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Cultura dei luoghi: tra progetto, azione e vissuto
No full textIl testo prende in esame alcuni tratti distintivi dell’attuale dimensione di vita metropolitana, evidenziandone diverse contraddizioni come nel caso delle numerose catastrofi planetarie (il riferimento è alla mostra di Paul Virilio “Ce qui arrive” del 2002, alla Fondation Cartier di Parigi), o dei problemi legati al proliferare degli slums nelle grandi conurbazioni esistenti. Il riferimento è poi ad alcune pratiche architettoniche alternative in grado di rivitalizzare il tessuto urbano più degradato come nel caso dell’architetto francese Patrick Bouchain o del recupero della vecchia High Line a New York, progetto di Diller Scofidio + Renfro. Tra gli altri interventi di nota analizzati il progetto “Eden” di Nicholas Grimshaw, in Cornovaglia.The essay examines some of the hallmarks of metropolitan life size, highlighting various contradictions as in the case of many planetary disasters (the reference is to the exhibition “Ce qui arrive” by Paul Virilio, held in 2002 at the Fondation Cartier of Paris), or of problems related to the proliferation of slums in the large existing conurbations. The reference is then to some alternative architectural practices able to revitalize the urban fabric degraded as in the case of French architect Patrick Bouchain or the recovery of the old High Line in New York designed by Diller Scofidio + Renfro. Among other known interventions analyzed the “Eden project” by Nicholas Grimshaw, in Cornwall
Comparing the procedures and practice of judicial dialogue in the US and the EU : effects of US unconstitutionality and EU's preliminary interpretative rulings
No full textSpecial Issue on 'CJEU'Published online: 19 December 2023The article investigates the role and powers of the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) and the European Court of Justice (ECJ) when a conflict between 'federal'/EU and State law arises. It focuses on how it is solved and the procedure followed to assess, in particular, what is the added value of the European preliminary ruling procedure (PRP), and what the composite European Union (EU) judicial system can learn from the United States (US) experience and the other way around. While in the EU the PRP is the main test bench for the relationship between ECJ and State courts, such a structured mechanism is lacking in the US, though other avenues of cooperation have been established over the last two centuries. Against this background, the contribution first reviews and compares the effects of a declaration of unconstitutionality in the US with the interpretative preliminary rulings rendered by the ECJ in which incompatibility between EU and national norms is de facto asserted and the duty to disapply arises. Second, it considers, respectively, the power of SCOTUS to remand a case to the State courts, once the State law has been judged unconstitutional, and how disapplication of the national law in contrast with EU law works as a result of an ECJ's ruling. Third, in both systems, it reviews the strategies and the arguments for judicial dialogueused by State courts to react and resist the higher court's assessment. Fourth, it examines proposals to better integrate the views and determination of the State courts into the activity of the 'federal'/EU court and vice versa. In summary, the comparative analysis suggests that SCOTUS tends to prefer a more decentralized approach in enforcing its rulings, largely influenced by its distinct models of judicial review. In contrast, the ECJ appears more inclined to assert substantial control, reserving considerable discretion to dictate the specifics of if, when and how the duty to disapply should come into play
"Europe from afar: a poetic history of the Jewish Mediterranean"
No full textarticle on literary history and cultural history of the Jews of the southern shore of the Mediterranean before and after colonialism, and based on a corpus of different language
Beyond Va Pensiero and the Prison Notebooks: Fernanda Gallo explains why modern Italian political thought can be best understood through the reception of Hegel
No full textThe review considers Fernanda Gallo's Hegel and Italian Political Thought against the background of common conceptions of Italian political thought. It reconstructs how Hegelian philosophy shaped three generations of Italian thinkers during Italy's unification and modernization (1832-1900). Challenging Anglophone historiography's focus on Mazzini and Gramsci, Gallo demonstrates how diverse political actors–from Southern revolutionaries to Northern liberals, from Marxists to fascists–drew upon Hegel's ideas to articulate competing visions of Italian nationhood. Beginning with the surprising Russian origins of Italian Hegelianism through figures like Ottavio Colecchi, the book centers on Naples as the hub of Hegelian thought, examining key mediators including Bertrando Spaventa and Marianna Florenzi Waddington. As I argue, Gallo shows compellingly how Hegel's philosophy informed not just theoretical debates but practical governance, including Silvio Spaventa's anti-Camorra policies. By tracing intellectual practices across prisons, parliaments, and private schools, this study reveals the Hegelian foundations underlying modern Italian political traditions–liberal, Marxist, and fascist–and their continued relevance
