Event Category: FIGS

Fanon unbound: Interdisciplinary Encounters with Frantz Fanon | NEW LOCATION: Cherpack

March 17, 2023
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
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NEW Location: Cherpack (Williams Hall 543) The Francophone, Italian, & Germanic Studies and the Philosophy Departments at the University of Pennsylvania are hosting an interdisciplinary workshop to discuss the work of Martinican philosopher, psychiatrist, and revolutionary Frantz Fanon, and its continued relevance in the 21st century. All are welcome. Join us after the workshop for a […]

Della Valle Lecture: ‘Che va di notte che porta il lume indietro’: Three Contemporary Artists Illuminating Dantean Paths Through Difficult Times with Arielle Saiber (Johns Hopkins)

February 1, 2024
5:15 pm - 7:00 pm
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Location: Faculty Lounge, Fisher Bennett Hall “Che va di notte che porta il lume indietro: Three Contemporary Artists Illuminating Dantean Paths Through Difficult Times: Maru Ceballos (Buenos Aires), Kat Mustatea (NYC), Kazumasa Chiba (Tokyo).” Innumerable are the works of art inspired by the  Commedia that hybridize Dante’s journey with the artist’s own.  Dante’s Pilgrim has never, in […]

Laura Banella (Notre Dame) | Dante vs Dante: Material Traditions of the Lyric and the Construction of Poetic Authority

March 16, 2023
5:15 pm - 6:30 pm
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Location: Kislak Center, Class of 1978 Orrery Pavilion, 6th Floor & Online Dr. Laura Banella is the 2022-2023 Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies and the Center for Italian Studies Fellow in Italian Manuscript Studies. The talk illuminates the distinctive qualities attributed to lyric poetry and lyric poets through the lens of Dante and the material […]