Our publication Ventotene 80 is the starting point for a day of reflection on the values of citizenship and European democracy on the Mediterranean horizon. This one day event is organized by the European Parliament – Maison Jean Monnet and the Chair of History of Philosophy of the University Suor Orsola Benincasa in collaboration with the Italian Institute of Philosophical Studies of Naples, the EUROM – University of Barcelona Solidarity Foundation, the European Federalist Movement, and the MFE section of Naples, with the patronage of the Municipality of Naples.
Programme
3 pm – 3,30 pm – Opening session
- Marti Grau, Head of the Maison Jean Monnet/European Parliament
- Stefano Castagnoli, President of the European Federalist Movement
- Gaetano Manfredi, Mayor of Naples
Chair: Elena Alessiato, Suor Orsola Benincasa University
Session 1: 3,30 pm – 5 pm
Europe between the utopia of civilization and the crisis of democracy
- Biagio De Giovanni, philosopher and former MEP, Oriental University of Naples
- Roberto Esposito, philosopher, Scuola Normale Superiore
- Aldo Schiavone, historian, Scuola Normale Superiore and Rome “La Sapienza”
Presents and moderates: Michele Fiorillo, Scuola Normale Superiore
Session 2: 5,30 pm – 7 pm
The Manifesto of Ventotene: historical-philosophical roots and Euro-Mediterranean anthropological perspectives
- Francesca Russo, historian, Suor Orsola Benincasa University of Naples
- Luigi Mascilli Migliorini, historian, Oriental University of Naples
- Dionigi Albera, anthropologist, CNRS Marseille
Presents and moderates: Debora Righetti, Maison Jean Monnet
Questions and debate
Scientific and organizational board
- Elena Alessiato, Chair of History of Philosophy – Suor Orsola Benincasa University of Naples
- Michele Fiorillo, Scuola Normale Superiore
- Debora Righetti, Maison Jean Monnet