Naples in Eighteenth-Century Europe
Friday, 4 September
10.15 a.m. Opening Words
10.20 a.m. Introduction: Henrik Knif (Åbo Akademi University), Approaching Naples in the Eighteenth Century
11.00 a.m. Session I: Eighteenth-Century Perspectives on Ancient Campania Anne-Marie Leander Touati (University of Lund), Pompeii Reception in Late Eighteenth- and Early Nineteenth-Century Sweden Antero Tammisto (University of Helsinki), Pompeii in Eighteenth-Century Finland Janne Tunturi (University of Turku), Ancients, Moderns, Savages: Campania in Late Eighteenth-Century Historical Thought
1.00 p.m. Lunch Break
2.15 p.m. Session II: Cultural Politics and Musical Diplomacy Mélanie Traversier (University of Lille 3/Institut Universitaire de France), Fatal Attraction: How the Bourbons Worked for the Musical Supremacy of Naples in the Eighteenth Century Charlotta Wolff (University of Helsinki), Naples in Stockholm: The Influence of Neapolitan Music and Theatre on the Northern European Scene
4.00 p.m. Drinks & Snacks
6.00 p.m. Concert: Follia d’Ammore – Singing and Playing from Naples in the Baroque Period
Saturday, 5 September
10.15 a.m. Keynote: John Robertson (University of Cambridge), What and When Was the Neapolitan Enlightenment?
11.15 a.m. Coffee Break
11.45 a.m. Session III: Neapolitan Philosophy and Political Thought Adriana Luna-Fabritius (University of Helsinki), Visions of Sociability in Early Neapolitan Enlightenment Koen Stapelbroek (University of Helsinki), The Liberty of Commerce: Neapolitan Trade Institutions and Eighteenth-Century Political Economy
1.15 p.m. Lunch Break
2.30 p.m. Keynote: Anna Maria Rao (University of Naples Federico II), Eighteenth-Century Naples: A European Capital of Culture?
3.15 p.m. Panel Discussion
4.00 p.m. Closing