Join us at the ICI Berlin on 2 July to explore the multiple shifts in scale brought about by modernity, and their implications for today's world, through Leopardi's extraordinary insights. To register, visit: www.ici-berlin.org/events/chang... @iciberlin.bsky.social @italienzentrumfub.bsky.social

My article on vows, consent, fear, and martyrdom in Dante's Paradiso is now available in the latest issue of Dante Studies!

A new publication from the "Rethinking Lyric Communities" project is now available online, featuring contributions on Arabic, Occitan, Italian, English, French, Hebrew and Persian poetry! Take a look here: read.dukeupress.edu/jmems/issue/...

An exciting new outcome of the "Rethinking Lyric Communities" project, a special issue of The Journal of Medieval and Early Modern Studies, is scheduled for publication in January 2026! #medievalstudies #renaissancestudies #earlymodernstudies #lyricpoetry #lyriccommunities

The special issue "Invention, Re-enactment, Exchange: Lyric Communities in Medieval and Early Modern Italy", edited by Laura Banella and myself, is finally out — take a look! www.tandfonline.com/toc/yits20/8... #medievalstudies #renaissancestudies #poetry #lyric #italianstudies #italianliterature

The introduction to the special issue of "Italian Studies" devoted to lyric communities in medieval and early modern Italy is now available online - and is open access! #lyriccommunities #medievalstudies #renaissancestudies #poetry #italianstudies #italianliterature #lyricpoetry #lyrictheory

A fantastic poetry event is coming up soon in London as part of the "Rethinking Lyric Communities project"! #kimberlycampanello #verityspott #anthonyvcapildeo

preparations for the London event: re-reading Anthony V. Capildeo's brilliant contribution to the project! #poetry #poetrycommunity #poets #translation #plurilingualism #anthonyvahnicapildeo #VahniCapildeo #carribeanpoetry #anthonycapildeo #anthonyvcapildeo #VahniAnthonyCapildeo

The fourth and (probably) final conference of the "Rethinking Lyric Communities" project is approaching, and will feature a fabulous poetry reading! #lyriccommunities #lyricpoetry #poetry #lyric #community

On the question of error and empirical reasoning in Leopardi

Jahan Ramazani on Rethinking Lyric Communities (ICI Berlin Press, 2024) #lyricpoetry #community #lyrictheory #poetry #poetics