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Conference Presentations by Karine DURIN

Scientiae, Annual Conference, Prague, 7-10/06/2023, 2023

February, 2023

Another Humanism – Traditions of Critique and Resistance 9-10 February 2023, Stockholm University... more Another Humanism – Traditions of Critique and Resistance
9-10 February 2023, Stockholm University, Department of Culture and Aesthetics

Colloque Internationa. "La place des femmes dans l'hispanisme : les pionnières", 2022

Colloque Internationa. "La place des femmes dans l'hispanisme : les pionnières", org. Ivanne Gala... more Colloque Internationa. "La place des femmes dans l'hispanisme : les pionnières", org. Ivanne Galant et Cécile Fourrel de Frettes (Université Sorbonne Paris Nord, Pléiade, Université Sorbonne Nouvelle, Crec), 6-7 octobre 2022

Renaissance Society of America, 30/03-02/04, 2022

Panel "New Interpretations of Early Modern Hispanic World" (org. K. Durin) 30/03, 4:30 pm-6:00 pm... more Panel "New Interpretations of Early Modern Hispanic World" (org. K. Durin)
30/03, 4:30 pm-6:00 pm, The Convention Centre Dublin

"The Republic of Letters and the Formation of Transoceanic Empires across Renaissance Iberian Wor... more "The Republic of Letters and the Formation of Transoceanic Empires across Renaissance Iberian Worlds", Saint Louis University, Madrid Campus, 3-4/12/2021 (org. Fabien Montcher & Francisco García Serrano)

Colloque international, Université de Nantes, Centre de recherches CRINI, Château du Tertre & Mus... more Colloque international, Université de Nantes, Centre de recherches CRINI, Château du Tertre & Museum d'Histoire Naturelle de la ville de Nantes, 18 & 19 novembre 2021

12/06/2021

Scientiae Conference, University of Amsterdam (virtual conference), 9-12/06/2021

This panel seeks to reassess the different paths in which empiricism developed during the Renaiss... more This panel seeks to reassess the different paths in which empiricism developed during the Renaissance. Recent historiographical interpretations have suggested the importance of moving away from the traditional ideas about its possible British origins and its subsequent transformation into a national philosophical current. Instead, it has been shown that the Spanish imperial project contributed to the development of Western science through a strong promotion and dissemination of new knowledge, and by a pioneering State sponsorship of scientific culture, particularly under Philip II. This redefinition of empiricism in the early modern period will be placed in the context of a profoundly renewed reflection on the concept of scientia, at the intersection between history of knowledge and intellectual history. The extent in which empiricist philosophical thought differed from other doctrines by seeking alternatives to Aristotelian natural philosophy will be explored, as well as its possible connections to the rise of philosophical eclecticism. The diversity of experiences created the circulation of knowledge in an increasingly connected and globalised world will also be discussed. These objectives are in line with recent research that has attempted to "de-Europeanize" the conception of science at the dawn of the Scientific Revolution. In all, these perspectives will add to the discussion about the rise of empiricism in the specific context of a reform of natural philosophy during the Renaissance. The following issues will also be explored: Empiricism as the founding element of a questioning of rationality. Natural philosophy and the emergence of new forms of rationality. The limits of empiricism as a systemic approach to the natural world. Does empiricism respond to a desire for reform? Empiricism and collaborative knowledge Empiricism and Skeptical currents of thought Empirical practices and its books The political dimension of empiricism and its relevance to imperial projects. Please submit proposals to Karine Durin (karine.durin@univ-nantes.fr/karinedurin@yahoo.fr) by 12 August 2020. Paper proposals must include the following: full name, current affiliation and e-mail address; PhD completion date (past or expected); brief CV (2-page maximum); paper title (15-word maximum); and abstract (150-word maximum).

"L'admirable greffier de nature. Héritages botaniques & zoologiques de Pline au XVIe siècle", Col... more "L'admirable greffier de nature. Héritages botaniques & zoologiques de Pline au XVIe siècle", Colloque international organisé par Dominique Brancher, Augustin Lesage, Jean-Charles Monferran, Florian Quentin, , Bâle, 29-31 août 2019.

