Early Modern Rome 5

The VeLoCi team participates in the international conference Early Modern Rome 5, which will be held in Rome and Bracciano from November 14 to 16, 2024.

The conference aims to bring together scholars from various disciplines to explore the complex and rich culture of early modern Rome, examining the social, artistic, and intellectual dynamics of the city of Rome and its surrounding countryside, spanning from Petrarch's poetic laureation on the Capitoline Hill in 1341 to the founding of the Academy of Arcadia by Livio Odescalchi in 1711.

Organized by Paolo Alei and Julia L. Hairston, Early Modern Rome 5 is carried out in collaboration with the Italian Historical Institute for the Middle Ages, the Capitol Historical Archive, the Vallicelliana Library, and the Orsini Odescalchi Castle in Bracciano.

Giulia Ceriani Sebregondi, Principal Investigator of the VeLoCi team, is involved in the following sessions:

• "Processions"
  November 14, 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM, Vallicelliana Library
  She will chair the session dedicated to analyzing the ceremonial and practical aspects of historical processions, with a focus on public representations in Renaissance Rome and European culture of the time.
• "Spain and Spanish Patronage"
  November 14, 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM, Vallicelliana Library
  She will present a paper titled Baldassarre Peruzzi’s Activity at the Roman Forum. Continuing the Investigation, in which she discusses the contribution of the Sienese architect Baldassarre Peruzzi to the Roman Forum, with particular attention to the reuse of the remains of the large Domitianic complex.

Francesca Mattei, Associated Investigator of the VeLoCi team, participates in the session:

• "The Uses of Antiquity I"
  November 15, 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM, Vallicelliana Library
  She will chair the session dedicated to the perception and reinterpretation of antiquity in medieval and Renaissance Rome. The papers examine the role of classical heritage in relation to concepts such as temporality and historical memory, focusing on intellectuals and humanists involved in the rediscovery and reinterpretation of ancient Rome.

The VeLoCi team’s participation in Early Modern Rome 5 enriches the scientific discussion on Rome as a center of cultural production in the early modern period and its reflections in the following centuries. This is part of VeLoCi’s research focus, which is interested in exploring a comparative methodology.

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