Il Rinascimento Atlantico. Libri, lettori e biblioteche nell'America puritana - Seminario

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Fondazione Bruno Kessler - Polo delle Scienze Umane e sociali

Recenti studi hanno allargato i confini della repubblica della lettere oltre l’Europa, portando alla luce le reti intellettuali e la circolazione delle conoscenze alla base della ‘prima globalizzazione’. In questa direzione il seminario presenterà i primi risultati di una ricerca in corso su libri, lettori e biblioteche nell’America britannica. Concentrandosi sulle collezioni di James Logan (1674-1751) e Thomas Hollis (1720-1774), si metterà in luce il ruolo politico e sociale delle biblioteche nell’America coloniale, proponendo un confronto tra le due capitali culturali dell’epoca, la Boston puritana dei Mather e la Philadelphia quacchera di William Penn.

Coordinatore scientifico: Claudio Ferlan | FBK-ISIG

Ciclo di seminari: “Tavola ovale di storia Moderna”

Guest Speakers

  • Diego Pirillo (Ph.D., Scuola Normale Superiore) is Associate Professor of Italian Studies at the University of California, Berkeley, and affiliated faculty in the Center for the Study of Religion, in the Institute of European Studies, in the Program in Critical Theory, as well as in Renaissance and Early Modern Studies. He has been a fellow at several institutions, including Villa I Tatti (the Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies), The UC Berkeley Institute of International Studies, The John Carter Brown Library, the Newberry Library, The Rare Book School at UVA. He specializes in the cultural and intellectual history of early modern Europe, with an emphasis on Italy and England. His research interests include the history of religion, the history of information and communication, the intellectual history of modern and contemporary Italy with particular attention to philosophy of religion and political philosophy.

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