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Seminars, lectures, workshops and presentations organized by the Institute of Advanced Studies.

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13 SEPTEMBER 2022

Lectures

Rule of law backsliding in the EU: What it is and what must be done about it

In presence and online event

Are electoral autocracies and one-party states still a mere theroetical concern or are they posing a clear threat to our common legal framework?

06 SEPTEMBER 2022

Lectures

Ruins Past and Future: Four Ways of Looking at History

In presence and online event

Why are ruins fascinating in such varied contexts and for such varied artistic purposes?

12 JULY 2022

Lectures

Polymers, Viscoelasticity, and Sustainable Energy

In presence and online event

The importance of material structure in sustainable energy applications

04 JULY 2022

Lectures

Studies of Natural and Artificial Photosynthesis

In presence and online event

An introduction to computational models for the study of Photosynthesis

28 JUNE 2022

Lectures

Literary forgeries, Traveling Texts and Fake Literature (?) The case of the Pseudo-Boccaccio’s Calonaco da Siena and Urbano.

Online event

Forgery and imitation: why have many works been wrongly attributed to Giovanni Boccaccio after his death?

21 JUNE 2022

Lectures

Taking steps towards a sustainable future using computational chemistry

In presence and online event

How computer simulations help us discover new proprieties of existing materials? How we can employ them to unlock a sustainable future?

14 JUNE 2022

Lectures

Man and environment: the role of environmental factors in the development of techno-economic adaptations in the Sistan Plain of the 3rd millennium BC

In presence and online event

Evidence of craft and industry in a broader perspective, combining the environmental factor with economic indicators

07 JUNE 2022

Lectures

Crisis, conflict and critical diplomacy: EU perceptions in Ukraine after the Maidan

In presence and online event

An examination of media images of the EU in Ukraine, and the evolution of Ukraine's image in the World

24 MAY 2022

Lectures

Vitamin C: from scurvy to the common cold, and now sepsis and COVID-19

In presence and online event

Mega-dose Vitamin C: a promising new treatment for sepsis?

17 MAY 2022

Lectures

Couplings on the run - from fundamental particles to quantum gravity

In presence and online event

How the scale dependence of fundamental couplings can be exploited in new ways to search for theories beyond the Standard Model? What are the prospect and challenges for scale invariance in quantum theories of gravity?

10 MAY 2022

Lectures

Paradise Lost? Taxation, Offshore and the Growth of Global Inequality

In presence and online event

What is the role of taxation and "paradisi fiscali" in creating the growing economic inequality worldwide? Can anything be done to stop it?

03 MAY 2022

Lectures

Food in, energy out: how does the brain monitor fat stores to maintain balance?

In presence and online event

How does the leptin hormone communicate with the brain? Why is it important for our whole organism?