CHINA FOCUS – Issues on China – Innovation, Society and Culture
Bachelor student
Master student
PhD, researcher
Course, workshop, MOOC, seasonal school
In person
English
4
05/05/2025 to 09/05/2025
Course Description
The Seasonal School “Issues on China: Innovation, Society and Culture” is an intensive program held from May 5 to May 9, 2025, in Pisa, organized by the Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies. It critically analyses economic, social, political, and legal aspects of modern China through cutting-edge research. The interdisciplinary event focuses on engaging with China’s people, countries, and systems, exploring Chinese innovation, geopolitical issues, and legal systems. Chinese language lessons are provided. The program addresses China’s assertive role in the international order, offering European and Italian scholars’ insights into its evolution, challenges, and contradictions. Dedicated to the late Filippo Nicosia, former Consul General of Italy in Chongqing, the Seasonal School aims to provide comprehensive learning objectives, fostering critical analysis, interdisciplinary understanding, language engagement, pluralism of perspectives, global role analysis, evaluation skills, cultural understanding, and insight into contradictions.
Subject area
Economics and Business
Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Political Science
Field area
Innovation & Entrepreneurship
Social Sciences
Time format
Weekly
Educational-info
Application deadline
02/04/2025
Teachers
Alberto Di Minin
Competences
The Seasonal School “Issues on China: Innovation, Society and Culture” is an intensive program held from May 5 to May 9, 2025, in Pisa, organized by the Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies. It critically analyses economic, social, political, and legal aspects of modern China through cutting-edge research. The interdisciplinary event focuses on engaging with China’s people, countries, and systems, exploring Chinese innovation, geopolitical issues, and legal systems. Chinese language lessons are provided. The program addresses China’s assertive role in the international order, offering European and Italian scholars’ insights into its evolution, challenges, and contradictions. Dedicated to the late Filippo Nicosia, former Consul General of Italy in Chongqing, the Seasonal School aims to provide comprehensive learning objectives, fostering critical analysis, interdisciplinary understanding, language engagement, pluralism of perspectives, global role analysis, evaluation skills, cultural understanding, and insight into contradictions.
Prerequisites
Undergraduate, postgraduate, and PhD students.
Duration
1 week
Day of the weeks
5
ECTS
4
Validation mode
In presence
Maximum number of students
20
Language
English
Access to disable
In progress
Organizer
Partner
Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna
Faculty
Prof. Alberto Di Minin; Prof. Antonio Frisoli, Dr. Marco Bonaglia, Dr. Ida Fiore.
Department
Management Institute
Address
Piazza Martiri della Libertà 33. - Pisa