Conference Programme
Literature and Philosophy 1500-1700
University of Sussex
Tuesday 14 July
Venue: The Keep
11.00-11.30 Conference Registration
11.30-12.45 Plenary Lecture
Chair: Andrew Hadfield
Erasmus and the Philosophy of Christ
Neil Rhodes, University of St Andrews
12.45-13.45 Lunch
13.45-15.15 Panel 1: Moral philosophy
Chair: Chloe Porter
Something Literary This Way Comes: Tediousness and Delight in William Baldwin’s Treatise of Moral Philosophy
Rachel Stenner, University of Bristol
‘I do not feel it, I do not think of it’: Stoic philosophy and legal authority in Ben Jonson
Zoe Sutherland, University of St Andrews
Thomas Middleton: A Humanist
Alexandra Stachurova, Masaryk University, Czech Republic
15.15-15.30 Coffee
15.30-17.00 Panels 2 and 3
Panel 2: Philosophical notions of ‘Otherness’
Chair: Nicole Mennell
‘Black Vengeance’: Shakespeare’s Approach to Genre and Race in Titus Andronicus, Othello and The Tempest
Ronan Hatfull, University of Warwick
A Tale of Two Cities: The Influence of Augustinian thought on John Bale’s formulation of Protestant English Nationalism
Cathy Parsons, University of Sussex
Coriolanus: The City and its Outcast
Lui Yu, Lingnan University, Hong Kong
Panel 3: Representations of Philosophy in Literature
Chair: Barbara Kennedy
Neoplatonic Poetry in Early Sixteenth Century’s Italy
Stefano Pezze, Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia
Shakespeare’s transformation of Aristotle’s Concept of Tragedy
Malte Bischof, University of St Andrews
‘Have you heard the one about Pythagoras?’ Comedic treatment of philosophy in early modern theatre
Duncan Fraser, University of Sussex
17.00-17.45 Wine Reception
17.45- 18.30 Early Modern Music Concert by The Erebus Ensemble
19.30 onwards Conference dinner at The Coach House.
(59 Middle Street, Brighton, BN1 1AL)
Wednesday 15 July
Venue: The Keep
9.00-10.15 Plenary Lecture
Chair: Andrew Hadfield
Who’s Afraid of Thomas Aquinas: scholasticism and early modern literature
Katrin Ettenhuber, Pembroke College, Cambridge
10.15-10.45 Coffee
10.45-12.15 Panels 4 and 5
Panel 4: Truth and Knowledge
Chair: Margaret Healy
Une forme d’escrire douteuse et irresolue: Montaigne’s Third Genre of Philosophical Writing
Luke O’Sullivan, University of Durham
The philosophical relevance of classical literature in Philipp Melanchthon´s understanding of philosophy
Sandra Bihlmaier, University of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institute of Philosophy
Panel 5: Music and Art
Chair: Katrina Marchant
Dryden’s “Song for St. Cecilia’s Day” and the Ethics of Harmony in the Late Seventeenth Century
Corey French, University of Virginia
Platonic soundscapes: Philosophical medicine in Ficino’s De Vita
Barbara Kennedy, University of Brighton
The Painter as Exponent of the humanism in Francisco De Holanda’s Artistic Theory
Teresa Lousa, University of Lisbon
12.15-13.15 Lunch
13.15-14.45 Panels 6 and 7
Panel 6: Philosophical thought in Italy
Chair: Ambra Moroncini
The Philosophical Poetry in Italy’s Arcadia Academy during the Second Half of the XVIII Century
Andrea Penso, University of Padua, Italy
1576: The first edition of Dante’s Vita Nuova
Myrtha de Meo-Ehlert, Istituto Italiano per gli Studi Storici, Benedetto Croce, Naples
Panel 7: Political Philosophy and the Self
Chair: Katrina Marchant
Domestic service and the category of skill, 1600-1700
Robert Stearn, Birkbeck, University of London
Philosophers and Philosophy in Traiano Boccalini’s Satire of the Ragguagli Di Parnaso (1612-1613)
Irene Verziagi, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice
Symbols and Metaphors in the Writings of Martin Luther
Andrew Hines, Queen Mary, University of London
14.45-15.15 Coffee
15.15-16.45 Panel 8: Shakespeare and Political Philosophy
Chair: Lana Harper
The Lion, the Fox and the Wolf: Machiavelli’s Political Philosophy and Shakespeare’s History Plays
Nicole Mennell, University of Sussex
Shakespeare and Renaissance Ontology
Jessica Chiba, Royal Holloway, University of London
Body Economic in Timon of Athens: Interpreting Bacon’s Theory of Spirits
Timo Uorinen, Royal Holloway, University of London
After the concert we will be having a casual dinner in Brighton for anyone who wishes to join. All welcome.
Thursday 16th July
Venue: Arts A108, University of Sussex
9.00-10.15 Plenary Lecture
Chair: Lana Harper
Early Modern Literature and Moral Thought: Ways of Understanding the Relationship
Chris Tilmouth, Peterhouse, Cambridge
10.15-10.30 Coffee
10.30-12.00 Panel 9: Philosophy of Language
Chair: Angela Andreani
Philosophies of Language in Early Modern Drama
Sophie Battell, Cardiff University
Literature and the Port-Royal Logic
Thomas Koblizek, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
The Language of ‘Desire’: Milton’s Vocabulary of the Passions in Paradise Lost
Karis G. Riley, University of York
12.00-12.15 Coffee
12.15-13.15 Roundtable on Literature and Philosophy
Presiding: Paul Davies, University of Sussex
Discussants: Katrin Ettenhuber (Pembroke College, Cambridge), John Lee (University of Bristol), Chris Tilmouth (Peterhouse College Cambridge)
End of conference
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