Upcoming Events and Conferences

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  • June 15-26, 2026
    Newberry Library, Chicago IL

    We 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

  • 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

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