Sixteenth Century Society & Conference, Annual Conference, 2019

In this paper I propose to examine the English reception of "The Spanish Libertines" (edition of ... more In this paper I propose to examine the English reception of "The Spanish Libertines" (edition of the Lives of Justina, Celestina, printed in the early 18th-century London). This edition (1707) is the last perfect example of a well-established relationship between wit and scandal, Spanish literature and libertine imagination in the scope of English literature during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. This discussion will contribute to the panel by considering scandal as a notion pervaded by a historical context of hostility and rivalry—scandal as evil arising from the otherness.

24-25/09/2019, 2019

Congreso Internacional, "La autoridad de los saberes : El letrado", Romanisches Seminal, Universi... more Congreso Internacional, "La autoridad de los saberes : El letrado", Romanisches Seminal, Universität Münster

Scientiae. Disciplines of Knowing in the Early Modern World, Annual Conference, Belfast, 12-15 juin 2019, 2019

The purpose of this study is to reflect on the intersection of science, philology and philosophy ... more The purpose of this study is to reflect on the intersection of science, philology and philosophy in Spanish early modern intellectual history through the debates on the concept of error in Pliny's Historia Naturalis. In Spanish Golden Age philosophy, the discussions on the work of Pliny became not only a field of literary criticism, but also a science of discovering errors in corrupted and mutilated ancient texts. The princeps edition, published in 1469 Venice, by Johannes de Spira, became the starting point for various erudite debates among scholars from different parts of Europe. Since the late XVth century, the confrontation between classic philology and scientific (especially medical) inquiry spread from Italy to the most important intellectual centres of Europe, decisively influencing the development of scientific Humanism in Spain. It has been recently argued that the concept of error began to define the academic self in the transition from Medieval to Reinaissance erudite culture, becoming both a public performance and a definition of the intellectual identity of the humanist. In Golden Age Spain, the scholarly debates around the work of Pliny contributed to the formation of a Republic of Letters and a specific intellectual community comprising scholars from various universities an intellectual centres. This study aims to demonstrate to what extent the erudite practice of debunking errors could determine the renovation of scientific methods. It also aims to understand to what extent errors in terminology affected the different manners in which Pliny's thought was understood. This will allow us to explore the limits of the concept of error, understood from a philological perspective, through the religious and philosophical ambivalence towards the presence of Pliny among impious authors now considered as precursors of modern atheism, such as Epicurus and Lucretius. In this sense, the present study deals with the wider question of the perceived transformation of ancient sages into impious pagans, who defended dubious doctrines.

Colloque international : "Santé et maladie avant et après Paracelse. Gesundheit und Krankheit vor und hach Paracelsus", org. Christoph Strosetzki, Universitat Münster , 2019

"Penser le scandale dans l'Europe de la Renaissance aux Lumières: Historicité, Savoirs et Créatio... more "Penser le scandale dans l'Europe de la Renaissance aux Lumières: Historicité, Savoirs et Créations", Journée d'Etudes du Séminaire interdisciplinaire "Le Concert des Nations à l'époque moderne" (CRHIA, CRINI, LAMO), Université de Nantes, Journées Scientifiques de l'Université de Nantes, vendredi 1er juin 2018.

The aim of this paper is to understand the relationship between imagination and rationalism in Sp... more The aim of this paper is to understand the relationship between imagination and rationalism in Spanish Golden Age culture, through the study of passages dealing with Utopia present in several philosophical texts. Disruptions and discontinuities in the search of Truth, as well as new methods to demonstrate the power of human reason, defined to a large extent the endeavors of Spanish Renaissance philosophy. Various methods to reform traditional philosophical discourse, such as the practice of questioning, the use of dialogue, or the paradox based on dream fiction, characterized this variant of early modern rationality. The main question is: to what extent the utopic imagination of a perfect world was a way to experience the validity of the philosophical concepts? The conception of rationality revealed by this alternative brought together the rise of scientific purpose. In a contrary depiction of reality, the allegorical exploration of an imperfect world allowed to present philosophical ideas in the fictional prose of the Spanish Renaissance.

