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Guarini Institute Panel and Film Screening: Miracle at St. Anna by Spike Lee (USA, 2008)

Guarini Institute Panel and Film Screening: Miracle at St. Anna by Spike Lee (USA, 2008)

The third Spring 2009 event promoted and organized by the Guarini Institute featured the screening and discussion of Spike Lee's famous last work: Miracle at St. Anna.

Guarini Institute Panel and Film Screening: “The Reporter and the Genocide: Gareth Jones and the Ukrainian Famine of 1932-33”

Guarini Institute Panel and Film Screening: “The Reporter and the Genocide: Gareth Jones and the Ukrainian Famine of 1932-33”

The Guarini Institute conference hosted by John Cabot University and co-sponsored by Fondazione Liberal focused on different aspects of the Ukrainian Famine of 1932-1933. The morning section opened with a welcoming speech by JCU President Franco Pavoncello, and by the Ukrainian Ambassador to Rome, Mr. Heorhii Chernyavskyi.

Guarini Institute Lecture: “Italy Against Itself” by Alexander Stille

Guarini Institute Lecture: “Italy Against Itself” by Alexander Stille

Renowned journalist Alexander Stille explores the institutional and political crisis in which Italy has been trapped in for 15 years.

Guarini Institute Roundtable Discussion: “One Month to Go – The US Presidential Elections and Europe”

Guarini Institute Roundtable Discussion: “One Month to Go – The US Presidential Elections and Europe”

Frank Guarini, Lucio Martino, Giorgio La Malfa and Silvio Fagiolo discuss the upcoming Presidential election and its significance for Europe.

“The Politics of Climate Change”: a Lecture by Lord Anthony Giddens

“The Politics of Climate Change”: a Lecture by Lord Anthony Giddens

Lord Giddens tackles the reasons for the resistance our politicians show towards accepting climate change.

Guarini Institute Panel Discussion: “After the Italian Legislatives and the Pennsylvania Primaries”

Guarini Institute Panel Discussion: “After the Italian Legislatives and the Pennsylvania Primaries”

The Guarini Institute panel featured Lucio Martino, Professor Lawrence Gray, Professor Pamela Harris, and Professor Federigo Argentieri.

Guarini Institute presents: “Hitler’s Journey to Italy – May 1938”

Guarini Institute presents: “Hitler’s Journey to Italy – May 1938”

Director Pietro Melograni presents his film "Hitler's Journey to Italy - May 1938".

Guarini Institute presents: “The Ukrainian Holodomor and the Denial of Genocides”

Guarini Institute presents: “The Ukrainian Holodomor and the Denial of Genocides”

Friday, November 9, 2007 brought an exciting array of international figures to John Cabot University's Aula Magna Regina as the political and security implications of genocide denial were discussed in a conference organized in collaboration with the Associazione Italiana Studi di Storia dell'Europa Centrale e Orientale.

“The Diplomatic Challenges of Conflict Resolution” – Daithi O’Ceallaigh

“The Diplomatic Challenges of Conflict Resolution” – Daithi O’Ceallaigh

His Excellency Daithi O'Ceallaigh - recently appointed Ireland's Ambassador to the United Nations at its European headquarters in Geneva - was closely involved in negotiations leading to the Good Friday Agreement of 1998 and, more recently, the moves to see devolved government restored at Stormont.

Emilio Gentile Presents: “Civil Religion in America”

Emilio Gentile Presents: “Civil Religion in America”

In his lecture to the JCU community Professor Gentile argued that politics over the past two centuries has often taken on the features of religion.