Séminaire/Seminario- Sacrifice and sacred violence

Les 14 et 15 décembre aura lieu à l’Università Alma Mater Studiorum de Bologne, le séminaire international Sacrifice and sacred violence. History, Comparisons and the Modern World, organisée par Fernanda Alfieri, Guido Bartolucci, Cristiana Facchini, Vincenzo Lavenia et Chiara Petrolini. La dernière session, intitulée “Sacrifice, Sacred Violence, and Crusade” rejoint directement les sujets de travail d’AMAPOL.

Los 14 y 15 de diciembre se celebrará, en la Università Alma Mater Studiorum de Boloña, el seminario internacional Sacrifice and sacred violence. History, Comparisons and the Modern World, bajo la coordinación de Fernanda Alfieri, Guido Bartolucci, Cristiana Facchini, Vincenzo Lavenia y Chiara Petrolini. Los temas de la última sesión, titulada “Sacrifice, Sacred Violence, and Crusade”, se acercan a los de AMAPOL.

Programme/Programa

14 dicembre 2023

Sessione 1.1 – Comparisons and theoretical perspectives

Aula Prodi (SGM), ore 14:30-16:00

– Jan Bremmer (University of Groningen), The Beginning and End of Greek Animal Sacrifice, and Something in Between
– Federico Dal Bo (University of Heidelberg), Sacrifice Blood, and Intention in Early Rabbinic Literature: from the Mishnah to the Babylonian Talmud
– Caterina Bori (University of Bologna), Muslim Tradition: ‘Aqīqa and Its Interpretations
Chair: Guido Bartolucci (University of Bologna)

Sessione 1.2 – Comparisons and theoretical perspectives

Aula Prodi (SGM), ore 16:30-18:30

– Maria Berbara (Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro), Sacrifice and Anthropophagy in Early Modern Brazil
– Chiara Ghidini (University of Naples-L’Orientale), Not only to Heaven and Earth: logics of sacrifice in Japanese cultural history
– Cristiana Facchini (University of Bologna), Comparing Sacrifice, XVII-XIX centuries
Chair: Davide Scotto (University of Pavia)

15 dicembre 2023

Sessione 2 – Sacrifice in Early Modern Christianity: Religion and Politics

Aula Specola (SGM), ore 9:00-11:00

– Daniel Barbu (CNRS), Sacrifice and Idolatry
– Robert Yelle (University of Munich), Thomas Hobbes’s Views on Sacrifice: Reading Between the Lines
– Francesco Quatrini (University of Naples-L’Orientale), Sacrifice, Magistracy, and Just War: A Controversy Between Hugo Grotius and Johan Crell
– Freya Sierhuis (University of York), Sacrifice and Tragic Form in Vondel’s Jephthah (1659)
Chair: Girolamo Imbruglia (University of Naples-L’Orientale)

Sessione 3 – Sacrifice through the Lens of Missionaries and Travelers

Aula Specola (SGM), ore 11:15-13:15

– Pierre-Antonie Fabre (EHESS Paris), Sacrifice, Sanctity, and Martyrdom
– Sabina Pavone (University of Naples-L’Orientale), Interpreting the Sāti: missionary sources in the early modern era
– Ronnie Po-chia Hsia (Penn State University), Sacrifice and Martyrdom in 17th and 18th century China
– Joan-Pau Rubiés (ICREA/Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona), Discourses of Religion and Sacrifice in Sub-Saharan Africa
Chair: Franco Motta (University of Turin)

Sessione 4 – Sacrifice, Sacred Violence, and Crusade

Aula Specola (SGM), ore 14:30-16:30

– Irene Bueno (University of Bologna), Reframing Holy War and Sacrifice at the close of the Middle Ages
– Olivier Christin (University of Neuchâtel), Religious Wars and Figures of Self-Sacrifice (Empire, France, England, 16th Century)
– Marisa Linton (Kingston University), Sacrifice, Violence, and Revolution
– Lucia Ceci (University of Rome2), Modern and Contemporary ‘Crusades’
Chair: Chiara Petrolini (University of Bologna)

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