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International Conference: “The Power of Art: Aesthetics and Politics in Classical German Philosophy” (Padova, 8-10 June)

June 8, 2026 University of Padova
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We are very glad to give notice of the Conference The Power of Art: Aesthetics and Politics in Classical German Philosophy.

The event will take place on June 8th-10th at the University of Padova (Sala delle Edicole, Palazzo del Capitanio, Piazza Capitaniato 3; Sala Bortolami, Palazzo Jonoch Gulinelli, Via Vescovado 30) and on Zoom.

The conference, organized by Francesco Campana and Gabriele Tomasi, is the second event within the framework of the PolArt project, which has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (Grant Agreement No. 101066460).

It is the second conference within the PolArt project, following the first conference, which took place in New York in February 2025.

The event will be held both in person and online. To attend via Zoom, please use the following link: https://unipd.zoom.us/launch/jc/84059901744

For further informartion, please visit the webpage of the event or contact francesco.campana@unipd.it

The event is sponsored by the Italian Society of Aesthetics and the PhD Program in Philosophy at the University of Padova, and is organized within the framework of the activities of the hegelpd research group.

Below you can find the program of the conference.


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The Power of Art

Aesthetics and Politics in Classical German Philosophy

Padova, June 8th-10th

11.00: Visit to the Scrovegni Chapel*

June 8, Sala delle Edicole

15.00: Reception

15.15-15.30: Francesco Campana, Gabriele Tomasi, Greetings and Introduction

Chair: Luca Illetterati

15.30-16.30: Giovanna Pinna (University of Molise), Aesthetic Universalism and the Aestheticization of Politics: On Schiller and Hegel

16.45-17.45: Mario Farina (Iuav University of Venice), Hegel: Art and the Critique of Modernity. The Hegelian Roots of the Politicization of Art

20.00: Dinner*

June 9, Sala Bortolami

Chair: Giulia Bernard

9.30-10.30: Kristin Gjesdal (Temple University), Tradition, Critique, and Agency in Germaine de Staël

10.45-11.45: Francesco Campana (University of Padua), Aesthetics, Politics and the Novel: The Case of Florentin by Dorothea Mendelssohn-Schlegel

12.15-13.15: Markus Gante (Friedrich Schiller University Jena), The Politics of Absolute Spirit

13.30 Lunch*

15.00: Visit to the Bo Palace*

Chair: Giovanna Luciano

16.30-17.30: Alberto L. Siani (University of Pisa), Artcentrism, Eurocentrism, and the Stakes of Hegelian Aesthetics

17.45-18.45: Paul A. Kottman (The New School for Social Research, NYC), The Attention Economy

20.00: Dinner*

June 10, Sala Bortolami

Chair: Elena Nardelli

9.30-10.30: C. Allen Speight (Boston University), Inscrutability and the Aesthetic

10.45-11.45: Gioia Sili (Roma Tre University), Resisting Oblivion. Fanny Mendelssohn and the Female Narrative

12.00: Visit to the Padua Baptistery*

13.30 Lunch*

Chair: Giovanna Miolli

15.00-16.00: Italo Debernardi Cárcamo (Silva Henríquez Catholic University), The Ideal or Artistic Beauty and the Sense of Appearance in Hegel’s Aesthetics

16.15-17.15: Gabriele Schimmenti (Pegaso University), Myth after Religion: The Politicization of Myth in Left Hegelianism

17.45-18.45: Gabriele Tomasi (University of Padua), Friendship, Love and Politics. On Hölderlin’s Quest for Community

19.00: Conclusion

20.00: Dinner*

*Activities for speakers only

 

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