2010 Press Releases
26.11.2010
Out of the dark ages in Europe which included the great Plague pandemics came the Renaissance. The question is in the current economic dark age which has seriously affected nations globally, none more so than Ireland, could there be another resurgence, a new Renaissance. Professor Brendan Dooley, Professor of Renaissance Studies at UCC, believes that only a university can inspire the kind of multidisciplinary debate that could identify new pathways leading to a spirited revival and a renewal of self-confidence.
On December 9th-10th, fifteen world-wide experts will come together at UCC’s Brookfield Health Sciences Complex and the Crawford Gallery to consider the theme of Renaissance and Renewal against the backdrop of the European Renaissance. One of the key aims of the conference will be to elicit the lessons that history may hold for contemporary society.
To facilitate a many-sided discussion, the conference will be articulated in ten parts relating to chief areas of this transdisciplinary and multifaceted field within the humanities and social sciences: History, Languages and Literatures, History of Science, Cultural Studies, Classical Studies, Gender Studies, Art History, Philosophy, Sociology, Politics.
Participants
include:
James
Hankins (History, Harvard), Tom Conley (Romance Languages, Harvard), John
Henderson (History, Birbeck UL), Alessio Assonitis (Medici Archive Project,
Florence), José Montero (Literature, U. Vigo), Jeremy Laurance (Spanish,
Nottingham); Maximilan Schuh (Münster); Johann Arnason (LaTrobe, AU); Heinrick
Lang (Bamberg); Nicola Gardini (Oxford); Steven Milner (Manchester); Mark
Achtman (UCC); Hiram Morgan (UCC), etc.
Programme Organizers (UCC) Brendan Dooley; Flavio Boggi; James Knowles; Melanie L. Marshall; David Edwards; Grace Neville; Stephen Boyd; Arpad Szakolczai; Daragh O'Connell; Jason Harris
December
9th:
Crawford
Gallery, Cork, 9.45am-6pm.
December
10th:
Brookfield
Health Sciences Complex, 9am-6pm.
Visit: http://www.ucc.ie/en/cacsssgrads/RenaissanceStudiesWebpage/
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