Call for papers - Women, material culture, music and diplomacy in the early modern period

Date: 14 - 15 april 2026 Place: Ecole française de Rome Organisers : Emilie Corswarem, Valeria de Lucca The workshop aims to explore women’s agency in shaping musical culture in Rome during the early modern period through two interconnected dimensions: social and diplomatic networks and material culture. Moving beyond eventbased historiography, the workshop adopts a longue durée perspective to explore how women, whether patrons, performers, or intermediaries, facilitated the circulation of m...