Renaissance Society of America

Dr. Valentina Živković, principal research fellow of the Institute for Balkan Studeis of the Serbian Academy of Sciences, participated in an online scientific conference organized by the Renaissance Society of America (November 30 - December 3, 2022) https://rsa.confex.com/rsa/22virtual/meetingapp.cgi/ Home/0

Together with Sandra Cardarelli (University of Aberdeen), Dr Zivkovic organized the session: Miraculous Narratives: Imagery of Healing and Virtue, moderated by Laura Fennelly (Kent State University).

At the session, Valentina Živković gave a presentation on the replica of the miraculous fresco from Florence: La Nunziata da Fiorenza in Draguccio (Istria). Sandra Cardarelli presented the topic: Narratives of Healing in the Contado of Florence: Medici Commissions Depicting Saints Cosmas and Damian, while Diana Bullen Preshuta (University of Essex) spoke about Self-harm as a Way to Preserve Virtue in Printed Marian Miracle Collections.