2021 Conference and Annual Meeting

Tra liti sì lontani - Dante for the Americas

Virtual conference: May 5, 2021 - May 13, 2021

Click here for conference program and registration information (all sessions are free and open to the public)

To mark the 700th anniversary of the poet’s death, the Dante Society of America and Harvard University are together organizing an international symposium on the reception and influence of Dante and his work from Canada to Chile from May 5-13, 2021. This collaboration commemorates the origins of "The Dante Society" in 19th-century Cambridge, but aims also to display the wider range of Dante’s presence as found in the Harvard collections. Yet our main goal is to highlight the reception of Dante in all parts of the Americas, and among readers of different intersectional identities. Our sessions include a wide range of contributions that consider the poet’s legacy in a variety of different spheres.

We are grateful to the following organizations for their support: The Dante Society of America, Harvard University (Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Provostial Fund for the Arts and Humanities, David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, The Standing Committee on Medieval Studies, The Department of Romance Languages and Literatures), and the Consulate General of Italy in Boston.

DSA Annual Meeting: Sunday, May 16, 2021, 1:00-2:00pm EDT

The 139th Annual Meeting of the Dante Society of America will be held virtually, via Zoom, on Sunday, May 16, 2021, from 1:00-2:00pm EDT. The meeting is open to all current members. Zoom details will be circulated approximately one week prior to the meeting.