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italian-studies: Scholarly discussions in any field of Italian studies Dear Colleagues, The Department of Italian Studies, Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò, and Medieval and Renaissance Center at New York University together with the Italian Academy for Advanced Studies and Department of Italian at Columbia University will be hosting a one-day international symposium on Dante’s *Monarchia*, launching the Global Dante Project of New York, on Friday, March 27th. The event, entitled *“Dante as a Political Theorist: Historicizing Theology and Theologizing Power,”* will feature presentations from prominent scholars around the world. Please see below for a revised list of presenters and paper titles, including a new speaker, Professor Jean Baptiste Brenet. No RSVP is necessary. *PLEASE NOTE* that the conference will take place at TWO LOCATIONS: NYU Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò: 8:30am to 1:00pm, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, The Italian Academy: 2:45pm to 6:30pm. More information, including the schedule of the day's events, can be found on our website <http://italian.as.nyu.edu/object/ardizzone.20150327>. We hope to see you there! --- Directors *Maria Luisa Ardizzone, NYU & Teodolinda Barolini, Columbia University* Presenters *Federica Anichini, Fordham University, New York * *Municipal Implications and Political Theories from the *Vita Nova* to the * Monarchia *Maria Luisa Ardizzone, New York University, New York**Wireless Communications: Invisible Links between *Convivio* and *Monarchia *Jean Baptiste Brenet, Université de Paris 1-Panthéon, Sorbonne* *Dante and Averroes *(Monarchia I, 3):* Proposal for a New Interpretation* *William Caferro, Vanderbilt University **Dante, Empire, and the Transfiguration of Charlemagne* *Paolo Chiesa, Università degli Studi di Milano **Dante as Scientist and as Prophet: The Three Prologues of *Monarchia *Iacopo Costa, CNRS-LEM, Villejuif—Commission Léonine, Paris**The Will of the Emperor and the Empire Freedom* *Warren Ginsberg, University of Oregon**“Fenno una rota di sé tutti e trei”: Dialectic, Rhetoric, and History in the *Monarchia *Francis Hittinger, Columbia University**Dante as Critic of Political Economy in the *Monarchia *Diego Quaglioni, **Università di Trento* *Dante’s Political Realism * *Prue Shaw, University of Cambridge* *British Library ms. Add. 6891 of the *Monarchia *Justin Steinberg, University of Chicago**Dante’s Theology of Miracles in * Monarchia II.4*: Law, Sovereignty, Violence * *Donatella Stocchi, University of Rochester **Power and Right: Dante’s * Monarchy* and the Juridical Literature in the First Half of the 13th Century* *Andrea Tabarroni, **Università di Udine* *"Magister Sex Principiorum" and the Realism of Forms in Dante's Political Thought* *Paola Ureni, The City University of New York**Medicine and Dante's Political Thought* *Teodolinda Barolini, Columbia University, New York *Concluding Remarks -- *Meghan Beal* Administrative Aide for the Undergraduate Program Department of Italian Studies *New York University* 24 West 12th Street New York, NY 10011 tel: (212) 998-8122 ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: subscribe italian-studies 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: unsubscribe italian-studies 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/italian-studies