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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture A few medieval things on the menu (some of them thanks to medieval-religion colleagues!), in case you should be passing by the Queen City of the East Midlands next week ... Best wishes, George **************************************** Tuscany Week 2005 7 - 11 March 2005 Organized by the Centre for Tuscan Studies, University of Leicester ALL EVENTS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC A week of displays, screenings, seminars and lectures dedicated to various aspects the region of Tuscany Tuesday 8 March - MOVIE 11.35am - 13.25pm Attenborough Film Theatre Screening of Life is Beautiful / La vita è bella Oscar-winning film (in Italian, with English subtitles), directed by and starring Roberto Benigni Tuesday 8 March - LECTURE 1.35 - 2.25pm Attenborough Film Theatre Lecture by George Ferzoco (Director, Centre for Tuscan Studies, University of Leicester) on Roberto Benigni and Life is Beautiful / La vita è bella Wednesday 9 March - READING 9.00am - 3.30pm Attenborough 17th floor - History of Art slide room Marathon reading of Dante’s Purgatorio Join in this Leicester tradition by reading a canto in Italian or any language of your choice - contact [log in to unmask] for details. Friday 11 March - TUSCAN STUDIES DAY - SEMINARS 11.00am - 12.30pm and 2.30 - 3.30pm Attenborough 17th floor - History of Art slide room Seminars given by Leicester and Oxford scholars and special guest Dr Catherine Lawless (Limerick, Republic of Ireland) 11.00am Martin Stannard - In Medias Res: British-Italian Cultural Transactions 11.30am Thomas Frangenberg - The Reception of Leonardo’s Treatise on Painting in 18th-century Germany 12.00 noon David Ekserdjian - Bronzino's drawings for the Chapel of Eleanora of Toledo in the Palazzo Vecchio 2.30pm Graham Jones - Tuscan patronal cults and dedications 3.00pm Catherine Lawless, University of Limerick - ‘Clothed in her flesh’: The Virgin, the seamless robe, and late medieval Tuscan piety Friday 11 March - TUSCAN STUDIES DAY - LECTURE 5.30pm Attenborough Lecture Theatre 3 A special lecture by internationally renowned novelist and director Giorgio Pressburger Dante in Heaven: Why Dante’s meeting with Cacciaguida matters to us AND THROUGHOUT THE WEEK ... The UNIVERSITY BOOKSHOP (Charles Wilson Building) will be featuring books on Tuscan art, culture, literature and history, as well as the novels of Giorgio Pressburger. ALL EVENTS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC For further details regarding Tuscany Week, please contact George Ferzoco (tel 0116 252 2654; e-mail [log in to unmask]). ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion to: [log in to unmask] In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: [log in to unmask] For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html