“Gaetano Martino: A European vision and a University for Europe” is the title of a conference taking place in Badia Fiesolana on 19 April 2012. The conference will examine the role of the Italian politician in the European recovery in the mid-1950s.
A shared cultural and historic heritage as the foundation of European unity
Gaetano Martino, one of the earliest proponents of a “European University”, recognized that cultural cooperation was fundamental to freedom of education and to the development of a European consciousness. He saw in the shared cultural and historical heritage of the Old Continent the very foundations of European unity.
The Conference is being organised by the European University Institute (EUI). Panelists include Professors Angela Villaniand Marcello Saija (University of Messina); Jean-Marie Palayret (Director of the Historical Archives of the European Union, EUI); Professor Antonio Varsori (University of Padova); and Professor Federico Romero (EUI).
The event will open with the screening of the film “Lo Spirito dell’Europa”, a documentary directed by Beppe Cino and produced by RAI International.
