Organised and sponsored by the Haifa Center for Mediterranean History and hosted by the EUI, this workshop explores a range of themes and cultural practices which include:
- Travel narrative
- Scriptural history
- Dilettanti
- Orientalism
- Tombs and rememberance
- Natural histories
- Sacred antiquarianism
Speakers: Damiano Acciarino, Zoe Beenstock, Paul Csillag, Emanuele Giusti, Sundar Henny, Noah Heringman, Simon Mills, Avinoam Yuval-Naeh, Valentina Pugliano, Jonathan Sachs, Umberto Signori, Zur Shalev, Jillian Heydt-Stevenson, Ana Struillou, Rosemarie Sweet.
Detailed programme attached.