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Call for Papers

In Celebration of the 10th Anniversary of the “Rome Through the Ages” 
program of the University of California Education Abroad Program

Early Modern Rome 2 (1341-1667)
10-12 October 2013
University of California, Rome
Rome, Italy
Early modern Rome was contradictory and complex; its vernacular and high 
culture animated and rich. From Petrarch’s crowning as Poet Laureate on 
the Capitoline in 1341 to the pontificate of Alexander VII Chigi in 
1667, this conference aims to bring together scholars from a range of 
disciplines—history, art and architectural history, literature, music, 
dance, religious studies, food studies, philosophy, history of medicine 
or science, and others—to investigate the city and the campagna romana 
through a variety of different approaches and methods.

The resounding response to the first conference in May 2010—76 papers 
from researchers from 9 different countries over 3 days—mirrored the 
complex mix of the city itself and the changing face of Renaissance 
studies. The organizers wish to bring together in a single venue those 
whose research focuses on the city of Rome and the Roman countryside to 
encourage scholars to venture outside of their own disciplinary 
parameters to enter into dialogue with others and explore concurrent 
forms of cultural production or social and political events.

Please note that EMR 2 will extend the confines of the city by 
organizing sessions on the campagna romana, in particular on the 
Orsini-Odescalchi Castle of Bracciano. As in the tradition of EMR, the 
panel(s) “Beyond Rome” aim to bring together scholars from a range of 
disciplines—history, art and architectural history, literature, music, 
dance, religious studies, philosophy, history of medicine or science, 
diplomacy, gender, and others—to investigate the Orsini-Odescalchi 
Castle and its inhabitants through a variety of approaches and methods. 
The articles selected for the Bracciano panels will be re-examined after 
the conference by a special committee and published in two different 
texts: a scholarly book in English with an academic press and an 
abbreviated publication in Italian and English to illustrate the 
history, art and architecture of the Orsini-Odescalchi Castle.

Conference papers should be 20-minutes (approximately 10 double-spaced 
pages) and may be in either English or Italian.

Please send a one-page CV and an abstract of 150 words to Julia L. 
Hairston ([log in to unmask]) by November 15, 2012. Participants 
will be notified by November 30, 2012.

Organizers: Paolo Alei, Antonella De Michelis, Julia L. Hairston

Conference website: conference.eapitaly.it

Conference sponsored by the University of California, Rome with ACCENT 
and with the collaboration of the Istituto storico italiano per il Medioevo.



Dr. Julia L. Hairston, Academic Director
University of California, Rome Study Center
piazza dell'Orologio, 7
00186 Rome, Italy
Tel. 06/97998673
Fax 06/97998682
Cell. 338/6344488
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