The C.R.I.E.R., Interdepartmental Research Centre on Romantic Europe, which has an international vocation but is also rooted in the Veronese reality, proposes with this conference to delve into other always been the subject of widespread consideration. Specifically, the conference aims to explore the role of the Veneto hinterland in 19th century European culture, when cities such as Padua, Vicenza and Verona, as well as the Venetian Villas, the landscapes of the Brenta and Adige rivers or the Alps, were not merely a corollary to the lagoon city, but places with specific cultural characteristics, capable of attracting the attention of multitudes of artists (writers, musicians, painters, sculptors, architects...), who in different ways and expressive languages have grasped, witnessed and passed on its peculiarities.

Possible topics:

• the cultural and artistic importance, in the age of European Romanticism, of places in the Veneto;
• the role of cities such as Verona, Padua and Vicenza, the landscapes of the Brenta and Adige rivers or the Alps, and the Veneto landscape in general;
• the connections between art, music, architecture, literature and theatre performances in the context of Romanticism in the Veneto;
• the relationships between travel narratives or correspondence by writers and descriptions of the landscape, natural or urban, or of encounters with people, in the European Romantic imagination.

The official languages of the conference, the proceedings of which will be published later, will be Italian, French, English, German and Spanish.

Communication proposals, accompanied by a brief curriculum vitae (each of them of no more than 300 words), must be sent by April 10th, 2024, jointly to the following addresses: laura.colombo@univr.it, corrado.viola@univr.it and stefano.aloe@univr.it.

The Scientific Committee's answers will be communicated to the proposers by May 10th, 2024.

Scientific Committee:
Stefano Aloe, Yvonne Bezrucka, Vincenzo Borghetti, Laura Colombo, Davide Di Maio, Silvia Monti, Nicola Pasqualicchio, Franco Piva, Corrado Viola

Contact Email: laura.colombo@univr.it

C.R.I.E.R. International Conference
Venetian backdrops in European Romanticism: places, images, sounds and narratives
University of Verona, 6-8 November 2024