The Prince before... the Prince a cura di Michele Olzi
Center for Italian Studies
The Prince before the Prince
25 February 2011, 9am-7pm
University of Pennsylvania
Houston Hall 218
Benjamin Franklin Room
3417 Spruce Street
Why the Prince?
According to some political theorists, western democracies are paving the road for the coming of a "postmodern prince". This conference analyses the image of the Prince from a historical, literary, political, and juridical perspective, from antiquity to Machiavelli's powerful portrait. Why has the Prince conquered the imagination of intellectuals as well as common people, across the centuries?
8:30 am
Coffee
Presider: David Wallace
University of Pennsylvania
9:00
Opening remarks
9:30 Joseph Farrell
University of Pennsylvania On the Good King according to Homer
10:15 Marilynn Desmond
Binghamton University Robert of Anjou, Princeps excellens, rex invictissime
11:00 Mario Ascheri
Università di Roma 3 Il principe delle fonti giuridiche
11:45 Lunch break
Presider: Emma Dillon
University of Pennsylvania
2:00 Fabio Finotti
University of Pennsylvania Inventing the Humanistic Prince
2:45 Stephen Milner
University of Manchester Addressing Princes: The Rhetoric of Machiavelli’s Dedication
3:30 Massimo Lucarelli
Université de Savoie Il principe tirannico del Trattato sul governo di Firenze di Savonarola
4:15 Tea
4:30 Alessandra Villa
Université de Savoie Ariosto’s Princes in the Orlando Furioso
5:15 Ann Moyer
University of Pennsylvania Before the Prince of Machiavellism: Machiavellian Themes in Sixteenth-Century Florentine Thought
6:00 Closing remarks
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