Des institutions qui lient l'Europe aux U.S.A basées en Italie...

Je reviens sur un post que je viens de mettre en ligne. Certaines choses sont intéressantes à remarquer. Pour ceux qui me suivent, je m'intéresse à beaucoup de choses, je fais dans la transdisciplinarité... comme d'autres blogueurs... Bonjour aux amis blogueurs qui me lisent et qui travaillent dans le même champ. En passant, quand est-ce que nous organiserons une rencontre de blogueurs, intellectuel(le)s et toutes personnes concernées ou intéressées, dont les politiques, en Real Life? Écrire, exprimer ses idées, c'est bien, nous utilisons notre liberté d'expression et nos points de vue... Mais, à un moment, la véritable démocratie demandera que les différents acteurs, dont la société civile, se rencontrent en vrai, de façon simple et conviviale comme Ivan Illich l'a écrit. La Haye me semble être à cet effet la ville idéale. Je l'ai déjà dit et je le répète, cette ville héberge un bon nombre d'instances internationales, dont Europol. Pour les blogueurs qui travaillent notamment à la démocratie et à la justice, La Haye est de ce fait la ville de premier choix. Je mettrai dans quelques jours une adresse mail à laquelle me contacter. Les Européens auraient tout intérêt à venir visiter ces hauts-lieux de la justice et de la surveillance européenne. Car ces instances les concernent. Nous pourrions nous réunir à l'"Hotel school" de Scheveningen. J'y suis allée dernièrement, l'endroit est agréable, et on nous a même dit que la Shell y organise des réunions

Mais pour en revenir à ce que je disais plus haut, et je m'adresse peut-être à des lecteurs américains, je voudrais savoir si en Italie se trouvent des organismes pensant l'Europe, mais avec une vision américaine. Il n'y pas si longtemps de cela, je suis allée assister à une conférence à Amsterdam sur la politique européenne, ce que j'ai déjà mentionné dans un autre post: "How much political union does Europe need?", avec des intervenants américains et belge, la seule néerlandaise (PvdA) ayant dû soudain s'excuser...:

'How much political union does Europe need?'
In samenwerking met het PETGOV Research Program, AISSR / Politicologie, UvA
Euro-optimisten willen een veel hechtere politieke unie in de EU, eurosceptici juist veel minder integratie - maar is er ook een middenweg? Een debat met Erik Jones, Monika Sie Dhian Ho, Frank Vandenbroucke en Jonathan Zeitlin. Voertaal: Engels
Let op: Dit programma vindt plaats in de Doelenzaal van de Universiteitsbibiotheek, aan de Singel 425.
Donderdag 21 maart 2013, 17.30-19.00 uur

Un des intervenants travaille pour http://www.jhubc.it/facultypages/ejones/, à Bologne:

Make your Mark...
... at an international graduate institution linking Europe and the U.S.

Global Perspective
Broaden your horizons

With campuses in Bologna and Washington, D.C., the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) offers graduate students the winning combination of a year in Europe and a year in the U.S., exposing them to contrasting views which afford a unique insight into international affairs.

Community of Leaders
Study and grow

As a division of the Johns Hopkins University, one of the world's most prestigious research universities, the SAIS Bologna Center prepares the world's next leaders through U.S.-style, discussion-driven classes. With 200 students each year from three dozen countries, it fosters a cohesive social and intellectual community characterized by small classes, strong faculty-student relationships, and vigorous debate.

Challenging Curriculum
Breadth and depth

Courses emphasize economics, political science, history, and foreign language proficiency, providing a cross-disciplinary approach. Core faculty and adjunct professors from major European institutions combine personal advising with a broad choice of curriculum. Students select a course of study that combines high academic standards with application to their real world policy interests.

Career Opportunities
Lifetime skills

Graduates excel in a wide range of careers—whether at the World Bank or an investment bank, a diplomatic mission or a newsroom, a university in Brazil or an NGO in Germany. Students learn lifetime skills for landing challenging jobs, participate in professional development classes, and connect with SAIS's global alumni network.

Invest in the Future
Best and the brightest

A wide selection of courses, approachable faculty, and first class peers make the SAIS Bologna Center a wise investment. A generous program of fellowships makes the experience possible for the best students from around the world, regardless of their financial resources. Supporters who invest in the Center help train future international policy makers and leave their imprint on the world by joining an influential network of forward thinkers.

http://www.jhubc.it/HOME/saisBC.cfm


Ce matin, j'ai aussi parlé de cet European University Institute:

A Brief History of the EUI
The EUI was born out of an atmosphere of cooperation, with notable advocacy for a European institute at the Hague Conference in 1948 and the European Cultural Conference the following year.

