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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Rome:20240520T180000
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SUMMARY:Antifascismo in Italia - A talk with local activists
DESCRIPTION:Who?\nMarco Filippini (Love My Way)\, Daria Campriani (Intersexioni)\, Non una di meno Firenze\, Julia Kaiser (University of Leipzig)\, Collettivo di Fabbrica \nWhat?\n(English below) \nL’estrema destra avanza in Europa. Stiamo assistendo al ritorno della politica autoritaria e alla repressione strisciante dei movimenti sociali e dei dissidenti politici. Negli ultimi mesi\, il dibattito italiano ha ruotato attorno al fascismo e all’antifascismo\, dato che l’Italia ha il suo primo governo di estrema destra dal 1945. Poiché le pratiche fasciste non vengono mai presentate completamente come tali\, abbiamo invitato gruppi di attivisti fiorentini che possano raccontare alla comunità dell’IUE la loro esperienza come oggetto di queste politiche repressive. L’obiettivo dell’evento è quello di parlare di ciò che sta accadendo in Italia con l’estrema destra al potere (nella politica e nel discorso politico\, nei media e anche nelle strade) e di come resistere. L’evento è completamente bilingue (italiano e inglese)\, con interpretazione dal vivo. \n\nThe far right is on the rise in Europe. We are witnessing the return of authoritian politics and slithering repression of social movements and political dissidents. In recent months\, the Italian debate has revolved around fascism and antifascism\, even more so since Italy had its first extreme-right government since 1945. As fascist practices are never fully presented as such\, we invited Florentine activist groups who can tell the EUI community about their experience as object of these repressive policies. The aim of the event is to talk about what is happening in Italy with the extreme right in power (in politics and political discourse\, in the media\, and also in the streets) and how to resist. The event is fully bilingual (Italian and English)\, with live interpretation. \nThe event is fully bilingual (Italian and English)\, with live interpretation. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nREGISTER HERE\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue
URL:https://altsou.com/event/antifascismo-in-italia-a-talk-with-local-activists/
LOCATION:Fiasco Social Club\, Badia Fiesolana\, EUI\, Florence\, Italy
CATEGORIES:altSOU'24,Assembly,In-person event,Participatory discussion
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Rome:20240521T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Rome:20240521T123000
DTSTAMP:20260725T081221
CREATED:20240418T164533Z
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SUMMARY:Beyond borders? Academic and activist research at EU borders
DESCRIPTION:WHO?\nFederico Alagna (Scuola Normale Superiore)\, Kamila Fiałkowska (University of Warsaw and Badaczki i Badacze na Granicy)\, Giulia Fabini (University of Bologna) and Martina Tazzioli (University of Bologna) \nWHAT?\nThis roundtable focuses on borders and calls for a dialogue that brings empirical\, conceptual and philosophical perspectives together. While Frontex has increased its workforce to control the external borders next to national border guards\, it is also becoming increasingly normal to encounter border controls within the Schengen area itself. External and internal borders of the European Union (EU) are spaces of daily violence and illegal pushbacks\, but also of daily resistance from those on the move and their supporters. How do we tell the story of this resurgence of borders in Europe? Have they always been so present\, or are they just more visible? What is our role as researchers and/or activists doing research at/on borders?  \nThis roundtable invites speakers to share their experiences – as academics and/or activists – at the internal and external borders of the EU. Through a roundtable format\, the event aims at:  \n\nSharing field experiences about the situation at particular borders in Europe\nDiscussing the changing nature of borders and of (re/de)-bordering practices and their effect on people on the move and locals\nReflecting collectively on more critical understandings of borders and migration\nDiscussing how it is possible to navigate political engagements within academic institutions Each participant will make a presentation of their research and/or activist experience of 10 minutes\, after which we will open the floor for discussion.