In the year that marks the 700th anniversary of Dante’s death, we are delighted to announce the launch of the third edition of the Dublin Dante Summer School. The project has received collaboration and support from the Italian Embassy in Dublin, The National University of Ireland, TCD Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, TCD School of Languages, Literatures and Cultural Studies, Trinity Centre for Literary and Cultural Translation, UCD College of Arts and Humanities, UCD School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics, The UCD Foundation for Italian Studies.
The Dante Summer School based in Dublin is meant to attract national and international attention to the Italian language, literature and culture through the study and teaching of Dante’s Divine Comedy, one of the poetic masterworks of Western culture.
This year’s online edition of the Dublin Dante Summer School will consist of four days with live lectures, workshops, and events with internationally renowned scholars in the field of Dante studies, international writers, performers and artists, and IIC, TCD, UCD members of staff. Students and scholars from Ireland, the UK, Europe and the US will participate, too. The theme of this year is “Nel ciel che piú de la sua luce prende”: Dante’s Paradiso.
Organizers:
Igor Candido (TCD), Francesco Lucioli (UCD), the Italian Institute of Culture in Dublin
Dante School Officers:
Giulia Bonaldi, Gianluca Caccialupi, Felix Vanden Borre
On the 23rd of June, in the context of the evening encounters ‘Dante for Everyone’, the Italian Institute is delighted to announce the participation of Valentina De Poli, who will speak in Italian about Dal fumetto alla letteratura per bambini: l’altro Dante.
Valentina De Poli is an Italian journalist and editor. She was the second woman to become editor of the weekly Topolino comic book, taking over in 2007 from Claretta Muci, and holding the role until 2018. She had started contributing to the magazine in 1988. Between 2001 and 2007 she was also the editor of the comic book series W.I.T.C.H.
The recording of the event is available HERE