What: Trinity College welcomes
Teodolinda Barolini, Lorenzo Da Ponte Professor of Italian at Columbia University, and one of the world's foremost Dante scholars, for a public talk.
Barolini’s lecture, "Dante's Sympathy for the Other, or the Non-stereotyping Imagination," will give a fresh interpretation the breadth a
nd depth of Dante's spirit of pietà in
The Divine Comedy.
The talk is part of an intensive two-day visit which will include two undergraduate seminars, a meeting with Trinity's Phi Beta Kappa scholars, informal gatherings with students, and a breakfast with the Phi Beta Kappa Scholars and Trinity President, James F. Jones.
Barolini’s visit is co-sponsored by the national Phi Beta Kappa Society, Trinity's Phi Beta Kappa chapter, the Cesare Barbieri Endowment for Italian Culture, and the Sebastiano Ambrogio Charitable Foundation, which provided a generous grant to support the events.
The lecture is free and open to the public.
A reception with refreshments will follow in the Faculty Club.
When: Monday, February 20 ~ 4 p.m.
Where: McCook Auditorium on the campus of Trinity College
300 Summit Street, Hartford, Conn., 06106
Background: Barolini is Lorenzo Da Ponte Professor of Italian at Columbia University. She is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the American Philosophical Society, and the Medieval Academy of America. From 1997 to 2003, Professor Barolini served as fifteenth president of the Dante Society of America.
Members of Phi Beta Kappa are elected from among the students who have achieved the highest general scholastic standing. Election to Phi Beta Kappa is widely regarded as a mark of highest distinction.
The Trinity chapter, known as the Beta of Connecticut, was chartered by the Yale chapter, the Alpha of Connecticut, on June 16, 1845, and is the eighth oldest chapter of Phi Beta Kappa in the United States.
For images from the 2011 inductions, visit:
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The lecture is free and open to the public. For more information, visit wwwt.trincoll.edu or contact John Alcorn at John.Alcorn@trincoll.edu.