ICI London supports a study-day to commemorate the seventh centenary of the death of the author of the Divine Comedy, organised by Royal Holloway University with the HARI Humanities and Arts Research Institute and UCML University Council of Modern Languages.
Programme:
10am-12pm
Workshop for students from state schools
1.30pm
Welcome
First session. Chair: Professor Sarah Wright
1.50pm: Welcome address from Katia Pizzi, Director of the Italian Cultural Institute in London
2-2.20pm: Stefano Jossa, Dante at Royal Holloway
2.25– 2.45pm: Jane Everson, Dante and Dance
2.50–3.20pm: Andrea Mazzucchi, Dante’s visual presence in the UK: illuminated manuscripts between the 14th and 15th century (in Italian)
3.20–3.40pm: Q&A session
Second session. Chair: Dr Selena Daly
4–4.20pm: John Sellars, Dante the Aristotelian Philosopher
4.25–4.55pm: Catherine Keen, Dante on and off the page
5-5.20pm: Giacomo Benedetto, Medieval Politics for Contemporary Europe?
5.20–5.40pm: Q&A session
Special event. Chair: Professor Giuliana Pieri
5.45–6.30pm: Ian Thomson, Dante and the Islam
For further info please visit https://www.royalholloway.ac.uk/about-us/events/dante-at-royal-holloway/ or please email Stefano Jossa: Stefano.Jossa@rhul.ac.uk
Please book your free ticket through this link
