Crisis of civilization and European unity. From the Ventotene project to transnational democracy

Reflection meeting on Europe, on the values of citizenship and European democracy in the Mediterranean horizon

In person and online 

Istituto italiano di Studi filosofici. Palazzo Serra du Cassano. Via Monte di Dio 14, Naples
3 October 2023
3pm-7pm

Starting from the publication of the volume Ventotene 80, published by the Maison Monnet-European Parliament in collaboration with the European Observatory on Memories (EUROM) of Barcelona and the Altiero Spinelli Institute of Federalist Studies

Institutional opening greetings - 3.00pm - 3.30pm

- Gaetano Manfredi, Mayor of Naples TBC
- Marti Grau, Director Maison Jean Monnet/European Parliament
- Stefano Castagnoli, President of the European Federalist Movement

Introduced and moderated: Elena Alessiato, Suor Orsola Benincasa University

I Session - 3.30pm - 5.00pm

Europe between utopias of civilization and crisis of democracy

Introduces and moderates: Michele Fiorillo, Scuola Normale Superiore

Interventions by:
- Biagio De Giovanni, philosopher and former MEP, Oriental University of Naples
- Roberto Esposito, philosopher, Scuola Normale Superiore
- Aldo Schiavone, historian, Scuola Normale Superiore and Rome “La Sapienza”

II Session - 5.30pm - 7.00pm

The Ventotene Manifesto: historical-philosophical roots and Euro-Mediterranean anthropological perspectives

Introduces and moderates: Debora Righetti, Maison Jean Monnet

Interventions by:
- Francesca Russo, historian, Suor Orsola Benincasa University of Naples
- Luigi Mascilli Migliorini, historian, Oriental University of Naples
- Dionigi Albera, anthropologist, CNRS Marseille

Questions and debate

Scientific and organizational responsibility:

Elena Alessiato, Chair of History of Philosophy - Suor Orsola Benincasa University of Naples
Michele Fiorillo, Scuola Normale Superiore/Citizens Take Over Europe
Debora Righetti, Maison Jean Monnet, Parlamento europeo

Event organized by the European Parliament/Maison Jean Monnet - and by the Chair of History of Philosophy of the Suor Orsola Benincasa University in collaboration with the Italian Institute of Philosophical Studies of Naples, EUROM, the European Federalist Movement and with the MFE section of Naples.

With the patronage of the Municipality of Naples.