This paper aims to explore the references made to the Epicurean doctrine in treatises on Divine P... more This paper aims to explore the references made to the Epicurean doctrine in treatises on Divine Providence, either to defend or deny this fundamental precept of Catholicism. The representation of Providence frequently revealed a certain ambiguity which, in some cases, amounted to a dialogue with Epicurean denial of the influence of God. To what extent this heterodox thesis revealed a tension which could have determined an anti-Epicurean position? The heterodox thesis allows us to approach both Epicureanism and anti-Epicureanism in close connection to Renaissance philosophy. In this context, it is important to consider some intellectual and scientific discontinuities in the tradition of faith in Divine Providence, like the rise of a new empiricism during the sixteenth century, and the reflection on the meaning of corporeal suffering, moral affliction, and their spiritual profit. The treatise of the Spanish Stoic writer Francisco de Quevedo, Providencia de Dios (1641) will be a main reference to illustrate the ambiguity of the philosophical and moral perspective on the power of God in the natural world which, in turn, raised the question of the misery of human condition. Dissent concerning the doctrine of immortality of the soul and the indifference of God towards human affairs were some of the most debated arguments of Epicureanism during the Renaissance. An early tradition set the defence of Divine Providence following the teaching of Aquinas. In Spain God's control over the world justified political and theological theories. The strong Messianic message defended by the Spanish monarchy contradicted the Chance and Fortune as factors that governed human affairs. In moral philosophy, however, the treatises of Seneca and the importance of the Ciceronian skeptic dialogue De Natura deorum provided another approach in some extent at odds with the political tradition.

Seminars by Karine DURIN

Scientiae, Annual Conference, Prague, 7-10/06/2023, 2023

February, 2023

Colloque Internationa. "La place des femmes dans l'hispanisme : les pionnières", 2022

Renaissance Society of America, 30/03-02/04, 2022

12/06/2021

Scientiae Conference, University of Amsterdam (virtual conference), 9-12/06/2021

Sixteenth Century Society & Conference, Annual Conference, 2019

24-25/09/2019, 2019

Scientiae. Disciplines of Knowing in the Early Modern World, Annual Conference, Belfast, 12-15 juin 2019, 2019

Colloque international : "Santé et maladie avant et après Paracelse. Gesundheit und Krankheit vor und hach Paracelsus", org. Christoph Strosetzki, Universitat Münster , 2019

In the light of the recent commemoration of such major European divisions as the Lutheran Reforma... more In the light of the recent commemoration of such major European divisions as the Lutheran Reformation (1517) or the Thirty Years' War (1618-1648), the modern era is often construed as a painful stage in the construction of our modernity. Such emphasis on religious strife and international divisions has often discouraged scholars from investigating the opposite trend towards conciliation and the institution of concord as well as its various expressions. Studying the role of the arts in peace negotiations has recently uncovered women's participation in diplomacy and conflict resolution through cultural policy (e.g. in Sweden, Spain, England and the Netherlands). Moreover, the circulation of knowledge which contributed to the shaping of a "Republic of Letters" whose cohesiveness, despite its tensions, has been described in various studies dedicated to the emergence of scholarly networks. Lastly, the increase in intellectual as well as social exchanges resulting from the custom of peregrinationes academicae, either to major European universities, or to places where scholars hoped to find patrons who who secured them jobs or pensions, played a decisive role in bringing closer the political and diplomatic agendas of the various nations. Such trend, inherited from the Middle Ages, was given new impetus in the early modern age.

19 juin , 2019

L’atelier jeunes chercheurs, qui se tiendra le 19 juin 2019, vise à favoriser les échanges entre ... more L’atelier jeunes chercheurs, qui se tiendra le 19 juin 2019, vise à favoriser les échanges entre jeunes chercheurs en LLSH, travaillant particulièrement sur la période moderne (XVIe- XVIIIe siècles). Cette rencontre offre l’occasion d’une réflexion interdisciplinaire et comparative sur un champ fondamental des études historiques, littéraires, culturelles, constamment renouvelé par les croisements entre questionnements théoriques, pratiques, méthodes et outils propres à la période concernée. Les problématiques des travaux de recherche actuels, ainsi que les approches méthodologiques, montrent l’importance d’un dialogue entre les disciplines, les aires culturelles, leurs méthodes et leurs apports théoriques spécifiques. Outre la réflexion théorique, la rencontre a pour but de favoriser une réflexion commune sur des pratiques appliquées à l’étude d’une période marquée par la circulation des écrits et des acteurs/auteurs dans un espace du savoir européen, ouvert à de nouveaux espaces extra-européens et augmenté par le développement de nouveaux outils qui les rendent accessibles.

