BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Telerik Inc.//Sitefinity CMS 13.3//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Central Standard Time BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20241102T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:Central Standard Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20240301T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:Central Daylight Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:The PRIN 2022 research project "VeLoCi &ndash\; The Vesuvian Lo st Cities before the 'Discovery': Sources\, Experience\, and Imagery in th e Early Modern Period" invites submissions for the conference "Lost Cities in a Global Perspective: Sources\, Experience\, and Imagery in the Early Modern Period (15th&ndash\;18th century)\," which will take place on Octob er 16&ndash\;17\, 2025\, in Caserta\, Italy.The application deadline is Ma rch 15\, 2025.------------In 1972 Italo\nCalvino published the book Invisi ble Cities\, encouraging a reflection on\nmodern megalopolises starting fr om the reactivation of the imaginary arising\nfrom the memory of historica l cities. In the paragraph Cities and Memory 3\,\nthe writer wrote that &l dquo\;The city does not tell its past\, it contains it like the\nlines of a hand\, written in the corners of the streets\, in the grilles of the\nwi ndows\, in the handrails of the stairs\, in the antennas of the lightning rods\,\nin the poles of the flags&rdquo\;\, underlining how the knowledge of a city passes\nthrough the discovery of material elements (space) and i mmaterial elements\n(history).More recently\,\nSalvatore Settis (Se Venezi a muore\, 2014) postulated that &ldquo\;Cities die in\nthree ways: when th ey are destroyed by a ruthless enemy (like Carthage\, which\nwas razed to the ground by Rome in 146 BC)\; when a foreign people settles there\nby fo rce\, driving out the natives and their gods (like Tenochtitlan\, the\ncap ital of the Aztecs that the Spanish conquistadores destroyed in 1521\nand then built Mexico City on its ruins)\; or\, finally\, when the inhabitants \nlose their memory of themselves\, and without even realizing it become s trangers\nto themselves\, enemies of themselves. This was the case of Athe ns&rdquo\;.Many cities\, all\nover the world\, have disappeared over the c enturies\, abandoned - but perhaps\nnever forgotten -\, destroyed by natur al disasters or buried under new urban\nlayers (Teotihuacá\;n\, Chic hé\;n Itzá\;\, Copà\;n\, Tulum\, Angkor\, Petra\, Rome\, Pompeii\,\nHerculaneum\, Brescia)\, re-emerging for different reasons. Fa scinating\nhistorians\, explorers\, archaeologists\, architects and artist s\, the &lsquo\;lost cities&rsquo\;\n- both literally and metaphorically - have continued to exist in literary\nsources\, descriptions\, chronicles and sometimes in iconographic\nrepresentations.Pompeii and\nHerculaneum ar e two of the most famous cities that disappeared due to natural\ndisasters . Although according to historiographical and narrative tradition\ntheir & lsquo\;discovery&rsquo\; occurred in conjunction with the start of the Bou rbon\nexcavations in the 18th century\, the VeLoCi project\, however\, has demonstrated\nhow even before the start of systematic excavations\, mater ial traces of the\nexistence of ancient cities had emerged and\, on the ot her hand\, there was no\nlack of literary\, antiquarian and scientific sou rces dedicated to the history\nof these disappeared cities. Similarly to t he Vesuvian cities\, other cities\,\nwhich disappeared following catastrop hes or simple stratification\, were not\nunearthed\, despite their histori cal past being well known.What was then the\nperception\, the relationship of coexistence and/or study and knowledge with the\nburied/lost cities in the different cultures of the world in the early modern\nera? What phenom ena or episodes have reactivated their systematic research? What\nare the operational\, scientific and epistemological approaches to the discovery\n of the past? What are the reasons that suggest seeking and valorising the past?Starting from the\ncase study of the Vesuvian cities\, the internatio nal conference Lost Cities\nin a Global Perspective: Sources\, Experience\ , Imagery in Early Modern Period\n(XV-XVIII century) is aimed to investiga te in an interdisciplinary and\ncomparative way the material and imaginary dimensions assumed by the lost\ncities in a global perspective\, before t he birth of archaeology as a science in\nthe 18th-19th century. We invite scholars from a variety of\ndisciplines\, including architectural history\ , art and literary history\,\nhistory\, history of science\, archaeology\, cultural studies\, and other related\nfields\, to submit papers examining cases from any geographical context.