International Conference - Duel and Honor between the 19th and 20th Centuries: An Interdisciplinary Perspective
- Da Thursday 23 November 2023 a Friday 24 November 2023
- University of Florence
The conference adopts an interdisciplinary approach to the study of the duel, integrating the analysis of its literary, artistic, theatrical, and cinematic representations, as well as its related lexicon, with historical, anthropological, legal, and philosophical research into the practices and factors that sustained its social acceptance over time.
These sessions have facilitated an investigation into the broader European context (with a particular focus on France, Spain, Germany, and the Austro-Hungarian Empire) while centering the analysis on the pivotal value of honor, which permeated the system of social relations throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
Program Committee: Laura Diafani, Irene Gambacorti, Gabriele Paolini, Christian Satto
Conference Program
Thursday, 23 November 2023,Department of Political and Social Sciences. Building D.15 – Room 005
9:30 AM
Institutional Welcoming Remarks Marco Bontempi, Director of the Department of Political and Social Sciences Carlo Sorrentino, President of the "Cesare Alfieri" School of Political Sciences
Irene Gambacorti (University of Florence), Presentation of the project: A Question of Honor: Duels in Italian Culture from the Risorgimento to the Fascist Period, between Imaginary, Representation, and Reality (PRIN 2022)
Christian Satto (University for Foreigners of Siena), For the Honor of Italy: The Duel between the Count of Turin and Henri d'Orléans
Marco Geri (University of Pisa), Honor, Life, Justice: Tangled Values and Criminal Jurisprudence in Italy regarding the Duel between the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries
Gabriele Paolini (University of Florence), A Slow Decline: Politics and Duelling in Early Twentieth-Century Italy
Eleonora Belloni (University of Siena), Fencing: From Elite Practice to Sport
3:00 PM | Session Chair: Luca Mannori
Pete László (University of Debrecen), Like a Small Piece of the Middle Ages Forgotten in the Heart of Europe: The Political Duel in Hungary between the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries
Raquel Sánchez (Complutense University of Madrid), Modeling Behaviors: Duel, Honor, and Public Reputation in 19th-Century Spain
Mirko Alagna (University of Florence), To the Duel! (Legal) Pluralism and Conflict in Max Weber
Berardino Palumbo (University of Messina), Luigi Capuana at the "War of the Saints": Honor, Conflict, and Violence in Late 19th-Century Sicily
The Duel on Screen, video presentation curated by Alessandro Faccioli (University of Padua) and Luca Mazzei (University of Rome Tor Vergata)
Friday, 24 November 2023 Department of Literature and Philosophy Via della Pergola, 6 – Orbatello Hall
9:00 AM | Session Chair: Luca Degl’Innocenti
Institutional Welcoming Remarks Simone Magherini, Director of the Department of Literature and Philosophy
Simone Casini (University of Perugia), A Land of the Dead: National Realities and Sensitivities at the Origin of a Romantic-Era Propensity for Duelling
Laura Diafani (University of Florence), Comic Duels: From Leopardi to Primo Levi (1820–1985)
Irene Gambacorti (University of Florence), Meanings of the Duel in the Pages of Pirandello
Michela Landi (University of Florence), Dueling and Dandyism in Nineteenth-Century France
Michela Graziani (University of Florence), The Sense of Honor in Nineteenth-Century Portugal: The Literary Example of Eça de Queirós
3:00 PM | Session Chair: Francesca Castellano
Laura Diafani & Christian Satto, Presentation of the virtual exhibition: Clashes of Paper and Sword
Raffaella Setti (University of Florence), Honor, Dishonor, Honor Killing, Man of Honor, "Making Headlines," and Other Locutions in Dictionaries between the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries
Angela Maria Fornaro (University of Rome Tor Vergata), Rivalry and Contention: The "Zumpata" from Theater to Neapolitan Silent Cinema
Sonia Arienta (Playwright, Civica Scuola di Teatro Paolo Grassi, Milan), The Duel in Nineteenth-Century Opera: Evolution or Involution of the Sense of Honor?
Duels on Stage, video presentation curated by Sonia Arienta Final Discussion and Closing Remarks
