Thomas Frank, Dipartimento di Studi Umanistici, Università degli Studi Pavia
INVICTA JUDITHA.
STORIES OF JUDITH IN JUDAISM, CHRISTIANITY, AND ISLAM FROM ANTIQUITY TO MODERN TIMES
Monday (29 August)
3 p.m.: Introduction. – The Book of Judith: Public reading
Tuesday (30 August): The Book of Judith and its Afterlife in Medieval and Modern Judaism: from the Exegesis of the Talmud to the Chanukah Liturgy
9 a.m.: Deborah Gera, Lecture: Judith and the Women of the Hebrew Bible. – Workshop: Medieval Hebrew Tales of Judith.
3 p.m.: Matthias Morgenstern, Lecture: Why was Judith not included into the Canon of the Jewish Bible? – Workshop: Judith in modern Israeli drama (Moshe Shamir: "Judith among the Lepers" and other texts).
Wednesday (31 August): Judith Christianised: Martyrdom and Female Heroism in Medieval and Early Modern Western Literature and Music
9 a.m.: Ulisse Cecini, Workshop: Judith in the hagiographical texts by Eulogio and Álvaro of Córdoba.
11.30 a.m.: Margarete Zimmermann, Lecture: Transgression and exemplarity: The Figure of Judith in the works of Christine de Pizan.
3 p.m.: Maurizio Busca, Lecture: The figure of Judith in 16th Century French Theatre: from Mystère to Tragedy.
6 p.m.: Helen Geyer, Lecture: Judith in the Western Musical Tradition
Thursday (1 September): Judith in Medieval and Early Modern Western Iconography
9 a.m.: Lecture and Workshop by Chiara Franceschini
3 p.m.: Maria Cristina Terzaghi, Lecture: Caravaggio and Artemisia Gentileschi interpreters of Judith.
5 p.m.: Guided Tour of the Church Santa Maria di Canepanova, Pavia
Friday (2 September): An Islamic Judith tradition?
9 a.m.: Friederike Pannewick, Lecture and Workshop: Brides of Heaven and Daughters of Dust. Figurations of Female Heroism in the Southern Mediterranean.
12.30 p.m.: Conclusion of the Summer School
1 p.m.: Lunch