Le workshop international consacré au scandale en Europe, à l’époque moderne, s’inscrit dans la p... more Le workshop international consacré au scandale en Europe, à l’époque moderne, s’inscrit dans la perspective de travaux conjoints de trois laboratoires de l’université de Nantes, CRHIA, LAMO et CRINI autour du thème fédérateur du « Concert des Nations (XVIe-XVIIIe siècles) ».
La rencontre abordera cette notion transversale à partir de son émergence au XVIe siècle, dans un contexte religieux et spirituel où le scandale est associé à la Réforme et à la figure de Luther, puis plus largement jusqu’au XVIIIe siècle, à l’expression de la dissension et du désaccord.
Cependant, si la formulation des idées hétérodoxes se présente comme un objet privilégié de scandale, la période considérée montrera la richesse et l’amplitude de la notion, au croisement de champs disciplinaires complémentaires. Aussi la politique, l’histoire des idées, la littérature, l’iconographie pourront-elles se trouver réunies dans l’analyse des formes, des contenus, et des effets produits par le scandale. Ce thème s’offre donc comme un point de référence privilégié pour une réflexion sur la conservation de la réputation, la bienséance et les canons, la liberté d’expression, la censure, le contrôle des idées, des écrits et des images à l’âge classique.

In her programme, Prof. Karine Durin from the University of Nantes (Centre of Research CRINI) wil... more In her programme, Prof. Karine Durin from the University of Nantes (Centre of Research CRINI) will explore the approach of nature (environment, landscape, medicinal botany) in the XVIth century through the Iberian experiences in the New World discovered. The lecture will study the following topics : 1. Learning about nature : the Natural History in the iberian culture of the XVIth century ; 2. The discovery of a new natural world : the textual description in the chronicles and natural histories of the Indies. The tension between the poetic approach and the writing of the true experience ; 3. The aftermath of the european representation in the modern visual arts.
Bibliography :
Delgado López, Enrique, « Historiar la naturaleza : reflexiones sobre la traducción a la historia natural de Plinio por Francisco Hernández », Delaware Review of Latin American Studies, Issues, vol. 11, n°1, june 30, 2010.
Acosta, José de, Natural and Moral History of the Indies. Ed. by Jane E. Mangan, introd. Walter Mignolo, Durham & London, Duke University Press, 2002.
Barrera Osorio, Antonio, Experiencing Nature. The Spanish American Empire and the EarlyScientific Revolution, Austin, University of Texas Press, 2006.
Bleichmar, Daniela (ed.), Science in the Spanish and Portuguese Empires, 1500-1800, Stanford University Press, 2008 ; Visible Empire. Botanicla Expeditions & Visual Culture in the Hispanic Enlightenment, Chicago, The University of Chicago Press, 2012.
Cañizares Esguerra, Jorge, How to Write the History of the New World. Histories, Epistemologies, and Identities in the Eighteenth-Century Atlantic World, Stanford University Press, 2001 ; Nature, Empire and Nation. Explorations of the History of Science in the Iberian World, Stanford University Press, 2006.
Portuondo, María M., Secret Science. Spanish Cosmography and the New World, The University of Chicago Press, 2009.
Prieto, Andrés I., Scientists. Jesuit Science in Spanish South America, 1570-1810, Nashville, Vanderbilt University Press, 2011.
Smith, Pamela H., « Art, Science and Visual Culture in Early Modern Europe », Isis, vol. 97 (March 2006), pp. 83-100.

In this session, Prof. Dr. Karine Durin from the University of Nantes will explore the idea of di... more In this session, Prof. Dr. Karine Durin from the University of Nantes will explore the idea of diversity as a founding principle of inter-cultural processes in the Early Modern Hispanic world. This notion will be contextualized by studying the duality between unity and diversity in the experience of the Hispanic Monarchy, especially in the colonial Atlantic world. The encounter with the New World will be analysed as a major factor in the development of cultural diversity. Also, the impact of hybridity in the discourses about the Natural History of the Indies, and the influence of the marvels of the New World, will be read as important factors on the renewal of Hispanic political culture. The outcome of these cultural encounters will allow to suggest the implications of cultural diversity in the realm of religion and belief. Their impact transcended the conflicts generated by the spiritual conquest of the Indies, and led to the growth of scepticism and the birth of new forms of tolerance.

