April 16, 2025
4:00 PM Rome time (CET)

Under the patronage of the Italian National Commission for UNESCO

Organized and introduced by:
Marialuisa Lucia Sergio, Roma Tre University
Miguel Bandeira Jerónimo, University of Coimbra
Damiano Matasci, University of Geneva

Panel: Bridging Divides? UNESCO’s Influence on Education and Culture in Cold War Eastern Europe
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Chair: Antonio D’Alessandri, Roma Tre Univerity
Discussant: Mikuláš Pešta, Charles University, Prague – Research Center for the History of Transformations (RECET), Vienna

Speakers:

Kyrill Kunakhovich, University of Virginia
“Sometimes It’s Hard to Find a Common Language”: UNESCO Summer Camps in Communist Poland, 1958-1989

Maja Lorbek, Technische Universität Wien and Project Coordinator, Leibniz Institute of Ecological Urban and Regional Research (IOER), Dresden
Experimental Schools and UNESCO Technical Assistance Program in Socialist Yugoslavia (1952-1958)

Andrei-Dumitru Olteanu, Faculty of History and Philosophy, Babeș-Bolyai University
UNESCO’s Role in Propaganda Diplomacy: Romanian Cultural and Educational Policies (1980–1989)

Gian Lorenzo Zichi, University of Cagliari
UNESCO and the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE): Education and Security in a Multilateral Perspective during the Cold War.

Panel: Universal Aspirations, Diverse Realities? Exploring Education, Social Justice, and Gender Equality in a Global Context
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Chair: Elena Zizioli, Roma Tre Univerity
Discussant: Veronica Riccardi, Roma Tre Univerity

Speakers:

Anna Ascenzi & Elena Girotti, Department of Education, Cultural Heritage, and Tourism, University of Macerata
Multilingual Education, World citizenship, Fundamental Education and Literacy: UNESCO and the Relationship with the Emerging European Community (1948-1963)

Serena Sani, University of Molise
UNESCO and the Fight Against Educational Inequalities in Postcolonial Societies: From Fundamental Education to Intercultural Education

Flavia De Lucia Lumeno, Università degli Studi “Nicolò Cusano”
From Peace to Tolerance: Marisetta Paronetto Valier’s Perspective on UNESCO’s Transformations

Agnes Desmazieres, Centre d’études en sciences sociales du religieux, EHESS, Paris
Education as a Women’s Right: Feminist NGOs and the UNESCO