Conference Program
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Tuesday, 26 May
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2.00 PM – 2.20 PM
Welcome
Tiziana Lippiello | Vice Rector Ca’ Foscari University of Venice
Giancarlo Bosetti | Executive Chair Reset-Dialogues on Civilizations
2.20 PM – 2.30 PM
Introduction
Volker Kaul: An Unresolved Strain in Liberalism and Communitarianism
2.30 PM – 4.15 PM
Michael Walzer: Libertarians and Communitarians: A Critique
Stephen Macedo: Liberalism and Neoliberalism, Communitarianism and Populism: Politics and Agonism After the Immigration Backlash
Chair: Giancarlo Bosetti
4.30 PM – 6.00 PM
Avishai Margalit: What the Experience of the Kibbutz Communal Life can Tell About the Debate between Communitarianism and Liberalism
Chunrong Liu: The Elusive Pursuit of Spontaneous Order? A Normative Reflection of Community Building in Shanghai
Chair: Tiziana Lippiello
Wednesday, 27 May
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2.00 PM – 3.30 PM
Ananya Vajpeyi: India’s Crisis of Citizenship: How the Pandemic has Exacerbated the Erosion of Minority Rights
Toshio Miyake: ‘Cin ciun cian’: Neo-orientalism and Cultural Racialization in Italy at the Time of Covid-19
Chair: Marcella Simoni
3.45 PM – 4.30 PM
Seyla Benhabib: Democracy, Science and the State: Reflections on the Disaster(s) of our Times
Chair: Marina Calloni
4.45 PM – 6.00 PM
ROUNDTABLE: Reshaping Politics Between Populism and Solidarity
Speakers: Seyla Benhabib, Craig Calhoun, Avishai Margalit, Nadia Urbinati
Chair: José Casanova
6.15 PM – 7.00 PM
José Casanova: Individual and Communities: Lessons from the Global Pandemic.
Chair: Albena Azmanova
Thursday, 28 May
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3.00 PM – 3.45 PM
Daniele Brombal & Angela Moriggi: Establishing Transdisciplinary Communities for Socio-ecological Transformations. Insights from the Belt & Road Initiative
Chair: Francesca Tarocco
4.00 PM – 5.15 PM
ROUNDTABLE: China, US, Europe and the Lessons of the Present Crisis
Speakers: Giuliano Amato, Lisa Anderson, Michael Walzer
Chair: Giancarlo Bosetti & Jonathan Laurence
5.30 PM – 7.00 PM
Najib George Awad: Democracy without Democrats, Identity-Formation and Religions: the Challenge of Crosspollinating Self-perception in the Post-Arabic Spring Contexts
Adam Seligman: The Tragedy of Human Rights. Liberalism and the Loss of Belonging
Chair: Alessandro Ferrara
Friday, 29 May
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2.30 PM – 4.00 PM
Ramin Jahanbegloo: The Individual and the Community: A Nonviolent Perspective
Craig Calhoun: Physical Distance and Social Connection
Chair: David Rasmussen
4.15 PM – 5.45 PM
Lisa Anderson: Under Duress: Community and Individual as Solace and Escape
Sudipta Kaviraj: When are We a ‘Community’?
Chair: Jonathan Laurence
6.00 PM – 7.00 PM
Presentations of the Summer School Workshops
7.00 PM
Closing Remarks
Giancarlo Bosetti | Executive Chair Reset-Dialogues on Civilizations