Laboratoire CRINI, Axe 3: "Interactions et dynamiques créatrices (Europe-Amériques)", Université de Nantes, Oct 9, 2014

Conceptos: revista de Investigación graciana, 2007

Resumen: Con ocasión de la jubilación como profesor de la Université de Provence I, se ofrece un ... more Resumen: Con ocasión de la jubilación como profesor de la Université de Provence I, se ofrece un breve homenaje a Benito Pelegrín en forma de comentario de sus trabajos. Se analizan sus tesis interpretativas y la influencia de las mismas. Se revisa su labor como ...

Vervuert Verlagsgesellschaft eBooks, Dec 31, 2006

... "Los trabajos de Persiles y Segismunda": las vías poéticas de la utopía. Autores: K... more ... "Los trabajos de Persiles y Segismunda": las vías poéticas de la utopía. Autores: KarineDurin; Localización: Edad de oro cantabrigense : actas del VII Congreso de la Asociación Internacional de Hispanistas del Siglo de Oro / coord. ...

Iberoamericana Vervuert eBooks, Dec 31, 2013

Fue común a los siglos áureos, unidos por una incansable aspiración humanista, la comparación ent... more Fue común a los siglos áureos, unidos por una incansable aspiración humanista, la comparación entre antiguos y modernos. Esta tomó formas diversas: sea como signo de concordia manifiesto entre gentiles y cristianos más allá de los tiempos, sea como querella y disputa. Es así arquetípica la confesión que un Páez de Castro dirigía a Felipe II al declinar el siglo XVI, cuando decía: parecerá cosa atrevida y nueva, pero es gran verdad que sin imitación de los antiguos no se puede escribir bien en lengua ninguna, ni contratar, ni vivir como se debe 1 .

Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona eBooks, 2013

El concepto de elusión ha sido acuñado por el filólogo español Dámaso Alonso, quien vio en ella, ... more El concepto de elusión ha sido acuñado por el filólogo español Dámaso Alonso, quien vio en ella, a través del arte de la metáfora magnificado por el poeta de las Soledades, una clave de la concepción gongorina del lenguaje. 1 El acercamiento gongorino a las palabras estribaría, según D. Alonso, en un acto simétrico, y hasta complementario, de alusión y elusión: Todo el arte de Góngora consiste en un doble juego: esquivar los elementos de la realidad cotidiana, para sustituirlos por otros que corresponden, de hecho, a realidades distintas del mundo físico o del espiritual, y que sólo mediante el prodigioso puente de la intuición poética pueden ser referidos a los reemplazados. 2

Resumen: El presente trabajo se propone investigar el alcance del placer literario partiendo de l... more Resumen: El presente trabajo se propone investigar el alcance del placer literario partiendo de los problemas discutidos por las poéticas italianas del Renacimiento. Considerando el alcance que tuvieron Minturno, Robortello y Castelvetro en la España del Siglo de Oro, se estudia la repercusión y el eco de dichos debates en algunos textos teóricos representativos de un giro decisivo en la incorporación del placer como dimensión de la representación de la naturaleza humana y del fin de la poesía. En particular, nos interesa aquí la representación del placer trágico. ¿Cómo la crueldad puede contribuir al deleite? Una tensión profunda se revela, en efecto, en las reflexiones, hasta el planteamiento, en el Barroco, de la función dulcificante del placer para encubrir verdades amargas y desengaños corrosivos. El desengaño Barroco se construye así sobre el fondo de la revelación corrosiva de la tragedia de nuestra condición, justificando desde esta perspectiva metafísica la necesidad de la estética.

Hipogrifo. Revista de literatura y cultura del Siglo de Oro, 2021

Palabras clave. Providencia; justicia divina; consenso; República de las Letras; neoestoicismo; d... more Palabras clave. Providencia; justicia divina; consenso; República de las Letras; neoestoicismo; defensa religiosa.

