Transnational Renaissance: The Making of a Modern Idea Between Germany and Italy

20.-24 November 2023, Villa Vigoni, Deutsch-Italienisches Zentrum für den Europäischen Dialog (Menaggio, Italien)

Vom 20. bis 24. November 2023 findet in der Villa Vigoni am Deutsch-Italienischen Zentrum für den Europäischen Dialog (Menaggio, Como) die internationale Konferenz „Transnational Renaissance: The Making of a Modern Idea Between Germany and Italy“ statt. Die Tagung wird von Mario Meliadò (Universität Siegen) in Zusammenarbeit mit Alessio Cotugno (Università di Venezia) und Cecilia Muratori (Università di Pavia) im Rahmen des DFG-Programms „Deutsch-italienische Zusammenarbeit in den Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaften“ organisiert. Unter dem folgenden Link finden Sie das  Plakat  und das  Programm  der Tagung.

 

 

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The congress is devoted to the linguistic, historical, and philosophical genealogy of the modern concept of ‘Rinascimento’. It casts light especially on the appropriation and transformation of German scholarship in 19th-century Italy (directly, or via France). The hypothesis that we will explore collaboratively is that this transfer of knowledge led to a new definition of ‘Rinascimento’, both as a word and as an idea. We want to investigate the different reactions stimulated by the reception in Italy of classical accounts of the Renaissance, especially those by Hegel, Schelling, Tennemann, Michelet and up to Burckhardt. Combining paper presentations with reading seminars, the congress addresses philosophical historiography as a practice founded on international exchange, inquiring into its intellectual, political, and social motives.