INFINITO: A Translation Marathon
- Literature
Celebrating Leopardi’s poem with Jonathan Galassi, Luigi Ballerini, and NYU students
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Year: 2021
- Canto per Canto
Purgatorio 3: Mercy Infinite and Unfathomable
Michael Meister (St. Mary’s College of California) in conversation with Charles Hilken (St. Mary’s College of California)
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- Parole Parole
Parole Parole: “Confetti”
Today’s word is CONFETTI, an Italian candy, not to be confused with the English misuse of the word.
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- Canto per Canto
Inferno 34: Defying Gravity
Giulio Genovese (University of Pennsylvania) in conversation with Mario Sassi (University of Pennsylvania)
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Paradiso 16: Modernity, Purity, and Confusion
Andrea Celli (University of Connecticut) in conversation with Joseph Tumolo (UCLA)
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- Parole Parole
Parole Parole: “Limonare / Pomiciare”
Today’s words are LIMONARE and POMICIARE, two different verbs for “making out.”
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Purgatorio 15: Are You Drunk? Visionary Metapoetics
George Rayson (University of Cambridge) in conversation with Aistė Kiltinavičiūtė (University of Cambridge)
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Inferno 20: The twisted gift of prophecy
Isabella Magni (Rutgers University) in conversation with Beatrice Arduini (University of Washington)
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Paradiso 17: A Call to Action
Donatella Stocchi (University of Rochester) in conversation with Carl Adair (Episcopal Divinity School)
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Purgatorio 20: That Damned Wolf. Again
Jelena Todorović (University of Wisconsin-Madison) in conversation with Beatrice Arduini (University of Washington)
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- Art
Giorno della Memoria 2021
From January 27, 2021. Twenty years since the first commemoration of Giorno della Memoria (Holocaust Remembrance Day) in Italy.
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Inferno 31: Babel as a historical event and political-theological myth
Elisa Brilli (University of Toronto) in conversation with Mirko Tavoni (Università di Pisa)
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Paradiso 31: Keenness of Insight: Greetings and Leavetaking
Olivia Holmes (Binghamton University) in conversation with Kate Travers (NYU)
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