This will be the third meeting of the critical reading of Dante's Paradiso, organized by Prof. Zygmunt G. Barański (University of Notre Dame) and Prof. Maria Antonietta Terzoli (Universität Basel), in collaboration with the Istituto di Italianistica dell’Università di Basilea and The William & Katherine Devers Program in Dante Studies at the University of Notre Dame. At this meeting participants will discuss Cantos XIII-XIX.   Find out more here. Originally published at italianstudies.nd.edu.

In honor of the feast of the Presentation of Mary, pray with us in the Mary, Queen of Families Chapel. This opportunity to worship amidst site-specific installations provides a space to reflect on the connection between liturgy and the arts. Following the Mass, we will offer a five-minute guided exploration of a work of art on view featuring the Virgin Mary. Seating will be on a first-come, first-served basis. Originally published at raclinmurphymuseum.nd.edu.

Drop in to meet and speak informally with curator Salvatore Riolo, Notre Dame Italian Studies doctoral candidate, about the new exhibit, Mapping Global Dante in Translation. Learn how translators, artists, and printers have popularized and reshaped the Divine Comedy over the centuries and across the world and discover the Library’s many Dante editions. Free and open to the public.For more information, contact Holly Welch at rarebook@nd.edu or (574) 631-0290. About the Exhibit This exhibit traces the global journey of Dante’s masterpiece through rare and valuable printed editions, highlighting how translators, artists, and printers have popularized and reshaped the Commedia. These volumes reveal a dynamic dialogue between Dante’s poetry and the world. A global literary perspective transforms Dante from a monumental yet isolated figure of the European Middle Ages into a central presence in the ongoing international conversation about humanity, the universe, time, eternity, and the power of literature. This exhibit is co-sponsored by the Center for Italian Studies and the Devers Program in Dante Studies. It is curated by Salvatore Riolo, Notre Dame Italian Studies doctoral candidate, and co-curators Giulia Maria Gliozzi, Notre Dame Italian Studies doctoral candidate; Inha Park, Notre Dame Italian Studies doctoral candidate; and Peter Scharer, Yale Comparative Literature doctoral candidate. Theodore J. Cachey Jr., Notre Dame, and Jacob Blakesley, Sapienza Università di Roma, served as consultants on the exhibit. This and other exhibits within the Hesburgh Libraries are generously supported by the McBrien Special Collections Endowment. All exhibits are free and open to the public during business hours.Open to undergraduates, graduate students, faculty, staff, postdocs, alumni , friends, and the public.

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