"Sustainable Pedagogies and Scholarship on Europe in the 21st century”  

Chair: Janet Horne, Associate Professor of French, Director of European Studies, University of Virginia     
Michael Levenson, William B. Christian Professor of English, University of Virginia

"Making a Religion out of Learning: What the Ordinary World can Teach the University"
Manuela Achilles, Director, Center for German Studies, University of Virginia

“Teaching and Learning about Sustainability: A Transatlantic Perspective”
Enrico Cesaretti, Assoc. Prof. of Italian, 2016-17 Mellon Humanities Fellow, Institute of the Humanities and Global Cultures , University of Virginia

“Ecocinema as Political Pedagogy in Italy: Massimiliano Mazzotta’s Oil. The Devastating Force of Petroleum. The Dignity of Sardinians"
Elgin Cleckley, Assistant Professor of Architecture and Design Thinking, University of Virginia

“TEMP Studio: Design Thinking for the Migrant and Refugee Crisis on the Italian Island of Lampedusa.”
Krishan Kumar, William R. Kenan, Jr., Professor of Sociology, University of Virginia

“Imperial Legacies, East and West”
Discussant: Katya Makarova, Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Virginia