Willson Center Presents Inaugural Research Seminar at Cortona, September 18-19

ovprweb on August 27, 2014

Cortona Seminar

The inaugural research seminar, The Legacy of Classical Antiquity: Re-visioning the Past, explores the legacy of classical antiquity as the nexus of the visual and cultural history of Italy and its modern interpretations. The conference offers a unique opportunity to examine material culture and artifacts in the Museo dell’Accademia Etrusca e della Città di Cortona (MAEC), whose collection represents a cross-fertilization of Etruscan and Roman civilizations.

Featured speakers are Andrew Wallace-Hadrill, director of research in the Faculty of Classics at the University of Cambridge; Nigel Llewellyn, head of research at Tate; Penelope Davies, division chair in art history at The University of Texas; and Mario Erasmo, professor of classics at UGA.

Registration is free and open to everyone.

The schedule of events is as follows:

Thursday, September 18

5 p.m. Welcome reception – open to registered guests

Museo dell’Accademia Etrusca e della Città di Cortona (MAEC)
Palazzo Casali
Piazza Luca Signorelli, 9
52044 Cortona (AR)
Tel. (+39) 0575 637 235

7 p.m. Welcome dinner – €35 per person (Meet at Piazza Garibaldi obelisk at 7 p.m.)

Ristorante Tonino
Piazza Garibaldi, 1
52044 Cortona (AR)
Tel. (+39) 0575 630 500

Friday, September 19

MORNING SESSIONS

UGA John D. Kehoe Cortona Center
Via delle Santucce, 2
52044 Cortona (AR) Italy
Tel. (+39) 0575 603 157
Fax (+39) 0575 603 821

  • 9 a.m. Welcome, registration, coffee and pastries
  • 10 a.m. Penelope Davies – “Trajan’s Column and Its Legacy”
  • 11 a.m. Andrew Wallace-Hadrill – “Herculaneum: Does the Past Have a Future?”
  • 12 p.m. Optional 15-minute tour of John D. Kehoe Cortona Center
  • 1 p.m. Break for lunch – €25 per person

Ristorante Tonino

AFTERNOON SESSIONS

Museo dell’Accademia Etrusca e della Città di Cortona (MAEC)

  • 3 p.m. Mario Erasmo – “See Naples and Die: Death on the Grand Tour”
  • 4 p.m. Nigel Llewellyn – “Revisiting the ‘Art of Death’: Universal Theories, Local Applications and Contemporary Issues”
  • 5 p.m. Closing remarks