Geopolitical and Social Significance of the Magna Graecia Development – From Yesterday to Today (part C)
Recently, the participation of the University of Magna Graecia (Catanzaro) in the first National University Day, following the invitation of the Conference of Rectors of Italian Universities (CRUI), was significant. The “Unveiled Universities” initiative, funded by the Italian Ministry of Universities and Research, was a contemporary opportunity to share the scientific and cultural heritage produced by the academic community for the service of society and the entire territory.
The CRUI accepted the request to establish National Universities Day on 20 March 2024 to coincide with International Day of Happiness and within Minerva Week, a period dedicated to the celebration of knowledge, science and education. The conferences, workshops and guided tours at the University of Magna Graecia were intended to reveal the life that takes place every day in the halls of the University, in order to create a strong connection with the rest of the territory. The day’s program ended at 15:00 at the San Giovanni Memorial Complex, with an event that had the characteristic title: From the beginnings of Magna Graecia, to the future of Magna Graecia (Giornata Nazionale delle Università – ‘UMG SVELATA). Experts and professors met within the scientific community and with the historical, naturalistic excursion that described the beautiful peculiarities of the local culture, i.e. the culture of Magna Graecia, with the scientific, social and geopolitical eye directed to the future, and the aim of developing new strategic programs for the University of Magna Graecia in Catanzaro.
Geopolitical and Social Significance of the Magna Graecia Development – From Yesterday to Today (part A)
Magna Graecia is an important and integral part of the European civilization, also known as “Europa Nostra”. General social and geopolitical
history has proven to us that whatever is true and has sound foundations, sooner or later becomes an eternal and powerful reality
that science deals with creatively and didactically. No historical lie, no utopia, and no general lie may last long, let alone forever, because no
morbid condition or theory can withstand time. The disintegration of the organization of the European historical South by the application
of various forms of violence against the historical people and especially since the year 1861 and the creation of the Italian nation that had
not existed before, was a bad social and geopolitical experiment. For this experiment hundreds of thousands of people paid with their lives
and millions of others were forced to leave their homes, from Magna Graecia to the ends of the Universe, and mainly in Latin America. At
the heart of the existence of peoples and nations is the culture they create, the social worldview that peoples shape. It is the property
and status of the ancient Greek people and nation that has lived in Southern Europe. Contemporary movements in Magna Graecia declare
that they want and can work all together for the European vision of creative unity.