Europe Day 2026

May 8, 2026 at 11:00

The Center for European Studies (www.centrostudieuropei.it), directed by Prof. Massimo Pendenza organizes, in collaboration with the Department of Political and Social Studies (DiSPS), the 12th edition of Europe Day.

This year’s guest is Giovanni Moro (University of Rome “Sapienza”), who will hold a Lectio Magistralis entitled European Identity and Citizenship Practices 

Prof. Massimo Pendenza (Director of the Center for European Studies, UniSa) introduces the meeting.

Institutional greetings from: Prof. Virgilio D’Antonio (Chancellor of the University of Salerno), Prof. Maurizio Merico (Head of the Department of Political and Social Studies), prof. Orlando Troisi (Delegate, UniSa Third Mission), and Giuseppe Lumia (Former Senator and President of the Anti-Mafia Commission).

Before the lesson, a String and Voice Quartet composed by the Masters of the Liceo Musicale Alfano I from Salerno will cheer the audience online by playing the Hymn to Joy. Since 1972, the melody, taken from the Ninth symphony composed in 1823 by Ludwig van Beethoven who put Friedrich von Schiller’s ode to music in 1785, has been used by the EU as its own anthem.

The meeting will take place on May 8, 2025 at “Pecoraro” Conference Hall, Building C1, University of Salerno, Fisciano (SA).

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