Upcoming Events and Conferences
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June 15-26, 2026
Newberry Library, Chicago ILWe are accepting applications for the 2026 Summer Paleography Seminar with Maddalena Signorini (Universita’ degli Studi di Roma)
This course will offer intensive training in the reading and transcription of handwritten Italian vernacular texts from the late medieval through early modern periods.
There is no cost for the two-week course and modest travel stipends are available thanks to a generous doner.
For more information, visit https://www.newberry.org/calendar/summer-institute-in-italian-paleography
Applications due March 15, 2026 -
The American Boccaccio Association established this annual award in recognition of the scholarship of Giuseppe Velli (1928-2013).
We are proud to offer three Velli prizes : Graduate ($300), Undergraduate ($200), and Creative ($200).
To learn more and apply, please visit https://www.boccaccio-usa.org/velli-prize
Submissions due June 1, 2026
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January 7-10, Los Angeles, CA
CFP for Co-Sponsored session by the Forum on 17th-, 18th-, ann 19th-Century Italian Studies and the American Boccaccio Association
“Boccaccio Beyond Boccaccio: Reception, Adaptation, and Afterlives from the Seventeenth to Nineteenth Century”
Please send an abstract of no more than 300 words together with a short bio to Bradord Masoni (bradford.a.masoni@gmail.com) or Viola Ardeni (mrsviolini2011@gmail.com)
Deadline extended to March 16, 2026
Past Events
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Boccaccio @ 650 ABA 6th Triennial Conference September 18-20, 2025
RSA Chicago, 2024 Annual Renaissance Society of America Convention
Roberta Morosini presents her newest book, Rotte di poesia, rotte di civiltà.
Brittany Asaro "Plague and Patriarchy: Revisiting the Decameron's Frame Story." PART 1
Brittany Asaro "Plague and Patriarchy: Revisiting the Decameron's Frame Story." PART 2
Prof. Carmen Blanco Valdés, Universidad de Córdoba Presenting her Spanish translation of Boccaccio's Trattatello: Vida de Dante Alighieri. Tratado en honor de Dante Alighieri florentino, poeta ilustre.
Dino Cervigni's Boccaccio's Decameron. Rewriting the Christian Middle Ages and the Lyric Tradition. Dino Cervigni in dialogo con Valerio Cappozzo e i Membri dell'American Boccaccio Association. April 5, 2021.
laria Tufano's Boccaccio e il suo mondo. Studi e letture del Decameron. Dialogano con l'autrice Kristina Olson, Alessandro Vettori, Antonio Montefusco e Michael Papio.
Book Launch: Justin Steinberg's Law and Mimesis in Boccio's Decameron
The Virtual Brigata Online lecture series, 2020-2021
Virtual Brigata, Online lecture series, 2021
Albert Ascoli presents "Solomon and Emilia, or the King and I." April 8, 2021
Book Launch Brenda Deen Schildgen Boccaccio Defends Literature May 6, 2025 https://www.boccaccio-usa.org/about-1
December 16, 2025 2:00 - 4:00 pm EST Our first celebration of 50 years of the American Boccaccio Association with past ABA presidents.
January 24, 2025 2:00 – 4:00 pm EST Our second celebration of 50 years of the American Boccaccio Association, in conversation with past presidents. Michael Papio (2011-2014) Tim Kircher (2014-2017) Simone Marchesi (2017-2020) Kristina Olson (2020-2023)