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Zygmunt G. Baranski
2006-07 & 2007-08 Ravarino Family Distinguished Visiting Professor in Italian Studies
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Serena Professor of Italian and Head of
the Department of Italian in the Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages at Cambridge University
An appointment in
the Department of Romance Languages. |
Professor Baranski is one of the world's authorities on Dante, medieval poetics, and modern Italian literature, film and culture. Recent books include 'Chiosar con altro testo'. Leggere Dante nel Trecento. (Florence: Cadmo, 2001); Dante e i segni. Saggi per una storia intellettuale di Dante (Naples: Liguori, 2000); Cambridge Companion to Modern Italian Culture (Co-editor Rebecca West. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001); Pasolini Old and New. Surveys and Studies. (Editor. Dublin: Four Courts Press, 1999).
During the Fall of 2007 Professor Baranski will be in residence at Notre Dame and teach two courses. In each of the other semesters of his two-year term as Ravarino Visiting Professor, Baranski will visit Notre Dame for a period of 7-10 days, in order to assist with supervision of graduate students in the Medieval Institute, the Ph.D. in Literature Program and in the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures. During these short-term visits Baranski will also continue work with Notre Dame faculty on a number of collaborative research projects, such as the Devers Series in Dante Studies, and will available to advise undergraduate literature, medieval studies, and film, television and theatre majors. Please contact Robin Hoeppner (1–6887) about setting up a time to meet with Zyg.
During the Spring of 2007, Professor Baranski was at Notre Dame from March 21 to March 29. A lecture titled "Guido's 'disdain': Inferno 9-11" and co-sponsored by the Devers Program and the Medieval Institute was held on Wednesday, March 28, at 5:00 p.m. in the Reading Room of the Medieval Institute (715 Hesburgh Library; a reception followed). Baranski was also a guest lecturer in Italian Studies courses and was available to meet with students.
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