Italy and Asia: Past and Present - International Conference
Mahidol Thai House Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia (RILCA) Mahidol University, Salaya, Thailand 28-29 June 2018
21-22 November 2014, The Italian Cultural Institute, London
In 1994, the Association for the Student of Modern Italy organised a conference around the theme of the ‘Italian crisis’. Silvio Berlusconi had just been elected as Prime Minister and the country was in dire economic straits. The political system was in tatters after the tangentopoli scandals. The crisis was analysed from a political, cultural, historical and social viewpoints in a conference which was extremely well attended and led to fascinating discussions after every paper.
The papers from the conference were then collected and published in the first issue of the journal Modern Italy.
Conference organisers:
John Foot and Gianluca Fantoni.
Keynote speakers:
Paul Ginsborg
Tito Boeri, Bocconi University Milan
Conference location:
The conference will be held at the Italian Cultural Institute in London.
The Italian Cultural Institute, 39 Belgrave Square, London SW1X 8NX
Mahidol Thai House Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia (RILCA) Mahidol University, Salaya, Thailand 28-29 June 2018
COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVES ON FRENCH AND BRITISH RESEARCH ON CONTEMPORARY ITALY. One-day seminar organised by Stephen Gundle and Marzia Maccaferri for ASMI Friday 29 September 2017 Italian Cultural Institute, London 39 Belgrave Square, Belgravia London SW1X 8NX registration: m.maccaferri@gold.ac.uk info: www.asmi.org.uk