The Unity of Knowledge
Internationally renowned scholars are invited to discuss and rethink the historical, intellectual, and literary roles of Petrarch and Boccaccio between the great model of Dante’s encyclopedia, and the ideas of a double or multifaceted culture in the era of Italian Renaissance Humanism. In his lyrical poems and Latin treatises, Petrarch, on the one hand, created a cultural pattern that was both Christian and Classical, exercising immense influence on the Western World in the centuries to come. Boccaccio, on the other hand, translated this pattern into his own vernacular narratives and erudite works, ultimately claiming as his own achievement the reconstructed unity of the Ancient Greek and Latin world in his contemporary age. The Conference aims to reconsider Petrarch’s and Boccaccio’s intellectual and literary heritages from different perspectives (philosophical, theological, historical, philological, paleographical, literarily, theoretically), and to investigate how these heritages shaped the cultural transition between the end of the Middle Ages and the Early Modern Era.

Concept and organization by Igor Candido, with the collaboration and support of the Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung, the Dahlem Humanities Center and the Italienzentrum of Freie Universität Berlin.

For further information, please contact:
Dr. Igor Candido, Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellow
icandido@zedat.fu-berlin.de
http://fu-berlin.academia.edu/IgorCandido