BOCCACCIO 


650

1375-2025

Portrait of Boccaccio from Il Decamerone di messer Giovanni Boccaccio, Venice: 1547 (Wing ZP 535 .G4). Newberry Library

ABA 6th Triennial Conference

18-20 September, 2025

Chicago, IL

The year 2025 marks the 650th anniversary of the death of Giovanni Boccaccio (1313-1375), author of the Decameron and foundational author of the European narrative prose tradition. 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 the Certaldese author with a series of scholarly events.

  • Paleography Seminar

    September 16-17
    Newberry Library

    Paleography Seminar led by
    Maddalena Signorini
    (Tor Vergata University of Rome)
    Seminar conducted in Italian

    Click here to apply
    through the Newberry Library

  • Conference

    September 18-19
    Newberry Library

    Plenary Session with
    Simone Marchesi
    (Princeton University)
    and
    Timothy Kircher
    (Guilford College)
    in conversation with the audience

  • Keynote Address

    September 20
    Istituto Italiano di Cultura

    Keynote Lecture by
    Millicent Marcus
    (Yale University)

Conference Registration

Please register for the ABA’s 6th Triennial Conference by filling out a brief registration form using the appropriate link below.

Conference fees include registration for the Paleography Seminar. Space in the Paleography Seminar is limited and subject to availability.

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The American Boccaccio Association’s Triennial Conference Boccaccio @ 650 has been made possible in part thanks to the generous support of the Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Chicago, The Newberry Library, and The Ragusa Foundation for the Humanities.