Roundtable: Defining the Antiquarian

Session Submission Type: Roundtable

Abstract

Recent scholarship has revealed that antiquarianism is central to a whole range of early modern intellectual endeavors, from architectural design to historical research, and from religious art to the new science. Because of the extent of antiquarian practice, scholars from different contemporary disciplines do not necessarily compare their preconceptions and understanding of what antiquarianism is. This roundtable aims to bring together practitioners from a range of modern disciplines, focusing on two fundamental questions: how did early modern scholars describe their practices, and how is the term antiquarian used today? At Berlin we will start a conversation that will allow us to lay the foundations for a future series of panels dedicated to defining early modern antiquarianism in a larger context.

Sub Unit

• RSA Annual Meeting

Organizers

• William Stenhouse, Yeshiva University

• Ginette Vagenheim, Université de Rouen

Chair

• Peter N. Miller, Bard Graduate Center

Discussants

• Barbara Furlotti, Warburg Institute

• Anthony Grafton, Princeton University

• Emmanuel Lurin, Université de Paris IV-Sorbonne

• Katrina B. Olds, University of San Francisco

• Daniel Stolzenberg, University of California, Davis

• Ingo Herklotz, Philipps Universität Marburg

• Jan Marco Sawilla, Universität Konstanz