The Center for Italian Studies is a proud co-sponsor of the workshop organized by Christophe Austruy (EHESS/CRH) and Giovanna Corazza (MSCA Fellow, Università Ca’ Foscari – Venezia, University of Notre Dame), titled:
Reading the State. Medieval Venice and Its Territories: Representations, Maps, Literatures
The workshop is part of the Doctoral Workshop on History, Economy, Society, and Culture in the Venetian Empire (10th-18th centuries), hosted by the EHESS-École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales / CRH-Centre de Recherches Historiques.
The workshop explores recent research into how the late medieval landscape was depicted using both visual cartography and literary expression, two mediums that seem to bridge gaps and reveal unexpected connections. Dante's Commedia will be examined as one of the most profound examples of this convergence, both in its descriptive language and its overarching metaliterary ambition to redefine the universe. While the primary focus will be on Venetian landscapes, the discussion will also encompass neighboring territories, broader cultural history themes, and methodological considerations.
Program
9:00: Maurice Aymard (EHESS/MSH), Introduzione
9.30: Jean-Charles Ducène (EPHE/PSL), Venise chez les géographes arabes médiévaux: une apparition lente
10.10: Nathalie Bouloux (CESR/Université de Tours), «Il primato di Venezia» dans les études géographiques aux XIVe et XVe siècles
10.50: Christophe Austruy (EHESS-CRH/ISEG), L’Arsenale Vecchio, l’Arsenale Novo e la Tana nella pianta di Fra’ Paolino. Ipotesi sull’Arsenale di Venezia all’inizio del XIV secolo
11.30: coffee break
11.45: Giovanna Corazza (Università di Ca’ Foscari-Venezia/ University of Notre Dame), Venezia, Dante, Paolino: un nodo cartografico
12.25: Anna Pegoretti (UniRomaTre, Research Affiliate of Notre Dame's Center for Italian Studies), A nord di Venezia: Dante cartografo e le Alpi centro-orientali
1.05: Theodore J. Cachey Jr. (University of Notre Dame, Director of the Center for Italian Studies), Il cosmo di Dante: automappature ed esilio
Languages of the workshop: Italian, French, English.
The workshop is part of the Project GEODETIC 101110048 by Giovanna Corazza, Marie Sklodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellow.
Please contact Dr. Giovanna Corazza to receive the Zoom link.
Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or European Research Executive Agency. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.