Monthly Archives: January 2010

Elizabeth Anderson on Petrarch and Laura

For our second meeting, we are pleased to workshop a dissertation chapter by Elizabeth Anderson.  The chapter, to be read ahead of time, is available by clicking the title:

“Can We Just Be Friends? The Relationship Between Petrarch and Laura in the Triumphs and the Canzoniere

Workshop on WEDNESDAY, January 27, 2010, at 3:00pm in Wieboldt 102.

Please take note of the unusual time and location!

Winter 2010 Schedule

We’re back and ready for another exciting quarter of Western Mediterranean Culture!  Please take a moment to look over the presentations by students, faculty, and our winter guest speaker:

 

Friday, January 15, 2010

Rebecca Zorach, Associate Professor of Art History, The University of Chicago; on “Turning the Triangle Upside Down in Quattrocento Florence”

 

Wednesday, January 27, 2010 at 3:00pm in Wieboldt 102

Beth Anderson, PhD Candidate, Romance Languages and Literatures, Italian, The University of Chicago; on “Can We Just Be Friends?  The Relationship Between Petrarch and Laura in the Triumphs and the Canzoniere” – note unusual room, WB 102.

 

Friday, February 12, 2010

Nancy Canepa, Associate Professor of French and Italian, Dartmouth College; on “Once Upon a Time, in Naples: Crisis of Exemplarity and Enchantment of the Everyday in Basile’s cunti

 

Friday, February 26, 2010

Richard Strier, Frank L. Sulzberger Distinguished Service Professor of English, The University of Chicago; on “Earthly Petrarch”

 

Friday, March 5, 2010

Anita Damjanovic, PhD Candidate, Romance Languages and Literatures, The University of Chicago; on “The Prodigious Magician and His Servants: the Role of Clarin and Moscon”

 

All workshop meetings will be held in Wieboldt 207.  Light lunch is also provided.  If you have questions or believe that you are in need of assistance, please contact Michael Subialka.