October 7, Tuesday
9.00 Welcome Address and Speeches
Tiziana Lippiello (Rector Ca’ Foscari University of Venice)
Jin Li 金力 (President Fudan University)
10.00 FIRST SESSION
Moderator: Andrea Balbo (Department of Humanities, University of Turin)
10.00-10.30 Keynote speech
Oriental View Post Marco Polo: Verify the China’s Knowledge by Matteo Ricci and Matteo Ripa
Li Tiangang 李天纲, (School of Philosophy, Fudan University)
10.30-10.50 An Overview of Marco Polo Studies in China over the Past 15 years
Wen Haiqing 温海清 (Department of History, Fudan University)
10.50 Coffee break
11.20 SECOND SESSION
Moderator: Laura De Giorgi (Department of Asian and North African Studies, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice)
11.20-11.40 Organic Intellectuals and the Contemporary Globalized World
Zhang Shuangli 张双利 (Dean of the School of Philosophy, Fudan University)
11.40-12.00 Early Modern European Understanding of Asian Climate
Craig Martin (Department of Philosophy and Cultural Heritage, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice)
12.00-12.30 Discussion
12.30 Lunch
14.00 THIRD SESSION
Moderator: Francesco Stella (Department of Philology and Criticism of Ancient and Modern literatures, University of Siena)
14.00-14.20 Lessons from the Early Globalism Period for Intercultural Communication and Peacebuilding Today
Benoît Vermander (Department of Philosophy, Fudan University)
14.20-14.40 Medievalism in Giulio Aleni’s Liturgical Translation of Eucharistic Theology
Cui Chen 崔晨 (Department of Asian and North African Studies, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice & Faculty of Humanities, University of Lausanne)
14.40-15.00 Late Antique Iconography in a Global Context: A Comparative Study of Ravenna Mosaics and the Yungang Grottoes
Zhou Zhihuan 周之桓 (Department of History, Fudan University)
15.00-15.20 Some Reflections on the Jesuit Interpretation of passage 4.5 of the Lunyu
Attilio Andreini (Department of Asian and North African Studies, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice)
15.30 Coffee/Tea break
16.00 FOURTH SESSION
Moderator: Li Tiangang 李天纲 (School of Philosophy, Fudan University)
16.00-16.20 Chinese Medicine in the Perspective of 19th Century Medical Missionaries: A Historical Examination
Gao Xi 高晞 (Department of History, Fudan University)
16.20-16.40 Extremae Asiae descriptio: the Role of Geography in Understanding China from Marco Polo to Martino Martini
Francesca Boldrer (Department of Humanities, Languages, Mediation, History, Arts and Philosophy, University of Macerata)
16.40-17.00 Understanding Concepts in Global Context: The Case of Chinese “Renaissance”
Zhang Ke 章可 (Department of History, Fudan University)
17.00 Discussion
19.00 Dinner
October 8, Wednesday
FIFTH SESSION
Moderator: Tiziana Lippiello (Rector Ca’ Foscari University of Venice)
9.00-9.30 Keynote lecture
The Analects in European Translations: A Few Tentative Examples
Michael Lackner (Department of Middle Eastern and Far Eastern Languages and Cultures, FriedrichAlexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg)
9.30-9.50 From the Sinarum Scientia Politico-Moralis to the Confucius Sinarum Philosophus: What remains
Simone Mollea (Department of Humanities, University of Turin)
9.50-10.10 From the Sinarum Scientia PoliticoMoralis to the Confucius Sinarum Philosophus: what changes
Elisa Della Calce (Department of Humanities, University of Turin)
10.10-10.30 Understanding China through Reviews: The First Reception of Confucius Sinarum Philosophus (1687)
Marco Sgarbi (Department of Philosophy and Cultural Heritage, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice)
10.30-11.30 Round table: proceedings and next steps
Andrea Balbo (Torino), Tiziana Lippiello (Ca’ Foscari Venezia), Li Tiangang (Fudan), Francesco Stella (Siena)