The series of webinars Questioni di Civiltà brought together top experts to discuss current issues related to culture, society, politics, and the Church. Themes ranged from the future of citizenship and the changing nature of power to Pope Francis' agenda and Dante's influence 700 years after his death.
The first webinar of this series organized by Georgetown University and La Civiltà Cattolica discussed the future of citizenship.
Global challenges have challenged traditional conceptions of citizenship based on the country. The crisis triggered by COVID-19 is just one recent examples of the increase in transnational interdependence—from health and the economy to politics and the environment. To what extent should we rethink citizenship as a way of living together in a cultural, religious, and political space? During the webinar, three experts discussed the future of citizenship from the perspective of different disciplinary fields.
This event was part of the series Questioni di Civiltà, co-sponsored by La Civiltà Cattolica and Georgetown University.
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Giovanni Moro is a political sociologist. He is associate professor at the Department of Political Sciences of the Sapienza University and scientific director of FONDACA, a research foundation based in Rome. His work is concerned with phenomena related to citizenship and its changes, public policies, conceptual and terminological analysis in science and public discourse, new forms of governance, and the dynamics of organizations with a social impact. He is also interested in active citizenship and European citizenship. Among his publications are Azione civica (2005), Anni Settanta (2007), Cittadinanza attiva e qualità della democrazia (2013), Contro il no profit (2014), and Cittadinanza (2020).
Rupert Graf Strachwitz is a political scientist and historian. Since 1997, he has served as director of the Maecenata Institute for Philanthropy and Civil Society, an independent research and policy center, and has also been CEO of the Maecenata Foundation since 2010. Among his many assignments, he served at the world headquarters of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta and as regional director of the Order of Malta's Relief Service. He has also served as vice president of the German Caritas, member of the German Federal Parliamentary Commission for Civil Action, member of the board of directors of the Cariplo Foundation in Milan, and chair of the European Policy Working Group of Europa Nostra. He has about 600 publications to his credit, and he regularly teaches and lectures at home and abroad.
Angela Taraborrelli is associate professor of political philosophy at the University of Cagliari. Her work deals with cosmopolitanism, democracy, migration, and issues of modern and contemporary political philosophy. Her publications include Dal cittadino del mondo al mondo dei cittadini. Saggio su Kant (2004) and Contemporary Cosmopolitanism (2015, expanded version of the Italian edition, Laterza 2011), as well as numerous articles in various national and international journals. She is a member of the Italian Society of Political Philosophy, the Italian Society of Critical Theory, and the Italian Society of Kantian Studies. She is also a member of the editorial board of Cosmopolis. Rivista di filosofia e di teoria politica and Storia e politica. She collaborated with Rai culture from 2012 to 2019.
Rev. Antonio Spadaro, S.J., director of La Civiltà Cattolica, provided introductions.
Debora Tonelli, Georgetown University representative in Rome, coordinated the event.