GRAL Conference 2024

Proclus’ Metaphysics and its Influence in Greek, Arabic and Latin

The 18th GRAL Conference will take place in Pisa, 25-27 November 2024.

Venue: Centro Congressi Le Benedettine (Università di Pisa, Lungarno Sonnino, Aula Magna).

Lectures (Italian, English, and French):

Concetta Luna (Scuola Normale Superiore), Elementi di teologia di Proclo
Ernesto Sergio Mainoldi (Università di Salerno), La ricezione e la trasformazione di temi procliani negli scritti dello Pseudo-Dionigi Areopagita
Alexander Treiger (Dalhousie University, Halifax), The Arabic Dionysius in Context
Giovanni Mandolino (Università di Padova), Early Traces of Pseudo-Dionysius in Arabic Culture
Gerhard Endress (RUB Bochum), Les “Éléments de la théologie” et les éléments de la transmission: collection, morcellement, reconstitution
Cristina D’Ancona (Università di Pisa), Il Liber de Causis e gli Elementi di teologia
Giulio D’Onofrio (Università di Salerno), Eriugena: il platonismo come sistema
Bernhard Blankenhorn OP (Université de Fribourg), Alberto Magno e il Corpus Dionysiacum
Richard C. Taylor (Marquette University, WI), Thomas and the Liber De Causis
Stephen Gersh (Unversity of Notre Dame, Ind.), Nicholas of Cusa and Marsiilio Ficino on Proclus

Chairs:

Marta Borgo (Commissio Leonina, Paris), Elisa Coda (Università di Pisa), Silvia Donati (Albertus-Magnus-Institut, Bonn), Tiziano Dorandi (CNRS, Paris), Gianfranco Fioravanti (Università di Pisa), Cecilia Martini Bonadeo (Università di Padova), Marco Zambon (Università di Padova)

How to apply:

➡ The meetings are open to PhD students, upon registration via email (please write to cristina.dancona@unipi.it).

No. 8 fellowships will be provided for PhD students interested in participating in the meetings as discussants, who will be hosted free of charge at the Foresteria of the University of Pisa, Lungarno Sidney Sonnino. Meals offered will be breakfast and lunch for the duration of the conference, and two dinners. The other dinners will be free. We are not able to cover the travel expenses.

PhD students interested in applying for a scholarship should send an email with the subject ‘BANDO GRAL 2024’ to cristina.dancona@unipi.it. Applicants are required to submit the following documents:

• curriculum vitae
• title and abstract of the thesis
• passport or ID

➡ deadline 10 October 2024. Winners will be sent a confirmation email on 14 October 2024.

Jury: Prof. Giovanni Catapano (University of Padua), Prof. Cristina D’Ancona (University of Pisa), Prof. Federico Petrucci (Università di Torino),  Prof. Mauro Tulli (University of Pisa).