The University of Pennsylvania and the Italian Consulate in Philadelphia present
The Prince before the Prince
February 25, 2011
Houston Hall – Benjamin Franklin Room
3417 Spruce Street
According to some political theorists, western democracies are paving the road for the coming of a "postmodern prince". This conference analyses the image of the Prince from a historical, literary, political, and juridical perspective, from antiquity to Machiavelli's powerful portrait. Why has the Prince conquered the imagination of intellectuals as well as common people, across the centuries?
Program
8:30 Coffee
Presider: David Wallace, University of Pennsylvania
9:00 Opening remarks
9:30 Joseph Farrell, University of Pennsylvania
“On the Good King according to Homer”
10:15 Marilynn Desmond, Binghamton University
“Robert of Anjou, Princeps excellens, rex invictissime”
11:00 Mario Ascheri, Università di Roma 3
“The Princeps in Late Medieval Legal Texts”
11:45 Lunch break
Presider: Emma Dillon, University of Pennsylvania
2:00 Fabio Finotti, University of Pennsylvania
“Inventing the Humanistic Prince”
2:45 Stephen Milner, University of Manchester
“Addressing princes: the rhetoric of Machiavelli’s dedication”
3:30 Massimo Lucarelli, Université de Savoie
“Il principe tirannico del Trattato sul governo di Firenze di Savonarola”
4:15 Tea
4:30 Alessandra Villa, Université de Savoie
“Ariosto’s Princes in the Orlando Furioso”
5:15 Ann Moyer, University of Pennsylvania
“Before the Prince of Machiavellism: Machiavellian themes in Sixteenth-century Florentine thought”
6:00 Closing remarks
Organizing Committee
Fabio Finotti, Marina Della Putta Johnston.
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