\n\nABOUT THE SPEAKERS\n\nGiulia Fabini is a Junior Assistant Professor in the Department of Legal Studies at the University of Bologna. She holds a PhD in Law and Society from the University of Milan and was a student researcher at the Center for the Study of Law and Society at UC Berkeley. Giulia’s research focuses on border control and the interaction between migrants and the police\, migrant struggles\, immigration courts\, and the prison system from a gender perspective. She is currently collaborating on two research projects on police women and the prison police. Giulia acted as the Assistant Editor for the European Journal of Criminology (2017-2020) and she is a member of the editorial boards of Studi sulla questione criminale\, Rivista Antigone\, and Justice\, Power and Resistance. As an activist\, she is an observer of Antigone Association and has the authorization to visit prisons in Emilia-Romagna region. She is part of the European Society of Criminology\, the European Group for the study of deviance and social control\, and the Law and Society Association. Her most recent publication is Governing Immobility in the COVID-19 Crisis in Italy: Non-conforming Behaviors of Migrants Confronting the New Old Processes of Othering\n\n\nKamila Fiałkowska is a researcher at the Centre of Migration Research\, University of Warsaw and one of the coordinators of the Researchers on the Borders (Badaczki i Badacze na Granicy – https://www.bbng.org/) – a grassroots\, inter-university\, interdisciplinary research network created in response to the ongoing humanitarian crisis on the Polish-Belarusian border. Kamila obtained her PhD in 2018 at the Faculty of Political Studies and International Relations at the University of Warsaw. Her research focuses on gender relations in migratory settings\, masculinity studies and family relations\, as well as the construction of national and gender identities. \n\n\nMartina Tazzioli is an Associate Professor in the Department of History and Cultures at the University of Bologna. She holds a PhD in Politics from Goldsmiths\, University of London\, and an MA in Philosophy from the University of Pisa. Martina’s research is situated at the crossroads of Political Geography\, Critical Migration and Border Studies\, and Political Philosophy. She is currently working on three projects: One on memory of border controls and migrants’ struggles\, a related project about counter-mapping and legal geographies of border violence on the central Mediterranean route\, and a research project about social reproduction activities in camps\, with a focus on Greece. Her latest publications include Border abolitionism: migration containment and the genealogies of struggles (2023)\, The Making of Migration. The Biopolitics of Mobility at Europe’s Borders (2019)\, and Spaces of Governmentality: Autonomous Migration and the Arab Uprisings (2015). \n\n\nFederico Alagna is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Political Science and Political Sociology in the Faculty of Political and Social Sciences at the Scuola Normale Superiore and Adjunct Professor of Political Science at the University of Bologna. Federico’s research focuses on the politics of migration in the EU and Italy\, with specific reference to the migrant smuggling policy regime\, the role of civil society actors in the production of migration policies from below\, the criminalisation of people on the move and solidarity initiatives. He is a political activist\, mostly in the migrant solidarity and right to the city movements\, and is part of the sea rescue initiative Mediterranea Saving Humans. In the past\, Federico has also served as Deputy-Mayor for Culture and Public Education of the City of Messina.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nREGISTER HERE\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue
URL:https://altsou.com/event/beyond-borders-academic-and-activist-research-at-eu-borders/
LOCATION:Sala Triaria (Villa Schifanoia) + on zoom\, Florence\, Italy
CATEGORIES:altSOU'24,Hybrid event,Roundtable
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Rome:20240521T153000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Rome:20240521T173000
DTSTAMP:20260725T081221
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SUMMARY:Intimately Material: Collective Reflexion on the Material Conditions of Academia
DESCRIPTION:Joint event organised in collaboration with the EUI Queer and Feminist Working Group \nWHAT?\nThe workshop is part of the conference “Intimately Material: Violence\, Social Reproduction\, & Queerness in Transition”\, organised by the EUI Queer and Feminist Working Group at the EUI.  \nIn the workshop\, we will interrogate the place of academia and the participants’ lived experiences of doing research. By collectively writing “sick notes”\, we want to discuss themes related to the material conditions of doing research\, such as job uncertainty\, capitalistic approaches to research\, academic mobility\, and social reproduction. Our conclusions will be turned into a collective statement expressing our own experienced materialities and ideas of change. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nREGISTER HERE*\n\n\n*Note that registration to this joint event is via the EUI webpage. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue
