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Dante Lecture Series 2026

19 Jan 2026

The Centre for Dante Studies in Ireland (CDSI), the Department of Italian UCC, and CASiLaC are delighted to announce the programme of our annual five public lectures on Dante. All welcome!

 

Monday 19 January - Prof. Arielle Saiber (Johns Hopkins University) – ‘Neither Here nor There: Directionality in Dante's Paradiso

Monday 26 January - Prof. Paolo Rigo (Università Roma Tre) – ‘The (non) Myth: Dante, Florence and Boccaccio’

Tuesday 3 February - Prof. Dennis Looney (University of Pittsburgh/MLA [retired]) – Dante Down South: Rewriting the Divine Comedy in Southern Literature of the United States’

Monday 9 February - Prof. Sam Slote (Trinity College Dublin) - De Defututa Vulgari Eloquentia: On Joyce’s Eloquent Vulgarities’

Monday 16 February - Dr Leyla Livaghi (University of Pisa) – ‘“Per te poeta fui, per te cristiano.” Dante’s Statius and the Authority of Virgil’.

 

Venue: UCC Council Room

(except for 9 February – CACSSS Seminar Room, ORB G.27)

Time: 18.00 (Irish Time)

 

All lectures will also take place via zoom. For online participation please go to: Registration Form Dante Lectures

We look forward to seeing you there.

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