University of Bergamo launches 'Knowing Peace

The "Knowing Peace" cycle will open on Tuesday 12 May with a dialogue between Alessandro Colombo, full professor of International Relations at the University of Milan, and Adolfo Scotto di Luzio, full professor of Contemporary History at the University of Bergamo.
The meeting will be introduced by Alessandro Tira, associate professor of Law and Religion, the Rector's delegate to the Network of Universities for Peace as well as the organiser of the event, and will be held at the premises in via dei Caniana, Sala Galeotti, from 2:30 to 5:30 p.m.
In the volume Il suicidio della pace, Colombo proposes a critical reading of the evolution of the international order from the end of the Cold War to today. Starting from the optimism of the 1990s, marked by trust in globalisation and in the strengthening of multilateral institutions, the author highlights how the expectations of stability have been progressively disregarded.
The wars in the Balkans, tensions in the Middle East, international terrorism and the return of competition between great powers show the limits of that interpretative horizon. The 'suicide of peace' lies, according to Colombo, in having considered acquired balances as actually fragile, neglecting the signs of crisis that had already emerged in the first decades of globalisation.
The meeting will provide an opportunity for a reflection that interweaves geopolitics, history and current affairs, opening a discussion with the audience on present and future prospects.

The second event will be held on Tuesday 26 May and will feature a dialogue between Arianna Arisi Rota, Professor of Contemporary History at the University of Pavia, and Corrado Del Bò, Professor of Philosophy of Law at the University of Bergamo. Once again, the introduction will be given by Alessandro Tira, associate professor of Law and Religion and organiser of the event. The meeting will take place at the premises in Via dei Caniana, Sala Galeotti, from 2.30 to 5.30 p.m. In the book Peace, Arianna Arisi Rota proposes a historical reflection on the 20th century and the beginning of the 21st century, highlighting the complexity of the processes that accompany the construction and crisis of peace. After the great world conflicts, peace emerges as the result of unstable balances, constantly negotiated through diplomatic instruments and international institutions.
Particular attention is devoted to the practices of diplomacy - negotiations, mediations, conferences and agreements - analysed to understand under what conditions it is possible to transform contingent situations into viable solutions. Peace, the author emphasises, does not derive from abstract principles, but from historical processes made up of compromises, political choices and negotiation skills.
The meeting, open to students and citizens, is part of the University's public engagement commitment, also promoted by the pro-rector Elisabetta Bani, aimed at strengthening dialogue with the territory and the dissemination of knowledge.

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