Institute for Research in the Humanities

“Dante after Dante” International Symposium

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“Dante after Dante” International Symposium

The Department of French and Italian at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is very happy to share with you the program of our International Symposium Dante after Dante, a multidisciplinary, interdisciplinary, and multimedia conference on April 29-30, 2022. Papers will be delivered online, and are free and open to the public. Please register here. Film screenings will be taking place at the UW Cinematheque. Dante performances will be available both on UW-Madison campus and online. For more information, please consult the program.

Beyond paper sessions on Dante in/and filmmaking, economy, visual arts, the conference will focus on Dante and the issue of race the US, as well as on Dante reception in world literature. This event will pair in a unique way these more traditional modes of academic inquiry with dance performances in collaboration with Li Chiao-Ping Dance (with a choreography inspired by Dante’s Inferno), and with a series of film screenings at the UW Cinematheque.

This is a virtual event. Click here for more information. Click here to register and the receive the Zoom link.

Event sponsored by the Department of French & Italian with the support of The Anonymous Fund, UW Cinematheque, Li Chiao-Ping Dance, Department of French and Italian, Dance Department, Institute for Research in the Humanities, Center for the Humanities, Center for European Studies, Medieval Studies Program, Center for Early Modern Studies, Department of Art History, Department of History, Former Department of Comparative Literature and Folklore, Mary Noles.

This is the program for the Dante after Dante event. Department of French and Italian at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Dante After Dante International Symposium April 29-30, 2022 Register in advance HERE After registering, you will receive a confirmation e-mail containing information about joining the Zoom meeting For Zoom related questions: hatzopoulos@wisc.edu for info and updates: Conference Page FRIDAY, 4/29 OPENING REMARKS 9:15-9:30am (16:15-16:30 CEST) DIGITAL DANTE 9:30-11:00am (16:30-18:00 CEST) Jelena Todorović, Chair Michelangelo Zaccarello, University of Pisa 2021: a Digital Celebration. Dante scholarly resources on the Web Simone Marchesi, Princeton University Visualizing Dante’s Comedy: A Digital Project TRANSLATING DANTE 11:30-1:30pm (18:30-20:30 CEST) Kristin Phillips-Court, Chair Stefano Lazzarin, Universit -Jean Monnet Saint tienne Da Dante pop a Dante trash. Prime linee d’interpretazione per un approccio ancora inedito Massimo Ciavolella, University of California Los Angeles D.W. Griffith’s `Francesca’ Beatrice Arduini, University of Washington, Seattle Dante and Translation 8:00pm, Margaret H’Doubler Performance Space, Lathrop Hall terza rima: Writings on the Body Li Chiao-Ping Dance Concert SATURDAY, 4/30 POLITICAL DANTE 9:00-11:00am (16:00-18:00 CEST) Ernesto Livorni, Chair Dennis Looney, Independent Scholar Dante in the Deep South Raffaele Pinto, University of Barcelona Nos autem cui mundus est patria (‘De Vulgari’ I vi 3): dal soggetto locale e nazionale al soggetto universale ed umano Giuseppe Gazzola, Stony Brook University The Ways of the Exiled: G.A. Borgese reading Dante VISUAL DANTE 11:30-1:00pm (18:30-20:00 CEST) Patrick Rumble, Chair Francesco Ciabattoni, Georgetown University Anime dell’Inferno: Saint Seyia (I Cavalieri dello Zodiaco) e Dante Edward Krčma, University of East Anglia Robert Rauschenberg in Limbo 2:30pm (21:30 CEST) Margaret H’Doubler Performance Space, Lathrop Hall and live streaming terza rima: Writings on the Body Li Chiao-Ping Dance Concert 4:00pm, Cinematheque, 4070 Vilas Hall The Dante Quartet Dir. by Stan Brakhage, 1987, 35mm, 6min. Notre Musique Dir. By Jean-Luc Godard, 2004, 35mm, 80 min. The Symposium organizers wish to thank the following for their support: The Anonymous Fund, Cinematheque, Li Chiao-Ping Dance Troupe, Department of French and Italian, Dance Department, Institute for Research in the Humanities, Center for the Humanities, Center for European Studies, Medieval Studies Program, Center for Early Modern Studies, Department of Art History, Department of History, Former Department of Comparative Literature and Folklore, Mary Noles.