Centre Maurice Chalumeau en sciences des sexualités (CMCSS) Centre Maurice Chalumeau en sciences des sexualités (CMCSS)

Day 1 / Sunday 7 July 2024
17:00 – 20:00 | Arrival in Rome and installation of participants at Istituto Svizzero

Day 2 / Monday 8 July
9:00 | Welcome and presentation of the summer school to participants
10:00 | Interventions by :
Prof. Clovis Maillet, Le « renoncement à la chair », une géographie des sexualités à la mode chrétienne
Prof. Henri de Riedmatten, Éros et censure : I modi de Marcantonio Raimondi (d’après Giulio Romano, 1524) et le Jugement dernier de Michel-Ange
14:00 | Visit to the Sistine Chapel and the Musei Vaticani with Prof. Henri de Riedmatten

Day 3 / Tuesday 9 July
10:00 | Interventions by :
Dr. Giorgio Fichera, Ambiguïté iconographique, spirituelle et sexuelle : le Saint Jean-Baptiste au bélier de Caravage
Prof.e Marina Brancato, Une anthropologie visuelle de l'altérité sociale et sexuelle : des photographies du « Grand Tour » aux contenus des médias italiens d’aujourd’hui
14:00 | Visit to the Priscilla catacomb with Prof. Clovis Maillet

Day 4 / Wednesday 10 July
9:00 – 13:00 | Group work
14:00 – 16:00 | Group work
16:00 – 19:00 | Event open to the public

Arti e sessualità a Roma e nell’Italia del Sud
Ritmi e canti popolari tra corpi, sessualità e religione

Istituto Svizzero
Via Liguria 20, Roma
Free entry
Information and registration

Immersive workshop between film and the rhythms of the "tammorra" music led by :
Elisa Flaminia Inno (author and director of documentary films)
Vincenzo Romano (singer and musician)
Followed by a discussion led by the professors supervising the summer school :
Clovis Maillet, HEAD - Genève, HES-SO
Henri de Riedmatten, Unité d'histoire de l'art, Faculté des lettres, Université de Genève
Marina Brancato, Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze

Day 5 / Thursday 11 July
10:00 | Intervention by :
Pauline Curnier Jardin (artist), Rome : itinéraires artistiques
14:00 – 18:00 | Group work

Day 6 / Friday 12 July
9:00 – 11:00 | Group work
11:30 – 13:00 | Presentations of group works
15:00 | End of summer school and departure from Rome

Please note that the programme is subject to change.

Wednesday 10 July | 16:00 – 19:00
Istituto Svizzero
Via Liguria 20, Roma
Free entry
Information and registration

Arti e sessualità a Roma e nell’Italia del Sud
Ritmi e canti popolari tra corpi, sessualità e religione

The Summer School “Chiaroscuri: Arts et sexualités à Rome” invites students from the University of Geneva, HEAD – Geneva, and the Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze to explore, for one week at Istituto Svizzero, representations and figurative imaginaries at the crossroads of the sacred and the profane. During the week, themes related to the arts, sexual issues, and religion, as well as censorship, taboos, and morality, will be examined through examples from the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, complemented by modern and contemporary narratives. The goal is to reflect on the public and political dimensions of sexuality in Italy yesterday and today. As the title suggests, the Summer School particularly focuses on the interstices of these themes and their “chiaroscuro” nuances as expressed through the arts in Rome and Italy.

The workshop and discussion Arti e sessualità a Roma e nell’Italia del Sud : Ritmi e canti popolari tra corpi, sessualità e religione is part of this Summer School. Elisa Flaminia Inno (author and director) and Vincenzo Romano (singer and musician) will offer an immersive workshop combining film and traditional rhythms of the “tammorra.” The workshop revolves around collective and popular rituals blending pagan and religious elements, based on ritual practices from Antiquity transmitted to the present day within local communities. At the end of the workshop, a discussion led by the three professors responsible for the scientific supervision of the Summer School will link the general context of the Summer School with the various interventions that characterize its program.

