Call for papers BOCCACCIO GRADUATE CONFERENCE at Dublin #medievalsky #earlymodern @fidromanistik.bsky.social
Buon Dantedì! On the occasion of Dante Day 2026, the CDSI is delighted to share a special video celebrating the voices of women reading Dante. A collective tribute to Dante’s legacy, seen and heard through women’s voices. Here’s the link to the video: youtu.be/F8cPba9nZ_E?...
Final speaking engagement of my Australia trip. This time in Brisbane. A big thank you to everyone at the Società Dante Alighieri Brisbane for the wonderful hospitality. It was lovely to meet so many members. @cdsi.bsky.social Next stop Ireland (via Singapore/ Frankfurt)
The Centre for Dante Studies in Ireland has made it to Australia!
Daragh O’Connell@daraghoconnell.bsky.social · 5mo agoIt was a real honour and genuine pleasure to give a lecture yesterday at the Istituto Italiano di Cultura in Sydney. Special thanks to Marco Gioacchini for being such a wonderful host, and thanks to the very lively Sydney audience @cdsi.bsky.social
Another great lecture
Daragh O’Connell@daraghoconnell.bsky.social · 6mo agoThe always great Sam Slote gave us a wonderful lecture on the function of vulgarity and swearing in Dante and Joyce. It was also a real treat to welcome Enrica Leydi and Gennaro Ambrosino to Cork @cdsi.bsky.social For recording of lecture see: youtu.be/d-4eT_8hbEA?...
Fabulous lecture to open the series 👏👏👏
Daragh O’Connell@daraghoconnell.bsky.social · 7mo agoLast Monday we were treated to a brilliant lecture from Prof. Arielle Saiber (Johns Hopkins University) to open the 2026 Dante Public Lecture Series @cdsi.bsky.social A recording of the lecture can be viewed here: youtu.be/WtdATu4xFwM?...
#OTD Giovanni #Boccaccio died 650 years ago. We remember him as one of the most important Italian authors of all time and the founder of the novella. We honor him by publishing his complete works. Sit tibi opus gloriae. THE INTERNATIONAL BOCCACCIO EDITION
Just in time for Christmas! Here is the amazing line-up for the 2026 UCC Dante Lecture Series! @uccresearch.bsky.social @ucc.ie
4th edition of #DanteFutures - this time at University of Warwick. Big CDSI presence. 👏👏👏to all involved
This week Dr George Rayson spoke at the University of Bristol with a paper titled: “‘così o così’: Choosing the Right Words in Dante’s ‘Commedia’”
More recent events include ‘Women Scholars in Dante Studies’, ‘Il testo della Vita nova’ at the University of Bergamo, and ‘Representing the Afterlife in Latin & Romance Middle Ages’ at the University of Naples. Well done Valentina, Federica, Aistė @murkuo.bsky.social, George and Elsina 👏👏👏
CDSI International Tour #4 University of Notre Dame wonderful conference on Global Translation & Reception in Dante. Strong CDSI presence too
CDSI International Tour #3 next stop Chicago for American Boccaccio Association - the Centre ran double session on Dantean Afterlives in Boccaccio
CDSI International Tour #2 we went stateside to Yale University for ‘Premodern Affective Spaces’ organised by associate member of Centre and all round brilliant person Prof. Heather Webb @heatherwebb.bsky.social
Then began our CDSI international tour. First stop ADI conference in Genova - great papers, great presence from members of the Centre
Back in September we kicked off events with a wonderful launch & reading by Lorna Goodison @UCC to celebrate her magnificent “Dante’s Inferno” @Carcanet @CACSSSResearch1 @UCCResearch
We’ve been away for a while. But it’s been a busy autumn for the Centre - here are some of the highlights so far
The Centre for Dante Studies in Ireland is delighted to welcome the Jamaican poet Lorna Goodison to UCC for the launch of her ‘Dante’s Inferno’. Admission free but booking on eventbrite essential. Use QR code
A great way to round off the academic year for the Centre for Dante Studies in Ireland with our 10th Dante Dialogue - this one “Figurando il Paradiso”: Dante and the Representation of Paradise with Prof Martin Kemp and Dr Federico Rossi. Watch the recording here: youtu.be/l6VRK43L1fc?...
Buon Dantedì! The CDSI @cdsi.bsky.social has created a video to mark the day: a reading in 14 different languages by colleagues from @ucc.ie of “Inferno” 26: Here is the video: youtu.be/18niFgTFvD4?...
CDSI Dantedi 2025
YouTube video by Dante In Ireland
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Dublin friends, please support our intrepid colleagues Serena Laiena and Giulia Cipriani at the Istituto Italiano Di Cultura - Dublino and their students for this wonderful exhibition for Dantedì. 26 March, 6pm.
im deadly serious here this is a 14th century illustration of a horse dying and going to hell
