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“A three millennia history: Universal Jerusalem”, conference by Alessio Marziali Peretti

The Italian Cultural Institute, in collaboration with l’École de Langues dell’Université Laval and the Québec Committee of the Dante Alighieri Society, are pleased to present the conference given by Alessio Marziali Peretti, entitled “A three millennia history: Universal Jerusalem“.

Thursday March 28, 2019 at 7pm
Université Laval
Pavillon Charles De Koninck, Hall 3155
Québéc
The conference will be held in Italian

Holy City of three religions, at the intersection of three continents, Jerusalem is still a crossroads for people and worlds. Thanks to the collaboration between the Italian Cultural Institute of Montréal and the Musée Marguerite-Bourgeoys, we can now have access to an unprecedented glimpse of the city at the end of the nineteenth century. The opportunity is offered by a precious photographic patrimony, produced at the time by Luigi Fiorillo’s photographic studio and currently preserved in the Aracoeli-Historical Provincial Archive of the Province of St. Bonaventure of the Friars Minor of Rome. The three photo albums of the Holy Land, used to record the activities of the Franciscans on the territory of the Holy Land Custody, tell stories of monks, liturgies, pilgrims, assistance to the needy and schools. The conference will focus on this photographic heritage that has not only captured Jerusalem in an instant in time, but which bears testimony to the three millennia of history.

Alessio Marziali Peretti is a PhD student at the University of Montreal’s Département des Littératures de langue française, where he deals with the dissemination of French literature in Italy at the end of the 13th century and, in particular, the Pisa-Genoa axis. He trained as a novel philologist at the “La Sapienza” University of Rome and his fields of interest are the poetry of the troubadours, the Italian and French female Petrarchan lyric and cognitive philology. He is the curator of the exhibition Jérusalem Universelle – Universal Jerusalem, currently exhibited at the Musée Marguerite-Bourgeoys in Montréal.

  • Organized by: Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Montréal
  • In collaboration with: École de Langues dell’Université Laval - Comitato