URL:https://altsou.com/event/intimately-material-collective-reflexion-on-the-material-conditions-of-academia/
LOCATION:Sala del Capitolo (Badia) + on zoom\, European University Insitute\, Florence\, Italy
CATEGORIES:altSOU'24,Hybrid event,Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Rome:20240521T181500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Rome:20240521T191500
DTSTAMP:20260725T081221
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SUMMARY:Exposing Fortress Europe? The role of the University
DESCRIPTION:WHO?\nJosé Bautista \nWHAT?\nOur goal during this summative session on Migration is to plan direct involvement\, as university members\, in the fight against the migration control industry and the externalisation of EU border controls. With the help of an independent investigative journalist from Spain\, we shall discuss how migration control mechanisms are sustained by political fear-mongering and public spending\, maintained through EU regulations\, and promoted by academia. In line with the 2024 EU New Pact on Migration and Asylum\, democratic governments with connections to authoritarian regimes\, universities\, corporations and large NGOs work together to support a model based on detention\, deportation and externalisation. We shall also revisit questions and perspectives explored during our roundtable on Political Humanitarianism\, the Mediterranean and Border Violence\, with the practical purpose of creating an action plan that university members can use\, in collaboration with activists\, journalists\, and members of civil society\, to work towards alternatives to these models. \nAbout the speaker\nJosé Bautista is an independent investigative journalist based in Spain and specialized in economics migrations. He leads the investigative journalism team at Fundación porCausa\, and also works for The New York Times and Der Spiegel. Bautista has worked for other media outlets and organizations\, including The Wall Street Journal\, Público\, La Marea\, Agencia EFE\, El País\, El Confidencial\, Lighthouse Reports\, OCCRP\, Folha de São Paulo\, eldiario.es\, and CEPAL\, among others. He holds a double master ‘s degree at Sorbonne Paris and the ESCP Business School.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\nREGISTER HERE\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue – TBC
URL:https://altsou.com/event/exposing-fortress-europe-the-role-of-the-university/
LOCATION:Sala del Capitolo (Badia) + on zoom\, European University Insitute\, Florence\, Italy
CATEGORIES:altSOU'24
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Rome:20240522T090000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Rome:20240522T130000
DTSTAMP:20260725T081221
CREATED:20240418T171538Z
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SUMMARY:It’s (still) capitalism\, stupid!
DESCRIPTION:WHO?\nDaniela Chironi (Scuola Normale Superiore) \nEraldo Souza Dos Santos (Université Panthéon-Sorbonne) \nJessica Whyte (University of New South Wales) \nLorenzo Zamponi (Scuola Normale Superiore) \nLorenzo Cini (University College Cork) \nVeronika Zablotsky (Freie Universität Berlin) \nWHAT?\nIn 2013\, the Collettivo Prezzemolo\, a group of politically engaged PhD researchers and PostDocs at the EUI\, organised the “Festival of the other Europe – It’s capitalism\, stupid!”. This event can be regarded as the precursor to the Alternative State of the Union (un)conference\, which held a pilot event in May last year. Eleven years on from the original “Festival of the other Europe”\, we are inviting alumna members of the Colletivo Prezzemolo\, as well as other activist-academics\, to lead a horizontal discussion entitled “It’s (still) capitalism\, stupid!”