Nell'ambito della winter-school promossa dal Dipartimento di studi umanistici dell'Università di Pavia ( 2-7 dicembre 2019) e imperniata sulla diplomazia pubblica, intesa nelle principali articolazioni del soft power e delle sue pratiche, in prospettiva diacronica e politematica, tre successive sessioni sono rispettivamente dedicate a: 1. The new public diplomacy and foreign publics. Lectures and workshop on:

Public diplomacy in the Age of artificial Intelligence;

Public Diplomacy and Nation Branding;

Public Diplomacy: an interview

with Corneliu Bijola; Paul Sharp; Ilaria Poggiolini and Lorenzo Medici; coordinator and discussant  Ilaria Poggiolini;

2. A diplomacy of ideas: the influence of Italian political and strategic thinking in the Modern Age . Lectures and workshop on:

Italian writers and European debates on reason of state and international law:

Hard and soft power in historical perpspective;

Legal framework and stability policies activities in crisis response operations .

With Francisco Xavier Gil Pujol, Mario Rizzo and Emmanuele Barbieri, coordinator and discussant   Mario Rizzo

3. Promoting the regime abroad: cultural and artistic images of fascist Italy.Lectures and workshop on:

Under Western eyes: foreign observes in fascist Italy ;

Fraternity and cultural  rivalry between France and Italy in the second half of the 19th century.

With Emilio Gentile, Jean-Yves Frétigné, Michele Cattane, coordinator and discussant Elisa Signori