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• 18 déc 2017

  Rome

  Call for papers - Representation

  The italian fascism through the prism of contemporary arts

  Reinterpretations, montages, deconstructions

   

  In a more or less explicit way, daily news bring to our attention the survival of forms and values which rely on fascist imagery. Thinking about fascism through the prism of contemporary arts means to deal with a term whose significance has to be read at least in a double sense: on one hand, the historical experience of the regime that ruled Italy from 1922 to 1943; on the other hand, by extension, the very form of totalitarian power. Contemporary arts’ gaze seems to work on these two different albeit related topics: the Italian fascism as historical event (faced with all the troubles of its memories), and the fascism as the fundamental process of power’s relationship and rituals.

   

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• 25 jan 2015

  Rome

  Call for papers - Europe

  Heraldry in the Medieval City – The Case of Italy in the European Context

  A visitor passing through Italy is surprised by the abundance of coats of arms that still decorate the palaces and public monuments of its cities. Relatively undisturbed by the tides of history that destroyed a lot of Europe's heraldic heritage, in the Italian cities this heritage is still alive and well. While the development of heraldic signs occasionally caught the eye of historians and art historians, they have never done justice to the multitude and diversity of the existing sources. Recently, however, research has taken an interest in the subject with renewed vigour and approaches, especially in the case of Italy. The aim of this conference is to establish the current state of research and to advance the subject by linking more closely the history of heraldic communication and the history of cities. To do so, the Italian example shall be put into a European perspective.

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• 15 sep 2014

  Paris | Rome | Tunis

  Call for papers - Modern

  Postcolonial rereadings of artistic and cultural exchanges between Europe and the Maghreb

  Algeria, France, Italy, Morocco and Tunisia, 18th-21st centuries

  Ce colloque souhaite, en réunissant des spécialistes des deux rives de la Méditerranée et d’ailleurs, envisager comment se sont construites les relations culturelles et artistiques entre France, Italie et Maghreb dans des moments cruciaux de leur histoire, avant la colonisation, en situation coloniale et après les indépendances, mais en se situant aujourd’hui, dans l’héritage des regards, des échanges et des représentations. Ces relations se sont certes inscrites dans l’art, l’architecture, l’archéologie et les institutions culturelles comme les musées, elles ne relèvent cependant pas de la seule histoire de l’art ou archéologie, mais d’une contribution des sciences sociales les plus larges : sociologie, anthropologie, études postcoloniales…

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