Dante Studies II: Love, Mysticism, and the Ineffability of Being in the Commedia

Sponsoring Organization(s)

Dante Society of America

Organizer Name

Jason Aleksander

Organizer Affiliation

San José State Univ.

Presider Name

Akash Kumar

Presider Affiliation

Indiana Univ.-Bloomington

Paper Title 1

Amor and Carità: The Two Loves of Francesca and Piccarda

Presenter 1 Name

Rory Sellgren

Presenter 1 Affiliation

Univ. of Leeds

Paper Title 2

Loving the Forest for the Trees: The Philosophical Implications of Dante's Definition of Carità in the Light of His Use of the Neologism Infiorarsi

Presenter 2 Name

Humberto Ballesteros

Presenter 2 Affiliation

Hostos Community College, CUNY

Paper Title 3

Dante and Virgil on Saying Not-Being

Presenter 3 Name

P. Christopher Smith

Presenter 3 Affiliation

Univ. of Massachusetts-Lowell

Start Date

10-5-2019 1:30 PM

Session Location

Schneider 1255