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Lent Term, 2010
Marco Travaglio at the LSE
Marco Travaglio is an Italian investigative journalist, writer and commentator. He spoke at the LSE in May to a full house of over 400 people.
Travaglio was born in Turin. He started his career writing for Catholic publications such as Il nostro tempo ("Our time"), then worked for the renowned journalist Indro Montanelli for newspapers such as Il Giornale and La Voce and gained the attention of Montanelli himself who once used to say about him: "No, Travaglio does not kill anyone with a knife. He uses a more refined and not legally issuable weapon: the archives"
Since 14 September 2006, Marco Travaglio has been a regular guest in the TV program AnnoZero, hosted by Michele Santoro.
Recently, Travaglio has contributed as a columnist to prominent national newspapers and magazines, such as La Repubblica, L'Unità (with his old columns "Bananas", "Uliwood Party" and "Zorro") and Micromega. He still contributes to "L'Espresso" with the column "Signorno'". In September 2009 he contributed to the formation of the independent newspaper, called Il Fatto Quotidiano ("The Daily Fact").
In 2009, the German Association of Journalists awarded Travaglio its yearly prize for Freedom of the Press, describing him as a "brave and critical colleague [...] exposing continually the attempts of Italian politicians, especially Silvio Berlusconi, to influence the media to their advantage and to negate critical reports.
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Former Prime Minster Massimo D'Alema at the LSE
The title of his lecture was "The European Left beyond the crisis: key challenges of the new decade"
Thank you for attending former Prime Minister D'Alema's lecture at LSE for the Italian Society on February 22nd, 2010
Chair: John Lloyd, Financial Times
Panel: Dr Jonathan Hopkin, Department of Government, LSE
Massimo D'Alema, a former member of the Secretariat of the Italian Communist Party, was actively engaged in the process which transformed the Italian Communist Party into the Democratic Party of the Left (PDS), which he led from 1994 to 1998, and then the Democratic Party (PD). He was Prime Minister of Italy between 1998 and 2000 and Minister of Foreign Affairs in the second Romano Prodi's government from 2006 to 2008. He is currently President of the parliamentary commission overseeing Italian intelligence services and President of the political think tank "Italianieuropei".
Beppe Severgnini at the LSE
Thank you for attending Beppe Severgnini's lecture at LSE for the Italian Society on February 4th, 2010
Beppe Severgnini is one of the most famous and respected Italian journalists. He began his career in journalism at Il Giornale and quickly became the paper's London correspondent. In the period leading up to the fall of the Soviet Union he worked as special correspondent from Russia, China and several Eastern European countries
This event, organized by the LSE Italian Society, took place on Tuesday, January 26th at the Old Building Theater.
Beppe started the so-called ‘economic-ecological’ satire. His comedy covers politics, economics, health and environmental issues. After many years performing comedy in television, cinema, theatre and at major venues, he discovered the internet. In 2005 he started his celebrated blog, www.beppegrillo.it, one of the most popular blogs in the world. That same year, TIME Magazine nominated him as one of its ‘European Heroes of 2005’ and Forbes Magazine recently named his blog as one of the most influential in the world.
Ludovico Einaudi at the LSE!
This concert, organized by the LSE Italian Society, took place on Thursday, March 4th at the Shaw Library.
Born in Turin, the pianist and composer Ludovico Einaudi trained at the Conservatorio in Milan. His musical career however has a powerful international background: Ludovico played at Tanglewood Festival, at the Lincoln Center of New York, in Queen Elisabeth Hall, at the IRCAM in Paris, at the UCLA Music Festival in Budapest. His successful artistic career has also been credited with several international awards. In 2002, Ludovico composed the original sound track of "Fuori dal Mondo" a Giuseppe Piccioni’s movie nominated in 2002 for an Oscar, for which he won the coveted Echo Klassiki award in Germany. Ludovico’s Music has been described as "minimalist, classical, ambient, contemporary, and deeply touching, the welcome sound of stillness in a hectic world". In 2008, the album "Divenire" has been nominated in the Classical Brit Awards as "Album of the year".
Giovanni Allevi at the LSE!
Allevi, pianist and composer of international fame, performed some of his most famous compositions at our university on March 17th.
Giovanni Allevi is a pianist, composer and conductor who graduated with top marks in piano and composition. He also holds a cum laude degree in Philosophy (he wrote his dissertation on “The Void in Contemporary Physics”).
Allevi became a social phenomenon who shocked the musical Academia with his talent and charisma. He became part of the imaginary of the new generations, who pack the concert halls in which he plays and with whom he has a special relationship, which Allevi himself defines “mysterious”.
Amongst the most recent of his many successful concerts and tours are the opening concert of his US tour at the New York Carnagie Hall and the 1st of September 2009 concert at the Arena di Verona, an historical event which was defined as the “Woodstock of contemporary classical music”; in this concert Giovanni conducted his symphonic music, played by the “All Starts Orchestra” (an orchestra of 90 musicians chosen form the world's best musical ensembles) in front of 12000 people. This concert was also released in a special CD/DVD edition.
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Events from the previous year: 2008-2009
Not a Constitution. What about a Reform Treaty?
SPEAKER: Giuliano Amato, twice-elected Prime Minister of Italy
CHAIR: Howard Davies, director of LSE
The role of banks in a globalised economy: balancing innovation and stability
SPEAKER: ALESSANDRO PROFUMO, Chief Executive Officer of UniCredit Group
CHAIR: Howard Davies, director of LSE
From Ideas to BusinessItalia Independent:
SPEAKER: Lapo Elkann, Founder and President of Italia Independent and Independent Ideas
CHAIR: GianCarlo Bruno - Director of Financial Services Industries, World Economics Forum
A Discussion on Private Equity
SPEAKER: Mariafrancesca Carli, Managing Director of JPMorgan
CHAIR: DR. Elisabetta Bertero, Lecturer in Finance, LSE
A Symposium with Italian MPs
SPEAKERS: MP Guglielmo Picchi, Florence mayoral elections' nominee
MP Francesco Narducci, VP of the Commission on Foreign Affairs
CHAIR: DR. Antonio Cordella
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Event organisation is the Italian Society’s crown jewel. As an organization tied to the Student Union, we consistently offer top social, cultural and academic receptions.
Everyone is welcome to attend our public events and lectures, where we bring some of the most influential figures in Italian culture, finance and politics.
Some of the top-level figures who have come to speak include former Prime Minister Romano Prodi, comedian and political blogger Beppe Grillo as well as Italian industrialist Lapo Elkann - just to name a few.
Cultural events include the projection of films, artistic competitions such as “Garibaldi”, visits to exhibitions in town and joint events with the Italian Embassy and the Institute for Italian Culture in London.
Lastly, academic events usually include conferences, seminars and round table discussions on themes and topics of interest about the Italian economy and politics. In these past few years we have hosted a number of guests as prestigious as the President of Italy Giorgio Napolitano, Italian football striker and manager Gianluca Vialli, former Prime Minister Giuliano Amato and Alessandro Profumo, Chief Executive Officer of UniCredit Group.
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