Leonardo and beyond, perspectives on the Renaissance man

In honor of the 500th year of Leonardo da Vinci’s death, the journal “Incontri. Rivista europea di studi italiani”, the Werkgroep Italië Studies (WIS) and Leiden University Centre for the Arts in Society (LUCAS) organize a conference day about Leonardo da Vinci and the ‘uomo universale’.

Speakers:
– Christopher Tyler (City University of London)
– Dirk Huylebrouck, Rinus Roelofs (KU Leuven) and Emma Grootveld (Leiden University)
– Cristiano Amendola (Université de Liège)
– Tancredi Artico (Università di Padova)
– Rob Zwijnenberg (Leiden University)
– Eva Rovers (independent scholar)
– Rosi Braidotti (Utrecht University)

Members of the Werkgroep Italië Studies can round off the day with an “Italian” visit to the Hortus Botanicus.

More information about the schedule will follow.