Saturday, January 24, 2004
The Cranky Professor
The Cranky Professor: "Italian Professor Objects to Doing Here What *We* Have to do in Italy
The New York Times reports a whiny european philosophy professor is not showing up for his guest stint at NYU because of repressive fingerprint measures.
In order to stay in Italy (or anywhere in the EU) longer than the 90 day tourist visa one must have not only a visa but leave fingerprints. One has always, even before the recent measures, needed a Permesso di soggiorno to be in Italy for more than 2 weeks (not than anyone ever did it). Italian federal police keep track (well, try to keep track) of all resident foreigners in a way that is utterly alien to Anglo-Saxon societies but utterly normal for Continental ones -- you know, sudden shouts of 'Your papers!' at railway barriers, submachine guns carried around all the time, etc.
NYU is better off without him."
The New York Times reports a whiny european philosophy professor is not showing up for his guest stint at NYU because of repressive fingerprint measures.
In order to stay in Italy (or anywhere in the EU) longer than the 90 day tourist visa one must have not only a visa but leave fingerprints. One has always, even before the recent measures, needed a Permesso di soggiorno to be in Italy for more than 2 weeks (not than anyone ever did it). Italian federal police keep track (well, try to keep track) of all resident foreigners in a way that is utterly alien to Anglo-Saxon societies but utterly normal for Continental ones -- you know, sudden shouts of 'Your papers!' at railway barriers, submachine guns carried around all the time, etc.
NYU is better off without him."
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