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Umberto Eco, the Middle Ages, and “The Name of the Rose” a Tribute Thursday, January 26, 2017 Umberto Eco, the Middle Ages, and 8&/$5R\FH+DOO5RRPDW30 “The Name of the Rose” Film Screening of The Name of the Rose (1986, 130 minutes)—On the eve of a theological disputation, a small Benedictine monastery in Northern Italy is A TributeTribute rocked by a series of mysterious deaths. Franciscan friar William of Baskerville (Sean Connery) and his young apprentice Adso of Melk (Christian Slater) are asked to investigate, which brings them face to face with the Inquisition. Umberto Eco (January 5, 1932 - February 19, 2016) is still best known today for his novel Il nome della rosa (The Name of the Rose). The novel was published in 1980 Friday, January 27, 2017 and became an international sensation, selling over 10 million copies worldwide. 8&/$5R\FH+DOO5RRP In reality, Eco was a Professor at the University of Bologna and a scholar of 2SHQLQJ5HPDUNV 7KRPDV$TXLQDVDQGPHGLHYDODHVWKHWLFVZKRDOVRZURWHÀFWLRQ+LVFRQFHUQIRU Massimo Ciavolella, Director, UCLA CMRS medieval philosophy, however, was not strictly academic but was (as it has been Remo Bodei (Università di Pisa & UCLA) written) “a sort of nostalgia for a time now much maligned and misunderstood, a “Curiositas. Order and Disorder in Eco’s Medieval World” forgotten kingdom of intellect and imagination.” In an essay entitled “Ten ways to dream the Middle Ages” Eco wrote that we don’t dream the Middle Ages because %UHDN it represents the past, but because it is the crucible of Europe and of modern Theresa Coletti (University of Maryland) civilization, it was the time when most of the things we are still grappling with ´8PEHUWR(FR0LGGOH$JHV0HGLHYDO0HGLHYDOLVPµ today were invented, from the banking system to class struggle and pauperism to our western concept of love. In many ways The Name of the Rose is Eco’s “dream” /XQFK%UHDN of the Middle Ages, a metaphysical thriller combining medieval studies, biblical Paolo Fabbri (Centro Internazionale Scienze Semiotiche, University analysis, and literary theory. of Urbino) ´7KH'HWHFWLYHDQGWKH7HUURULVW$5HDGLQJRIThe Name of the Rose” This symposium, organized by Professor Massimo Ciavolella (UCLA), examines %UHDN 8PEHUWR(FR·VPHGLHYDOLVPDQGKLVÀUVWQRYHO(FRZDVDZDUGHGD8&/$0HGDO in 2005 in recognition of his extraordinary and distinguished contributions to W.R. L a ird (Carleton University) society. “The Name of the RoseDQG0HGLHYDO+LVWRU\µ %UHDN )XQGLQJIRUWKLVV\PSRVLXPLVSURYLGHGE\WKH$UPDQG+DPPHU(QGRZPHQW for the UCLA Center for Medieval & Renaissance StudiesStudies.. Rocco Capozzi (University of Toronto) “The Name of the Rose%ULFRODJHDQG0RQWDJHRI&XOWXUDO+LVWRU\µ Advance registration not required. No fee. Limited seating. &ORVLQJ5HPDUNV 6HOISD\SDUNLQJLQORWVDQG 3DUNLQJLQIRUPDWLRQDWKWWSVPDLQWUDQVSRUWDWLRQXFODHGXFDPSXVSDUNLQJYLVLWRUV [email protected] | 310-825-1880 | cmrs.ucla.edu Presorted First Class 'LFNVRQ3OD]D%R[N O U.S. Postage /RV$QJHOHV&$ Paid UCLA The Name ofthe Rose the Middle Ages,and UCLA CenterforMedieval&RenaissanceStudies Umberto Eco A Tribute January 26-27,2017 , .
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