An all-round view on mail: Prato, Italy, 20-22 June
Today, we received the following from the Istituto di studi storici postali “Aldo Cecchi” odv.
Prato (23 April 2024) – Two months on, it is safe to say that almost everything is ready for the International Conference “Postal History between Multidisciplinary and Diachronic Perspectives”, to be held in Prato between 20 and 22 June.
“This is the third edition of the conference that we are organising, knowing that, in recent years, there are no other similar proposals throughout Europe” announces Bruno Crevato-Selvaggi, director of the Istituto di studi storici postali “Aldo Cecchi” odv. “University professors, scholars and experts from America, Asia and Europe will meet in Prato to update participants on their respective studies, but also to get to know each other better and, if possible, to lay the foundations on which we can build something together”.
The programme is almost defined: around thirty short lectures hosted at the State Archives, the “Alessandro Lazzerini” Library, and the seat of the City Council. Depending on the case, the speeches will be in Italian, French or English. The entrance is free.
The topics will range from the Roman “cursus publicus” to communications between colonial Chile and the Spanish Crown, from mail orders to Cold War postcards, from the merchants of the Serenissima to the use of the camel for urgent mail in the ancient Caliphates, from couriers in imperial China to letters sent clandestinely from Romania, from the study on addresses to the Italian asylum system…
Please find attached the programme of the conference: https://fepanews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/prato_2024.pdf
