Professor Carlo Ginzburg (Scuola Normale, Pisa):

Reproduction/Reproduction: An Experiment in Historical Anthropology (on Dante)

Tuesday, February 23, 2021, noon EST (via Zoom)

In this lecture, Professor Ginzburg argues that the double meaning of the word “reproduction”—biological reproduction, on the one hand, replication of objects, on the other—provides a fruitful approach to some of the crucial themes of Dante’s Inferno, as well as to Dante’s reflection on his own work.

Lecture length: approximately 1 hour. To be followed by a question and answer period.

As of February 22, Registration is currently full. You may register to be placed on the wait list. If spaces open up, wait list members will be notified.

This lecture will be held online, via Zoom Webinar. Zoom link will be emailed to registrants 1 day before the event.

This event is free and open to the public. If you are registering from outside of the Penn community, please select "Other" in the "Penn role/s" checkbox. For questions or for further information: email kislak@pobox.upenn.edu

Co-sponsored by The Italian Academy for Advanced Studies in America, Columbia University; The Center for Italian Studies; the Italian Studies Section of the Department of Romance Languages; and the Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts.

More information about lectures being delivered by Carlo Ginzburg in Spring 2021.