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Fellows’ Seminar 1: On Dante, Avicenna, Renaissance Italy

Aresu/ Alinejad Zanjani
October 5, 2026
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
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Library, Italian Academy (1161 Amsterdam Av, NYC 10027). In-person only.

Our Fellows’ seminars are now open to the public! 
Fascinating topics from the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences

Welcoming Remarks: 
Barbara Faedda  
Interim Director, Italian Academy

Moderator: 
Teodolinda Barolini
Lorenzo Da Ponte Professor of Italian at Columbia University

Fellows: 
Francesco Marco Aresu
University of Pennsylvania (USA) 
Narrative and materiality of Dante’s Divine Comedy

Mali Caterina Alinejad Zanjani
Centre Jean Pépin, National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS; France)
Avicenna's political uses in Renaissance Italy 

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Doors open at 3:30pm. Registration does not guarantee a seat; registrants are seated first-come, first served.
This event is in-person only.