Humanities on Show - The Future of Humanities and the Public Engagement

ERC-ARISTOTLE FINAL COLLOQUIUM

9:00 Welcome
Marco Sgarbi, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice
Anna Puccio, Science Gallery Venice

Panel Public Engagement and Humanities
Moderator: Marco Sgarbi, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice

9:30 Engaging the Public – from street party to state policy
Ruth Barton, Trinity Long Room Hub Arts & Humanities Research Institute, Trinity College Dublin

9:50 Classici Contro. Making Classics interact with the modern world
Filippomaria Pontani, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice

10:10 Civic Shylock: Shakespeare in and beyond the Ghetto
Shaul Bassi, Center for Humanities and Social Change at Ca’ Foscari

10:30 discussion

10:50 coffee break

11:10 Stories across Borders: the Venice International Literary Festival Incroci di civiltà
Pia Masiero, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice

11:30 Research Impact and working with TV
Michael Scott, The University of Warwick UK Public Engagement

11:50 discussion

Panel Science and Arts
Moderator: Claudia Schnugg, Science Gallery Venice

14:30 Harmonious Collaborations: Natural Scientists, Radio Engineers, Musicians, and the Trautonium
Myles Jackson, Institute of Advanced Studies in Princeton

14:50 Peter Galison, Harvard University

15:10 discussion

15:30 Making Culture/Knowledge/Science Matter
Jeffrey Schnapp, metaLAB Harvard

15:50 Imagining an Oceanic Worldview through Art, Science and Ecology
Stefanie Hessler, Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary (TBA21) - Academy in London,

16:10 discussion and closing remarks