'To Save Them from the Dangers to their Faith’: Documenting Student Life at Catholic Women's Colleges
No full textThis article focuses on student life at Catholic women's colleges in the United States during the 20th century. These colleges helped acculturate many daughters of immigrants to middle-class American society, at the same time creating a specifically female and Catholic culture on college campuses. This evolving culture, which was characterized by the ideals of femininity, religion, and service, can be reconstructed through documentation from the college archives.Peer reviewe
‘A Well-Balanced Education’: Catholic Women’s Colleges in New Jersey, 1900-1970
No full textBy examining Catholic women's colleges in New Jersey during the period 1900-1970, this paper illustrates the complexity of developing a typology of Catholic women's colleges in the United States. The first Catholic women's college in New Jersey, College of Saint Elizabeth was established in 1899 by the Sisters of Charity; followed by Mount St. Mary's, later known as Georgian Court College, in 1908; Caldwell College in 1939; and Felician, originally a junior college, in 1967. Earlier typologies of Catholic women's colleges have divided them into elite liberal arts institutions and local, vocationally-oriented colleges which served the working and lower-middle-class daughters of immigrants. Using college catalogs and yearbooks from the four New Jersey colleges, this study compiles data on curriculum, the education of faculty, college costs, and student origins, and compares it to similar data from two elite colleges, Trinity in Washington, D.C. and Manhattanville in Purchase, New York. In spite of some pressure to offer vocational courses and the challenge of giving women religious faculty members the opportunity to pursue doctoral degrees, during this period New Jersey's Catholic women's colleges provided a Catholic liberal arts education for white middle-class women not unlike that offered at better known and more prestigious colleges. Only after 1970 did social and demographic changes begin to have an impact on the curriculum and student population of this sector of Catholic higher education.Peer reviewe
Gone and Forgotten? New Jersey's Catholic Junior Colleges
No full textIn the late 1960s, New Jersey had eleven seemingly-thriving Catholic junior colleges; by the mid-1970s, all but one of these colleges had closed. This article analyzes why these institutions appeared and disappeared so quickly, and explores what contribution they made to Catholic higher education. While private junior colleges declined throughout the U.S. during this period, in some respects the situation of New Jersey was unique. Research suggests that the greatest contribution these short-lived institutions made was to the education of women religious.Peer reviewe
Vanished Worlds: Searching for the Records of Closed Catholic Women’s Colleges
No full textThis article presents the results of a survey of the archives of 36 Roman Catholic women's colleges that have closed or merged with other institutions since 1967. The majority of these archives are held by the women's religious communities that originally sponsored the colleges, although about one third are held by universities. These archives are rich resources on the history of women, education, religion, and culture that to some degree have been neglected by scholars who have focused on the history of colleges that are still open. As well as suggesting avenues for future research, this article contributes to the literature on how archives can cope with the voluminous records of twentieth-century institutions, and to emerging scholarship on the relationship of archives and memory. The survey upon which it is based revealed certain limitations on preservation, access, and use of these archives, so the article concludes with recommendations on how to make them more visible.Peer reviewe
Women Academics in England, 1870-1930
No full textBased on the author's dissertation, this article traces the development of the academic profession for women in England in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, focusing on women at Oxford, Cambridge and London universities. Unlike in the United States, where women's role in higher education expanded and then retracted during this period, British women slowly and steadily made inroads into this male-dominated profession.Peer reviewe
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