Historical Activity up to 2015

Venue: Brooklyn College, CUNY, USA. 18-20 June.
Organizers: Jerome Krase, Italo Pardo and Giuliana B. Prato.
Sponsored by: Commission on Urban Anthropology, Brooklyn College International Education Programme, St John’s University, CUNY Academy of Humanities and Sciences’ Feliks Gross Seminar on Visual and Urban Ethnography.

Venue: St Etienne, France, 7-10 July.
Co-organizer: Michel Rautenberg, convened under the auspices of the Commission on Urban Anthropology.
Sponsored by: Centre Max Weber, Université Jean Monnet; IMU, Intelligences des Mondes Urbains; Université de Lyon; Puit Couriot, Parc-Musée de la Mine; IRAM – International RHÔNE-ALPES Medias; Ville de Saint-Etienne.

Venue: Chiba, Japan, 15-18 May.
Convenors: Italo Pardo and Subhadra Channa
Joint panel of the Commission on Urban Anthropology (CUA) and the Commission on the Anthropology of Women. IUAES Intercongress.

Venue: University of Fribourg, Switzerland. 12-15 September.
The Organizing Committee included: Italo Pardo and Giuliana B. Prato and local anthropologists.
Sponsored by: The Department of Social Anthropology and the Rectorate of the University of Fribourg, and the Swiss National Foundation.

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Venue: Manchester, UK, 5-10 August.
Giuliana B. Prato was a Member of the National Organizing Committee.

Venue: Mostra D’Oltremare, Naples, Italy. 10-14 September 2012.
Convened under the auspices of the IUAES Commissions on “Urban Anthropology” and “Enterprise Anthropology”.
Organizer and Scientific Co-ordinator: Italo Pardo.
With the collaboration of: University of Naples Federico II; University of Naples 2; Media Group Il Denaro; Brazilian Anthropological Association; Centro de Investigationes y Estudios Superiores en Antropologia Social, Mexico; China Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences; China Commission on Urban Anthropology; Colegio de Etnólogos y Antropologos Sociales, Mexico; Indian Anthropological Association; International Association of Southeast European Anthropology; IUAES Commission on Anthropology of Women; IUAES Commission on Human Rights.
Sponsored by: Il Denaro Group; Wenner Gren Foundation for Anthropology; Camera di Commercio Napoli; Royal Anthropological Institute (UK); CIESAS (Mexico); Regione Campania; University of Kent (UK); Avv. Gaeta Business Lawyers; Adler Group.

Venue: Villa Lana, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic, 25-26 May.
The Organizing Committee included: Hana Cervinkova, Giuliana B. Prato and local ethnographers.
Sponsored by: Institute of Ethnology of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, with the support of UNESCO-MOST Programme.

Venue: University of the Peloponnese, Corinth, Greece. 27-29 May.
Convened by Italo Pardo and Manos Spyridakis, in association with the Commission on Urban Anthropology.
Sponsored by: Faculty of Social Sciences and Department of Social and Educational Policy, University of the Peloponnese; Greek Minister of Labour.

Venue: Kolkata, India, 14-16 February2011.
The Organizing Committee included Giuliana B. Prato and local anthropologists.
Sponsored by: Commission on Urban Anthropology-CUA and Commission on Human Right.

Venue: Gioiosa Marea, Sicily, June.
The Organizing Committee included Italo Pardo and Marcello Mollica. Convened under the auspices of the Commission on Urban Anthropology.
Sponsored by: Municipality of Gioiosa Marea.

Venue: Maynhoot, Ireland, 14-27 August.
Panel convened by Italo Pardo and Ilka Thiessen.
European Association of Social Anthropologists (EASA) Conference: “Crisis and Imagination”.

Venue: Kunming, China, 27-31 July.
Panel convened by Italo Pardo and Giuliana B. Prato, under the under the auspices of the Commission on Urban Anthropology.
XVI IUAES World Congress on “Humanity, Development and Cultural Diversity”.

Venue: Kunming, China, 27-31 July.
Panel Co-convened by Giuliana B. Prato, and held under the auspices of the Commission on Urban Anthropology and InASEA.
XVI IUAES World Congress on “Humanity, Development and Cultural Diversity”.

