International Book and Copyright Day – Dangers and limits of cancel culture

On the occasion of International Book and Copyright Day, the University of International Studies of Rome - UNINT organizes the event entitled "Dangers and limits of cancel culture". The event is organized by the third mission/social impact commission of the University and the single PROUD guarantee committee of the University, with the patronage of the Italian National Commission for UNESCO. The meeting will be held on April 23, 2024 from 16:00 pm in the main hall and in live streaming.

Program

16: 00 | Institutional greetings

Maurizio Finicelli, President of the UNINT Board of Directors
Antonella Ercolani, Vice-Rector for Third Mission/Social Impact and UNINT Full Professor
Pine Pisicchio, Member of the Italian National Commission of UNESCO and Full Professor of UNINT

16: 30 | Speakers

Adriano Monti Buzzetti, President of CEPELL – Center for books and reading
CANCEL CULTURE: NEW ICONOCLASTY OF THE 21ST CENTURY?

Stefania Cerrito, Associate Professor UNINT
READ OVID... IN THE MIDDLE AGES

Simonetta Bartolini, Full Professor UNINT
DANTE AND THE IDEOLOGICAL “CULTURALISM” OF “POLITICALLY CORRECT”

Cristina Benicchi, Associate Professor UNINT
TO ERASE OR NOT TO ERASE: (RE)READING SHAKESPEARE IN THE ERA OF CANCEL CULTURE

Fabrizio Bagatti, Unint University Press editorial contact and UNINT teacher
BOOKS, PUBLISHING HOUSES, UNIVERSITIES

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