\, picking up on the themes and topics of the conversation (policing\, surveillance\, civil society\, radical democracy\, nationalism\, austerity\, etc)\, especially when it comes to social movements\, how the economic situation is influencing the political situation at present\, and how we as activist-academics can respond with a progressive or radical agenda that can give hope in a period of poly-crisis. We will also be discussing what it means to be an activist-academic. This event is also an opportunity to link with EUI alumni\, SNS\, Paris 1\, FU Berlin\, and even further afield. \nAbout the speakers\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDaniela Chironi (bio tbc)\n\n\nEraldo Souza dos Santos (they/them/theirs)\, MA\, is a PhD candidate in Philosophy at Panthéon-Sorbonne University\, in France. They will be a Klarman Fellow at the Department of Government of Cornell University from August 2024) and will become an Assistant Professor of Criminology\, Law and Society at the University of California – Irvine from July 2025. They are a historian of legal and political thought. Their research explores how political concepts have come to shape political discourse and political practice\, and how political actors have come to contest the meaning of these concepts in turn. In their current book project\, they trace the global history of the idea of civil disobedience. They are also currently writing a family memoir on race and modern slavery in Brazil. Their next project and monograph will provide a racial genealogy of the idea that it is necessary to defend democracy against its enemies. They engage in anti- racist\, anti-war\, and climate activism. More information can be found at their website: https://eraldosouzadossantos.com/\n\n\nJessica Whyte (she/her) is an Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of New South Wales\, in Australia. Her research interests include the intersection of political economy and legal/moral discourses\, particularly when it comes to human rights and humanitarianism\, as well as the use of economic power in international politics\, including economic sanctions.\n\n\nLorenzo Zamponi (bio tbc)\n\n\nLorenzo Cini (he/his/him) is a lecturer in Employment Relations at University College Cork in the Ireland. His teaching and research focus is on employment relations\, labour movements\, and labour conflicts. He also engages in social movements and is a labour activist.\n\n\nProf Dr Veronika Zablotsky (she/her) is affiliated to Universität Koblenz and to Freie Universität Berlin\, both in Germany. Her teaching and research focus is on political theories\, transnational feminist theory\, postcolonial theory and post-socialism in Eurasia\, and critical migration and diaspora studies. She engages in social justice\, anti- racist\, queer-feminist activism\, and advocates for no borders\, internationalism\, and contemporary abolitionism.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout the event’s format and timetable\n \nIntroduction \n\n\n\n0900-0920: Introductory round (names\, pronouns\, occupation\, activism\, feelings today – reveal only what comfortable with). Self-introductions only. Outline of today’s schedule. Go around the room asking if there are any particular points or issues they would like to see raised today and if they would like to see something come out of today’s discussion. \nEUI activism\, past and present \n0920-0930: What was the Colletivo Prezzemollo? (Daniela Chironi or Lorenzo Zamponi) \n0930-0940: What was the Festival of the other Europe – It’s capitalism\, stupid\, event? (Daniela Chironi or Lorenzo Zamponi) \n0940-0945: What is the EUI Researchers’ Union? (EUIRU delegate) 0945-0950: What is the Alternative State of the Union? \n0950-10:00: Short break. \nWhy is it (still) capitalism\, stupid? Do you think it is (still) capitalism? \n1000-1010: Jessica Whyte \n10:10-1020: Lorenzo Cini \n1020-1100: Open discussion \n1100-1130: Long break \nWhat is it to be an activist-academic in the modern\, neo-liberal university? Would you call yourself an activist-academic? \n1130-1140: Veronika Zablotsky \n1140-1150: Eraldo Souza dos Santos \n1150-1230: Open discussion \n1230-1240: Short break \n1240-1300: Cool-down\, breathing exercises. Roundtable on feelings and positive take-aways from today’s session and the past few days. Roundtable on what we would have maybe liked to see discussed that we could not fit in. Roundtable on what we would like to see into the future. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAfter the event closes at 1300\, attendees are invited to join us as we walk to Badia Fiesolana for lunch. The Alternative State of the Union Unconference will continue at 1400 in the EUI Library Garden for our concluding participatory brainstorming session. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nREGISTER HERE\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue
URL:https://altsou.com/event/its-still-capitalism-stupid/
LOCATION:Sala del Consiglio (Villa Salviati) + on zoom\, European University Insitute\, Florence\, Italy
CATEGORIES:altSOU'24,Hybrid event,Roundtable
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