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Daragh O’Connell

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Director of Centre for Dante Studies in Ireland (CDSI); Italian, University College Cork, Senior Editor ‘Italian Studies’ (pre-1700)

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Final speaking engagement of my Australia trip. This time in Brisbane. A big thank you to everyone at the Società Dante Alighieri Brisbane for the wonderful hospitality. It was lovely to meet so many members. @cdsi.bsky.social
Next stop Ireland (via Singapore/ Frankfurt)

07.03.2026 23:20 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

I think you should ground him

06.03.2026 23:38 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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The Perec Case ‘Perec went into analysis because he suspected that the ludic bent of his writing was in fact blocking an approach to his life story.’ Paul Keegan on Georges Perec’s psychoanalytic sessions with Jean-...

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06.03.2026 22:36 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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It was a real honour and genuine pleasure to give a lecture yesterday at the Istituto Italiano di Cultura in Sydney. Special thanks to Marco Gioacchini for being such a wonderful host, and thanks to the very lively Sydney audience @cdsi.bsky.social

06.03.2026 09:02 👍 6 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1
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Final lecture in series next week!

10.02.2026 09:11 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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The always great Sam Slote gave us a wonderful lecture on the function of vulgarity and swearing in Dante and Joyce. It was also a real treat to welcome Enrica Leydi and Gennaro Ambrosino to Cork @cdsi.bsky.social For recording of lecture see: youtu.be/d-4eT_8hbEA?...

10.02.2026 08:46 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1
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This evening Sam Slote on Dante and Joyce. Online only, so please register

09.02.2026 10:17 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Had a lovely time in Cambridge talking about Dante and Court culture - thanks to Anna Pegoretti for wonderful welcome

05.02.2026 19:58 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Procedura di valutazione comparativa per titoli e colloquio per il conferimento di n. 1 incarico post-doc presso il Dipartimento di Filosofia - SSD PHIL-02/B - GSD 11/PHIL-02- Cod. Pica incarichipd202...

Work with me! 2-year postdoc (1+1) within COLUMN: Colonial Legacies of Universities: Materialities and New Collaborations (HORIZON_HORIZON-CL2-2024-HERITAGE-01-04). Topic: “Research of university botanical collections in relation to Italian and European colonialism”. Call at: shorturl.at/aurdS

21.01.2026 12:12 👍 32 🔁 28 💬 0 📌 0
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Next up (next Monday), the inimitable Paolo Rigo

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Last Monday we were treated to a brilliant lecture from Prof. Arielle Saiber (Johns Hopkins University) to open the 2026 Dante Public Lecture Series @cdsi.bsky.social A recording of the lecture can be viewed here: youtu.be/WtdATu4xFwM?...

21.01.2026 11:10 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1
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Join us next Monday for Lecture 1 of 2026 UCC Dante Lecture Series with Prof. Arielle Saiber (Johns Hopkins University)

15.01.2026 10:02 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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#OTD Giovanni #Boccaccio died 650 years ago. We remember him as one of the most important Italian authors of all time and the founder of the novella. We honor him by publishing his complete works.

Sit tibi opus gloriae.

THE INTERNATIONAL BOCCACCIO EDITION

21.12.2025 04:51 👍 18 🔁 9 💬 0 📌 2

Congrats Claire!

15.12.2025 17:22 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Delighted to announce the brilliant line-up for the 2026 Dante Lecture Series @cdsi.bsky.social @ucc.ie

05.12.2025 12:04 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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MBV doing what they do

25.11.2025 10:42 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Was at the Dublin gig on Saturday. A thing of beauty wrapped in noise

25.11.2025 10:40 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Day 2 of #DanteFutures

25.11.2025 10:36 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1
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The Lingering Delusion | Fintan O’Toole Kamala Harris’s memoir 107 Days succeeds at least in distilling the evasions and weaknesses of the modern Democratic Party.

Interesting piece from Fintan O’Toole www.nybooks.com/articles/202...

12.11.2025 08:27 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Then began our CDSI international tour. First stop ADI conference in Genova - great papers, great presence from members of the Centre

08.11.2025 18:12 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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CDSI International Tour #2 we went stateside to Yale University for ‘Premodern Affective Spaces’ organised by associate member of Centre and all round brilliant person Prof. Heather Webb @heatherwebb.bsky.social

08.11.2025 18:16 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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We’ve been away for a while. But it’s been a busy autumn for the Centre - here are some of the highlights so far

08.11.2025 18:08 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Back in September we kicked off events with a wonderful launch & reading by Lorna Goodison @UCC to celebrate her magnificent “Dante’s Inferno” @Carcanet @CACSSSResearch1 @UCCResearch

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CDSI International Tour #3 next stop Chicago for American Boccaccio Association - the Centre ran double session on Dantean Afterlives in Boccaccio

08.11.2025 18:17 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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CDSI International Tour #4 University of Notre Dame wonderful conference on Global Translation & Reception in Dante. Strong CDSI presence too

08.11.2025 18:20 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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🚨 Job alert 🚨 NorseMap is recruiting for a new team member: a 3-year postdoctoral researcher with a background in Politics OR Old Norse Viking Studies to lead the 'Politics & Identity' strand of the project. Come and work with us at UCC!

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07.11.2025 10:50 👍 14 🔁 9 💬 0 📌 1
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More recent events include ‘Women Scholars in Dante Studies’, ‘Il testo della Vita nova’ at the University of Bergamo, and ‘Representing the Afterlife in Latin & Romance Middle Ages’ at the University of Naples. Well done Valentina, Federica, Aistė @murkuo.bsky.social, George and Elsina 👏👏👏

08.11.2025 18:34 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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The Jamaican poet Lorna Goodison is coming to UCC for the launch of her ‘Dante’s Inferno’. Admission free, but tickets essential on eventbrite - use QR cose

14.08.2025 17:06 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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This is one of the most beautiful things I have witnessed, the craft here is impeccable.

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A great way to round off the academic year for the Centre for Dante Studies in Ireland with our 10th Dante Dialogue - this one “Figurando il Paradiso”: Dante and the Representation of Paradise with Prof Martin Kemp and Dr Federico Rossi. Watch the recording here: youtu.be/l6VRK43L1fc?...

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