8th International Conference on Neo-Latin Cultures: ‘Tell me, O moon: What worth has the shepherd’s life to him?’ Pastoralism across texts and cultures
The Dante Alighieri Society, the Institute of Classical, Mediterranean and Oriental Studies at the University of Wrocław, the University of Genoa and the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Wrocław
invite you to Wrocław, Poland | June, 22–23, 2026, Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology of the Polish Academy of Sciences, ul. Więzienna 6
8th International Conference on Neo-Latin Cultures
‘Tell me, O moon: What worth has the shepherd’s life to him?’
Pastoralism across texts and cultures
June, 22nd–23rd, 2026
Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology of the Polish Academy of Sciences
ul. Więzienna 6, Wrocław
Organizers
Dante Alighieri Society in Wrocław, Institute of Classical, Mediterranean and Oriental Studies of the University of Wrocław, Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology of the Polish Academy of Sciences, University of Genoa and University of Zielona Góra
Patronage and collaboration
Italian Institute of Cultural in Kraków, UNESCO Chair in Anthropology of Health – Biosphere and Healing Systems, Centre for Translational Studies and Biblical Hermeneutics, Italian Society of Romance Philology – School, Emilio Sereni Library and Archives – Alcide Cervi Institute, Spanish Library in Wrocław
Program
Day 1 – 22 June 2026: Arcadia: between imagination, art and power
Time | Activity |
9:30 – 10:00 | Opening ceremony Monika Kwiatosz, Honorary Consul of the Italian Republic Sławomir Torbus, Director of the Institute of Classical, Mediterranean and Oriental Studies at the University of Wrocław Organizers: Sonia Maura Barillari, Gianluca Olcese, Błażej Stanisławski, Ewa Tichoniuk-Wawrowicz, Simone Turco |
10:00 – 12:00 | Session 1 – Power, law and institutions Chairman: Błażej Stanisławski (Polska Akademia Nauk) • Sławomir Torbus (Uniwersytet Wrocławski) – Interprétations paléochrétiennes de la parabole du bon berger (Jn 10) • Marcin Bider (Uniwersytet w Siedlcach) – La “iurisdictio quasi episcopalis” della badessa di Las Huelgas nell'ambito della cura pastorale (1187-1873): prospettiva storico-giuridica • Mariusz Plago (Uniwersytet Wrocławski) – Pasterze i narodzenie Chrystusa w śląskiej bukolice późnego renesansu: Idyllion de Natali Domini ac Salvatoris Nostri Iesu Christi Johannesa Henricusa • Elżbieta Górka (Uniwersytet Wrocławski) – Rape and Gender Violence in Neo-Latin Pastoral Rewritings of Ancient Raptus |
12:00 – 12:15 | Coffee break |
12:15 – 13:45 | Session 2 – Literary Arcadia and archaic symbols Chairman: Caterina Saracco (Uniwersytet w Mediolanie) • Cristian Possenti (Uniwersytet w Bonn) – Il ‘doppio livello’ nella lirica pastorale del Rinascimento italiano come sdoppiamento del soggetto • Chiara Italiano (niezależna badaczka) – Grazia Deledda e i pastori che siamo • David Sebastiani (Uniwersytet Roma Tre) – La parola che non si scrive: il pozzo sacro e la genealogia pastorale del linguaggio del potere |
13:45 – 16:00 | Lunch break |
16:00 – 18:00 | Session 3 – Music and performing arts: between Arcadia the theatre Organisational information: The session will take place at the Spanish Library in Wrocław, ul. Uniwersytecka 19–20. Chairman: Sonia Maura Barillari (Uniwersytet w Genui) • Simone Turco (Uniwersytet w Genui) – Agnus occisus: iconografie iniziatiche del sacrificio pastorale tra pittura e parola • Giuliana Poli (Stowarzyszenie Dante Alighieri) – La Danza alla musica del Tempo: lettura iconologica del dipinto di Nicolas Poussin • Beatrice Santini (Uniwersytet w Düsseldorfie i Stowarzyszenie Dante Alighieri) – Dalla selva arcadica al teatro musicale: forme e atmosfere della pastorale tra Sei e Settecento. Percorsi dalla favola pastorale al melodramma (pianoforte e canto) |
18:00 – 18:30 | Discussion |
19:30 | Social dinner |
Day 2 – 23 June 2026: Voices, conflicts and real landscapes
Time | Activity |
9:30 – 11:00 | Session 4 – Languages and Songs of True Shepherding Chairman: Ewa Tichoniuk-Wawrowicz (Uniwersytet Zielonogórskiej) • Caterina Saracco (Uniwersytet w Mediolanie) – Il lessico della pastorizia e della lavorazione del latte presso le comunità walser delle Alpi italiane • Vito Portagnuolo (Scuola Normale Superiore w Pizie) – “U pastore”: analisi filologica delle varianti di un canto popolare del Sud Italia (con ascolti e tabella sinottica) • Łukasz Krzyszczuk (Uniwersytet Wrocławski) – Las ovejas gordas y robustas en la exégesis de Nicolás de Lira (Ez 34,16) |
11:00 – 11:15 | Coffee break |
11:15 – 13:15 | Session 5 – Experiences on the border: gesture, agrobusiness and violence Chairman: Gianluca Olcese (Uniwersytet Wrocławski) • Natascia Cappa (niezależna badaczka)) – Gente in Aspromonte: la gestualità del pastore in Corrado Alvaro • Hannah Mühlparzer (Uniwersytet w Salzburgu) – De Virgilio al “Mar de Plástico”: lo geórgico, lo bucólico y la crítica de la agroindustria • Sonia Maura Barillari (Uniwersytet w Genui) – La pastourelle al prisma della storia (dal Chronicon anglicanum di Ralph of Coggeshall) • Federico Guariglia (Uniwersytet w Genui) – Ai margini della corte: pastori, mandrie e paesaggio rurale nella letteratura medievale |
13:15 – 14:15 | Lunch break |
14:15 – 16:45 | Session 6 – New Perspectives on the Landscape Chairman: Simone Turco (Uniwersytet w Genui) • Błażej Stanisławski (Polska Akademia Nauk, Wrocław) – L'immagine di Cristo come Buon Pastore nell'arte e nella concezione del cristianesimo delle origini [Wizerunek Chrystusa jako Dobrego Pasterza w sztuce i mentalności wczesnego chrześcijaństwa] • Ewa Tichoniuk-Wawrowicz (Università di Zielona Góra) – “Sacro il fischio di un pastore / nella foschia di novembre”: la paesologia di Franco Arminio • Carlo A. Gemignani (Uniwersytet w Parmie) – L’iconografia dei paesaggi pastorali nella Storia del paesaggio agrario italiano di Emilio Sereni • Gianluca Olcese (Uniwersytet Wrocławski i w Genui) – “Di chi è il tratturo?” Transumanza, spazi comuni e privatizzazione • Ilona Kadys (Stowarzyszenie Dante Alighieri, Liceum IX, Szkoła 73 we Wrocławiu) – Vita materiale, transumanza, saperi tradizionali e comunità pastorali oggi: possono diventare una risorsa per l’insegnamento dell’italiano L2/LS |
16:45 – 17:00 | Closing discussion and summary |
