The event will be divided into nine thematic sessions, during which thirty speakers from Poland and Italy will deliver papers in Italian and English.
The aim of the proposed conference is to create a forum for discussion and the exchange of ideas and experiences, among Polish and Italian scholars from various humanities disciplines such as literature, history, philosophy, linguistics and related fields.
During the lectures, the speakers will look from different perspectives at figures who were of fundamental importance for cultural relations between Italy and Poland in the 20th century: Benedetto Croce, a philosopher and a representative of Italian liberal thought and absolute historicism, and Gustaw Herling-Grudziński, a writer, a dissident, a former prisoner of the Gulag and soldier in General Władysław Anders’ Polish Corps, whose paths crossed in Italy.
The conference is organised by: the Polish Academy of Sciences Scientific Center in Rome, The Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw and the University of Lodz.
The patrons of the event include: Istituto Italiano per gli Studi Storici, Fondazione Biblioteca Benedetto Croce, Fondazione Romana Janina Umiastowska and Società Napoletana di Storia Patria.
The downloadable full conference programme and abstracts are available below:
The link to the online meeting is available on the website of the Polish Academy of Sciences - Scientific Center in Rome.
