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Tuesday, July 7, 6 p.m. – 7 p.m., Morgan Hill Steve Tate Library
“An Evening with Renaissance Philosopher Niccolò Machiavelli“
Free to Attend
Sister Cities and the Morgan Hill Steve Tate Library are pleased to co-host an event about the thought and work of modern political science’s founding father and author of The Prince, Niccolò Machiavelli, with Erica Benner, lecturer at the Hertie School for Governance in Berlin. View Erica Benner’s website and info about her latest book, “Adventures in Democracy,” noted as a 2024 “Book to Read” in the Financial Times.
Machiavelli is a Renaissance philosopher from Florence, Italy, a few miles north of San Casciano Val Di Pesa, a Sister City with Morgan Hill. He is best known for his political treatise, The Prince, and has influenced every political philosopher after him.
Erica Benner is a political philosopher and historian of ideas. She taught at Oxford, the LSE, and Yale before moving to Berlin, where she teaches at the Hertie School for Governance. She has published three acclaimed books on Machiavelli including Be Like the Fox (Penguin 2017), shortlisted for the Elizabeth Longford Prize and a BBC Book of the Week, published in Italian as Esser Volpe: Vita di Machiavelli (Bompiani). Her latest book Adventures in Democracy: The Turbulent World of People Power (Penguin 2024) was a Financial Times pick for What to Read in 2024.
The presentation is part of an annual Italian event that alternates locations: the Festival Machiavellerie, as it is known in Italian, is hosted in San Casciano / Florence, and in an alternate year the Festival is hosted in an international city. Sister Cities is proud to bring the presentation to Morgan Hill in honor of Morgan Hill’s 120th anniversary in 2026.
The annual Festival Machiavellerie is a wonderful cultural event celebrating the life, works, and legacy of Niccolò Machiavelli, whose influence on modern political philosophy is enormous.
Machiavelli is a Renaissance philosopher from Florence, Italy, a few miles north of San Casciano Val Di Pesa, a Sister City with Morgan Hill. He is best known for his political treatise, The Prince, and has influenced every political philosopher after him.
Saturday, July 4, 2026
Join Sister Cities and 100+ other groups as we proudly march in Morgan Hill’s Freedom Fest Parade, Saturday, July 4, through downtown and the Civic Center Plaza area. There are several events that make up the Freedom Fest celebrations; check them all out!
Next Meeting: Thursday, July 23, 2026, 7 p.m.
Senior Center Meeting Room 1. We normally meet every other month at the Centennial Recreation Center, 171 W. Edmundson in Morgan Hill. Meetings are open to the public; come check us out while you consider joining as a member.
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President: Mary Ann Sanidad, contact for program and meeting info
Vice President: John Kelley & Secretary: Allyson Banack
Treasurer: Amy Whelan, contact for membership and dues. 2026 dues are now $40 payable through the Pay Pal donation link below or the QR code above. - Visit Morgan Hill for all the latest local-area events throughout the year, as well as the City government’s Community Event Calendar.
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Photo: Students at Marchesi Antinori Winery in San Casciano val di Pesa, Tuscany, Italy.
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Photo: Fabulous member Emmie Turan leads travels through Turkey, including a stop in Sister City, Seferihisar, Turkey. Check in with Emmie at Mission View Wines for her next adventure!
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