Levant Antiquarianism Research Group Meeting:
February 1-2, 2023, Badia Fiesolana Sala del Capitolo , EUI Florence
The second meeting of the interdisciplinary workshop on Levant antiquarianism in European History and Literature (1500-1850) organized and sponsored by the Haifa Center for Mediterranean History and hosted by the EUI Florence explores a range of themes and cultural practices which include:
Travel narrative
Scriptural history
Dilettanti
Orientalism
Tombs and rememberance
Natural histories
Sacred antiquarianism
Speakers: Damiano Acciarino, Zoe Beenstock, Paul Csillag, Emanuele Giusti, Sundar Henny, Noah Heringman, Simon Mills, Avinoam Yuval-Naeh, Valentina Pugliano, Jonathan Sachs, Umberto Signori, Zur Shalev, Jillian Heydt-Stevenson, Ana Struillou, Rosemarie Sweet