Conversations on Dante is a series of podcast episodes from the Leeds Centre for Dante Studies at the University of Leeds. In each episode, we sit down with researchers from a range of disciplines to discuss some of the work which is helping to shape our understanding of Dante, his context and works, and his place in the cultures of the world. In this episode, hosted by Matthew Treherne, Joseph Luzzi discusses his book In A Dark Wood: What Dante Taught Me About Grief, Healing and the Mysteries o...
Apr 14, 2021•51 min•Season 3Ep. 15
Conversations on Dante is a series of podcast episodes from the Leeds Centre for Dante Studies at the University of Leeds. In each episode, we sit down with researchers from a range of disciplines to discuss some of the work which is helping to shape our understanding of Dante, his context and works, and his place in the cultures of the world. In this episode, hosted by Matthew Treherne, Rebekah Locke discusses her research on Purgatory in Italy in the centuries after Dante's death. Rebekah give...
Feb 23, 2021•33 min•Season 3Ep. 14
Conversations on Dante is a series of podcast episodes from the Leeds Centre for Dante Studies at the University of Leeds. In each episode, we sit down with researchers from a range of disciplines to discuss some of the work which is helping to shape our understanding of Dante, his context and works, and his place in the cultures of the world. In this episode, hosted by Matthew Treherne, Guy Raffa discusses his recent book, Dante's Bones: How a Poet Invented Italy (Harvard University Press, 2020...
Feb 07, 2021•45 min•Season 3Ep. 13
Conversations on Dante is a new set of podcast episodes from the Leeds Centre for Dante Studies at the University of Leeds. In each episode, we sit down with researchers from a range of disciplines to discuss some of the work which is helping to shape our understanding of Dante, his context and works, and his place in the cultures of the world. In this episode, Sukanta Chaudhuri discusses the ways in which Bengali culture has engaged with Dante and with Italian culture more broadly, from the mid...
Nov 26, 2020•41 min•Season 3Ep. 12
Conversations on Dante is a new set of podcast episodes from the Leeds Centre for Dante Studies at the University of Leeds. In each episode, we sit down with researchers from a range of disciplines to discuss some of the work which is helping to shape our understanding of Dante, his context and works, and his place in the cultures of the world. In this episode, Dr Jason Allen-Paisant discusses the ways in which a number of Caribbean poets have engaged with Dante: Aimé Césaire, Kamau Brathwaite a...
Nov 23, 2020•38 min•Season 3Ep. 11
Conversations on Dante is a new set of podcast episodes from the Leeds Centre for Dante Studies at the University of Leeds. In each episode, we sit down with researchers from a range of disciplines to discuss some of the work which is helping to shape our understanding of Dante, his context and works, and his place in the cultures of the world. In this episode, economic sociologist Mark Davis talks about the sociology of finance, and how Dante's engagement with questions of money and finance mig...
Oct 16, 2020•40 min•Season 3Ep. 10
Conversations on Dante is a new set of podcast episodes from the Leeds Centre for Dante Studies at the University of Leeds. In each episode, we sit down with researchers from a range of disciplines to discuss some of the work which is helping to shape our understanding of Dante, his context and works, and his place in the cultures of the world. In this episode, Dr Federica Coluzzi discusses her forthcoming book on the reception of Dante in Victorian culture. We discuss why the Victorian period s...
Sep 29, 2020•37 min•Season 3Ep. 9
Conversations on Dante is a new set of podcast episodes from the Leeds Centre for Dante Studies at the University of Leeds. In each episode, we sit down with researchers from a range of disciplines to discuss some of the work which is helping to shape our understanding of Dante, his context and works, and his place in the cultures of the world. In this episode, Dr Helena Phillips-Robins discusses her work on liturgical song and practice in Dante, which will be published in a book in early 2021 b...
Sep 22, 2020•30 min•Season 3Ep. 8
Conversations on Dante is a new set of podcast episodes from the Leeds Centre for Dante Studies at the University of Leeds. In each episode, we sit down with researchers from a range of disciplines to discuss some of the work which is helping to shape our understanding of Dante, his context and works, and his place in the cultures of the world. In this episode, Dr Kristina Olson and Prof. Chris Kleinhenz discuss their new volume, Approaches to Teaching Dante's 'Divine Comedy' , published in 2020...
Aug 27, 2020•37 min•Season 3Ep. 7
Conversations on Dante is a new set of podcast episodes from the Leeds Centre for Dante Studies at the University of Leeds. In each episode, we sit down with researchers from a range of disciplines to discuss some of the work which is helping to shape our understanding of Dante, his context and works, and his place in the cultures of the world. In this episode, Prof. Arielle Saiber and Dr Beth Coggeshall discuss their Dante Today website (https://research.bowdoin.edu/dante-today/), which archive...