This paper aims to understand the concept of literary pleasure in relation to the main subjects d... more This paper aims to understand the concept of literary pleasure in relation to the main subjects discussed by Italian Renaissance poetics. It also aims to trace its influence on Spanish Golden Age Literature, particularly in theoretical works which became a decisive step in the development of the concept of pleasure as an integral aspect of the poetical representation of human nature. Special attention is given to the representation of tragical pleasure. In which manner cruelty can be equated to delight? A profund tension reveals itself in the Baroque representation of pleasure, as a sophisticated mechanism designed to conceal uncomfortable truths and bitter disappointments.

La autoridad política y el poder de las letras en el Siglo de Oro, 2013

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La philosophie est au centre de l'oeuvre de baltasar gracian. Un questionnement singulier, me... more La philosophie est au centre de l'oeuvre de baltasar gracian. Un questionnement singulier, melant dans sa demarche l'ecriture et sa signification, relie el heroe au criticon. Les premiers traites sur la morale et la politique (notre analyse exclura el comulgatorio et la agudeza y arte de ingenia) prefigurent certains themes du criticon. Sur quel heritage se construit la pensee de gracian, jesuiteespagnol de la deuxieme moitie du xviie siecle ? un examen des orientations de la philosophie morale de l'humanisme (le nouveau regard sur l'homme, le rapport a la connaissance, la redecouverte d'une ethique aristotelicienne), et des comparaisons avec des philosophies et des courants contemporains (le neo-stoicisme, l'ethique pratique des jesuites et leur philosophie du cas, de la volonte et du libre arbitre) permettent d'en saisir l'importance et l'originalite. Gracian elabore une philosophie heroique de l'homme et de son action. On s'interrogera aussi sur les enjeux determines par le contexte de crise morale et politique des annees 1640. Le modele du heros, est analyse a partir de la notion de gouvernement et des aspects individuels et inter-humains qui en decoulent. El discrete, centresur la distinction et le discernement, fait apparaitre une nouvelle figure de l'homme sage ( >) qui tire son heroisme de ses qualites intellectuelles et de son savoir. De la, l'interet de la pensee gracianesque pour la connaissance. L'oraculo manual inflechit le prestige de la grandeur sublime en introduisant la notion de limite et d'imperfection. Une vision du bonheur dans l'instabilite, l'alternance des biens et des maux, faconne cette prudence comprise comme art de vivre. La disposition mentale, les passions, l'imagination, participent d'une dialectique de la maitrise de soi. La preparation a la vie reste centrale dans le projet didactique du criticon. Le roman allegorique est philosophique, parce qu'il suit la vie humaine dans sa quete du bonheur. Philosophique aussi,l'ecriture revient sur la place traditionnelle du heros, du lecteur a former, et definit le livre dans son rapport a la vie. La vraisemblance est contestee au nom de la seule verite qu'il importe de dire pour desabuser, desenganar. La fable s'eleve contre les fictions, pour aiguiser le libre arbitre et le jugement de la persona. Portee par le dialogue, la verite nait de l'experience, de l'echange

Las Razones Del Censor Control Ideologico Y Censura De Libros En La Primera Edad Moderna 2013 Isbn 978 84 490 2897 7 Pags 177 191, 2013

Visiones Y Revisiones Cervantinas Actas Selectas Del Vii Congreso Internacional De La Asociacion De Cervantistas 2011 Isbn 9788496408890 Pags 301 312, 2011

Cahiers du GRIAS, 2005

... L'amitié ou l'expérience de l'alterité dans le "Don Quichotte". Auto... more ... L'amitié ou l'expérience de l'alterité dans le "Don Quichotte". Autores: Karine Durin; Localización: Cahiers du GRIAS, ISSN 1248-6787, Nº 12, 2005 (Ejemplar dedicado a: La représentation de l'autre dans le Don Quíchotte de Cervantes) , págs. 91-106. Fundación Dialnet. ...

Conceptos: revista de Investigación graciana, 2004

Resumen: El artículo ofrece un estudio del concepto de" héroe" y" heroísmo" e... more Resumen: El artículo ofrece un estudio del concepto de" héroe" y" heroísmo" en el pensamiento de Gracián. Se rastrean sus múltiples aspectos y su evolución en las tres facetas de la identidad heroica: desde el planteamiento del problema y la consititución ...

