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The series of events organised by the Security and Defence Studies Workshop for the 2025/2026 academic year, sponsored by the University of Verona, is now underway. The workshop offers a series of sessions focusing on key issues in international security, contemporary conflicts and geopolitical transformations.

Programme:

  • 17 April (4.00 pm) – Prof. Olivia Guaraldo and Prof. Giacomo Mormino.
    • Room T.1 – Veronetta, Polo Didattico Giorgio Zanotto

Davide Coltri and Lujain Rabat
Humanitarianism and Othering: lessons from Second Tree’s work in refugee camps

  • April 21 (4 p.m.) – Menegazzi Hall, Former Palace of Economics
  • April 22 (4 p.m.) – Room T.13, Ex-Orsoline Institute
  • April 23 (4 p.m.) – Room 2.3, New Palace of Letters

 

  • 5 May (4 pm) – Mavilie Demirdzhaieva
    • Crimea in a geopolitical context. Insights, perspectives, and analysis
    • Menegazzi Hall – Former Economics Palace
  • 7 May (4.30 pm) – Bruno Montesano and Wlodek Goldkorn
    • Israel-Palestine. Beyond Nationalism (in collaboration with the VeronaÈuropa Festival)
    • Caprioli Hall – Veronetta – New Palace of Letters
  • 8 May (4.00 pm) – Mykhailo Minakov
    • The influence of the protracted war on Ukrainian society, 2022–2026
    • Room T.1 – Veronetta, Polo Didattico Giorgio Zanotto

Michele Groppi
Visions of Terrorism

  • May 13 (4 pm) – Caprioli Hall, Palazzo di Lettere Nuovo
  • May 14 (4 p.m.) – Menegazzi Hall, Former Economics Palace
  • May 15 (4 p.m.) – Megalizzi Hall, New Palace of Letters
  • May 18 (4 p.m.) – Caprioli Hall, New Palace of Letters
  • May 19 (4 p.m.) – Caprioli Hall, New Palace of Letters

The series offers an opportunity for interdisciplinary exploration of contemporary conflicts, bringing together and comparing academic analysis with first-hand accounts, with a particular focus on crisis contexts and the dynamics of global security.

For further information: giacomo.mormino@univr.it – olivia.guaraldo@univr.it