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Looking Sideways:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Medieval and Early Modern History in Italian and Chinese perspectives<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

December 2025 \u2013 July 2026<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

This second cycle of Italian-Chinese seminars aims to understand different perspectives on Medieval and Early Modern topics by bringing together PhD students and young scholars to explore major themes in historical research \u2014 from power and legitimacy to networks, minorities, and cross-cultural encounters \u2014 in a comparative and truly global framework. Each of the eight sessions features paired presentations by Chinese and Italian scholars, followed by discussion moderated by senior scholars.
The series aims to foster intellectual exchange, encourage joint research projects, and strengthen the cultural and academic ties between Europe and China through the study of history in its broadest and most interconnected dimensions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Registration form: https:\/\/forms.office.com\/e\/LYbhiX9jDU<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Online on Teams: https:\/\/tinyurl.com\/54rfuzrb<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1) Ethnic Identities in Late Antique West: Power, Religion, Literature<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

[19 December 2025, h. 10-12 (CET) \/ 17-19 (CST)]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Roberto Delle Donne (Coordinator of the PhD Programme in Historical Studies) \u2014 Opening Remarks<\/em> (PDF<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chair: Donato Sitaro (UNINA)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– Jiaming Zheng (Beijing Normal University) \u2013 Christian Faith and Ethnic Identity of the Visigoths from the Age of Ulfilas to <\/em>Reccared<\/em> I<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

– Riccardo D\u2019Ascenzi (University of T\u00fcbingen) \u2013 Vandal Rule and Latin Verse: Shaping Id<\/em>entity in Late Antique Africa<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2) <\/a>Communities and Minorities I: Medieval and Modern minorities <\/strong>in a long-dur\u00e9e perspective<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

[19 January 2026, h. 10-12 (CET) \/ 17-19 (CST)]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chair: Salvatore Liccardo (Vienna)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– Andrea Petruccione (UNIMOL) \u2013 The game of<\/em> small numbers and big results: The Normans wrestling with power between Saints and Cities<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

– Jiaren Liu (Jilin University) \u2013 Motivations and Resettlement: A Study of German Migration to Russia under Catherine the Great<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

3) Legitimacy and Authority: The bishops in times of change<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

[13 February 2026, h. 10-12 (CET) \/ 17-19 (CST)]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chair: Jeffrey Berland (T\u00fcbingen)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– Stefano De Vita (UNINA) \u2013 Peripheral Powers in Comparison: The Dukes of<\/em> Naples in the Eight Century<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

– Qianyu Wang (Ghent) \u2013 Mapping the changing relationship between bishops and monastics in Normandy c. 1000-1140<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

4) Communities and Minorities II: Jesuits in the Far East<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

[March 2026, h. 10-12 (CET) \/ 17-19 (CST)]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chair: Wim Verbaal (Universiteit Gent)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– Zijie Li (Beijing Normal University) \u2013 Giulio Aleni\u2019s Xi Xue Fan and <\/em>the Introduction of Western Education in the Late Ming Dinasty<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

– Martina Gargiulo (UNINA) \u2013 Still Desiring China: The <\/em>Society of Jesus and the <\/em>Indipetae <\/em>Letters to General <\/em>Roothan<\/em> (1831-1852)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

5) Carolingian Transitions<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

[April 2026, h. 10-12 (CET) \/ 17-19 (CST)]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chair: Edoardo Manarini (UNIMORE)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– Jiamin Zhang (Jinan University) \u2013 The Transformation of Royal Legitimacy in late Carolingian Period and Its Impact on the Political Landscape<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

– Manuel Fauliri (Trento) \u2013 Craftsmen and their networks in Carolingian Italy<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

6) Places of Power and Legitimacy<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

[May 2026, h. 10-12 (CET) \/ 17-19 (CST)]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chair: Salvatore Marino (UNINA)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– Simona Puca (UNINA) \u2013 Warfare and Philosophy of War in the Byzantine Military Treaties. La <\/em>m\u00e8tis<\/em> des <\/em>Byzantins<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

– Jiawei Weng (T\u00fcbingen) \u2013 Power, Property, and Place: Henry the Lion and Regional Frontiers in Monastic Leasing Practices<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

7) Borders and Legitimacy in the Early Middle Ages<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

[June 2026, h. 10-12 (CET) \/ 17-19 (CST)]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chair: Marco Franzoni (Padova)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– Xuke Wang (Beijing) \u2013 Contemporary perceptions o<\/em>n the Frankish and Bavarian rulership in the 8<\/em>th<\/sup><\/em> century<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

– Donato Sitaro (UNINA) \u2013 The Pillar of<\/em> <\/em>Eliseg<\/em> and its implication for Anglo-Welsh relationship in 8<\/em>th<\/sup><\/em>-9<\/em>th<\/sup><\/em> century Britain<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

8) Imperial Ideology and Eschatology<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

[July 2026, h. 10-12 (CET) \/ 17-19 (CST)]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chair: Roberto Delle Donne (UNINA)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– Francesco Sicilia (UNINA) \u2013 Cultures of eschatology and th<\/em>e Sovereign: questions concerning recent studies on monarchies<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

– Hao Wu (Beijing\/Berlin) \u2013 Local Identity and Imperial Identity in the Fourteenth-Century Kingdom of Bohemia: Focusing on Charles IV<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Organizers: Donato Sitaro (Naples), Jiawei Weng (T\u00fcbingen\/Beijing), Qianyu Wang (Ghent)<\/p>\n\n\n\n