Ep. 61: On the baroque culture in Europe
Eight European universities from six countries have formed a network within the European project ENBaCH (European Network for Baroque Cultural Heritage) to promote knowledge of the cultural heritage of the Baroque era among the general public. These included the University of Warsaw and La Sapienza University. The network also included the University of Barcelona, Technische Universität Dresden, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universität Greifswald, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales - Paris, University of Teramo and Medizinische Universität Wien.
ENBaCH aims at: a) elaborating a multiple-approach pattern for promoting knowledge concerning the European baroque cultural heritage; b) creating innovative strategies for disseminating historical consciousness not only among scholars and academics, but also among school teachers, primary and secondary schools students, life-long education programs, policy makers, civil servants and a wider public.
ENBaCH's goal was to reconstruct baroque society and culture without relying on the usual "grand narratives" but presenting baroque European peoples and societies, with their different political, religious, and cultural histories, as the outcomes of contacts, exchanges, mutual influences, rivalries, challenges and conflicts.
On the Polish side, the project involved Professor Piotr Salwa, long-standing director of the Scientific Center in Rome in Rome of the Polish Academy of Sciences and an expert in Italian Renaissance literature and culture. As the Professor points out, the project has received the distinction of a 'success story' from the European Commission, Directorate-General for Education and Culture. The head of the entire project, however, was Professor Renata Ago of La Sapienza.
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