Cosmos - Centre on Social Movement Studies

Below the link to Donatella della Porta's talk at last week's conference (and the perfect picture for a huge collective gathering of social movements scholars)
https://cosmos.sns.it/news/social-movements-in-intense-times-notes-for-a-semiserious-auto-ethnography/

Dozen of prestigious scholars from many different countries, lots of panels and debate, hundreds of young researchers, activists.
"Social movement studies in intense times" was a huge success in terms of knowledge exchange, debate and participation (after all there are no social movements without participation).
Pictures taken during the last day of works.
Thanks everybody for coming, researching, posing questions, organizing this important moment (in intense times)

A few pictures of the first day of our conference to honour Donatella della Porta's work and research. Professor's della Porta lecture was partially published by il Manifesto (link below, in Italian). More to come on the conference in the coming days
https://ilmanifesto.it/i-movimenti-sociali-in-tempi-difficili-e-intensi

Venerdì pomeriggio, la conferenza "Social movement studies in intense times" si conclude con un appuntamento italiano. Attivisti ed attiviste ed esponenti della società civile a confronto con Donatella Della Porta.
Raggiungeteci a Palazzo Strozzi o seguite la tavola rotonda online.

On Friday afternoon, the conference "Social Movement Studies in Intense Times" concludes with an Italian event. Activists and civil society representatives will discuss the state-of-the-art with Donatella Della Porta.
Join us at Palazzo Strozzi or follow the roundtable online.

The conference starts today at 2.30 pm, full days tomorrow and friday. Follow online as we gather a vast trove of scholars of social movements.
Find the program, details, venues, link to follow online here https://www.sns.it/it/evento/social-movement-studies-intense-times

Three days, three venues and a long list of speakers from many different countries and from our own scholars. This will be our 3,4,5 June conference to honor the work of Cosmos’s director Donatella Della Porta. The sessions and plenary cove a wide range of topics and studies on mobilization from environmental struggles, to the ways solidarity with Palestine takes shape, from Labour contentious politics, to the relation between parties and movements,from community organizations to far right parties.
Find the program, details, venues, link to follow online here https://www.sns.it/it/evento/social-movement-studies-intense-times

Tomorrow at 4 pm at the Istituto Ciampi (Palazzo Strozzi) we host Aldon Morris, currently visiting scholar at the Istituto for his lecture on W.E.B: Du Bois. This lecture addresses the profound importance of the scholarship and activism of W. E. B. Du Bois as a pivotal scholar of modernity who analyzed the role white supremacy played in shaping the modern world. Slavery and colonialism were key tools western Europe employed in the domination of people of color across the world during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Du Bois revealed how these forms of domination generated modern capitalism and the formation of vast empires in western Europe and the United States. Join us also online, all the details are here
https://istitutociampi.sns.it/en/evento/erasure-and-triumph-of-a-renowned-scholar-activist-the-saga-of-w-e-b-du-bois-2/

Il 30 aprile a Firenze una Cosmos roundtable (in italiano) alla Casa del Popolo San Niccolò.
La tavola rotonda si propone di offrire alcuni spunti di riflessione sulla complessa fase storica che sta attraversando Cuba, segnata da una profonda crisi economica e sociale, frutto di un embargo ultrasessantennale, ulteriormente inasprito negli ultimi mesi, e da criticità interne. Il dibattito esplorerà l’evoluzione della governance socio-economica dell’isola, i suoi rapporti con il resto del continente americano e i meccanismi di solidarietà internazionale che, nel tempo, hanno sostenuto Cuba.

Tomorrow, 24th April 2026, h11-13, Aula Pollaiolo (Palazzo Strozzi), we invite you to join us for a discussion on opportunities and challenges relating to water struggles and water governance - covering questions of democracy, climate change, and legal mobilizations.