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2019 Programme

Event #21

Paolo Colombo, Michele Tranquillini

Ernst Henry Shackleton. The hero who defeated the Arctic

On August 1st 1914, Sir Ernest Shackleton set sail from London with twenty-seven men to cross Antarctica on foot. During that odyssey that lasted two very long years, the British explorer and his companions lived adventures at the limits of the incredible: the shipwreck of the ship Endurance, the bivouac in the ice, the wanderings to the mainland, the crossing of unexplored mountains and glaciers. An engrossing story – made of determination, mutual trust, optimism and adaptability – which is told in words by Paolo Colombo and drawn live by Michele Tranquillini through his evocative watercolours. And that answers a question: what does it mean to be a hero? And what idea of heroism do we want for the time we live in?

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Paolo Colombo is ordinary Professor of History of Political Institutions at the Faculty of political and social sciences at the Catholic University of Milan, where he also lectures Contemporary History. Since many years he organizes in Milan the encounters names Storia&narrazione. He collaborates with Rai Storia and Rai3. He is author of essays and monographies. He published many young-adult novels published by Piemme. He wrote hthe book History Telling. Esperimenti di storia narrata (Vita e Pensiero, 2020).

Michele Tranquillini illustrator, collaborates with newspapers, magazines, and architecture and design studios, creating maps and travel reports, videos, and live performances.

2019 Programme

Event #21

Paolo Colombo, Michele Tranquillini

Ernst Henry Shackleton. The hero who defeated the Arctic

Space Exploration: today, tomorrow, and… the day after

And they called it sapiens

The future is history

Sketches

A time that is not near

Popular revolts in Medieval Europe. The Jacquerie of French peasants (1358)

Fragments of extinctions

Our future with A.I.

Will finance save the world?

Jokes on future

Taking care of oneself, of others, of the world

How is Earth’s climate changing?

The art of reading between past and future

The end of «the end of history»

Scott: future’s first explorer

Yesterday’s and tomorrow's diets. How to survive fake news?

Open Source Architecture

The inflamed mind

Will it still be possible to love you?

The race and the language: the future that does (not) expect us

Ernst Henry Shackleton. The hero who defeated the Arctic

The future of the theatre

Piano vs Groove

Popular revolts in Medieval Europe. The rebellion of the Ciompi (1378)

The destiny of a community and many religions: is there a dialogue for the future of humanity?

The Evil’s genes

The future of the word

Looking for immortality

Refugees’ future

What is the perspective of the future of Italy and of the world?

The real truth about plastic and bioplastic (maybe)

Robots of the future and plants

The chimera of peace

Re-writing the future of our children

City art versus outskirts art

Achilles, Odysseus and the truth of the future

Popular revolts in Medieval Europe.
The Jacquerie of French peasants (1358)