Summer School Beyond Globalization
Call for Registration
We are delighted to invite you to the International Summer School “Beyond Globalization”, which will take place on 17 and 18 July 2026 at the Saracen Sands Hotel & Congress Centre in Isola delle Femmine, Palermo, Sicily.
The Summer School is organized by the Department Cultures and Societies, the PhD Programme in Differences, Disequalities, Participation and the Master programme in Development and Migration Studies of the Università degli Studi di Palermo.
The event will offer us the opportunity to engage critically with the limits of the globalization paradigm and to explore new conceptual tools for making sense of our contemporary condition – war regimes, emerging migration issues, environmental questions, the interconnections of global infrastructures (financial circuits, logistical networks, extractive regimes, digital platforms) – as well as the transformations of political and aesthetic landscapes.
Through keynote lectures, chaired panels, and open discussions, participants will interact with leading international scholars: Valeria Cammarata, Dipesh Chakrabarty, Rochona Majumdar, Serena Marcenò, Federica Mazzara, Sandro Mezzadra, WJT Mitchell, Brett Neilson, Michele Nicoletti, Giulia Sajeva, Martina Tazzioli, Gabriella Trovato, Salvo Vaccaro.
We welcome professors, researchers, and PhD students who wish to attend as participants this critical and collective reflection on what lies beyond globalization.
PS: Registrations are now closed
Practical Info
Registration Information: the summer school is open for attendance to Professors or post-doctoral researchers, and to PhD students.
Registration fee: Free of charge (until all places are filled – important: please cancel your booking if you no longer plan to join so that we can include people on the waiting list)
Location: Saracen Sands Hotel & Congress Centre, Isola delle Femmine (Palermo), Italy
Lunches on both days (17–18 July) are offered to all registered participants.
Mandatory registration deadline: 30 May 2026
How to register: Please contact the Tour Operator and Congress Organizer SoleBlu via email at booking@soleblusicilia.it
- in your message, please indicate whether you are attending as:
- Professor / Researcher or
- PhD Student
Registration is considered completed only upon receipt of registration email by the travel agency. The sole filling of the form that the Agency will forward is not to be considered sufficient.
Accommodation: The travel agency may, upon request, also book a room for you at the Hotel Saracen (subject to availability – costs to be covered by participant).
For any organizational matter, please contact the Tour Operator at booking@soleblusicilia.it
For any further scientific information, please contact the organizing team of the Università degli Studi di Palermo.
Organizing team: Serena Marcenò (serena.marceno@unipa.it), Valeria Cammarata (valeria.cammarata@unipa.it), Giulia Sajeva (giulia.sajeva@unipa.it), Germana Vinciguerra (germana.vinciguerra@unipa.it), Angela La Rosa (angela.larosa01@unipa.it), Claudia Spagnulo (claudia.spagnulo@unipa.it), Bianca Nogara Notarianni (bianca.nogaranotarianni@unipa.it).
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