Reading the signs: disaster, apocalypse and demonology in European print culture, 1450-1700

解读迹象：欧洲印刷文化中的灾难、启示录和恶魔学，1450-1700

• 批准号: DP0985851
• 负责人: Prof Charles Zika
• 金额: $ 23.45万
• 依托单位: The University of Melbourne
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Discovery Projects
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2009-03-01 至 2013-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/DP0985851
• 关键词: Reading; signs; disaster; apocalypse; demonology

Religious identity and belief have been critical to understanding, explaining, controlling and also exploiting natural disaster within the cultures of early modern Europe. Religion continues to shape responses today to phenomena such as climate change, drought and pandemic. By exploring religious responses to natural disaster, this project will both promote Australia's high international reputation for early European research, and also offer new perspectives for contemporary public discussion of natural disasters and the fears they generate. It will foster cross-institutional research, and in mounting a major public exhibition, promote awareness of Australia's rich artistic and historical collections.

在早期现代欧洲文化中，宗教身份和信仰对于理解、解释、控制和利用自然灾害至关重要。今天，宗教继续影响着人们对气候变化、干旱和流行病等现象的反应。通过探索宗教对自然灾害的反应，该项目既可以提升澳大利亚在早期欧洲研究方面的国际声誉，也可以为当代公众讨论自然灾害及其产生的恐惧提供新的视角。它将促进跨机构研究，并通过举办大型公共展览，提高人们对澳大利亚丰富的艺术和历史藏品的认识。