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Racism, W.E.B. Du Bois and the global color line. An interview with professor Aldon Morris
Racism, W.E.B. Du Bois and the global color line An interview with professor Aldon Morris Professor Aldon Morris, a scholar on social movements, civil rights, and social inequality has been visiting the SNS during the month of May. Morris is also known for his research on W.E.B: Du Bois, the…
Read moreResearching and imagining solutions to improve working conditions in the fast fashion industry – A conversation with professor Sarosh Kuruvilla
A few weeks ago, in Florence, in front of a shop in Zara, textile workers from Prato organized a small demonstration in solidarity with their colleagues who work for the large clothing group in Turkey. Fast fashion, the clothes we buy for a few euros in big chains, has for…
Read morePolitical Party Brands in Europe
A conversation with Professor Swen Hutter: 60% of European political parties running in elections avoid using the term “party”; one in five describes itself as a movement or avoids identifying as a party. Professor Swen Hutter teaches political sociology at Freie Universität Berlin and directs the Center for Civil Society…
Read moreHuman rights history before and after 1989 Interview with prof. Stefan-Ludwig Hoffmann
Stefan-Ludwig Hoffmann is a contemporary historian whose recent work focuses on human rights. He teaches at Berkeley, California, and between November and December he was a visiting guest at the Ciampi Institute in Florence. Over the past two years, the world has witnessed an explicit scaling back of the use…
Read moreThe causes behind Chile’s shift to the right
Different right-wing candidates offered a wide range of alternatives and coalesced in the second turn, immigration from Venezuela was broadly used as a campaign talking point that spoke to a wide range of the population, the relations between newly elected President Kemp and world right-wing leaders. A conversation with Javier…
Read moreInterview to prof. Santiago Anria – speaker in the conference “Protesting Crises: Progressive Social movements in the Face of Authoritarian Backlash”
The outcome of presidential elections in Chile presents an extremely polarized picture in which the left, which came to power on the back of social movements, finds itself competing with an extreme right that uses various arguments taken from Trump's agenda. What is the cause of this polarization, and why…
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