Venue: London School of Economics, London, UK. 13-14 September.
Co-organizers included Italo Pardo, Jonathan Parry and Giuliana B. Prato.
In association with the London School of Economics.

Venue: University Zonja e Këshillave të Mirë, Tirana, Albania, 27-31 August.
Silver Jubilee Conference of the IUAES Commission on Urban Anthropology.
The Organizing Committee included Giuliana B. Prato (co-ordinator), Italo Pardo and Manos Spyridakis and local scholars.
In association with: Albania Academy of Sciences, Catholic University Zonja e Këshillave të Mirë, University of Tirana.
Sponsored by the Wenner-Gren Foundation Grant.

Venue: Cadiz, Spain, 30 May – 2 June.
Convened by Italo Pardo and Giuliana B. Prato, under the auspices of the IUAES Commission on Urban Anthropology.

Venue: University Zonja e Këshillave të Mirë, Tirana, Albania. August-September 2006.
Co-organized and co-directed by Giuliana B. Prato and Italo Pardo
Sponsored by: Albania Academy of Sciences, University of Tirana, Co-Plan Albania-Institute of Habitat Development
This Postgraduate Training School was organised following the interests of some young Albanian scholars to learn about Social Anthropology. The aim was to introduce this discipline in the Country and stimulate future development. The first part of the School focused on the tradition and methodological paradigm of Sociocultural Anthropology. The second part of the School focused on “Urban Anthropological Research”, addressing theoretical, methodological and ethical issues.
The School was attended by junior and senior scholars from: University of Tirana, Albanian Academy of Sciences, Catholic University “Zoja e Këshillit të Mirë” (Tirana), Municipality of Tirana, Albanian Ministries of Labour and of Transport, University of Prishtina (Kosovo), Kosovar Ministry of Education, University of the Peloponnese (Greece), University of Messina (Italy), University of Graz (Austria), University of Halle (Germany), Polish Academy of Sciences.

Venue: Lucca, Italy, 5-12 July.
Pre-congress Session coordinated by Giuliana B. Prato under the auspices of the IUAES Commission on Urban Anthropology. XV IUAES International Congress (ICAES).
The pre-congress session included a panel on “Urban Dynamics and Global Political Projects”. Participants included anthropologists, sociologists, urbanists and historians.

Venue: Facoltà di Agraria, University of Naples Federico II, Italy. 28-29 November 2023.
Organized by Italo Pardo in association with Assessorato ai Lavori Pubblici, Provincia di Napoli.
Contributors were anthropologists, economists, civil engineers, architects, jurists and diplomats, as well as local administrators and central government politicians.
The Conference was attended by a large public and was widely reported in the media.
Sponsorships: Provincia di Napoli and private companies.

Roundtable on European Citizenship: The Legitimacy of Political and Economic Change.
Venue: University of Kent, UK, June 2023.
Contributors to this conference were mainstream anthropologists, economists and diplomats.

Venue: Facoltà di Agraria, University of Naples Federico II, Italy, 25-26 October 2022.
Organized by Italo Pardo in association with Assessorato ai Lavori Pubblici, Provincia di Napoli.
Contributors to this two full days International Interdisciplinary Conference were drawn from academia (economists, anthropologists, architects, medical doctors and jurists) and politics (local administrators).
Sponsored by: Provincia di Napoli.
The Conference was attended by a large public and was widely reported in the media.

