Agenda

Rethinking the Role of Antiquity: The Value of the Classics in the 21st Century

2–4 settembre 2026
Sala delle Trifore, San Sebastiano
Dorsoduro 1686, Venezia

2 settembre 2026

09.00 | Opening Ceremony and Institutional Greetings

Tiziana LIPPIELLO, Rector of Ca’ Foscari University of Venice
Massimo AMBROSETTI, Ambassador of Italy to the People’s Republic of China
Giovanni DELL’OLIVO, General Director of Fondazione di Venezia
DU Xiaoqin 杜晓勤, Head of the Department of Chinese Language and Literature, Peking University
Laura DE GIORGI, Director of the Department of Asian and North African Studies
Daniele BAGLIONI, Director of the Department of Humanistic Studies
Livio ZANINI, Italian Co-Director of the Venice Confucio Institute

09.15–10.30 | Session I – Defining the Classical
Chair: DU Xiaoqin 杜晓勤
Speakers: Glenn W. MOST; WANG Bo 王博; Richard KING

10.50–12.00 | Session II – Canon, Commentary and Philology
Chair: Gianpiero ROSATI
Speakers: LIU Yucai 刘玉才; Attilio ANDREINI

14.00–15.20 | Session III – Transmission of Classical Texts
Chair: Franco MONTANARI
Speakers: Emiliano FIORI; DU Xiaoqin 杜晓勤; LI Hao 李浩

16.40–17.30 | Session IV – Philology and Textual Traditions
Chair: Giulia BACCINI
Speakers: Franco MONTANARI; HU Qi 胡琦; GAO Tonglin 郜同麟

3 settembre 2026

09.15–10.30 | Session V – Exegesis and Interpretation
Chair: Roberto NICOLAI
Speakers: CAI Zongqi 蔡宗齐; Ettore CINGANO; Martina VENUTI

10.50–12.30 | Session VI – Philosophy, Canon and Cultural Transmission
Chair: WANG Bo 王博
Speakers: Tiziana LIPPIELLO; CHENG Sudong 程苏东; YE Ye 叶晔; Paolo DE TROIA

14.30–16.05 | Session VII – Language, Writing and Knowledge Systems
Chair: Giorgio PIRAS
Speakers: ZHOU Xinglu 周兴陆; HU Chirui 胡敕瑞; LEI Tangxun 雷瑭洵; XIANG Xiaolu 向筱路

16.25–17.30 | Session VIII – Literature and Material Culture
Chair: Glenn W. MOST
Speakers: Roberto NICOLAI; Gianpiero ROSATI

4 settembre 2026

09.10–10.05 | Final Session – Text, Interpretation and Global Knowledge
Chair: Ettore CINGANO
Speakers: Giorgio PIRAS; Andrea BALBO

10.10–10.30 | Closing Ceremony

Final remarks (Ca’ Foscari University of Venice & Peking University)
Official closure of the conference