COST Action (CA18140)
People in Motion: Entangled Histories of Displacement across the Mediterranean
TRAINING SCHOOL
EMPIRES AND EMOTIONS.
RETHINKING INTELLECTUAL AND CULTURAL TRANSFERS/TRANSLATIONS IN SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE AND THE MEDITERRANEAN (15th-19th C.)
Belgrade, 25th May – 28th May 2022
The University of Belgrade – Faculty of Philosophy
18-20 Čika Ljubina Street, Belgrade
The broad world of Southeastern Europe and the Mediterranean from ancient times nourished the great stories that spanned over distant times and places. The focus of the research done within the Cost Action 18140 People in Motion: Entangled Histories of Displacement across the Mediterranean, or PIMo, explores common forms of displacement and dispossession across the Mediterranean from the fifteenth century to the present.
The training school in Belgrade will explore this world, divided among different Empires in the Early modern period, and became the place where different thoughts and ideas crossed visible and invisible borders and overcame language barriers finding carriers among people and objects. Thought in motion, captured on paper, represented in an image, or whispered in the ear, created the intellectual bridge that connected Otherness and unified Diversities. Intellectual/cultural transfer and translation became powerful tools for acquiring, expanding, and sharing knowledge and constant companion of human history. The translation was always a human journey through inner and outer worlds, an emotional and intellectual adventure that challenged certainties, prejudices, and personal convictions. It compared languages and contexts, world views, cultures, and empires. The task of the training school in Belgrade is to shed light on these issues and to equip young scholars with the specific intellectual tools necessary for understanding the central role of translation/cultural transfer in the Mediterranean context.
