An international forum and summer school on the prospects for democracy, human rights, secularism and religion across different cultures.
The Venice Seminars, in partnership with the Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, have established themselves as a remarkable cultural appointment for a recognizable community of scholars, able to promote and consolidate a network of cultural, intellectual and academic relationships among senior and junior scholars in the social sciences, political theory, sociology, legal and religious studies. Thanks to its cross-cultural inspiration, the Venice Seminars function as an original think tank for a thorough understanding of the challenges facing democracy, politics and international relations in the 21st-century world.
In the past four years, this annual event has seen an increasing number of participants and scholars, expanding its worldwide reach, and it is establishing itself as a major meeting point for experts in the fields of human, social and political sciences.
Recent speakers, faculty and participants:
Giuliano Amato, Lisa Anderson, Najib George Awad, Albena Azmanova, Seyla Benhabib, Giancarlo Bosetti, Daniele Brombal, Craig Calhoun, Marina Calloni, José Casanova, Alessandro Ferrara, Timothy Garton Ash, Ramin Jahanbegloo, Elizabeth Suzanne Kassab, Volker Kaul, Sudipta Kaviraj, Jonathan Lawrence, Tiziana Lippiello, Chunrong Liu, Stephen Macedo, Avishai Margalit, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Toshio Miyake, Angela Moriggi, David Rasmussen, Adam Seligman, Marcella Simoni, Cass Sunstein, Francesca Tarocco, Nadia Urbinati, Ananya Vajpeyi, Michael Walzer.
The proceedings of the Venice Seminars are published every year by the renowned academic journal Philosophy & Social Criticism, SAGE Publications.
History
Venice Seminars ‘21: Free Speech, its Primacy and Challenges
Venice Seminars ‘20: Communities and the Individual: Beyond the Liberal-Communitarian Divide
Venice Seminars ‘19: Sources of Democracy: Citizenship, Social Cohesion and Ethical Values
Venice Seminars ‘17: The Populist Upsurge and The Decline of Diversity Capital