Alexander Stille

Columbia University

Bio

Alexander Stille is a San Paolo professor of international journalism at Columbia Journalism School. He is a regular contributor to the New Yorker and La Repubblica, one of Italy's most influential and widely read newspapers. Stille's books include Benevolence and Betrayal: Five Italian Jewish Families under Fascism and Excellent Cadavers: The Mafia and the Death of the First Italian Republic.

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The Future of the Past by Alexander Stille

APR 29, 2004 • Transcript

Preserving the Past, the Impossible and Necessary Task

Alexander Stille discusses our complex relations to the past in today's age of rapid technological advances.