Renaissance Quarterly, 2015

Memoria De La Palabra Actas Del Vi Congreso De La Asociacion Internacional Siglo De Oro Burgos La Rioja 15 19 De Julio 2002 Vol 1 2004 Isbn 84 89 132 1 Pags 699 710, 2004

... Los frutos del concepto y las flores de la poesía: Lope de Vega en la "Agudeza y arte de... more ... Los frutos del concepto y las flores de la poesía: Lope de Vega en la "Agudeza y arte de ingenio". Autores: Karine Durin; Localización: Memoria de la palabra : Actas del VI Congreso de la Asociación Internacional Siglo de Oro, Burgos-La Rioja 15-19 de julio 2002 / coord. ...

University of Stockholm , Department of Culture and Aesthetics, 2020

"Female Responses in Early Modern Literature", org. Prof. Carin Franzén. EVENT Date: 17 September... more "Female Responses in Early Modern Literature", org. Prof. Carin Franzén.
EVENT
Date: 17 September 2020, 10.00 AM - 17 September 2020, 5.00 PM
Venue: Room 144, Manne Siegbahn Buildings, Frescativägen 24F
Welcome to the Department of Culture and Aesthetics for a one-day workshop that addresses the history of subjectivity through an exploration of female freethinking in European literature 1500–1700.

The purpose of this paper is to understand the importance of the concept of "natural reason" (raz... more The purpose of this paper is to understand the importance of the concept of "natural reason" (razón natural) in the process of construction of Spanish Golden Age literary and philosophical culture. It aims to understand, through the detailed study of several heterodox and erudite XVIIth century Spanish literary works, the gradual construction of a system of knowledge based on precise philosophical argumentation, empiricist thinking, and critical rationality, which led to a direct refutation of established intellectual dogma. The search for intellectual Truth and the confrontation with Catholic faith created a strongly innovative impulse within the sciences, and generated a specifically-Spanish type of Humanism with a distinctively Heterodox message. This implied a critique to vulgar credulity, an explicit fascination with "the machinery of the world", and a scientific approach towards the understanding of Nature. Special emphasis will be placed in the
scientific and philosophical context in which these intellectual phenomena took place, in order to understand if determined discourses and lines of thought derived from Natural Philosophy were understood as potential bearers of Heterodox ideas. In the same manner, the potential connection between different (and geographically separated) centres where scientific knowledge was produced will be analysed, in order to understand if the examples studied were merely isolated cases, or part of a wider, international network of thinkers located on the periphery of the Spanish Empire. Also, special attention will be paid to the growing presence of Mathematics in philosophical discourses, an element that might demonstrate the emergence of a new cultural paradigm which tended to limit the moral aspect of Spanish Golden Age cosmography. This might be seen as a step towards a new conception of the political use of scientific knowledge, based entirely on the new concept of practical efficiency.

The subject of this paper is the rehabilitation of Epicurus and Epicurean thought in Spanish Gold... more The subject of this paper is the rehabilitation of Epicurus and Epicurean thought in Spanish Golden Age culture. From the sixteenth century to the Baroque era, a diaspora of Spanish heterodox thinkers led to a more liberal reading of the philosophy of Epicurus -a process that also affected the reception of Plinius. In order to spread its message, Spanish Neo-Epicureanism resorted to a complex and erudite use of Ancient sources and subtle forms of literary expression, avoiding official censorship by adopting a variety of forms. Thus, from its epicenter in Spanish Italy, Neo-Epicureanism spread into Europe, influencing not only high culture, but popular culture as well. The paper will focus not only on the most important authors who spread this doctrine, but also on specific personalities who were receptive to it. Finally, it will demonstrate how Neo-Epicureanism -one of the most controversial doctrines of Antiquity- influenced the complex relation between Spanish Golden Age philosophy and the contemporary "Scientific Revolution", a new form of rationality based on the radical separation of the Human from the Divine.

La vertu de force du Moyen Age au siècle des Lumières, 2024

Représentations et satires de la société dans le monde hispanique, 2022

Capes Espagnol. Épreuve écrite disciplinaire - La composition. Session 2023. Représentations et s... more Capes Espagnol. Épreuve écrite disciplinaire - La composition. Session 2023. Représentations et satires de la société dans le monde hispanique. - Francisco de Quevedo, Los sueños. Lucrecia Martel, Zama
Auteur(s) : collectif, Marigno Emmanuel, Parisot Fabrice, Éditions Ellipses, 2022.

