Events and Conferences

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

Professor Stefano Zamponi (1949-2024), then president of the Ente Nazionale Giovanni Boccaccio, together with the ABA, established one scholarship for North American graduate students working on Boccaccio studies. The scholarship includes:

• Enrollment in the ENGB’s Boccaccio 650 Scuola Estiva, Un accessus a Boccaccio, in Certaldo, Italy

• $500 scholarship

• Up to $1000 reimbursement for travel to Certaldo to participate in the ENGB’s Scuola estiva

• Lodging and half board in Certaldo, Italy for duration of ENGB’s summer school

For more information, see https://www.boccaccio-usa.org/zamponiprize

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