Ereignis

Marco Polo and the European Image of Asia

Marco Polo’s narrative account of Asia in his "Il Milione" is one of the first and major sources to shape the European image of Asia for centuries to come. The Polo universe is vast, encompassing numerous vernacular and Latin versions of the account, which differ through their emphasis of specific aspects.
 
This conference, commemorating the 700th anniversary of Marco Polo’s death in 2024, explores some of the different descriptions, projections, and phantasies of Asia in the light of Marco Polo’s Il Milione and beyond. Possible contributions include precursors of or influences on Marco Polo’s narrative as well as transformations of the different Polo versions and their legacies.
The scope of the conference bridges literary, linguistic, philological, historical, art-historical, religious, economic, sociological, and political approaches-to mention only the most obvious ones. Contributors are invited to address novel aspects within the larger context of Marco Polo’s Il Milione, both from a diachronic as well as a synchronic perspective. General contributions on the European image of Asia, both past and present, are also welcome.
 
 
Where: Herzog-Friedrich-Straße 3, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
When: November 14th to 16th, 2024

 

Free entrance

Date: 
Donnerstag, November 14, 2024 bis Samstag, November 16, 2024
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Price: 
Free