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Paths of Peace: Practices, Aesthetics, Imaginaries



“Paths of Peace: Practices, Aesthetics, Imaginaries” (Itinerarios de Paz in the original Spanish title) is a series of meetings, seminars, performances, exhibitions and research activities that explores the theme of peace through artistic practices, memory, migration and forms of social imagination. Conferences, workshops, screenings and moments of discussion invite us to consider peace not only as a political condition, but as an experience, a daily practice and a cultural process, capable of bringing together different forms of knowledge, languages and visions.

Promoted by the University of Milan as part of the MSCA project “Peace and Mobilities”, the series brings together researchers, students and academic partners from Europe and Latin America.

The programme, which runs from 28 September to 30 October 2026, includes a wide range of initiatives held in different settings across Milan and Lampedusa, involving universities, cultural institutions and other spaces in the area.

Below are the events taking place in Milan from 13 October. For more information, see here.

  • Monday 12 October, from 3:00 to 6:00 pm, in the Sala di Iberistica at the University (Piazza S. Alessandro, 1), the programme opens with the Business Meeting welcoming international researchers, with Camilo Forero (Universität Bielefeld). An aperitivo follows at 7:00 pm.
  • Tuesday 13 October, from 10:30 am to 1:30 pm, in the Sala di Iberistica (Piazza S. Alessandro, 1), the inaugural conference “Hacia la Paz: Amicitia como potencia vital contra el pólemos”, with Vittoria Borsò (University of Düsseldorf) in conversation with Joachim Michael (University of Bielefeld).
  • Wednesday 14 October, from 11:30 am to 12:30 pm, in the Sala di Iberistica (Piazza S. Alessandro, 1), Micol Manunta presents the latest developments in the H401 research project. At 5:00 pm, at Puntozero Beccaria (Via dei Calchi Taeggi, 20), Giacomo Sferlazzo performs the documentary cantata “3 ottobre 2013. Il naufragio della verità”.
  • Thursday 15 October, from 10:30 am to 1:30 pm, in the Sala di Iberistica (Piazza S. Alessandro, 1), Édgar Álvarez meets with students for "Darién: Sueños de Barro". At 4:30 pm, in the same room, Édgar Álvarez and Sandra Páez lead the workshop “Refugiados y migrantes en América Latina”, with an online contribution from Paolo Vignolo. At 6:00 pm, at the Instituto Cervantes (Via Zebedia, 2), the exhibition “Darién: Sueños de barro” opens.
  • Monday 19 October, from 10:30 am to 1:30 pm, in the Sala di Iberistica (Piazza S. Alessandro, 1), Cecilia Estrada Villaseñor, Hiram Ángel Lara and Alonso Hernández present the latest research developments from the Universidad de Comillas and the Universidad de Guadalajara. At 4:30 pm, at the Instituto Cervantes (Via Zebedia, 2), the Festival de cine Colombia Migrante gets under way.
  • Tuesday 20 October, from 9:30 am to 6:30 pm, at the Fondazione Le Stelline (Corso Magenta, 61), the study day “Colombia: a dieci anni dagli accordi di pace” (Colombia: ten years after the peace accords), coordinated by Roberto Cornelli (Department of Criminal Law “Cesare Beccaria”) with La Statale per la Pace, CNPDS and the ICTJ – International Center for Transitional Justice.
  • Wednesday 21 October, from 10:30 am to 1:30 pm, in the Sala di Iberistica (Piazza S. Alessandro, 1), Fernanda Barbosa Dos Santos and Folco Zaffalon present the latest research developments from the Universidad Nacional de Colombia. From 3:00 to 6:00 pm, at the Instituto Cervantes (Via Zebedia, 2), Édgar Álvarez leads the workshop “Sueños de barro” with researchers.
  • Thursday 22 October, from 11:30 am to 12:30 pm, in the Sala di Iberistica (Piazza S. Alessandro, 1), Tania Pleitez Vela presents the latest research developments from the University of Milan. At 2:45 pm, at the Instituto Cervantes (Via Zebedia, 2), Maria Matilde Benzoni and Maria Vittoria Calvi (University of Milan) offer “Un acercamiento a la pastoral de los migrantes de Milán” (an introduction to the pastoral care of migrants in Milan), including a visit to the Basilica of Santo Stefano Maggiore.
  • Friday 23 October, in the Sala di Iberistica (Piazza S. Alessandro, 1), Milin Bonomi speaks from 10:30 am to 12:00 pm, followed by Maria Cristina Paganoni from 12:00 to 1:30 pm (both University of Milan). In the afternoon, at the Instituto Cervantes (Via Zebedia, 2), the Festival de cine Colombia Migrante continues.
  • Monday 26 October, from 10:30 am to 1:30 pm, in the Sala di Iberistica (Piazza S. Alessandro, 1), the closing conference with Mafe Moscoso and Diego Falconí. At 5:30 pm, in the University's Aula Magna (Via Festa del Perdono, 7), the concluding event "La Statale per la Pace", with Cristina Cattaneo, Monica Massari and Laura Scarabelli.
  • Tuesday 27 October, in the afternoon, the Milan Team (Equipo Milán) leads a walk along Via Padova.
  • Wednesday 28 and Thursday 29 October, the international congress of the Asociación Internacional de Colombianistas takes place, “Colombias rurales y afroindígenas: saberes de paz” (Rural and Afro-Indigenous Colombias: Knowledges of Peace).
  • Thursday 29 October closes with a farewell aperitivo.

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