2007-06-14 - FIRENZE
Workshop - HERITAGE, MEMORY, AND HISTORY
Department of History & Civilisation European University Institute
Workshop to be held at the Department of History & Civilisation,
European University Institute, Florence
June 14th 2007
Organised by Frederick Whitling, Doctoral Candidate
What meanings do cultural heritage produce and how can these be studied and discussed?
This Workshop addresses material aspects of cultural heritage in its physical manifestations
in landscape, ruins, monuments, buildings, and art. The crossing of academic boundaries is
perceived here as an important factor in potentially revitalising and developing heritage and
memory studies. The workshop also aims to discuss the relation between the boundaries of
academic study of classics and history, with classical heritage and archaeology as mediators
in this equation.
The Workshop aims to discuss central themes and questions to the debate on memory and
identity in relation to the above-mentioned academic fields centered around the ‘buzzword’
of heritage, such as: How do we perceive and define cultural heritage? Is classical heritage
per definition cultural heritage? To whom does heritage ‘belong’? What is the importance of
ruins and fragments of the past to discourses of remembrance? What relevance might the
term ‘collective memory’ have in this context, if indeed any?
It is the ambition of the convener of the workshop to discuss these issues as a first step
towards creating a forum for further discussions regarding the history and the future of the
study of cultural heritage in general, and more specifically that of antiquity and classical
archaeology. The Workshop focuses on Rome – although not exclusively – as a starting
point from which the discussion and future projects might extend in a multitude of
directions. The Workshop will take the form of a whole day session with a round-table
concluding discussion.
Programme
09.30 Welcome and introduction (Frederick Whitling)
Session I. HERITAGE, ARCHAEOLOGY, AND LANDSCAPE (09.40-11.20)
Chair: Prof. Antonella Romano (EUI, History and Civilisation)
09.40-10.00 Prof. Barbro Santillo Frizell (Director of the Swedish Institute in Rome)
Landscape, memory and the loss of memory
10.10-10.30 Prof. Terry Ki rk (The American University of Rome)
The Cutting Edge, Archeological Sites in Living Cities
10.40-11.00 Amy Strecker (EUI, Law)
The democratization of landscape in theory and in law
11.10-11.20 Short concluding discussion
11.20-11.40 Coffee break (Sala Bandiere, Villa Schifanoia)
Session II ARCHAEOLOGY, MEMORY, AND HISTORY (11.40-13.20)
Chair: Prof. Anthony Molho (EUI, History and Civilisation)
11.40-12.00 José Maria Lanzarote Gui ral (EUI, History and Civilisation)
Imperialist archaeology and nationalist response. Spanish versus foreign scholars in the
professionalisation of Archaeology in Spain
12.10-12.30 Dr. Ari stotle Kalli s (Lancaster University)
Fascism and the re-invention of Romanità: the ‘Bimillennario’ of Augustus and the
Augusteo/Ara Pacis project (1937-38)
12.40-13.00 Frederick Whi tling (EUI, History and Civilisation)
Remembering Rome? Damnatio memoriae and the Fascist filter
13.10-13.20 Short concluding discussion
13.20-14.30 Lunch break (Sala Bandiere, Villa Schifanoia)
14.30-15.15 Prof. Salvatore Settis (Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa)
Prof. Salvatore Settis will give a concluding talk as an introduction to the round table
discussion
15.15-16.30 Round table concluding di scussion
Chair: Dr. Simona Troilo (Università degli Studi di Padova/EUI)
Round table concluding di scussants:
Prof. Salvatore Settis (Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa)
Prof. Barbro Santillo Frizell (Director of the Swedish Institute in Rome)
Prof. Antonella Romano (EUI, History and Civilisation)
Prof. Anthony Molho (EUI, History and Civilisation)
Dr. Aristotle Kallis (Lancaster University)
Dr. Simona Troilo (Università degli Studi di Padova/EUI)
Linda Nolan (Doctoral Candidate, University of Southern California)
Amy Strecker (Doctoral Candidate, EUI, Law)
José Maria Lanzarote Guiral (Doctoral Candidate, EUI, History and Civilisation)
Frederick Whitling (Doctoral Candidate, EUI, History and Civilisation)
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