Mediterranean Renaissance: Art and Literature

The Renaissance stems from the encounter of the rediscovery of antiquity and the geographical and intellectual expansion of civic life, from the encounter of the eastern Greek culture with the western Latin tradition, from the fall of Constantinople (1454) and the discovery of the Indias; from the recovery of the classical world with Petrarch and Erasmus to the mathematical construction of the new future of Luca Pacioli, Copernicus and Kepler, from Savonarola to Luther: it encompasses the very heart of the European cultural tradition and it is essential as a founding moment of our cultural heritage.

This BIP offers a reassessment of the European Renaissance as a basis to rebuild or cultural foundations both in terms of its internal dynamics, as in view of the cultural and geographical links between the mainland and the Mediterranean Sea.

• Mediterranean Studies: Diachronic and Intercultural Perspectives
  
• Heritage and Global Epistemologies
• Multicultural and Multilingual Communication and Education

The course will be promoting the exchange of knowledge, ideas and discussions on the European Renaissance; creating bonds among partner institutions, academics and students, offer networking opportunities; supporting structuring learning/research collaboration or strategies.

The Physical part will consist of:

• 5 workshops at La Corrala, UAM (Madrid, Spain)
• One seminar at the Thyssen-Bornemizsa Museum
• 3 cultural visits to the Prado Museum, El Escorial Monastery, and Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum

The virtual part will take pace between 14 October and 16 December 2025, each Tuesday after the following schedule:

1. Introduction: Culture and Society in the Mediterranean,  14 October 2025 
2. History and Politics, 22 October 2025
3. Literature I, 28 October 2025
4. Literature II, 4 November 2025
5. Art and Artistic Literature I, 11 November 2025
6. Art and Artistic Literature II, 18 November 2025
7. Music, 25 November 2025
8. Science, Philosophy and Religion, 2 December 2025
9. Global Renaissance and the Mediterranean, 9 December 2025
10. Conclusions, 16 December 2025

• 50% Oral Presentation
  
• 50% Witten Presentation

Motivation Letter

CV

The applications will be evaluated based on the relevancee of the field of studies of the applicants, and of their motivations for taking the course, with the main core of the BIP.

• Lorenzo Bartoli, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
  
• Francesco Lucioli, Sapienza Università di Roma
  
• Vassiliki Koutsobina, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
• Sophie Singlard, Aix-Marseille Université
• Alexandra Litu, University of Bucharest
• Emilio Russo, Sapienza Università di Roma
• Antonio Sánchez, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
• Marco Ruffini, Sapienza Università di Roma
• Gerassimos Pagratis, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
• Leila Maziane, Université Hassan II de Casablanca
• Abdelwahed Mokni, Université de Sfax