University of Catania, Department of Political and Social Sciences
Via Vittorio Emanuele II 49, Catania
8 September 2023
Programme
9.30 Registration
10.00 Welcome
10.15
Pierre-Emmanuel Thomann (Emlyon Business School, Lyon)
Is European Union a geopolitical centre or periphery in the context of an ongoing global crisis characterised by great power rivalry?
10.45
Bogdana Koljević Griffith (Institute for Political Studies, Belgrade)
Post-truth, AI and Biopolitics
11.15 – 11.45 Coffee
11.45-12.15
Giuseppe Astuto (University of Catania)
La guerra di Crimea (1853-1856): L’ultima crociata e la lotta per il controllo del mar Nero
12.15-12.45
Elena Gaetana Faraci (University of Catania)
Il Congresso di Parigi (1856) e il nuovo ordine internazionale: Napoleone III e Alessandro II
12.45-14.30 Lunch
14.30-15.00
Peter Mantello (Ritsumeikan Asian Pacific University, Japan)
Preempting the Future: Mapping the Role of AI security systems in mitigating uncertainty
15.00-15.30
Jan Niklas Huhn (Siegen University)
Comparing Crisis Narratives: Federal vs. Regional Propagation in the communication of the German AfD.
15.30-16.00
Douglas Mark Ponton (Catania University) and Dilyara Davletshina (MGIMO University)
Evil empires? Discourses of othering in speeches by Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev.
16.00-16.30
Closing Round Table
8 September 20.00 Social Dinner (to be arranged)
9 September Social Event
Boat trip: Sailing Boat Excursions in Catania - Full Day (Lunch on Board).
Please see the
website for details of this event:
https://www.velacatania.it/en/sailing-boat-excursions-catania-full-day/