Program Schedule
Sunday, June 20, 2010
6:00 p.m.
Meet your Fellow Alumni at the Official Opening of the
Reunion Celebration at the Palazzo Corsini
Welcome Remarks
Ermelinda M. Campani, Spogli Family Director, The Breyer Center for Overseas Studies in Florence
Professor Norman Naimark, Director, Bing Overseas Studies Program
Robert & Florence McDonnell Prof of Eastern European Studies, Prof,
by courtesy, of German Studies & Senior Fellow, by courtesy, at
FSI and Hoover Institution
Professor Giuseppe Mammarella, Director Emeritus, Stanford Program in Florence
6:30 p.m.
Cocktail Reception
The Palazzo Corsini
Our celebration will begin on Sunday evening at the Palazzo
Corsini, a late Baroque palazzo located in the heart of downtown
Florence, almost halfway between the Ponte Santa Trinità and
the Ponte alla Carraia. The Palazzo originally belonged to the Ardinghelli
family, then to the Medici, then to the Corsini family. The building
is a great example of late Baroque architecture evidenced by its
roofs decorated with statues and terracotta vases and the main courtyard
that opens towards the riverbank. The family commissioned several
artists to decorate the noble apartment on the first floor, which
includes the Galleria Aurora, the Salone, the ballroom and other
important rooms; the outstanding painters include Anton Domenico
Gabbiani, Alessandro Gherardini and Pier Dandini.
Monday, June 21, 2010
10:00 a.m.
Meet at the Salone dei Cinquecento, Palazzo Vecchio (where
the Program was inaugurated)
10:00 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. Keynote Address, Professor Gerhard
Casper
11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Roundtable Discussion - Alumni Panel
Beyond Florence: The Past, Present and Future of the Study
Abroad Experience
Chair: Mr. T. Robert Burke, Class of 1964
Speakers:
- Mrs. Susan Cromwell Adamson, Esq., Class of 1978
- Mr. Michael Armstrong, Class of 1970
- Mr. Jim Breyer, Partner, Accel Partners, Class of 1983
- Ms. Jasmine Chiu, Graduate Student, University of Oxford, Class of 2007
- Mr. Nicholas Clements, Director
of Risk Oversight, Citigroup,
Class of 2000 - Mr. Cameron Jewell, Assistant, Relativity Media, Class of 2006
- Mr. Richard Levin, President, Yale University, Class of 1968
- Mrs. Jo Bufalino Libaw, M.D., class of 1973
- Ms. Sarah Naimark, MA in International Relations, Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, Class of 2003
Afternoon: Private special visits with professors from the home campus, Stanford in Florence professors and local experts.
Evening free
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
10:00 a.m.
Meet at the Salone dei Cinquecento, Palazzo Vecchio (where
the Program was inaugurated)
10:00 a.m. - 12.00 p.m.
Roundtable Discussion
“The Status Quo: Current Trends in Italian and European Politics and Economics”
Chair: Professor Giuseppe
Mammarella, Director Emeritus, Stanford Program in Florence
Speakers:
- Professor Gerhard Casper, President, Emeritus,
Peter & Helen Bing
Professor in Undergraduate Education, Professor of Law, & Senior
Fellow at FSI, Stanford University
Professor Roberto D’Alimonte, Professor of Political Science, University of Florence - Professor Judith Goldstein, Janet
M. Peck Professor in International Communication, Kaye
University Fellow in Undergraduate Education, Professor of Political
Science
Professor David M. Kennedy, Donald J. McLachlan Professor of History, Emeritus, Stanford University (Class of 1963) - Professor Leonardo Morlino, Jean Monnet Professor of Political Science at the University of Florence
- Honorable Ronald
P. Spogli, U.S. Ambassador to Italy (Class of 1970)
Afternoon: Private special visits with professors from the home campus, Stanford in Florence professors and local experts.
Evening free
Salone dei Cinquecento
This most imposing chamber was built in 1494 by Simone
del Pollaiolo, on commission of Savonarola who, replacing the Medici
after their exile as the spiritual leader of the Republic, wanted
it as a seat of the Grand Council (Consiglio Maggiore) consisting
of 500 members. Later the hall was enlarged by Giorgio Vasari so
that Grand Duke Cosimo I could hold his court in this chamber. During
this transformation famous (but unfinished) works were lost, including
the Battle of Cascina by Michelangelo and the Battle of Anghiari
by Leonardo. Leonardo da Vinci was commissioned in 1503 to paint
one long wall with a battle scene celebrating a famous Florentine
victory. Leonardo had finished painting part of the wall, but it
wasn't drying fast enough, so he brought in braziers stoked with
hot coals to try to hurry the process. As others watched in horror,
the wax in the fresco melted under the intense heat and the colors
ran down the walls to puddle on the floor. Michelangelo never even
got past making the preparatory drawings for the fresco he was supposed
to paint on the opposite wall -- Pope Julius II called him to Rome
to paint the Sistine Chapel, and the master's sketches were destroyed
by eager young artists who came to study them and took away scraps.
The surviving decorations in this hall were made between 1555 and
1572 by Giorgio Vasari and his helpers, among them Livio Agresti
from Forlì. They mark the culmination of mannerism and make
this hall the showpiece of the palace. On the walls are large and
expansive frescoes that depict battles and military victories by
Florence over Pisa and Siena
All former students and their families are invited to participate in the Stanford in Florence Fiftieth Anniversary Celebration. Each individual is responsible for making and paying for travel arrangements and hotel reservations for everyone in his or her party.
Registration Costs:
Alumni: $300.00
Young Alumni: $250.00 (those who graduated in June, 2000,
or later)
Families and Guests (cost per family member/guest): $250.00
Children under twelve: Complimentary