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The Universe of Knowledge 2024
From 26 to 28 September 2024 the Indological Society «Luigi Pio Tessitori» and the Department of Languages, Communication, Education and Society of the University of Udine, in collaboration with Mittelfest/Mittelland, the Association Pierluigi Cappello and Arsnova FVG, organised the third edition of The Universe of Knowledge in Cividale del Friuli.
The main focus of the meeting was on the writings of travellers and scholars on India since the Middle Ages and the relationship between philosophy, yoga and sustainability. The scheduled lectures introduced the audience to topics such as intuitive thinking, intercultural philosophy, poetic language, yoga philosophy, virtual reality and sustainable development. During the meeting, the publication of the volume The Universe of Knowledge. Celebrating Shiyali Ramamrita Ranganathan (1892-1972) was announced. The book is the result of the conference organised by the Indological Society «Luigi Pio Tessitori» in Udine on 21st October 2022.
PROGRAM
Andrea Cuna, University of Udine
John Mandeville and the moral geography of the Middle Ages: the journey to the Far East
Andrea Del Ben, University of Udine
Giovanni Battista Ramusio: a Venetian eye on India (and beyond)
Mario Turello, Writer and literary critic
Divini Verbi Incarnatio in putidissimas fabulas traducta. Athanasius Kircher’s idolatrous India
Fausto Freschi, Indological Society «Luigi Pio Tessitori»
Letters and Diaries from India: Johann Philip Wesdin, Lazzaro Papi, Luigi Pio Tessitori
Antonio Rigopoulos, Ca’ Foscari University Venice
Is there an Indian philosophy?
Brunello Lotti, University of Udine
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan and twentieth-century Western philosophy
Giuliano Boccali, Italian Association of Sanskrit Studies
Encountering the ‘spirit’: Yoga itineraries
Antonietta Rozzi, Sarva Yoga International
Yoga: ancient science for modern society
Maria Pyasik, University of Udine
Mind and brain in virtual bodies: body and motor awareness
Stefano Beggiora, Ca’ Foscari University Venice
Eco-cosmology, sustainability and resilience
Francesco Marangon, University of Udine
Sustainable development: the topicality of a concept-value between global and local