St. John's University Rome Graduate Programs

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Interested in learning more about our Master's in Government & Politics / International Affairs at St. John’s University's Rome Campus?
Join our Info Session on Thursday May 12. Click this link https://grad.stjohns.edu/register/MAGOV5 to register. Come join us to learn more about our program!

Come and learn about St. John’s University MA program in International Relations at our Rome Campus
Thursday, May 5 from 4pm – 8pm
There is still time to apply for the Fall 2022 semester!
Location:
St. John’s University
Via Marcantonio Colonna 21A
Rome 00192
To attend: Click https://grad.stjohns.edu/register/romeopenhouse

For more info: Contact Maggie Panzera at [email protected]
We would be happy to arrange individual visits to campus, or phone calls, if you are not able to make our Open Day.
For more information, please go to link in our bio.

Did you know that today is Rome's 2775th birthday? Known as Natale di Roma, this annual celebration commemorates the founding of Rome by Romulus in the year 753 BC. Parades, historical re-enactments, free museums, important inaugurations are all happening on the Natale di Roma today and throughout the weekend. Discover the program of events at www.natalediroma.it

A couple of weeks ago, some of our students had the special opportunity to visit the U.S. Embassy here in Rome. During our tour, our guide walked us through the long and colorful history of the many buildings that have occupied the site where the U.S. Tri-Mission now stands. This is one of the most historically and archaeologically significant areas of Rome. First chosen by Julius Caesar, then Emperor Tiberius, when lush gardens and Greek and Roman monuments were built. Famous artifacts from the Ludovisi and Boncompagni families were also discovered. We viewed famous paintings, sculptures and marble dating back to Napoleion’s time and visited Palazzo Margherita, which was home to Queen Margherita, the mother of King Victor Emanuel II. A special thanks to our wonderful guide for taking the time to offer such a great tour!

This Tuesday, March 29th, our Rome campus and Department of Government and Politics are hosting a special lecture titled “Crisis Management & International Justice: The Case of The Great Lakes Region of Africa” Our guest speaker will be Leonardo Baroncelli, former Italian Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Congo.
While being commonly considered an area of high economic potential, the Great Lakes region is recovering from a long period of conflict, from which only Tanzania has emerged largely unscathed. However, recent developments have been encouraging, paving the way to new security dynamics and reform processes. After the last presidential elections held in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), cautious hope is being expressed that the cycle of violence and political instability could finally be drawing to a close. The region is now almost free of armed conflict with the exception of Eastern DRC, where control by the government forces and security remain very fragile. Yet tensions between the DRC and its neighbors to the east still exist, and Congolese military operations against the armed groups are still active there, and are proceeding at a slow pace. Hope remains that stability and development can increase and positively impact the countries of the region and other post conflict countries.
The lecture will analyze the context and the great potential for growth in the region as well as the expectations of its people, which, for so many years, have been victims and hostages of authoritarian rule, impunity, mismanagement and kleptocracy, and which rightly deserve a better future that includes peace, stability and human and social development.
The event will take place at our Rome campus in the Aula Magna (Room 214) at 7pm. Refreshments will be served afterwards. You, your colleagues and students are all welcome to join us. If you can share the attached flyer, we would greatly appreciate it!
As places are limited, please sign up by clicking on this link by the end of today Monday March 28 https://www.sjurome.com/events/crisis-management-international-justice-the-case-of-the-great-lakes-region-of-africa

Last night, St. John’s Rome Campus along with CEA hosted a special panel discussion about the current conflict in Ukraine. We thank everyone who attended.

Our panelists were:

Federigo Argentieri, professor at John Cabot University and director the Guarini Institute for Public Affairs in Rome and regular
contributer to "Corriere della Sera" and other Italian and international media.
Ieva Jākobsone Bellomi, Latvian certified EU lawyer with several years of experience in trade diplomacy in the Baltic States, Russia, the UK, and China.
Irina Kashchey, Ukrainian freelance journalist with experience working for DW Ukrainian, the National Radio of Ukraine, the press agency Ukrinform and BBC Ukrainian.
Alessandra Quattrocchi, Italian journalist and writer, and the head of the Video News Desk of the press agency
Askanews in Rome. She has written about international affairs since 1996, and regularly contributes to several Italian magazines (Il Venerdì, IoDonna, among others).

