The Devers Family Program in Dante Studies and the Center for Italian Studies at the University of Notre Dame have organized two workshops which will be held between 11-13 May 2022 at the Notre Dame Rome Global Gateway. The first, on the afternoon of 11 May, will bring to a close the seminars held on the Ante-Purgatory. The second one, on 12-13 May, will bring together the contributors to “Now feed yourself”: Anglo-American and Italian Scholarship on Dante, which will be published by Legenda in its “Italian Perspectives” series.
The primary purpose of the workshops is to create a space where Dantists can meet and discuss their research and ideas in a supportive and collegial atmosphere.
This workshop will be open to invited speakers and discussants only.
Workshops Schedule
Wednesday, 11 May: Ante-Purgatory
15.00: (i) “Mapping Ante-Purgatory” — Theodore J. Cachey Jr (Notre Dame)
(ii) “William Durandus and Liturgies of Reincorporation in Dante’s Ante-Purgatory” — Rosemary Williams (St Andrews)
15.45: Coffee break
16.00–17.30: Discussion
Thursday, 12 May: Dante Scholarship & Research in Progress
9.00–11.00: “Now feed yourself”: Anglo-American and Italian Scholarship on Dante
(i) “Gli studi italiani su Dante e la politica”—Enrico Fenzi
(ii) “Anglo-American Scholarship on Dante and Politics”—Tristan Kay (Bristol)
(iii) “Gli studi italiani su nuove prospettive critiche su Dante”—Antonio Montefusco (Ca’ Foscari)
Discussion
11.00–11.15: Coffee break
11.15–13.00: Research in Progress I
(i) “Le Lamentazioni tra Cavalcanti, Dante e Pietro di Giovanni Olivi”—Anna Pegoretti (Roma III)
(ii) Dante’s Rime—Catherine Keen (University College London)
(iii) “L’autorità di Dante come rimatore e le tradizioni della lirica”—Laura Banella (Oxford–Notre Dame)
Discussion
13.00–15.00: Lunch break
15.00–17.30: Research in Progress II
(i) “‘Sì come l’occhio debole al sole’: Variations of a Scholastic Topos”—Peerawat Chiaranunt (Oxford)
(ii) “Is Dante’s Questio de aqua et terra a questio?”—Zygmunt G. Barański (Cambridge–Notre Dame)
(iii) “Deixis in Ante-Purgatory”—Caroline Dormor (Oxford)
15.45: Coffee break
16.00–17.30: Discussion
Friday, 13 May: Research in Progress
9.00–11.00: Research in Progress III
(i) “Dante filosofo: un mito ottocentesco?”—Luca Bianchi (Milano)
(ii) “Beatrice is Not a Woman: Pierre Mandonnet, Etienne Gilson, and Symbolist and Realist Interpretations of Dante’s Beatrice (1879–1939)”—George Corbett (St Andrews)
(iii) “Celebrare Dante attraverso la sua effige: riflessioni e nuove proposte”—Silvia Maddalo (Università della Tuscia)
Discussion
11.00–11.15: Coffee break
11.15–13.00: Research in Progress IV
(i) “Dante e le ‘parole chiave’ bibliche”—Paola Nasti (Northwestern)
(ii) “Versified Hagiography: Praise of Women in the Versified Legend of the Virgin Claire and in the Commedia”—Heather Webb (Cambridge)
Discussion
13.00–15.00: Lunch break
15.00–17.30: Research in Progress V
(i) “Virgilio, Dante e Roma”—Chiara Sbordoni (Notre Dame)
(ii) “Per l’interpretazione del Virgilio di Dante: problemi e prospettive”—Giuseppe Ledda (Bologna)
15.45: Coffee break
16.00–17.30: Discussion
