scholarships

The participatory experience of the Revolution, Democracies and Freedom seminar, promoted as part of the eighth edition of the Taobuk Festival, conceived and directed by Antonella Ferrara, ended on September 30, 2018, with the awarding of eight scholarships worth 500 euros each to the students of the Galileo Galilei Scientific High School in Catania, directed by the principal Gabriella Chisari, thanks to the support of the president of the Oelle Foundation, Ornella Laneri, convinced of the importance of investing in the very young, and of the Italian Institute for Philosophical Studies in Naples directed by Fiorinda Li Vigni.

Twenty-three students from Galileo participated in the project, accompanied by Professor Nadia Cucinotta during the meetings on June 26 and 27, entitled “Revolution, Democracies and Freedom. 50 Years after 1968” held at the Historical Archives of Taormina with the presence of Giuseppe Gembillo, professor of History of Philosophy at the University of Messina, Gianluca Lioni, author of I grandi discorsi che hanno fatto la storia (Newton & Compton) and Stefano Azzarà from the University of Urbino, who moderated the seminar.

The students produced essays on what they learned during the Taobuk experience, jointly evaluated by the three promoters of the initiative. Eight winners: Tresy Battaglia, Daniele Belfiore, Alessia Cannavò, Michelangelo Capizzi, Gabriele Crisci, Alfio Pappalardo, Giulia Pappalardo and Angelo Pettinato, who with the scholarships have the right to a training stay in Naples, during which they will attend a show centered on the figure of Eleonora De Fonseca Pimentel, female protagonist of the 1799 uprisings in Naples, and will have the opportunity to visit Palazzo Serra di Cassano, historic headquarters of the Italian Institute for Philosophical Studies, and the splendid Cappella Sansevero.