This was an article we featured in our 2014 Rome Campus Graduate Newsletter.

Given the latest developments in Ukraine, we wanted to re-share it with our community.

Thank you Nataliya Nemesg for allowing us to reshare this 🙏🏼 ❤️.

The Ukrainian revolution, also called “the revolution of dignity,” started quickly and unexpectedly this past February. It immediately became the number one debated topic not only in Ukraine, but in the whole world. No one could expect that the protests would last for such a long time; but in comparison to the Orange revolution of 2004, this time, the situation has developed in a different way.

The preliminary reason the peaceful rallies began was the government’s decision to suspend preparation on signing the Association agreement with the EU. However, this was just a first push towards mass protests. Ukrainians flocked to protest in Kiev’s main square – Maidan Nezalezhnosti (Independence Square), which became widely known as “Euromaidan.”

They were there to defend their European choice, which seemed to be lost after the failure to sign the agreement at the Vilnus Summit.

However, on November 30, 2013, young protestors, mostly students, were brutally beaten by special police troops and were forced to flee from the square and hide in the nearest cathedral. This violent night caused a fracture in the consciousness of Ukrainians and, subsequently, the people realized that they could not live under the criminal regime of Yanukovich anymore.

The fact that these students could be beaten by the police was unacceptable. It was the right time for change and the opportunity to change the state could not be wasted. However, the price, which had to be paid for Ukraine’s democratic future, was very high.

What started as a peaceful revolution grew into a bloody warfare between a criminal government and its citizens. From November to February, the Euromaidan activists were persecuted, kidnapped, tortured, injured and over one hundred were killed. The first victims were shot dead during clashes with police in the center of Kiev on January 22; but the bloodiest events took place during the barbaric attempt to disperse the crowds in the Euromaidan on February 18, and in the following days, when almost 90 people were killed by snipers.

Those victims, who died for their motherland are now known as “heaven’s hundred” and the pictures of these patriots are displayed in Euromaidan. On this list of deceased heroes are mostly young Ukrainian men, but citizens of Georgia and Belarus are also there.

Unfortunately, they were killed because of their support for the Ukrainian people. In memory of this massacre, people brought flowers and lit candles in the center of the Ukrainian capital.

Even though the corrupt regime of Yanukovich has fallen, and Ukraine has returned towards democratic development, there are still many challenges to overcome.

The country still remains in a difficult economic situation because of the plundered Ukrainian treasury; the loss of part of Ukraine’s territory – Crimea; and the risk of state collapse, caused by Russian separatists who are promoting anti-Ukrainian propaganda in eastern Ukraine. Another serious threat is the potential invasion of the Russian Federation, which refuses to accept Ukraine’s European choice and has started organizing almost one hundred thousand soldiers and a significant amount of military hardware along the eastern Ukrainian border.

The revolution of dignity has united thousands of citizens from different parts of the country in the joint effort against injustice and criminal authority, which has robbed the state for almost four years. It also has demonstrated to the world that Ukrainians are not afraid to defend and even die for their right for a European democratic life. However, the fight is not over yet; Ukrainians should not give up, and should prepare to defend their homeland in case of further aggression from Russia.

Interested in learning more about our Master's in Government & Politics / International Affairs at St. John’s University's Rome Campus?
Join our Info Session on Thursday February 17. Click this link to register
https://grad.stjohns.edu/register/MAGOV2
Come join us in Rome this Fall 2022!

Happy Thanksgiving from all of us at . Wishing you all a safe and healthy holiday 🦃🙏🏼🌈

In celebration of International Education Week (IEW), which takes place from November 15 through 19, we invite you to read the second edition of the St. John’s Global Initiatives Newsletter.
International Education Week is a joint initiative by the US Department of Education and the US Department of State that recognizes and celebrates education and exchange worldwide.
You can check out the link for newsletter in our bio.


https://www.stjohns.edu/academics/global-programs/st-johns-global-initiatives-newsletter-vol-2