14 dicembre 2023
Sessione 1.1 - Comparisons and theoretical perspectives
Aula Prodi (SGM), ore 14:30-16:00
- Jan Bremmer (University of Groningen), The Beginning and End of Greek Animal Sacrifice, and Something in Between
- Federico Dal Bo (University of Heidelberg), Sacrifice Blood, and Intention in Early Rabbinic Literature: from the Mishnah to the Babylonian Talmud
- Caterina Bori (University of Bologna), “Every little boy is taken as a pledge against his sacrifice at birth”. ’Aqīqa and its Functioning in Late Medieval Muslim Tradition
Chair: Guido Bartolucci (University of Bologna)
Sessione 1.2 - Comparisons and theoretical perspectives
Aula Prodi (SGM), ore 16:30-18:30
- Maria Berbara (Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro), Sacrifice and Anthropophagy in Early Modern Brazil
- Chiara Ghidini (University of Naples-L’Orientale), Not only to Heaven and Earth: logics of sacrifice in Japanese Cultural History
- Cristiana Facchini (University of Bologna), Comparing Sacrifice, XVII-XIX centuries
Chair: Davide Scotto (University of Pavia)
15 dicembre 2023
Sessione 2 - Sacrifice in Early Modern Christianity: Religion and Politics
Aula Specola (SGM), ore 9:00-11:00
- Daniel Barbu (CNRS), Sacrifice and Idolatry
- Robert Yelle (University of Munich), Thomas Hobbes's Views on Sacrifice: Reading Between the Lines
- Francesco Quatrini (University of Naples-L’Orientale), Sacrifice, Magistracy, and Just War: A Controversy Between Hugo Grotius and the Polish Brethren
- Freya Sierhuis (University of York), Sacrifice and Tragic Form in Vondel's Jephthah (1659)
Chair: Girolamo Imbruglia (University of Naples-L’Orientale)
Sessione 3 - Sacrifice through the Lens of Missionaries and Travelers
Aula Specola (SGM), ore 11:15-13:15
- Pierre-Antonie Fabre (EHESS Paris), Sacrifice, Sanctity, and Martyrdom
- Sabina Pavone (University of Naples-L’Orientale), Interpreting the Sāti: missionary sources in the early modern era
- Ronnie Po-chia Hsia (Penn State University), Sacrifice and Martyrdom in 17th and 18th century China
- Joan-Pau Rubiés (ICREA/Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona), Discourses of Religion and Sacrifice in Sub-Saharan Africa
Chair: Franco Motta (University of Turin)
Sessione 4 - Sacrifice, Sacred Violence, and Crusade
Aula Specola (SGM), ore 14:30-16:30
- Irene Bueno (University of Bologna), Reframing Holy War and Sacrifice at the close of the Middle Ages
- Olivier Christin (University of Neuchâtel), Religious Wars and Figures of Self-Sacrifice (Empire, France, England, 16th Century)
- Marisa Linton (Kingston University), Sacrifice, Violence, and Revolution
- Lucia Ceci (University of Rome2), Mystique of Sacrifice, Violence, and
Hunger Strike in 20th Century Ireland: From the Easter Rising to Bobby Sands
Chair: Chiara Petrolini (University of Bologna)
N.B. Ciascuna sessione del convegno equivale a un seminario.