17.04.2023, 14:30-The image of the emperor Julian in modern historiography

Lecture module “Historiography and History”

In person lecture:
Conference room, building D3, third floor.

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Abstract
The seminar will focus on the emperor Julian’s image, from the reception of his works in Renaissance Humanism (Boccaccio) to the celebratory reconstructions elaborated by Enlightenment philosophers and historians like Voltaire. Finally, the chapters of Gibbon’s History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire dedicated to Julian will be examined, highlighting the originality of this interpretation, and trying to understand to what extent it can still be useful to modern scholars.

Speaker

• Arnaldo Marcone, “The Rediscovery of Julian between the Humanistic Age and the Early Enlightenment”
  University of Roma Tre
• Umberto Roberto, “Giuliano philosopher and prince in the judgment of the Enlightenment”
  University of Naples Federico II
• Maria Carmen De Vita, “«A strange centaur»: Gibbon’s Julian”
  University of Roma Tre

Coordinator

Gianpaolo Urso
University of Salerno