Laboratorio Leopardi - La Sapienza Roma

10/09/2025

Domani e dopodomani!

11-12 September

Sapienza Università di Roma

Scuola Superiore Studi Avanzati
Viale Regina Elena 295, Edificio D

Aula 301

SUBSTRATA

Primitive antiquities, fossils, excavations in the long 19th century

11 September

h 9.30

Welcome and institutional greetings

h 10 - 13

Chair Franco D'Intino

Discussant Sabrina Ferri

Ivano Dal Prete “Layer upon Layer”. Re-imagining Earth and Human History in Renaissance Italy

Alessandro Ottaviani Gli strati del diluvio: per una storia 'ortodossa' della terra

Coffee break

Edoardo Barsotti From the Classics to Craniology: Unraveling the Origins of Race-Thinking in Italy

Discussion

Lunch break

h 14.30 - 17.30

Chair Valerio Camarotto

Discussant Enrica Leydi

Veronica Montin Leopardi, i fossili e la temporalizzazione della storia naturale

Elisabetta Brozzi Alle pendici del Vesuvio: orme, reperti e sostrati per un'archeologia leopardiana

Coffee break

Rosa Mucignat Italy and the Temporalities of Revolution

Discussion

12 September

h 10 - 13

Chair Vincenzo Allegrini

Discussant Ulf Hansson

Sabrina Ferri The Archaeological Drive and the Sublime of Submergence between the Late Eighteenth Century and the Early Nineteenth Century

Eleaonor Dobson Bodies of Pompeii: The Archaeological Uncanny

Coffee break

Gennaro Ambrosino Layers of Fire: Volcanoes, Time and the Substance of Memory

Discussion

Lunch break

h 14.30-17.30

Chair Gennaro Ambrosino

Discussant Martina Piperno

Chiara Zampieri Frozen in time: French Romantics on Italian Ruins

Salvatore Pappalardo Navigating Identity: The Phoenicians in Habsburg Trieste between Folk Etymology and Amateur Archaeology

Coffee break

Discussion and concluding remarks

The conference is part of the project Classico, Romantico, Italico- Antichità primitive, storia e invenzione nella letteratura italiana fra Settecento e Ottocento funded by Ministero dell’Università e della Ricerca (Programma per Giovani Ricercatori “Rita Levi Montalcini” 2020).