FRIDAY, APRIL 8, 2016
5:00 PM – KEYNOTE ADDRESS (Carpenter Library B21)
- Victoria Kirkham, University of Pennsylvania (Emeritus)
“Before Poggio: Shall We Call Boccaccio a Humanist?”
6:30 PM – RECEPTION (Quita Woodward Room)
SATURDAY, APRIL 9, 2016
9:00 am – REGISTRATION & LIGHT BREAKFAST (Quita Woodward Room, Thomas Hall)
10:00 am – OPENING REMARKS by organizers (Carpenter Library B21)
- Roberta Ricci, Italian Studies, Bryn Mawr College
- David Cast, History of Art, Bryn Mawr College
- Eric Pumroy, Special Collections, Bryn Mawr College
10:30 am – 12:00 pm – PANEL I (Carpenter Library B21)
CHAIR: Nancy J. Vickers, President Emeritus and Professor Emeritus of French, Italian, and Comparative Literature at Bryn Mawr College
- Massimo Zaggia, University of Bergamo &
- Ann Mullaney, Independent Scholar
“An addition to the anthology of letters edited by Phyllis Walter Goodhart
Gordan: the letter to Duke Filippo Maria Visconti in praise of Florentine
liberty, 1438. Critical edition, translation into English, historical framework”
- David Rundle, University of Essex
“Philosopher and Joker: Poggio’s International Reputation”
12:00 pm – 1:30 pm – LUNCH (Quita Woodward Room, Thomas Hall)
1:30 pm – 3:00 pm – PANEL II (A) (Carpenter Library B21)
CHAIR: Eric Pumroy, Special Collections, Bryn Mawr College
- David Marsh, Rutgers University
“Poggio and Alberti Revisited” - Stefano U. Baldassarri, International Studies Institute Florence
“Poggio Bracciolini and Coluccio Salutati”
3:00 pm – 3:15 pm – BREAK
3:15 pm – 4:45 pm – PANEL II (B) (Carpenter Library B21)
- Nancy Struever, Johns Hopkins University (Emeritus)
“Valla’s Quintilianesque Criticism and the Humanists’ Critique of Valla” - Julia Gaisser, Bryn Mawr College (Emeritus)
“Poggio and Other Book Hunters”
4:45 pm – CLOSING REMARKS (Carpenter Library B21)
- William Stenhouse, Yeshiva University
5:30 pm – RECEPTION (London Room, Thomas Hall)