2026-2027 Schedule

Time and Place

Lectures take place about once a month during the Academic Year. Normally held on a Thursday at 5:00 pm in the reading room of Rare Books and Special Collections in 102 Hesburgh Library, in the 2026-2027 academic year they will be held in a hybrid online and in-person format.

FALL 2026 Series

SEPT. 17

Ph.D. Student Presentations

As Above, So Below: The Beauty of the Creation of Hell

Beatrice Rosso, University of Notre Dame

Co-sponsored by the Medieval Institute

SEPT. 24

Mapping Brazil in Medici Florence: Dudley’s Arcano del Mare

Lia Markey, Center for Renaissance Studies, Newberry Library

Co-sponsored by the Medieval Institute

OCT. 29

Neither Here, Nor There: Directionality in Dante’s Paradiso

Arielle Saiber, Johns Hopkins University

Co-sponsored by the Medieval Institute

SPRING 2027

FEB. 18

The Aura: A Cultural Perspective on ‘Made in Italy’

Luca Cottini, Villanova University

Co-sponsored by the Nanovic Institute

MARCH 18

The Learned Practitioner: Crafting a Medical Persona for Giovanni Battista Zapata

Ruben Celani, University of Notre Dame

Co-sponsored by the Medieval Institute and the Hesburgh Libraries