Global uncertainties
Globalisation fears 12 November - 5 December 2019
Hyper-globalisation, climate change, migration and technological transformations are processes that are often frightening because they are linked to new global risks that are difficult to deal with. The cycle seeks to provide elements to help understand these phenomena and try to give answers.
Looking for a landing. Beyond the resentment of a fragile society?
- Tuesday 12 November 2019 at 18:30 - 20:00
Citizens of Western democracies are expressing growing discomfort at global changes, giving rise to resentment and mistrust. Is there a way out of this stormy sea, a safe landing for our societies?
With **Gad Lerner**, journalist, essayist and TV host.
Silk roads: globalisation between past and present
- Thursday 5 December 2019 at 18:30 - 20:00
The rise of new powers is redefining the global order, breaking down well-established balances and certainties. An opportunity to reflect once again on the articulated, stratified and complex relationship between East and West.
With **Franco Cardini**, professor emeritus of medieval history at the Italian Institute of Human and Social Sciences/Scuola Normale Superiore, and **Alessandro Vanoli**, historian of the Middle Ages and expert in Mediterranean history.