\nInterdisciplinary approaches are pa rticularly welcome\, as are contributions\nthat reflect on the exchange of knowledge and cultures at a global level.Topics may include\n(but are not limited to):Travel Accounts and Exploration: the role of European explore rs and\nmissionaries in shaping the narratives of lost cities in Asia\, Af rica and the\nAmericas.Historiographical approaches: the role of early mod ern historians and\nintellectuals in constructing and reconstructing the i dea of lost cities.Myth and\nReality: what role did legends and fantastic narratives have in shaping lost\ncities and how did they intertwine with e merging archaeological or geographical\nknowledge.Visual Culture and carto graphy: the role of\nrepresentations of lost cities in art and cartography .Colonialism and\nCultural Exchange: the impact of colonial expansion on t he perception of lost\ncities and the relationship with native cultures.Ma terial Culture\nand Archaeology: proto-archaeology and antiquarian researc h in exploring the\nphysical remains of lost cities and ancient civilizati ons.Literature and\nLost Cities: the role of literature in constructing of the idea of lost cities\,\nfrom utopian and dystopian narratives to adven ture tales.Cultural Memory\nand Identity: how did the notion of lost citie s has served as a tool for\nconstructing cultural memory and national iden tity\, and how did societies have\npreserved or forgotten this memory.Envi ronmental Factors\nand Natural Disasters: what role has climate change\, n atural disasters and\ngeographical displacement played in the disappearanc e of cities.The two-day conference\,\norganised by Giulia Ceriani Sebregon di\, Francesca Mattei and Danila Jacazzi\, is\npromoted by the PRIN 2022 r esearch project &ldquo\;VeLoCi - The Vesuvian Lost Cities\nbefore the &lsq uo\;Discovery&rsquo\;. Sources\, Experience\, Imagery in Early Modern Peri od&rdquo\; at\nthe end of its duration and will be hosted at the Universit y of Campania &ldquo\;Luigi\nVanvitelli&rdquo\;\, in Caserta. VeLoCi will organise and pay for accommodation and\nreimburse travel costs (economy cl ass) for the speakers. At the end of the\nconference\, the publication of some contributions in a peer-reviewed collective\nvolume will be evaluated . Scientific and organisational secretariat by Giorgia\nAureli and Giorgia Pietropaolo.INTERNATIONAL\nSCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE OF THE PROJECTCandida Car rino\, Giulia Ceriani Sebregondi\, Kathleen Christian\,\nBianca de Divitii s\, Danila Jacazzi\, Francesca Mattei\, Tanja Michalsky\, Massimo\nOsanna\ , Francesco Sirano.ABSTRACT\nSUBMISSIONParticipation in\nthe conference is free of charge.Conference languages\nare Italian and English.Abstracts\, in\nPDF format\, of maximum 1500 characters (about 250 words)\, must be pr esented in\nItalian or English\, and must include a title and a short biog raphy of maximum\n1500 characters (about 250 words) of the contributor.To apply\, please\nsend the material to ve.lo.ci.prin@gmail.comThis CFP is op en\nalso to PhD students and independent scholars.TIMELINECFP closing: Mar ch\n15\, 2025Notification of\naccepted proposals: April 15\, 2025Internati onal\nconference: October 16-17\, 2025 DTEND:20250316T000000Z DTSTAMP:20250313T132940Z DTSTART:20250201T000000Z LOCATION:Italy\,Caserta SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Call for Papers: Lost Cities in a Global Perspective -  Sources\, E xperience\, Imagery in Early Modern Period (XV-XVIII century) UID:RFCALITEM638774693807391638 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
The PRIN 2022 research project "VeLoCi &n dash\; The Vesuvian Lost Cities before the 'Discovery': Sources\, Experien ce\, and Imagery in the Early Modern Period" invites submissions for the c onference "Lost Cities in a Global Perspective: Sources\, Experience\, and Imagery in the Early Modern Period (15th&ndash\;18th century)\," which wi ll take place on October 16&ndash\;17\, 2025\, in Caserta\, Italy.

