Dante in America II

In connection with the 2021 Dante centenary, the Devers Program in Dante Studies and the Center for Italian Studies are organizing a year-long lecture series, which will be held on the Notre Dame campus throughout the 2021 calendar year. The aim of the series is to assess the ways in which Dante has impacted the literary and popular culture of the United States. The series is divided into six sessions. Each session will consist of two speakers who will speak for 30-45 minutes each. The series will address topics including translation, iconography, library collections, the Civil War era, African-American literary culture, American religious culture, American poetry and narrative, and Italian-American culture.

In this session, Kristina Olson, Associate Professor of Italian at George Mason University, will give a lecture on translations and iconographies of Dante and Kathleen Boyle, Associate Teaching Professor of Italian at Notre Dame, will speak on Dante and Italian-American culture.

More details will be provided as the date approaches.

Originally published at italianstudies.nd.edu.