16:00 | Immersive workshop between film and the rhythms of the "tammorra" music led by :
Elisa Flaminia Inno (author and director of documentary films)
Vincenzo Romano (singer and musician)

17:30 | Discussion led by the professors supervising the Summer School :
Clovis Maillet, HEAD - Genève, HES-SO
Henri de Riedmatten, Unité d'histoire de l'art, Faculté des lettres, Université de Genève
Marina Brancato, Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze

18:00 | Aperitif

Biographies :

Marina Brancato graduated in Political Science with a thesis on civil ritualism in Ernesto de Martino (supervisor: Prof. P. Angelini, co-supervisor: Prof. P. Jedlowski) at the University L’Orientale in Naples. In 2011, at the same university, she earned a PhD in Anthropological Sciences and Cultural Change Analysis, working on the media representation of the earthquake in Abruzzo and Irpinia. She continued her teaching and research experience at L’Orientale: since 2011, she has been a contract lecturer for International Journalism and Journalistic Language Techniques labs and collaborating with the Department of Cultural Anthropology and Postcolonial Studies and Interethnic Relations led by Prof. Miguel Mellino. Since 2018, she has been teaching Visual Anthropology and Visual Ethnography for Photography and Cinema and Audiovisual courses at the Accademia di Belle Arti in Naples. Her research interests cross various disciplinary paths with a focus on collective imagination and memory, the concept of loss, and the relationship between anthropology, gender, and feminism.

Elisa Flaminia Inno is a director and documentary producer. After graduating in History and Film Criticism from DAMS at Roma Tre, she completed her documentary direction diploma at the National Institute of Image and Sound in Montreal, Canada. Her films address themes of cultural and gender identity in contemporary Italy, environmental preservation, and contemporary ethnography, with a strongly narrative approach. Her recent works include Pagani (2016, Istituto Luce, Cnc), Tutte a casa (La7, 2020) and Donne di Terra (2021, Rai Tre). She founded the 15|06 Film Association in Naples and is the Director of the international film festivals “Europa cinema al femminile” and “Mediterranea”. A lecturer in Audiovisual Disciplines and an independent researcher in Visual Anthropology, she has conducted research projects for the Istituto Centrale per il Patrimonio Immateriale in Rome and for the Visual Anthropology Laboratory “Annabella Rossi” at the University of Salerno.

Clovis Maillet specializes in gender issues and the history of trans identities. He holds a PhD from EHESS on medieval kinship under the supervision of Jean-Claude Schmitt (2010). Clovis Maillet has published La parenté hagiographique (Brepols, 2014) and Les genres fluides (Arkhê, 2020), and is preparing a book on trans history (Perrin) and another on trans ecologies (with Emma Bigé for LLL). He has taught at the Université Paris-Cité, ESAD TALM Angers, and UCO, and since 2023, he has been a lecturer at HEAD – Genève (HES-SO) and responsible for the Work.Master.

Henri de Riedmatten is a Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) Professor at the Department of Art History at the University of Geneva. He leads the research project “De la restauration comme fabrique des origines. Une histoire matérielle et politique de l’art à la Renaissance italienne.” His latest publication, Le suicide de Lucrèce. Éros et politique à la Renaissance, was published by Actes Sud in 2022. His current research focuses on iconoclasm and restoration issues, as well as animal representation in modern art.

Vincenzo Romano is known as the “Pilgrim Singer of Traditions.” He began playing the frame drum at the age of 9. He soon became known as the guardian of ancestral Neapolitan traditions. He performs on prestigious stages at traditional, ethical, and popular music festivals in Italy and Europe. He contributed to the film Al destino non chiedere quando by G. M. Valletta and the documentary Pagani by Elisa Flaminia Inno, providing soundtracks for both films (Flos Carmeli; Curri, curri mamma mia). As a singer-songwriter, he has released two albums, “Mammeddio” and “Jamme ja".

Summer school Definition

• The summer school « Chiaroscuri : Arts et sexualités à Rome » is a short-term training course offered by the University of Geneva (Unité d’histoire de l’art), the HEAD – Genève (Département d’arts visuels) and the Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze for one week during the summer break, from Sunday 7 July (17:00) to Friday 12 July 2024 (15:00). The Centre Maurice Chalumeau en sciences des sexualités de l’Université de Genève (CMCSS) supports the Summer School logistically.
• The summer school « Chiaroscuri : Arts et sexualités à Rome » takes place in Rome, Italy, at the Istituto Svizzero.

