We are glad to give notice of the Summer School Nature and Culture: Between Classical German Philosophy and Contemporary Perspectives, which will take place at the University of Padua on 9-13 September, 2024. The summer school is organized in collaboration between the Italian Institute for Philosophical Studies (Naples) and the University of Padua, Hegelpd research group.
Below you can find and download the Program of the event.
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Monday, 9th
OPENING LECTURE
15.00: Welcome and introduction
Fiorinda Li Vigni (IISF), Luca Illetterati (Università di Padova), Luca Corti (Università di Padova)
15.15–17.15: Opening lecture
Tim Ingold (University of Aberdeen): Nature Begets, Culture Nourishes: Steps Toward a New Humanism
Tuesday, 10th
NATURE AND CULTURE: PERSPECTIVES FROM CLASSICAL GERMAN PHILOSOPHY
Morning lectures
9.30 – 10.45: Thomas Khurana (Universität Potsdam): Altera Natura: The Anthropocene as an Aesthetic Problem
11.15 – 12.30: Luca Illetterati (University of Padua): The Reconceptualization of Nature in Classical German Philosophy
Afternoon discussion
Chairs: Giulia Bernard, Mattia Megli, Armando Manchisi, Giovanna Luciano
14.30 – 16.00: Seminar Discussion
16.30 – 18.00: Seminar Discussion
Wednesday, 11th
NATURE AND CULTURE: ANTHROPOLOGY AND CULTURAL EVOLUTION
Morning lectures
9.30 – 10.45: Nadia Breda (Università di Firenze): Le nature e le culture secondo l’antropologia di Philippe Descola: Esperienze sul campo con l’approccio descoliano
11.15 – 12.30: Tarek Elhaik (UC Davis): Curating Anthropos: Another Kind of Listening
Afternoon discussion
Chairs: Ilaria Bussoni, Elisa Gremmo, Emma Lavinia Bon
14.30–16.00: Seminar Discussion
16.30–18.00: Seminar Discussion
Tuesday, 12th
NATURE AND CULTURE: AESTHETICS AND LITERATURE
Morning lectures
9.30 – 10.45: Maria Grazia Portera (Università di Firenze): Promises and pitfalls of naturalism in aesthetics. From the evolutionary framework to contemporary Environmental Humanities
11.00 – 12.30: Seminar Discussion
Chairs: Ilaria Bussoni, Laura Dequal, Alberto Merzari
Afternoon Discussion
Tour of the Exhibition (optional): Pierre Huyghe, Liminal (Venice, Punta della Dogana)
Friday, 13th
Closing Lecture
10.00 – 12.00 : Pieranna Garavaso (University of Minnesota): Nature vs. Culture: Perspectives from Feminist Epistemologies