Other priorities persisted however until the 1955 Messina Conference; a series of constructive talks responding to the widening of Europe. With all six members of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) were present, the German Secretary of State Walter Hallstein took the opportunity to call for a training centre for nuclear sciences. This was proposed under the Euratom Treaty which had established Europe’s atomic energy community; Hallstein’s vision would create an instrument of integration and move away from the nationalism of the past.

The Italian government was enthusiastic and, recognising an academic need to study Europe, made determined action along with the European Commission and the European Parliament. However it was not until over a decade later that the idea began to bear fruit, when in 1969 leaders met in The Hague and resolved to fund a European University Institute (EUI) in Florence. By this point the idea had evolved from a centre for nuclear sciences to one focused on the human sciences, promoting a cultural exchange between member states.

Plans were put into motion with conferences in Florence and Rome in 1970 and 1971, when it was decided that the Institute would be reserved for post-graduate studies and not directly a Community institution.

The six member states – Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg and the Netherlands – signed a convention in 1972 which cemented their commitment to creating the EUI as a pillar for research and development. The following year Denmark, Ireland and the United Kingdom joined the Community and became involved in founding the Institution.

The EUI opened its doors to its first 70 researchers in 1976. Over nearly 40 years the Institute has grown to incorporate academics from across the globe, spanning borders and staying true to its mission laid down in the 1970s: To “foster the advancement of learning in fields which are of particular interest for the development of Europe”.

Reflecting the growth of the European Union, the Institute now has 20 member states: Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom.

Convention creating a ‘European University Institute’ (1972).

http://www.eui.eu/About/HistoryofEUI.aspx

Pour approfondir:

Political Economy and Transnational Governance (PETGOV)

Political Science

The Political Economy and Transnational Governance (PETGOV) programme group explores the ongoing transformation of political and economic governance within and beyond nation-states. That exploration involves deciphering how politics affects and is affected by economics, and of how both political and economic governance spans local, national, and supranational levels of political conflict and experimentation. Linking the group’s theoretical and methodological diversity is the common aim to find a path to more equitable, democratic and peaceful relations amidst such transnational transformations of political economy and governance.

http://aissr.uva.nl/research/programme-groups/programme-groups/programme-groups/content/folder/political-economy-and-transnational-governance/political-economy-and-transnational-governance.html

http://www.eui.eu/ProgrammesAndFellowships/MaxWeberProgramme/Index.aspx

Avec pour ceux que cela intéresse:

The History of Villa la Fonte, Bel Riposo
Since its creation in 2006 the Max Weber Programme has been housed in the early fifteenth century Villa la Fonte at San Domenico di Fiesole. The villa takes its name from a well in the garden, but it is also known as 'Bel Riposo', literally 'beautiful restful place'.

The building originally belonged to the Bruni family whose most celebrated member was Leonardo Bruni (1370-1444), humanist, writer and chancellor of the Florentine Republic. His grandson Francesco sold the villa to the Roman family Neroni di Nigi. The Villa was later inherited by the Pandolfini family who owned it until the mid-18th century, and who carried out major works to improve and enlarge the property.

In the 19th century, at a time when Florence was often visited by British citizens, the building became the Hotel della Gran Bretagna. Later on, at the end of the century, the Villa was bought by a family of railway magnates, the Smiths, who enlarged the gardens to what they are today.

This was a lively time for Villa la Fonte, and its visitors included the rich and famous, including Mark Twain. Charity shows and performances were organised in the open-air theatre. A 'pratone', or large lawn was created to play cricket. The tennis court, one of the oldest in Florence, also dates from this period. After World War II the Smiths sold the property. Upon their deaths they were laid to rest in the San Domenico cemetary.

After the Smiths the villa passed to the publishers Vallecchi until the end of the 1950s when the Marinai family bought it. The Marinai family are still its owners and have carried out major restoration of the villa and gardens.

These gardens are spectacular for their size, with a division between a large formal garden extending over a sloping area of about two hectares and a wilder garden, shaded by monumental cypresses, cedars and ilexes, contrasting with the sunny areas of the lawn and bordered by pergolas and hedges. The garden borders on the grounds of the famous Fiesole Scuola di Musica.

Our thanks go to Sig.ri Marinai and Pallanti for their help in compiling this brief history.


Pour la petite histoire, nous avons vécu à Boston en 1992.

L'ordinateur est l'ami des blogueurs curieux, on trouve tout et des liens très intéressants. Quand la machine contribue à faire travailler notre intelligence, dans le BON SENS toujours.