PLINY’S PANEGYRIC

The hyperbolic rhetoric of Pliny’s Panegyric combines sharp political analysis with shrewd psychological insight. This fascinating prototype of specula principum across the centuries has received considerable attention over the past two decades, and the second Cortona Colloquium on Latin Literature will offer the opportunity for a comprehensive reassessment of its structure, style and ideology. As in the inaugural edition of the Colloquium in 2016, each speaker will be responsible for introducing a section of the text, and all participants will join in the discussion, which will be at the heart of the event.

Participants

Yelena Baraz, Princeton University 
Emanuele Berti, Scuola Normale Superiore 
Stephen Blair, Princeton University
Francesco Busti, Scuola Normale Superiore 
Serena Cammoranesi, University of Manchester
Vincenzo Casapulla, Scuola Normale Superiore 
Anna Maria Cimino, Scuola Normale Superiore 
Joy Connolly, City University of New York
Marco Cristini, Scuola Normale Superiore 
Kathleen Cruz, Princeton University 
Francesca Econimo, Scuola Normale Superiore
Andrew Feldherr, Princeton University 
Erik Fredericksen, Princeton University 
Edoardo Galfré, Scuola Normale Superiore 
Leonardo Galli, Scuola Normale Superiore 
Bruce Gibson, University of Liverpool 
Roy Gibson, University of Manchester 
Adalberto Magnavacca, Scuola Normale Superiore 
Alessio Mancini, Scuola Normale Superiore 
Ilaria Marchesi, Hofstra University 
Marta Perilli, Scuola Normale Superiore 
Camilla Poloni, Scuola Normale Superiore 
Gianpiero Rosati, Scuola Normale Superiore 
Alessandro Schiesaro, University of Manchester 
Silvia Speriani, Scuola Normale Superiore 
Viola Starnone, Scuola Normale Superiore 
Clem Wood, Princeton University

ORGANIZERS

Andrew Feldherr, Princeton University
Gianpiero Rosati, Scuola Normale Superiore
Alessandro Schiesaro, University of Manchester