The application deadline is March 15\, 2025.

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In 1972 Italo\nCalvino p ublished the book Invisible Cities\, encouraging a reflection on\ nmodern megalopolises starting from the reactivation of the imaginary aris ing\nfrom the memory of historical cities. In the paragraph Cities and Memory 3\,\nthe writer wrote that &ldquo\;The city does not tell its past\, it contains it like the\nlines of a hand\, written in the corners of the streets\, in the grilles of the\nwindows\, in the handrails of the stairs\, in the antennas of the lightning rods\,\nin the poles of the flag s&rdquo\;\, underlining how the knowledge of a city passes\nthrough the di scovery of material elements (space) and immaterial elements\n(history).

More recently\,\nSa lvatore Settis (Se Venezia muore\, 2014) postulated that &ldquo\; Cities die in\nthree ways: when they are destroyed by a ruthless enemy (li ke Carthage\, which\nwas razed to the ground by Rome in 146 BC)\; when a f oreign people settles there\nby force\, driving out the natives and their gods (like Tenochtitlan\, the\ncapital of the Aztecs that the Spanish conquistadores destroyed in 1521\nand then built Mexico City on its r uins)\; or\, finally\, when the inhabitants\nlose their memory of themselv es\, and without even realizing it become strangers\nto themselves\, enemi es of themselves. This was the case of Athens&rdquo\;.

Many cities\, all\nover the world\, have disappe ared over the centuries\, abandoned - but perhaps\nnever forgotten -\, des troyed by natural disasters or buried under new urban\nlayers (Teotihuac&a acute\;n\, Chiché\;n Itzá\;\, Copà\;n\, Tulum\, Angkor\, Petra\, Rome\, Pompeii\,\nHerculaneum\, Brescia)\, re-emerging for differ ent reasons. Fascinating\nhistorians\, explorers\, archaeologists\, archit ects and artists\, the &lsquo\;lost cities&rsquo\;\n- both literally and m etaphorically - have continued to exist in literary\nsources\, description s\, chronicles and sometimes in iconographic\nrepresentations.

< p class="MsoNormal">Pompeii and\nHerculaneum are two of the most famous cities that disappeared due to natural\ndisasters. Althou gh according to historiographical and narrative tradition\ntheir &lsquo\;d iscovery&rsquo\; occurred in conjunction with the start of the Bourbon\nex cavations in the 18th century\, the VeLoCi project\, however\, has demonst rated\nhow even before the start of systematic excavations\, material trac es of the\nexistence of ancient cities had emerged and\, on the other hand \, there was no\nlack of literary\, antiquarian and scientific sources ded icated to the history\nof these disappeared cities. Similarly to the Vesuv ian cities\, other cities\,\nwhich disappeared following catastrophes or s imple stratification\, were not\nunearthed\, despite their historical past being well known.

What was t hen the\nperception\, the relationship of coexistence and/or study and kno wledge with the\nburied/lost cities in the different cultures of the world in the early modern\nera? What phenomena or episodes have reactivated the ir systematic research? What\nare the operational\, scientific and epistem ological approaches to the discovery\nof the past? What are the reasons th at suggest seeking and valorising the past?

Starting from the\ncase study of the Vesuvian cities\, the international conference Lost Cities\nin a Global Perspective: So urces\, Experience\, Imagery in Early Modern Period\n(XV-XVIII century) is aimed to investigate in an interdisciplinary and\ncomparative way th e material and imaginary dimensions assumed by the lost\ncities in a globa l perspective\, before the birth of archaeology as a science in\nthe 18th-19th century. We invite scholars from a variety of\ndisciplines \, including architectural history\, art and literary history\,\nhistory\, history of science\, archaeology\, cultural studies\, and other related\n fields\, to submit papers examining cases from any geographical context.\n Interdisciplinary approaches are particularly welcome\, as are contributio ns\nthat reflect on the exchange of knowledge and cultures at a global lev el.

Topics may inc lude\n(but are not limited to):

The two-day conference\,\norganised by Giulia Ceriani Sebregondi\, F rancesca Mattei and Danila Jacazzi\, is\npromoted by the PRIN 2022 researc h project &ldquo\;VeLoCi - The Vesuvian Lost Cities\nbefore the &lsquo\;Di scovery&rsquo\;. Sources\, Experience\, Imagery in Early Modern Period&rdq uo\; at\nthe end of its duration and will be hosted at the University of C ampania &ldquo\;Luigi\nVanvitelli&rdquo\;\, in Caserta. VeLoCi will organi se and pay for accommodation and\nreimburse travel costs (economy class) f or the speakers. At the end of the\nconference\, the publication of some c ontributions in a peer-reviewed collective\nvolume will be evaluated. Scie ntific and organisational secretariat by Giorgia\nAureli and Giorgia Pietr opaolo.

INTERNATIONAL\nSCIENTIFIC C OMMITTEE OF THE PROJECT

Candida Carri no\, Giulia Ceriani Sebregondi\, Kathleen Christian\,\nBianca de Divitiis\ , Danila Jacazzi\, Francesca Mattei\, Tanja Michalsky\, Massimo\nOsanna\, Francesco Sirano.


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