Usunáriz, J.M, Williamson, E., La autoridad política y el poder de las letras en el Siglo de Oro, Pamplona, Universidad de Navarra, Iberoaméricana, 2013, p. 43-58. , 2013

Unidad y sentido de la poesía novohispana, ed. José Pascual Buxó, México, UNAM, 2009

"Cervantes y la filosofía. Interpretaciones filosóficas de la literatura cervantina"", Anuario de Estudios cervantinos, 14., 2018

Hipógrifo.Revista de literatura y cultura del Siglo de Oro, 2021

Abstract. This article proposes a reflection on the philosophical culture of Re- naissance jurisp... more Abstract. This article proposes a reflection on the philosophical culture of Re- naissance jurisprudence, based on a comparison between the concept of divine providence in Hugo Grotius’s De veritate religionis christianae, and Francisco de Quevedo’s Providencia de Dios, both published practically at the same time. The symmetry between both texts allows to discuss the existence of shared concepts in the divergent worldviews and ideologies of Catholic Spain and the Protestant Netherlands. This points out the connections within a Republic of Letters much wider than the political and religious conflicts of the age.
Keywords. Divine providence; Divine justice; Republic of Letters; Neo-Stoicism; Religious debate.

Revue Seizième siècle, 2020

Colloque international, 2021

avec le Séminaire interdisciplinaire « Le Concert des Nations à l'époque moderne (XVIe-XVIIIe siè... more avec le Séminaire interdisciplinaire « Le Concert des Nations à l'époque moderne (XVIe-XVIIIe siècles), CRINI, CRHIA, L'AMO et la collaboration du projet de recherche « Another Humanism: Gendering Early Modern Libertinism and the Boundaries of Subjectivity » (project funded by Riksbankens Jubileumsfond), Université de Stockholm (Suède) La thématique proposée envisage d'étudier la place des femmes dans le développement des idées scientifiques de la Renaissance aux Lumières à partir de la notion de curiosité. Les travaux récents menés sur le rôle des femmes dans la constitution des cabinets de curiosité, au coeur du tournant moderne de l'histoire des collections, ont fait ressortir une dynamique majeure, jusqu'alors ignorée mais pourtant déterminante dans différents contextes de politiques culturelles européennes 1. L'objet de ce colloque international invite à considérer la part des questionnements intellectuels des femmes dans la République des Lettres. Une série de questions se posent, en effet, sur la contribution de la curiosité des femmes dans le renouveau des savoirs à l'époque moderne et de la scientia en particulier. Quelle construction d'une subjectivité féminine ressort de ce rapport nouveau aux choses naturelles (naturalia) ? La curiosité reste-t-elle marquée par la dimension transgressive qui en avait pesé sur elle, durant le Moyen Age notamment ? Ce désir de savoir (libido sciendi) porte-t-il la marque d'un goût exclusif pour le secret et les arcanes (incluant pratiques médicales, recettes, usage des drogues et poisons) à la Renaissance ? 2 ? Comment, par ailleurs, la curiosité féminine s'est-elle trouvée aiguisée par le goût de l'étrange et de la merveille ? Enfin, la thématique invite à repenser le rapport de la curiosité à la rationalité scientifique qui modifie le champ de la science à l'époque moderne. Quelques lignes thématiques pourront être considérées, de manière non exhaustive : Curiosité et savoirs en question-objets de savoirs et instruments de connaissance de la nature dans les cabinets de curiosité, contribuant au renouveau de la curiosité naturaliste, liée à de nouveaux instruments de connaissance : les récits et les données d'explorations extra-européennes ; la nature comme objet de la libido sciendi-l'émergence d'une conscience féminine de l'utilité du savoir, au-delà de la vana curiositas-curiosité et secrets aux frontières de l'hérésie-la curiosité comme moteur d'un questionnement des doctrines philosophiques-les femmes lectrices des écrits naturalistes-Les femmes et la nature : de l'histoire naturelle à la philosophie naturelle comme objets d'une curiosité au tournant de la révolution scientifique (XVI e-XVIII e siècles)