italian-studies: Scholarly discussions in any field of Italian studies
A quick reminder that this CfP for the 2018 SIS Themed Conference (5-6 April, 2018, University of Sussex) is closing soon.
'Resisting Dante/Dante Resisting'
Dante's Commedia is simultaneously a site of resistance--politically, theologically, personally, poetically--to the ills Dante identified in the world, and a site of authority, in which a very particular, teleological, literary and
historical stance is adopted and thoroughly, often belligerently pursued in ways that seem to stifle resistance. We are seeking papers which approach both sides of Dante's text(s), looking at the ways in which Dante articulates resistance to his historical
moment and literary forebears, and shedding light on (and even resisting) Dante's construction of a ostensibly monolithic authority in his works including and especially the Commedia. We will also consider papers on ways in which the figure and works
of Dante have been used as tools of resistance by later readers.
Please send a title, short abstract (no more that 250 words), and brief biographical statement to David Bowe ([log in to unmask]) or Helena Phillips-Robins ([log in to unmask])
by 26 September.
All the best,
David & Helena
Dr David Bowe
Victoria Maltby Junior Research Fellow
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