Colloquium on Emotions and Collective Imagery in Traditional China and Europe
literary works as historical sources, emotions and art, imagery and self-deception
February 2 and 3, 2015
Confucius Institute of Rome; Italian Institute of Oriental Studies / ISO – Sapienza University of Rome, Via Principe Amedeo 182/b – Classroom n. 7
Monday February 2nd, Sapienza University of Roma I.S.O., h. 14.30
Federico Masini, Director of the Confucius Institute of Sapienza University of Rome
Matilde Mastrangelo, Director of the Italian Institute of Oriental Studies Department / ISO, Sapienza University of Rome
Alessandra Brezzi, Executive Director of the Confucius Institute of Sapienza University of Rome
15.00 Paolo Santangelo (Sapienza University), An interdisciplinary project: textual analysis on emotions and collective imagery
15.20 Oki Yasushi (Tokyo University), Able Official or Comedian? How was Feng Menglong perceived through the eyes of his contemporaries?
15.50 Coffee break
16.10 Huang Zhuoyue (北京语言大学 Beijing Language and Culture University), The theories of “sensibility” 性灵说, and new concepts for a new mentality (趣,顺人情)
16.40 Lee Cheuk Yin (Singapore National University), The world of emotions in Tao’an mengyi 陶庵夢憶
17.10 Tian Yuan Tan (SOAS), The rhetoric of love in Mudanting
17.40 Discussion
Tuesday February 3rd, Sapienza Roma University I.S.O., h. 9.30
09.30 Albert Hoffstädt (BRILL senior editor, Asian Studies), Brill’s engagement in Chinese studies, and the New Series Emotions and States of Mind in East Asia
10.00 Roberto Gigliucci (Facoltà di Lettere e Filosofia, Sapienza University), Faust, Don Giovanni and Western modernity
10.30 Discussion
11.00 Coffee break
11.30 Luisa Paternicò (Rome Università degli Studi internazionali), Chinese Words to Express Emotions Recorded in the Missionary Grammars.
11.50 Yuan Xi (Sapienza University of Rome), A research of the treaty on Friendship (Qiuyou pian) (1661) of Missionary Martini
12.10 Giulia Falato (Sapienza University of Rome), Western concept of friendship (with Chinese characteristics) in Alfonso Vagnone S.J.’s work 童幼教育 _(Child Education, ca. 1628)
12.30 Discussion
Tuesday February 3rd, Sapienza Roma University I.S.O., h. 15.00
14.30 Davor Antonucci (Sapienza University of Rome), Missionary approach to the Chinese society: emotions and prejudices
14.50 Federica Casalin (Sapienza University of Rome), The Aesthetic contemplation of Italian fine arts in some Chinese travel diaries of the Late Qing period (1867-1897)
15.10 Martina Turriziani (Sapienza University of Rome), The connection between art and patriotic feeling in Kang Youwei’s Yidali youji
15.30 coffee break
16.00 Renata Vinci (Sapienza University of Rome), The Role of the Shenbao in the Construction of a Public Image of Italy in China (1872-1912)
16.20 Alessandra Brezzi (Sapienza University of Rome), Some artistic descriptions and ethical dilemmas in Shan Shili’s travel notes on Italy (1909).
16.40 Ornella De Nigris (Sapienza University of Rome), Traditional woman imagery as seen through female visual art: Liu Hung
17.30 Discussion
The reconstruction of the representation of inner and outer reality and of collective imagery in a civilization is a very tricky and risky task. However, if we are aware of the limits of any historical and anthropological research, it is possible to contribute from different disciplines to such an ambitious target. Several studies which analyse literary, moral and philosophical works have been successfully accomplished, and the colloquium allows an exchange of our experiences in different fields of studies, and a discussion on the results which have been reached until now. The analogous theme concerns the relation between emotions and art, imagery and self-deception.