Admission Requirements
Admissions Requirements to the summer school « Chiaroscuri : Arts et sexualités à Rome » are the following :

• Language requirement : The summer school will be hold in French and Italian, and English when necessary. Applicants will speak in their own language, it is not required to speak both French and Italian, although it is an advantage. The motivation letter for the application can be written in French, Italian or English.
• Studies : Applicants should :
  - be enrolled as a master student at the Unité d’histoire de l’art of the University of Geneva, at the Département d’arts visuels of the HEAD – Genève or at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze.
• Supporting documents for the application :
  - Motivation letter : Applicants must express their interest in the summer school « Chiaroscuri : Arts et sexualités à Rome » in a brief motivation letter (max. 2-3 pages) included in their application ;
  - CV or portfolio : Applicants must include a CV/Resume or a portfolio in their application in French, Italian or English ;
  - Certificate of registration : A written confirmation of registration at the Unité d’histoire de l’art of the University of Geneva, at the Département d’arts visuels de la HEAD – Genève or at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze has to be included in their application ;
  - Copy of a valid ID or passport.

Applications and Enrolment

• The summer school « Chiaroscuri : Arts et sexualités à Rome » is merit-based and a limited number of places are reserved to selected candidates meeting the prerequisites – a total of 15 students will be selected (5 from the University of Geneva , 5 from the HEAD – Genève and 5 from the Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze) ;
• Applications are evaluated upon reception of a full application ;
• Applications must be sent via a formular on the CMCSS website. The deadline to submit an application is Tuesday 30 April (23:59, Geneva time). The deadline has been exceptionally extended to Sunday 12 May 2024 (23:59, Geneva time). By submitting an application for the summer school « Chiaroscuri : Arts et sexualités à Rome », the applicant confirms having read and accepted these conditions of participation ;
• Applications for the summer school « Chiaroscuri : Arts et sexualités à Rome » are evaluated by a selecting committee made of three professors from the University of Geneva, the HEAD – Genève and the Accademia di Belle Arti du Firenze ;
• The selecting committee notifies the applicants of their admission or refusal to the summer school « Chiaroscuri : Arts et sexualités à Rome » in writing. No appeal will be possible.

Accommodation

• Accommodation (in single rooms) at the Istituto Svizzero is provided to the participants from Sunday 7 July (day of arrival) to Friday 12 July 2024 (day of departure) ;
• Rooms will be attributed to participants by the organizing institutions. No appeal will be possible.

Participation Costs

• The following are taken in charge by the organizing institutions :
  - Programme of the summer school « Chiaroscuri : Arts et sexualités à Rome » ;
  - Costs of travel (from Geneva or Firenze to Rome, and return), see details below ;
  - A public transport pass for one week in Rome (provided by the organizing institutions) ;
  - Accommodation (in single rooms) at the Istituto Svizzero from Sunday 7 July to Friday 12 July (departure is on Friday 12 July, it will not be possible to stay at the Istituto Svizzero on Friday evening);
  - Breakfasts and lunches from Monday to Friday at the Istituto Svizzero ;
  - Visits (booked by the organizing institutions).
• The following must be taken in charge by the participants :
  - Participants must take charge of their evening meals from Sunday 7 July to Friday 12 July. A kitchen is at the disposal of the participants at the Istituto Svizzero ;
  - Participants musts assume all costs not related to the above points.
• The participants must book their own train tickets (in second class) or flights (standard with hand luggage) from Geneva or Firenze to Rome and return. The organizing institutions will reimburse the tickets on the basis of purchase receipts. 

Duties and Obligations of the Participant

• The participant shall comply with all the regulations applicable to the University of Geneva, the HEAD – Genève and the Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze. The organizing institutions reserve the right to exclude any participant who fails to comply with said regulations ;
• Considering the unique opportunity offered by the University of Geneva, the HEAD – Genève and the Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze to their students, the organizing institutions expects participants to act as ambassadors of the university communities and to make proof of a positive and welcoming learning environment.

Certificate of Completion

• A Certificate of Completion will be issued by the organizers to all participants attending the summer school « Chiaroscuri : Arts et sexualités à Rome » if they satisfy the summer school attendance requirements.

Cancellation

• The organizing institutions reserve the right to cancel the summer school due to unexpected reasons. The cancellation will be communicated to participants by email without delay. No appeal will be possible.

Insurance

• Participants attending the summer school « Chiaroscuri : Arts et sexualités à Rome » in person are responsible for purchasing the appropriate insurances (including but not limited to civil liability, accident and health insurance) for the summer school « Chiaroscuri : Arts et sexualités à Rome » length ;
• The organizing institutions strongly recommend all participants to get full travel insurance coverage.

All participants will be asked to countersign these conditions to confirm and complete their inscription.