THE DRAFT AGENDA
Tuesday 24.11.2020
Circolo dei Lettori
16.30 Opening event
Raccontare le origini: dal mito al Big Bang e oltre
Vincenzo Barone, Giorgio Ficara, Massimo Fusillo, Giulio Guidorizzi, Chiara Simonigh, Alberto Voltolini
Wednesday 25.11.2020
Aula Magna Cavallerizza Reale
9.00 Registration
9.30 Welcome Address
10.00 Plenary
Piero Boitani (Comparative Literature, University “Sapienza” Rome), “Principia”: Models of the Beginning in Western Culture.
Priyamvada Natarajan (University of Yale, Department of Astronomy and Physics), Conceptions of Cosmos from Then to Now.
11.15: Coffee break
11.30
Stefano Piano (Indology, University of Torino), The Origin of the Universe as Narrated in “Old” Texts of India.
Iain Hamilton Grant (Philosophy, University West England, Bristol)
Lunch (chiostro Rettorato)
14.30-16.00 Plenary
Claude Calame (Anthropologie et Histoire des Mondes Antiques, directeur d’études de l’École des Hautes études en Sciences Sociales, Paris), Narration des origines de la femme: la naissance d’Êve et la création de Pandôra en comparaison différentielle.
Maria Teresa Giaveri (Comparative Literature, Accademia delle Scienze, Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres), Sur l’Ébauche d’un serpent. L’origine selon Paul Valéry.
17.00-19.00 Parallel Sessions
Thursday 26.11.2020
Aula Magna Cavallerizza Reale
9.30 Plenary
Enrico Bertino (Pediatrics, University of Torino), Nature or Nurture? Where Inequalities Begin.
Silvia Romani (Mythology and Religions of the Classical World, University of Milano), Supernatural and Postnatural Births: Ancients Believes in Human Reproduction.
11-14
Parallel Sessions
Lunch
15-17
Parallel Sessions
18.00-19.30 Auditorium “A. Vivaldi”, Biblioteca Nazionale Universitaria, Torino
Reading/Musical Performance: Alberto Rizzuti(History of Music Civilization, University of Torino), con Irene Zagrebelsky, Carlo Pestelli e Ugo Macerata.
Conference Banquet (Social dinner)
Friday 27.11.2020
Aula Magna Cavallerizza Reale
9.30 Plenary
José Alegría (Historia del teatro universal, Instituto Superior de Arte de La Habana), Bacantes, de Raquel Carrió: Mito de la permanencia y relectura cubana de Eurípides.
Alessandro Vitale Brovarone(University of Torino, Romance Philology), La création de la Bible au Roman de Renart.
11-14
Parallel Sessions
Excursion to The Palace of Venaria
Visit and plenary: Maria Beatrice Failla (Theory and History of Restoration of Cultural Heritage, University of Torino, Centro Conservazione e Restauro “La Venaria Reale) ; Sergio Pace (Department of Architecture and Design, Politecnico of Torino).