This conference aims to unravel the complex interaction of the competing paradigms of luxury and greed, which lie at the origins of modern consumption practices. In the western world, the phenomenon of luxury and the ethical dilemmas it raised appeared, for the first time since antiquity, in Renaissance Italy.... Read more about Conference: Luxury and the Ethics of Greed in the Early Modern World (25-26 Sept.)

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... Read more about Conference: Space in Renaissance Italy (Shanghai, 16-17 October)

Three lectures on the History of Science in October, November, and December

... Read more about Berenson Lectures: Paolo Galluzzi, "Machinae pictae”. Idea e immagini delle macchine nel Rinascimento