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Online part (20th of May- 5th of June)

Tuesday 20th of May h. 10: first meeting and brief presentation of the summer school

Tuesday 20th of May, h. 11 Jiri Kubes (University of Pardubice) “The Changes of Grand Tour of Central European nobility in the first half of the 18th century: a recipe to stay powerful”

Thursday 22nd of May, h. 16 Jonathan Spangler (Manchester University) From Fortress to Fashion: The Evolution of Living Spaces Across Time in the French Monarchy

Monday 26th of May, h 16 Matylda Urjasz (Warsaw University) Mediterranean princes towards the Central European kingdoms in the end of XV and XVI century.

Friday 30th of May, h. 16 Elisabeth Geevers (Lund University) Genealogy as a means of constructing dynastic history and identity: the example of the Spanish Habsburgs

Tuesday the 3rd of June, h. 16 Filippo Carlà-Uhink (University of Potsdam) (Re)Founding Italy: The Social War, Its Aftermath and the Construction of a Roman-Italic Identity in the Roman Republic

Thursday 5th  of June, h. 10 Héloïse Hermant, (Nice University) Court Culture and the Power of Nobility under Charles II: A History of Conflict and Resilience

In presence part: (Cagliari, 9th-13th of June)

Monday the 9th of June 2025 - Aula Magna Motzo

9.30 Head of the Department of Letters, Idioms and cultural heritage, prof. Tiziana Pontillo

9.45 Summer School Director, prof. Rafaella Pilo

10- 10.20 Isabel Drumond Braga (Lisbon University) Elite women and entertainment in Early Modern Portugal

10.30-10.50 Francesca Ervas (Unica) Translating the Elite’s Language into Vernacular Languages

11-11.20 Nicola Melis (Unica) The invention of the Ottoman Caliphate: Politics, Diplomacy, European Chanceries, and Legend (16th-18th century)

11.30-12 Debate

12-14 Buffet

15-17: visit to Castello

Tuesday the 10th of June – room 9

9.30-9.50 Clementina Casula (Unica) Elite, Art & Power: Social Distincion through Music Production and Consumption

10-10.20 Mariangela Albano (Unica) The Metaphors of Ancien Régime: an elitary history

10.30-11 Debate

12-13: visit to the Galleria Comunale d’Arte (coffee break and visit the museum with an English speaker guide)

Lunch and Afternoon: free (go to the Poetto beach by bus is highly recommended!)

Wednesday the 11th of June – room 9

9.30-9.50 Giuseppina De Giudici (Unica) Jurist between the Early modern and contemporary ages. Élite logics and class weakness

10-10.20 Mauro Pala (Unica) Against the elite:  the “passive revolution” today

10.30-10.50 Elona Marku (Unica) Power and Elites in Organizations: Exploring Influence and Authority in Modern Institutions

11-11.30: Debate

12-14: Buffet

15-17: visit to the Archeological Museum

Thursday the 12th of June

10-12 Excursion to the Evil’s saddle (meeting point Le Terrazze reached by bus)

12-14 Buffet at Le Terrazze

14-14.20 Rafaella Pilo (Unica) Relatives, friends and clients: an intricate net to persist in power. Few case studies during the Baroque age

14.30- 14.50 Fabio Parascandolo (Unica) Opportunities and Limits of rural subsistence for Savoy elite in Early Modern Sardinia

15-15.30: Debate

Free afternoon

Friday the 13th of June – Aula Magna Motzo

10-10.20 Angela Taraborelli (Unica) The role of Intellectual Élite in Kant’s Political Thought

10.30-10.50 Francesco Benigno (Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa) The "Six Contemporary Revolutions" of Seventeenth Century: a New Interpretation.

11-11.30 Debate

12-14: Buffet

Free afternoon

19-21: Social Dinner at La Marinella (Quartu)

Last bus at 22.50!