Seminar

Imagining New Myths. The fantastic as contemporary mythology

A seminar in the margins of the book
Fantastic religions and where to find them. Gods, myths and rites in science fiction and fantasy,
edited by Igor Baglioni, Ilaria Biano and Chiara Crosignani, Rome 2023.

March 12, 2025
11:00 a.m.

CNR-ISMed
Convention Hall Polo Umanistico del CNR
Via Cardinale Guglielmo Sanfelice, 8
VI floor
Naples

Remote access on Teams platform

Poster

Myths are paradigmatic tales and represent a particularly effective form of storytelling. The seminar investigates the relationship between the fantasy tale and the fantastical worlds described in it, highlighting how the tale sometimes becomes myth in the most proper and praying sense of the term, with foundational functions not unlike those of myths in traditional societies.

THE SPEAKER. Igor Baglioni is the director of the “Raffaele Pettazzoni” Museum of Religions in Velletri (Rome). In 2012 he obtained a PhD in Religious History at “Sapienza” University of Rome; in 2013 he won a scholarship from the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei for research in the field of the history of religions named after “Raffaele Pettazzoni”. He is a member of the Italian Society for the History of Religions, of the Scientific Committee of the Centre for Studies on Heritage and Territory of the European University of Rome and of the Editorial Board of “Folkloricum. Archive of Ancient Folklore”. He directs the study series “Religio” for Edizioni Quasar.

Programme

INTRODUCES AND MODERATES
Andrea Ercolani
CNR-ISMed

SPEAKER
Igor Baglioni
“Raffaele Pettazzoni” Museum of Religions

FINAL DISCUSSION

PRIN 2022 Seminar
Folklore and oral traditions in the Greek culture.
From the Archaic to the Hellenistic period

ORGANISED BY
CNR-ISMed

SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE
Andrea Ercolani, Laura Lulli, Riccardo Palmisciano, Alessandra Piergrossi, Livio Sbardella

HOW TO PARTICIPATE
The conference is open to the public, subject to availability of places.

INFO AND CONTACTS
andrea.ercolani@ismed.cnr.it
www.ismed.cnr.it