Venue: Confindustria Conference Room, Salerno, Italy. 1-2 December 2000.
Convenor and scientific organization: Italo Pardo.
Sponsored by: Istituto di Studi Economici e Sociali, the Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio Salernitana, the Board of Confindustria (Salerno), the financial paper Il Denaro.
Paper-givers at this two-day major Conference included: the head of the Faculty of Economics (University of Rome), three professors of Economics (one also an industrialist, the second also director of the Istituto di Studi Economici e Sociali and consultant to a bank, the third also external assessor for some banks, internal assessor for a bank and legal consultant), two professors of medicine (one head of department) a medical doctor (Chief Consultant in a Naples hospital), the president of Confindustria for the Province of Salerno, the President of Confindustria for the Campania Region, the High Commanding Officer (a General) of the Carabinieri of the Regione Campania and his deputies, a professor of Law (also consultant to Consiglio Superiore della Magistratura, and Director General of a large Health Service Institution), two professors of Law and members of Consiglio Superiore della Magistratura, the Emeritus President of the Constitutional Court, four Chief Prosecutors (one also a former Assistant Professor of Law) responsible for different Southern Provinces, a Deputy Chief Prosecutor, a judge who is now the Legal Consultant to the President of the Republic, the Legal Representative of Italy and the EU in Albania and Legal Consultant to the Albanian Government, the News Editor of RAI, the Editor of a quality financial paper, and the editor of a national newspaper.
The Conference was widely publicised and reported in the media. Reports included several interviews given by the Conference participants.
The large public included the British Consul General, academics, lawyers, judges, MPs, high-ranking police officers, commanding officers of the Navy and the Army and the President of the Interparliamentary Commission, who also intervened alongside other members of the audience.
The Conference successfully achieved its objective of making the results received by law-making bodies.
Revised versions of the papers presented at the Conference have been published in a Special Issue of the journal Sviluppo Economico 2000: (4) 3: 105-254.

Venue: Conference Room of Il Denaro, Naples, Italy. December 1999.
Organized by Italo Pardo in association with Il Denaro.
Sponsored by: Istituto di Studi Economici e Sociali, Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio Salernitana, financial paper Il Denaro.
Participants included two Social Anthropologists, a High Commanding Officer (a General) of the Carabinieri and his deputies, the British Consul General (Naples), a Deputy Chief Prosecutors (one also a former Assistant Professor of Law), two Chief Prosecutors (one also a former Assistant Professor of Law), a leading British lawyer, a professor of Economics (also director of the Istituto di Studi Economici e Sociali and consultant to a bank), the Editor of a financial paper.
The Conference was advertised and widely reported in the media.
The Conference proceedings were published in a Special Issue on Corruption of the journal Sviluppo Economico, 2000: (4) 1: pp.105-150.

Venue: Conference Room of the Banca di Credito Popolare, Torre del Greco, Naples, Italy. June 1999.
Organized by Italo Pardo in association with Il Denaro.
Sponsors: Banca di Credito Popolare, the financial weekly Il Denaro.
Participants included two Social Anthropologists, the High Commanding Officer (a General) of the Carabinieri of the Regione Campania, two Chief Prosecutors (one also a former Assistant Professor of Law), a Deputy Chief Prosecutor, a professor of Law and member of the Superior Council of the Magistracy (Consiglio Superiore della Magistratura, the self regulatory body of the judiciary), a professor of Philosophy, a professor of Law (also consultant to Consiglio Superiore della Magistratura, and Director General of a large Health Service Institution), a medical doctor (Chief Consultant in a Naples hospital), a professor of Economics (also external assessor for some banks, internal assessor for a bank and legal consultant), the News Editor of RAI (state television), the Editor of a financial paper.
The Conference was widely reported in the media.
A large public of journalists, academics and specialists in the financial, legal and medical sectors attended.
The Conference proceedings were published in a Special Issue of Il Denaro.

Naples, Italy, November 1998. Venue: Conference Room of Il Denaro.
Convenor and scientific organization: Italo Pardo.
Sponsored by the financial weekly Il Denaro.
Participants in the conference included two Social Anthropologists, a professor of Philosophy, a High Court judge, three Chief Prosecutors (one also a former Assistant Professor of Law), a Deputy Chief Prosecutor, two professors of Law (one a Defending lawyer, the other also a consultant to Consiglio Superiore della Magistratura and Director General of a large Health Service Institution), two professors of Economics (one also an industrialist, the other also a chief consultant for FIAT in South Italy) a professor of Medicine (and Head of Faculty) the Editor of a financial paper.
The Conference was advertised and widely reported in the media.
The Conference proceedings were published in a Special Issue of Il Denaro.

Venue: University of Kent, UK, 18-19 September 1996.
Convened by Italo Pardo in association with the Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology (University of Kent).
Sponsored by: Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology (University of Kent) and the Institute of Social Research (University of Kent).
The Conference brought together a strong field of top Social Anthropologists and Jurists across the country. Abstracts and papers were circulated in advance.
Some of the papers were developed into chapters for a volume on Morals of Legitimacy edited by Italo Pardo for Berghahn Books, Oxford.