(April 22nd, 2016) “The city and the history of Europe” is the title of the conference to be held on May 10th at the Italian Institute of Culture in Hamburg. The Professor Marcello Verga, from the University of Florence, will address the theme of the centrality of the city in the narrative of European history from the eighteenth century to the present. He will focus on their economic, political and cultural role in defining the structure of European society and in the construction of the classic paradigms of the idea of “European civilization”. Furthermore he will examine in depth some examples of European cities history which can illustrate the complexities and peculiarities of the urban phenomenon in European history. Organized by the IIC the conference will be held in Italian, with simultaneous translation into German. (Red)
