Last update: 18th September, 2008, Lovison-Golob
Congratulazioni al President del Circolo Italiano, Professor Lino Pertile, per essere stato nominato Commendatore della Repubblica Italiana (2 Giugno, 2008).
First Conference for 2008-2009
7 October 2008, Tuesday, 7:30pm
"Dove Va l'Italia? Riflessioni "
Harvard University
Room 114, Barker Center, Harvard University, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Reception following the conference. Parcheggio: Broadway Garage in Felton Street, Cambridge, Massachussetts
Announcement: There will be the election for the chair of Vice-President, Recording Secretary and Treasurer at this meeting. If you need more information, please contact Barbara Lloyd.
Traffico Umano
Degrado urbano: Left: Padova, Via Annibale da Bassano: Example of Urban Degradation (2008).
A modern garage was built next to the train station in an area that had been protected for about forty years as a Jewish burial site. Now, the building has been “taken over” by immigrants and there seems to be no restrooms in the building because the adjacent area is used for relieving bodily needs. Passer-bys, like this young man, need to close their nose and look carefully where they walk. Few meters down the road at night, in a former residence area inhabited by middle-income families (S.S. Trinita’), prostitution takes over and residents are too scared to go out. Few meters ahead, drug is freely available where there used to be offices of Boy Scouts and Associazione Nazionale Alpini (A.N.A.). No police at sight at any time.
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Second Conference for 2008-2009
5 November 2008, Wednesday, 7:30pm
" Una riflessione su mercato, merito e familismo in Italia e negli U.S.A. "
Sommario:
Professoressa Sferza riflettera’sul mercato, merito e familismo--quanto morale?--in Italia e negli USA. I risultati delle elezioni presidenziali americane ci forniranno alcuni importanti spunti, ma il punto di partenza della conferenza e' il libro sull'Italia pubblicato nel 1958 da Edward C. Banfield “Moral Basis of a Backward Society.”
MIT Political Science Instructor -MIT-Italy
Harvard University
Barker Center, Harvard University, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Reception following the conference. Parcheggio: Broadway Garage in Felton Street, Cambridge, Massachussetts
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