Aug 25, 2020•44 min•Season 3Ep. 6
Conversations on Dante is a new set of podcast episodes from the Leeds Centre for Dante Studies at the University of Leeds. In each episode, we sit down with researchers from a range of disciplines to discuss some of the work which is helping to shape our understanding of Dante, his context and works, and his place in the cultures of the world. In this episode, Dr Jacob Blakesley discusses his work on Dante in translation, offering some fascinating insights into where Dante has, and hasn't, been...
Jul 15, 2020•33 min•Season 3Ep. 2
Conversations on Dante is a new set of podcast episodes from the Leeds Centre for Dante Studies at the University of Leeds. In each episode, we sit down with researchers from a range of disciplines to discuss some of the work which is helping to shape our understanding of Dante, his context and works, and his place in the cultures of the world. In this episode, Dr Tasia Scrutton and Dr Simon Hewitt discuss continuing bonds theory - a field which considers the importance of a continuing bond with...
Jul 15, 2020•35 min•Season 3Ep. 5
Conversations on Dante is a new set of podcast episodes from the Leeds Centre for Dante Studies at the University of Leeds. In each episode, we sit down with researchers from a range of disciplines to discuss some of the work which is helping to shape our understanding of Dante, his context and works, and his place in the cultures of the world. In this episode, Dr Catherine Keen discusses the ways in which Bruno Latour's work An Inquiry into the Modes of Existence can enrich our reading of Dante...
Jul 15, 2020•41 min
Conversations on Dante is a new set of podcast episodes from the Leeds Centre for Dante Studies at the University of Leeds. In each episode, we sit down with researchers from a range of disciplines to discuss some of the work which is helping to shape our understanding of Dante, his context and works, and his place in the cultures of the world. In this episode, Dr Ed Krcma discusses Robert Rauschenberg's illustrations to the Inferno (1958-61). He describes the context of art in New York in the l...
Jul 15, 2020•40 min•Season 3Ep. 3
Conversations on Dante is a new set of podcast episodes from the Leeds Centre for Dante Studies at the University of Leeds. In each episode, we sit down with researchers from a range of disciplines to discuss some of the work which is helping to shape our understanding of Dante, his context and works, and his place in the cultures of the world. In this episode, Dr George Corbett and Dr Patricia Kelly discuss their project to translate Pierre Mandonnet's Dante le théologien (1935) - a work which ...
Jul 15, 2020•38 min•Season 3Ep. 1
In this episode, Claire Honess discusses the entry into the City of Dis - a moment in the Inferno which is full of drama, and has much to tell us about Dante's understanding of community life.
Jul 15, 2020•15 min•Season 1Ep. 8
In this season of the Leeds Dante Podcast, Ruth Chester introduces key concepts in Dante's religious thought. In this episode, she discusses the sacraments.
Jul 15, 2020•14 min•Season 2Ep. 5
In this season of the Leeds Dante Podcast, Ruth Chester introduces key concepts in Dante's religious thought. In this episode, she discusses original sin.
Jul 15, 2020•9 min•Season 2Ep. 4
In this season of the Leeds Dante Podcast, Ruth Chester introduces key concepts in Dante's religious thought. This episode discusses the ideas of form and matter.
Jul 15, 2020•10 min
In this season of the Leeds Dante Podcast, Ruth Chester introduces key concepts in Dante's religious thought. In this episode, she discusses Incarnation.
Jul 15, 2020•9 min•Season 2Ep. 2
In this season of the Leeds Dante Podcast, Ruth Chester introduces key concepts in Dante's religious thought. In the first episode, she discusses the Trinity.
Jul 15, 2020•12 min•Season 2Ep. 1
In this episode, Matthew Treherne discusses the moment when Dante meets his friend Forese Donati in Purgatory; Forese describes the nature of the souls' suffering in Purgatory.
Jul 15, 2020•13 min•Season 1Ep. 6
In this episode, Claire Honess discusses the moment in the Paradiso when Dante meets the soul of Cacciaguida.
Jul 15, 2020•11 min•Season 1Ep. 5
In this episode, Matthew Treherne discusses one of the most famous moments in Dante's Inferno , when Dante meets Francesca da Rimini, among the souls of the lustful.
Jul 15, 2020•20 min•Season 1Ep. 4
In this episode, Matthew Treherne discusses Dante and Virgil's encounter with Buonconte da Montefeltro early in Purgatorio - an encounter which is quite challenging to readers, and has much to tell us about how Dante sees his journey through the afterlife, and the nature of salvation.
Jul 15, 2020•17 min•Season 1Ep. 3
In this episode, Matthew Treherne discusses a brief moment of description as Dante and Virgil enter Purgatory - a moment which is full of resonance and interest.
Jul 15, 2020•11 min•Season 1Ep. 2
In this episode, Matthew Treherne discusses the opening three lines of Dante's Commedia , showing how the opening of the poem establishes key ideas for the remainder of the text.
Jul 15, 2020•21 min•Season 1Ep. 1
This episode introduces the Leeds Dante Podcast - a series from the Leeds Centre for Dante Studies, involving short lectures on aspects of Dante's work, and a series of conversations on Dante with researchers from diverse fields.
Jul 15, 2020•2 min
