Histories on Wings. International Workshop

Histories on Wings. International Workshop

October 28, 2024

Poster

12:15 p.m. Venue: SEAI Meeting Room, Marco Polo Building, 3rd floor. Sapienza Università di Roma, Dipartimento Iso, circ.ne Tiburtina, 4, Rome.

Special Lecture: Professor Roel Sterckx FBA, Joseph Needham Professor of Chinese History, Science, and Civilization, University of Cambridge

The workshop is being held as part of the Sapienza University project funded in 2023, entitled “Histories on Wings: Exploring Human-
Bird Interactions and Their Cultural Significance in Asian History. An Interdisciplinary Project.”

Programme

12:15 p.m.: Institutional greetings and brief introduction of the workshop (Paolo De Troia, director of the project)
1:00-2:00 p.m.: Lunch
2:00-4:00 p.m. Special Lecture. Professor Roel Sterckx FBA Joseph Needham, Professor of Chinese History, Science, and Civilization, University of Cambridge “From Poultry to Phoenix: Birds and the Avian Imagination in Early China”, followed by Q&A
4:00 p.m.: Coffee break
4:30 p.m.: Presentation of the project by members (Paolo De Troia, Victoria Almonte, Ileana Amadei, Chiara Bocci, Leonardo Capezzone, Gu Yingying, Arianna Magnani, Chiara Policardi, Licia Romano, Gabriele Tola)
6:00 p.m.: Final remarks