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Dear all,
I am writing to invite you to
Prof. Enrico Palandri’s inaugural lecture “Infinite Flow”,
which will be Tuesday 22 November 2016, from 6:30 to 7:30 pm at UCL.
The event is free but reservation is required. Please go to
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/infinite-flow-tickets-28418735202
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www.eventbrite.co.uk
Poetry and novels are metaphors: they weave the defined and the undefined into the same fabric by means of a unique flow of words. This flow is the thread, intrinsically resilient to political strategies, with which we mend our conflicts. When we read we articulate
different attitudes within ourselves, whether taking to heart the vicissitudes of the heroes of Stendhal and Manzoni or following the nomadic characters of Joyce and W.G. Sebald; school curricula lead this conversation towards a sense of national identity.
Focusing on the composition of l’infinito (1819) by Giacomo Leopardi (1798 –1837), one of the most radical thinkers of the nineteenth century, Professor Enrico Palandri will re-construct how the contrast between politics and metaphysics is ultimately nationless.
Lecturer: Professor Enrico Palandri, UCL Italian Inaugural lectures are an opportunity for recently-promoted professors to exhibit to the wider UCL community, and the public outside UCL, a flavour of their intellectual
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to reserve your free tickets and find more information about the location.
If you need it, you can find more information about the speaker here:
http://www.indigo-sandbox.ucl.ac.uk/selcs/italian/research-excellence/staff/enrico-palandri
and here is a brief description of the event:
Poetry and novels are metaphors: they weave the defined and the undefined into the same fabric by means of a unique flow of words. This flow is the thread, intrinsically resilient to political strategies, with which we mend our conflicts. When we read we articulate different attitudes within ourselves, whether taking to heart the vicissitudes of the heroes of Stendhal and Manzoni or following the nomadic characters of Joyce and W.G. Sebald; school curricula lead this conversation towards a sense of national identity.
Focusing on the composition of l’infinito (1819) by Giacomo Leopardi (1798 –1837), one of the most radical thinkers of the nineteenth century, Professor Enrico Palandri will re-construct how the contrast between politics and metaphysics is ultimately nationless.
ALL WELCOME!
Thanks,
Beatrice