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Upcoming Events and Conferences
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September 16-7
Paleography Seminar, Newberry LibrarySeptember 18-20
The year 2025 marks the 650th anniversary of the death of Giovanni Boccaccio. To commemorate this milestone, the American Boccaccio Association (est. 1974) and the Newberry Library, in collaboration with the Istituto Italiano di Cultura of Chicago, will celebrate with a series of scholarly events.
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January 8-11, Toronto
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Sponsored Sessions at 2026 MLA Convention, San Francisco
Past Events
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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
Our second celebration of 50 years of the American Boccaccio Association, in conversation with past presidents. January 24, 2025 2:00 – 4:00 pm EST Michael Papio (2011-2014) Tim Kircher (2014-2017) Simone Marchesi (2017-2020) Kristina Olson (2020-2023)
Our first celebration of 50 years of the American Boccaccio Association, in collaboration with past ABA presidents. Held on Zoom, December 16, 2-4pm