International Symposium: Good Governance (1/2 ECTS)
In this study component, you get involved in the organisation of a symposium or a workshop, and in some cases, you can also contribute to it. The topic and content of these symposiums change annually, and usually there are multiple options.
Teachers
Dr N. de Raedt and Dr D.P.H. Napolitano
Programme
09:45-10:00 Registration
10:00-10:15 Welcome
10:15-11:15 Sources
Minne De Boodt (KU Leuven)
Debating good governance. The added value of a cross-contextual analysis for the study of late medieval political thinking
Frederik Buylaert, Klaas Van Gelder, Kaat Capelle (Ghent University)
Comparing “good governance” in town and countryside: the evidence from Flanders, c. 1250-1550
David Napolitano (Utrecht University)
From mirrors-for-princes, over the podestà literature, to mirrors-for-magistrates: Preliminary explorations of three modern labels for medieval advice literature on rulership
11:15-12:15 Discussion
Lunch
13:30-14:10 Methodology
Nele De Raedt (UCLouvain)
Mirrors for magistrates on building the city
Mats Dijkdrent (UCLouvain)
Architectural descriptions as mirrors for good governance in sixteenth-century Antwerp
14:10-15:10 Discussion
Coffee
15:30-16:10 Ideals and Comparison
Giacomo Santoro (Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa)
Magistratus virum ostendit: a perspective on good governance in the Republic of Siena, between pedagogy and government (1428-1456)
Vasileios Syros (Jawaharlal Nehru University & The Medici Archive Project)
Good governance and the city in early modern Italy and India
16:10-17:00 Discussion
Registration
To attend, please register in advance by sending a message to nele.deraedt@uclouvain.be and d.p.h.napolitano@uu.nl.