S aint Sebastian: the Image of a Saint between Art, Literature, and Visual Culture. International Conference. Deadline: Mar 31, 2026 In 1976 the British filmmaker Derek Jarman chose the bay of Cala Domestica in Sardinia as the setting for his film Sebastiane, a work that decisively shaped the contemporary reinterpretation of Saint Sebastian, projecting him into an aesthetic, political, and queer dimension. Fifty years after that experience, scholars are invited to the University of Cagliari to reflect on the iconography of the Saint and the imagery it has generated, from its medieval origins to the present day, from a global and interdisciplinary perspective. The aim is to . . . → En lire plus