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> PRESS RELEASE
> for immediate release
>
> Contact: Kathleen Madden
> phone: (212) 854-8639
> fax: (212) 854-4437
> email: [log in to unmask]
>
> The Italian Academy for Advanced Studies in America at Columbia
> University
> and
> The Dante Society of America
> are proud to host
> DANTE2000
> Friday to Sunday, April 7 - 9, 2000
> Teatro - Casa Italiana
>
> On April 7-9, 2000 the Dante Society of America and The Italian
> Academy for Advanced Studies in America at Columbia University
> will host DANTE2000, a celebration of the life and works of the
> medieval poet and prose writer, Dante Alighieri. For over 650
> years, the brilliant artistry of Dante has sparked controversy
> among and provided inspiration to generations of writers,
> philosophers, theologians and artists, and has profoundly
> influenced the West's concepts of heaven and hell, good and
> evil. The conference, to be held in the Casa Italiana on the
> campus of Columbia University, will present an international
> array of Dante scholars. It will also be broadcast live online
> and will be available thereafter in the archive. It will revisit
>
> the history of Dante studies and chart new paths of exploration
> for the next millennium. DANTE2000 is the first major academic
> forum on Dante sponsored by the Dante Society of America and will
>
> highlight the particular contributions of American scholarship to
>
> Dante studies.
>
> Session titles include: Dante and Gender; Eros and Mysticism;
> The Body; Dante and Ovid; Material Culture; Science and
> Philosophy; Eschatology; Reception and Cultural Studies; New
> Technologies.
>
> The DANTE2000 schedule, with the names of participants and their
> presentations, may be viewed online at
> http://www.italianacademy.columbia.edu.
>
> This conference has been made possible with the generous support
> of:
> Department of Italian, Yale University
> Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Fordham
> University
> The William and Katherine Devers Program in Dante Studies,
> University of Notre Dame
> Department of Italian and Casa Italiana Zerilli-Mariṃ, New York
> University
> Department of Italian, Columbia University
>
> CASA ITALIANA - COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
> 1161 Amsterdam Avenue, New York, NY 10027
> This conference will be broadcast live on the Internet at our
> site
> For Information and RSVP:
> phone: (212) 854-4437 fax: (212)854-8479
> e-mail: [log in to unmask] homepage:
> http://www.italianacademy.columbia.edu
> reservations:
> http://www.italianacademy.columbia.edu/lectures/dante2000/registration.html
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Mr. NICOLA M. GENTILI
Department of Romance Languages
Center for Italian Studies
Film Studies Program
University of Pennsylvania
549 Williams Hall
36th & Spruce Streets
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6305
Phone: (215) 898-6040
Fax: (215) 898-0933
e-mail: [log in to unmask]
http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~ngentili/
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