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The Power of Space:
Cities in Late Medieval/Early Modern Italy and Northern Europe
March 11 and 12, 2010
The Italian Academy, Columbia University, New York
March 11
10:00 am: Plenary Lecture: The Stage and the Piazza in Early Modern Italy: was there a difference? (Edward Muir, Northwestern University)
coffee break
11:30 – 1:00: Religious Conflict as Contest over Space
Chair: Thrse de Hemptinne, Universiteit Gent
Espaces dici-bas et espace de lau-dl : la violence catholique la recherche de la cit de Dieu (France, 1560-1598) (Denis Crouzet, Universit Paris Sorbonne - Paris IV)
The Struggle for Sacred Space: Amsterdam in the age of the Reformation (Henk Van Nierop, Universiteit van Amsterdam)
discussion
1:00 – 2:30: lunch break
2:30 – 5:00: Economic Space
Chair: Peter Stabel, Universiteit Antwerpen
The Economic Trades through the Lucchese Judicial and Fiscal Sources: a cartography of the economic life of the city in the late XIVth century (Diane Chamboduc, Universit Paris Sorbonne - Paris IV)
Petites villes et espace fluvial : pratiques sociales et conflits dusage autour de Paris au XVe sicle (Pierre-Henri Guittonneau, Universit Paris Sorbonne - Paris IV)
Ubi Borsa, Ibi Pecunia? space and money in medieval Bruges (James Murray, Western Michigan University)
discussion
March 12
10:00 – 1:00: Material Appropriations of Space
Chair: Martha Howell, Columbia University
Instaurator et fundator: dification de la seigneurie urbaine et construction de la ville (Italie centrale, fin du Moyen ge) (Jean-Baptiste Delzant, Universit Paris Sorbonne -Paris IV)
Space Politics and Images of Power: the urban renewal of Naples during the Renaissance (Marco Vencato, Swiss Science and Technology Council)
From Cuckoos Egg to sedes tyranni: the princely citadels in the cities of the Low Countries, or the citys spatial integrity hijacked (15 th-early 16 th centuries) (Marc Boone, Universiteit Gent)
coffee break
Powers of Space, Spaces of Power: the constitution of the grand-place in the cities of the Low Countries, 12th-14th centuries (Chlo Deligne, Universit libre de Bruxelles)
The City in a World of Cities: Antwerp and the Civitates Orbis Terrarum (Peter Arnade, California State University at San Marcos)
discussion
1:00 – 2:30: lunch break
2:30 – 5:00: Narrative Appropriations of Space
Chair: Victoria de Grazia, Columbia University
La proximit en ngatif: rites de stigmatisation et espaces du quotidien dans lItalie de la Renaissance (Elizabeth Crouzet-Pavan, Universit Paris Sorbonne - Paris IV)
La construction dune centralit: Bruxelles dans le duch de Brabant au bas moyen ge (Claire Billen, Universit libre de Bruxelles)
coffee break
Lespace des supplices: rflexion sur lexpression et la perception de la peine et du chtiment dans les villes des Pays-Bas la fin du moyen ge (lodie Lecuppre-Desjardin, Universit Charles de Gaulle, Lille 3)
Embattled City Walls: a debate over use, jurisdiction and power in Lille, 1400-1526 (Ellen Wurtzel, Oberlin College)
5:00 – 6:00 reception