Dreams: Obama's place in American political discourse
Lecture by Debora Spini
March 16, 2009
Program - A Transatlantic Dialogue on Migration
International Conference co-organized with the European University Institute, Syracuse University in Florence and the University of Florence
March 23-24, 2009
Program - The Immigrant and the City: Immigration and its Impact on Municipalities
Session at NYU
March 23, 2009
Program
Participant Bios - A More Comprehensive Counterterrorism Strategy for the Obama Administration: Incorporating Democracy and Development into Security Strategies
Lecture by David Phillips
April 23, 2009
Program - U.S. Presidential Election Film and Lecture Series
October-November 2008
Program
- European Perspectives on the U.S. Elections Student Forum
October 1, 2008
A panel of European graduate students followed by an open discussion with NYU students
Program
- U.S. Elections: What Happened? Why? And What's Next?
International Conference
November 21, 2008
La Pietra Policy Dialogues Newsletter Fall 2010 (PDF)
La Pietra Policy Dialogues Newsletter Fall 2009 (PDF)
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