Conference | Workshop

Community on the Move in the Early Modern Mediterranean

Programme

9.15-9.30 Introduction (Tamsin Prideaux)
9.30-11 Panel 1: Rituals of Belonging Viviana Filomena Tagliaferri Performative and Material: Visibility and the Community’s Identity in Early Modern Spaces Marina Inì Death on the move in early modern Italy Ana Marinković Internal and External Dynamics of the Greek Orthodox Community in the Early Modern Eastern Adriatic
11-11.30 Break
11.30-13 Panel 2: Occupations and Urban Spaces Alexander Luca Coscarella Coffeecommunities? Identity, bodily practices and mobility in an Early Modern port city Lavinia Gambini Muslim converts, Artisan Communities, and Food-making in Eighteenth-Century Rome Tamsin Prideaux Who’s an Armenian? Economic identity, urban sociability, and blurred boundaries in early modern Venice
13-14.30 Lunch
14.30-16 Panel 2: Networks and Institutions Marco Alì Spadaccini Muslim merchants and Turkish-speaking communities in the Papal States (ca. 1550-1650) Petar Strunje Communities of Faith and Communities of Practice: Ottoman Commerce and Cross Border Networks in the Eastern Adriatic Sandra Toffolo Hidden networks of travellers (and exceptional events bringing them to the surface) Lewis Wade United in Division: Power, Conflict and Community in France’s Levantine Nations
16-16.15 Break
16.15-17 Final roundtable discussion