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Dante and the Contemplative Tradition
Wednesday, 7 November 2007 — 4:30 p.m.
Department of Special Collections, University of Notre Dame
A talk by Denys Turner, Horace Tracy Pitkin Professor of Historical Theology, Yale Divinity School: "Reason, Poetry and Theology: 'Vernacularity' in Dante and Aquinas"
The talk was followed by a reception.
Thursday, 15 November 2007 — 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Department of Special Collections, University of Notre Dame
Christian Moevs, Associate Professor of Romance Languages, University of Notre Dame: "God Alone Surpasses the Soul:
Dante and Augustine's De quantitate animae"
Matthew Treherne, Lecturer in Italian, University of Leeds: "Contemplation and the Created World in the Commedia"
Thursday, 15 November 2007 — 3:30 to 5:00 p.m.
Medieval Institute, University of Notre Dame
Vittorio Montemaggi, Junior Research Fellow, Churchill College,
Cambridge University: "Contemplation and Charity in the Commedia"
Zygmunt Baranski, Serena Professor of Italian, Cambridge University, and 2007-08 Ravarino Family Distinguished Visiting Professor in Italian Studies, University of Notre Dame: "Between Laus and Vituperatio: Doctrine in Paradiso 27-29"
These talks were followed by a reception at 5:00 p.m. in the Medieval Institute.
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