A two-day international conference on Dante’s vital presence in global pop culture.
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“Après Ulysse. Vers une poétique de l’hospitalité en Méditerranée” by André Benhaïm.
André Benhaïm’s latest book looks at Homer’s Odyssey as a guide to question hospitality in modern Mediterranean literature.
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"The Cinema of Francesco Rosi" by Gaetana Marrone
The first comprehensive study on the great realist artist of post-war Italian cinema.
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MLA’s Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Prize for French and Francophone Studies Awarded to Katie Chenoweth for the Prosthetic Tongue
The Modern Language Association of America announced it is awarding its twenty-eighth annual Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Prize for French and... -
Faculty Author Q&A: Simone Marchesi and Roberto Abbiati on “A Proposito di Dante”
Simone Marchesi is Associate Professor of French and Italian. His new book “A Proposito di Dante” is illustrated by Roberto Abbiati and published by... -
L’Avant-Scène Offered a Fully Virtual Fall 2020 Season
This fall 2020, L’Avant-Scène offered a fully remote virtual season.
From Jessica to Jack: story of a transition
Wed, Oct 13, 2021, 12:00 am to Thu, Oct 28, 2021, 8:00 pm
Speaker(s):
Ilaria Ciavattini
Elsi Perino
L'Avant-Scène presents "Méphisto Rhapsodie" by Samuel Gallet
Thu, Nov 4, 2021, 8:00 pm to Sat, Nov 6, 2021, 8:00 pm
Between Vision and Viewpoint: Drawing As a Narrative Tool
Tue, Nov 9, 2021, 12:00 pm
Speaker(s):
Matteo Pericoli
Radiant Matter: Technologies of Light & the Long Shadow of French Nuclear Imperialism in the African Sahara
Wed, Nov 10, 2021, 4:30 pm
Speaker(s):
Jill Jarvis, Yale University
Come l’uom s’etterna - Dante’s Lasting Presence in Popular Culture
Thu, Nov 11, 2021, 10:00 am to Fri, Nov 12, 2021, 4:30 pm
The Laboratory of Literary Architecture: Translating the Structure of a Story Into a Physical Architectural Model
Tue, Nov 16, 2021, 12:00 pm
Speaker(s):
Matteo Pericoli
