Mr Leopold Bloom ate with relish the inner organs of beasts and fowls. He liked thick giblet soup, nutty gizzards, a stuffed roast heart, liver slices fried with crustcrumbs, fried hencods’ roes.Most of all he liked grilled mutton kidneys which gave to his palate a fine tang of faintly scented urine

Call for papers BOCCACCIO GRADUATE CONFERENCE at Dublin #medievalsky #earlymodern @fidromanistik.bsky.social

60+ #children in #Ireland #Italy #Sicily took part & schools/families via performances in #DanteToJoyce #MuseumOfChildhoodIreland #MúsaemÓigeNahÉireann #Dantedi #Bloomsday #JamesJoyce #DanteAligheiri museumofchildhood.ie/dante-to-joy... @theirelandfunds.bsky.social @bloomsdayfestival.bsky.social

Dante to Joyce 2026 , Show 1, from the Museum of Childhood Ireland, Músaem Óige na hÉireann

YouTube video by The Museum of Childhood Ireland

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I’m delighted to announce that I have won a Visiting Professorship at Università di Bologna, as part of their excellence programme, working in the Dipartimento di Filologia Classica e Italianistica on my research project ‘Courting Dante’ from the end of April to June. @cdsi.bsky.social

Join us for the annual Máire Ní Chrualaoich lecture taking place at the People's Museum, Limerick, 14 April, from 6pm to 8pm to hear Dr Emma Nic Cárthaigh's lecture on the subject of ‘Prudentia versus politia: bardic encouragement in a poem by Tadhg Mac Bruaideadha for the fourth earl of Thomond’.

Buon Dantedì! #Dantedì

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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?...

It was a real pleasure to come back to my Alma Mater and give the keynote lecture at the ECR ‘Trinity Tongues’ conference celebrating 250 years of Languages at TCD. My thanks to Max Mcguinness and Michael Cronin for the invitation. @cdsi.bsky.social

‘D’Alfonso’s son is left waiting for answers, as the number of surviving ex-Red Brigades members gets steadily lower and the years of lead still weigh heavily on Italy.’ John Foot (@footymac.bsky.social) on the trial of three former Red Brigades members. www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/ma...

John Foot | Years of Lead Revisited

On 5 June 1975, four carabinieri officers, in one car, drove up a winding road to an isolated farmhouse above Acqui...

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Yesterday, in conjunction with the IIC Dublin & TCD, @cdsi.bsky.social celebrated Dantedì with Federica Coluzzi’s project ‘Beatrice’s Irish Voice’, which involved wonderful talks from Phyllis Gaffney (UCD) and Corinna Salvadori Lonergan (TCD). Our thanks to Serena Vandi & Federica for organising

It was a real pleasure for me to launch this magnificent volume - “A History of Poetry in Italy 1200-1600” - Cambridge University Press - and celebrate its amazing editors Guyda Armstrong, Rhiannon Daniels & Catherine Keen. Thanks to University College London for hosting us.

Celebrated Patrick’s Day by giving a seminar at @bristoluni.bsky.social on, appropriately enough, ‘Irish Dantes’. It was lovely to hang out with all my old friends at the coolest Italian depart there is - special thanks to Tristan, Catherine, Ruth, Rhiannon, John and all the gang. @cdsi.bsky.social

It was a real honour and genuine pleasure to be invited to talk at the Oxford Dante Society @ox.ac.uk and give a Lectura dantis on Paradiso IX. The event to be hosted by @wadhamcollege.bsky.social & Bernard O’Donoghue. A very special thank you to Richard, Ela and Pilot for the wonderful hospitality.

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)

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The Perec Case

‘Perec went into analysis because he suspected that the ludic bent of his writing was in fact blocking an approach to his life story.’ Paul Keegan on Georges Perec’s psychoanalytic sessions with Jean-...

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It 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

Final lecture in series next week!

The 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?...

This evening Sam Slote on Dante and Joyce. Online only, so please register

Had a lovely time in Cambridge talking about Dante and Court culture - thanks to Anna Pegoretti for wonderful welcome

Work with me! 2-year postdoc (1+1) within COLUMN: Colonial Legacies of Universities: Materialities and New Collaborations (HORIZON_HORIZON-CL2-2024-HERITAGE-01-04). Topic: “Research of university botanical collections in relation to Italian and European colonialism”. Call at: shorturl.at/aurdS

Procedura di valutazione comparativa per titoli e colloquio per il conferimento di n. 1 incarico post-doc presso il Dipartimento di Filosofia - SSD PHIL-02/B - GSD 11/PHIL-02- Cod. Pica incarichipd202...

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Next up (next Monday), the inimitable Paolo Rigo

Last 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?...

Join us next Monday for Lecture 1 of 2026 UCC Dante Lecture Series with Prof. Arielle Saiber (Johns Hopkins University)

#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

Delighted to announce the brilliant line-up for the 2026 Dante Lecture Series @cdsi.bsky.social @ucc.ie

MBV doing what they do

Day 2 of #DanteFutures

Interesting piece from Fintan O’Toole www.nybooks.com/articles/202...

The Lingering Delusion | Fintan O’Toole

Kamala Harris’s memoir 107 Days succeeds at least in distilling the evasions and weaknesses of the modern Democratic Party.

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Then began our CDSI international tour. First stop ADI conference in Genova - great papers, great presence from members of the Centre

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