Human Frailty and Global Solidarity | Day 3

Paths of De-Americanization

The United States has exercised enormous global influence over public spheres and inner lives in recent decades. Its ideas, whether of politics and economy, or of art, literature and popular culture, have shaped consciousness everywhere. What might “de-Americanization”—a now inevitable process—look like? Is there a flourishing political and cultural life to be found beyond American notions of democracy and individualism?

Featuring:
Ben Ehrenreich,  author and essayist, Desert Notebooks: A Road Map for the End of Time (2020)
Mohsin Hamid, award-winning author of The Last White Man (2022)
Nesrine Malik, author and journalist, We Need New Stories: Challenging the Toxic Myths Behind Our Age of Discontent (2019)

Wednesday, November 5, 2025
10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. (GMT+01:00) Barcelona
Location: Online Livestream

The Turn to the Global South

Increasingly spurned by America, Europe is seeking closer economic and political ties with the Global South, including China and Brazil. But rising xenophobia within Europe does not bode well for that outreach. Can we envision a new European cosmopolitanism more open to the cultures and philosophies of Latin America and Asia?

Featuring:
Yásnaya Elena A. Gil, writer, linguist, and researcher, founder of Colmix (Colectivo Mixe) 
Judit Carrera,  director of the Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona
Verónica Gago, professor of social sciences, University of Buenos Aires, and National University of San Martín 
Ranjit Hoskote, poet, theorist, and curator  
Vladimir Safatle, professor and director of research in the Department of Philosophy and the Institute of Psychology, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil.

Wednesday, November 5, 2025
11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. (GMT+01:00) Barcelona
Location: Online Livestream

Europe after America?

An idea of the “West” created during the Cold War is fraying before our eyes. For the first time since 1945, some European leaders express a wish to chart a destiny separate from America. But continent-wide rearmament while the far-right surges does not seem to be the best way to preserve democratic values and advance European unity. What positive values can Europe, and Spain in particular, represent in the face of these political challenges?

Featuring:
Thomas Banchoff, vice president for global engagement at Georgetown University  
Pankaj Mishra, renowned author, essayist, and literary critic, Age of Anger: A History of the Present (2017) 
Andrea Rizzi, global affairs correspondent at El País  
Rafael Vilasanjuan, director, Policy & Global Development, ISGlobal 

Wednesday, November 5, 2025
3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. (GMT+01:00) Barcelona
Location: Online Livestream