📅 May 14 – July 2, 2025
📍 IUSS School for Advanced Studies, Sala del Camino, Palazzo Broletto
Piazza della Vittoria 15, Pavia
A series of meetings open to students and the general public.
The Project
Rediscovering the pleasure of shared reading and the deeper meaning of texts that have shaped the history of Italian literature: this is the goal of the lecture series “Reading Together: Great Literary Works Between Language and Meaning.”
Four meetings dedicated to the public reading of selected passages from major works of the Italian literary tradition – from its origins to the twentieth century – accompanied by linguistic and interpretative commentary by university professors.
An opportunity to explore unconventional perspectives and to appreciate the relevance and universality of these works today.
Programme
Wednesday, May 14, 2025 – 6:00–7:30 PM
Starting from the End. Reading the ‘Commedia’ from the Last Canto
Prof. Mirko Volpi, University of Pavia
Wednesday, June 4, 2025 – 6:00–7:30 PM
I Am Alive and I Do Not Conclude. Luigi Pirandello’s One, No One and One Hundred Thousand*
Prof. Federico Francucci, University of Pavia
Wednesday, June 25, 2025 – 9:00–10:30 PM
Since Classics Must Be Read in Their Own Language
Prof. Giuseppe Antonelli, University of Pavia
Wednesday, July 2, 2025 – 6:00–7:30 PM
The Gentle Smile of Lucia and the Silence of God: Manzoni, Both Ironic and Tragic
Prof. Raffaello Palumbo Mosca, University of Turin
Participation
All meetings will take place in person at the Sala del Camino, IUSS Pavia.
For those unable to attend, live streaming will be available at:
🔗 https://iusspavia.zoom.us/my/br.saladelcamino
Contacts