November 12, 2019: Environmental disasters in the Iberian Peninsula and Spanish America

Le calamità ambientali in età moderna: esperienze e prospettive di ricerca su Penisola iberica e America latina (Environmental disasters in early modern age: research experiences about the Iberian Peninsula and Spanish America) Tuesday…

May 23-24, 2019: Telling describing informing. The marvelous and the unheard

TELLING DESCRIBING INFORMING The marvelous and the unheard in the early modern age Seminar organised by S. Bozzola, C. De Caprio, F. Montuori  Naples, 23-24 May 2019 At the Società Nazionale di Scienze, Lettere e Arti in Napoli and…

January 10, 2020: Water: resource and threat in Europe

L’acqua: risorsa e minaccia. La gestione delle risorse idriche e delle inondazioni in Europa dal Medioevo all’Età contemporanea (Water: resource and threat. The management of water resources and floods in Europe from the Middle Ages to…

Heroic figures in calamitous times

The current incidence of natural disasters has stimulated, especially in recent decades, a lively debate among academics from different disciplines about the cultural and social connotations of catastrophes. Earthquakes, floods, hurricanes,…

Firefighting and the Narratives of Great Fires in Early Modern Europe

Firefighting and the Narratives of Great Fires in Early Modern Europe   Seminar with David Garrioch (Monash University, Melbourne) and Vanessa Harding (Birkbeck University of London)Tuesday, January 22nd 2019, 3:00 pm DSU Room…

January 21, 2019: Forms and networks of communication in 16th century Europe

Forms and networks of communication in 16th century Europe: information, censorship, dissimulation   Seminar with Elena Bonora (University of Parma) and Brendan Dooley (University College Cork) 21st January 2019, at 3.00 p.m. Department…

January 18, 2019: The history of printing and reading in the modern age

The history of printing and reading in the modern age: recent trends and studies (La storia della stampa e della lettura in età moderna: orientamenti e studi recenti)    Seminar with Brendan Dooley ( University College Cork ) Friday,…

December 10, 2018: Natural Disasters, Communication and Politics in the Spanish Monarchy

NATURAL DISASTERS, COMMUNICATION AND POLITICS IN THE SPANISH MONARCHY Ancien régime societies facing emergencies (Disastri naturali, comunicazione e politica nella Monarchia ispanica. Società di antico regime di fronte all’emergenza)   Monday,…