BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Sabre//Sabre VObject 4.5.8//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Zurich X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/Zurich TZURL:http://tzurl.org/zoneinfo/Europe/Zurich BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:19810329T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=-1SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:19961027T030000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=10;BYDAY=-1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:news1891@dg.philhist.unibas.ch DTSTAMP;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20230928T174039 DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20231103T141500 SUMMARY:53. Basler Renaissancekolloquium "meta-renaissance(s)" DESCRIPTION:From its onset – and not merely in the Burckhardtian traditio n – Renaissance scholarship has been inextricably linked to the genesis of cultural as universal history: an histoire totale of methods and pers pectives giving rise to a comprehensive representation of the social. From an historiographical point of view\, Renaissance history thus also repres ents an important chapter in the genesis of global history as an interdisc iplinary field of historical inquiry.\\r\\nWith respect to the European Re naissance\, the most trodden paths of global contextualization have been c arved out by the history of entanglements and (global) intellectual histor y. By contrast\, a comparatively neglected\, yet perhaps not less promisin g attempt to globalise (and thus\, by extension\, ‘provincialise’) bot h the European historical experience and its related areas of scholarship is to understand the Renaissance as a generic historical and historiograph ical model – a causality of circumstances spurring a comprehensive socia l movement that is (purportedly) based on a re-orientation towards prior t raditions.\\r\\nThe 53rd Basel Renaissance Colloquium hence sets out to e xplore Renaissance history from a diachronic and pan-regional perspective. Our starting point is to conceive of the (or rather\, a) Renaissance as a structure of social developments\, phenomena\, and practices that can be identified and compared across temporal and\, above all\, spatial boundar ies – thus potentially forming a globally applicable pattern of historic al analysis. The ensuing notion of Meta-Renaissance builds on and extend s existing discourses of decentralization that can be approached from esta blished angles of Renaissance scholarship as well as global history: which combination of (economic\, demographic\, broadly cultural) circumstances – if any – tend to induce and/or incentivise social processes of re-or ientation? How and when can such processes result in original or progressi ve outcomes as opposed to mere retrospection or collective nostalgia? What is the role of interregional and global connectivities in instigating dyn amics of confrontation or emulation? Does the concept of Renaissance descr ibe a tangible historical phenomenon at all\, and\, if so\, one whose occu rrence can be meaningfully explained and compared – or even predicted?\\ r\\nMeta-renaissance(s) thus invites to attempt a re-conceptualisation of the Renaissance as a global phenomenon that is explicitly not fixed in ei ther space or time. The meeting is intended as an interdisciplinary forum open to (and seeking to combine) perspectives from e.g. social\, political \, intellectual\, and art history\, and/or the (global) history of institu tions. We are particularly interested in comparative and/or connected appr oaches as well as in thematic contributions relating to the use and misuse of historical patterns\, the emergence and spread of ideas and artistic p ractices\, narratives and imaginaries of statehood\, and the construction and social differentiation of collective identities and forms of belonging \, among others.\\r\\nThe colloquium will allow for individual presentatio ns of about 30 minutes in length\, followed by questions and a final round table discussion. X-ALT-DESC:

From its onset – and not merely in the Burckhardtian tradit ion – Renaissance scholarship has been inextricably linked to the genesi s of cultural as universal history: an \;histoire totale  \;of methods and perspectives giving rise to a comprehensive representatio n of the social. From an historiographical point of view\, Renaissance his tory thus also represents an important chapter in the genesis of global hi story as an interdisciplinary field of historical inquiry.

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With re spect to the European Renaissance\, the most trodden paths of global conte xtualization have been carved out by the history of entanglements and (glo bal) intellectual history. By contrast\, a comparatively neglected\, yet p erhaps not less promising attempt to globalise (and thus\, by extension\, ‘provincialise’) both the European historical experience and its relat ed areas of scholarship is to understand the Renaissance as a generic hist orical and historiographical model – a causality of circumstances spurri ng a comprehensive social movement that is (purportedly) based on a re-ori entation towards prior traditions.

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The 53rd \;Basel Renaissanc e Colloquium hence sets out to explore Renaissance history from a diachron ic and pan-regional perspective. Our starting point is to conceive of the (or rather\, \;a) Renaissance as a structure of social develo pments\, phenomena\, and practices that can be identified and compared acr oss temporal and\, above all\, spatial boundaries – thus potentially for ming a globally applicable pattern of historical analysis. The ensuing not ion of \;Meta-Renaissance \;builds on and extends existin g discourses of decentralization that can be approached from established a ngles of Renaissance scholarship as well as global history: which combinat ion of (economic\, demographic\, broadly cultural) circumstances – if an y – tend to induce and/or incentivise social processes of re-orientation ? How and when can such processes result in original or progressive outcom es as opposed to mere retrospection or collective nostalgia? What is the r ole of interregional and global connectivities in instigating dynamics of confrontation or emulation? Does the concept of Renaissance describe a tan gible historical phenomenon at all\, and\, if so\, one whose occurrence ca n be meaningfully explained and compared – or even predicted?

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Meta-renaissance(s) \;thus invites to attempt a re-conceptualis ation of the Renaissance as a global phenomenon that is explicitly not fix ed in either space or time. The meeting is intended as an interdisciplinar y forum open to (and seeking to combine) perspectives from e.g. social\, p olitical\, intellectual\, and art history\, and/or the (global) history of institutions. We are particularly interested in comparative and/or connec ted approaches as well as in thematic contributions relating to the use an d misuse of historical patterns\, the emergence and spread of ideas and ar tistic practices\, narratives and imaginaries of statehood\, and the const ruction and social differentiation of collective identities and forms of b elonging\, among others.

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The colloquium will allow for individual presentations of about 30 minutes in length\, followed by questions and a final roundtable discussion.

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