A Public Reading of the Divine Comedy at Boston College (Ongoing)

A Public Reading of the Divine Comedy at Boston College, sponsored by Boston College and the Nicholas J. Sottile '41 Fund for Itaian Studies


Fall 2010

September 27 Giuseppe Faustini (Skidmore College) will present Paradiso 13

October 25 Adoyo C. Owuor (Harvard University) will present Paradiso 14

November 22 Francesco Castellano (Independent Scholar) will present Paradiso 15


Spring 2011

February 21 Giovanni Spani (Holy Cross) will present Paradiso 16

March 28 Michael Papio (UMass Amherst) will present Paradiso 17

April 25 Vincent Pollina (Tufts University) will present Paradiso 18

May 9 Francesca Southerden (Wellesley College) will present Paradiso 19




All readings will take place in Devlin 101, on the main campus of Boston College, at 7:30 p.m.

The Public Reading of the Divine Comedy is sponsored by Boston College, the Center for Italian Culture of Newton, and the Sottile Fund.

A Public Reading of the Divine Comedy at Boston College 2000-2009
(Highlighted readings link to Front Row video)

Inferno
March 2000 Canto I Franco Mormando
April 2000 Canto II Dennis Costa
May 2000 Canto III Laurie Shepard
October 2000 Canto IV Brian O’Connor
November 2000 Canto V Dwayne Carpenter
February 2001 Canto VI Rino Di Bartolo
March 2001 Canto VII Emilio Mazzola
April 2001 Canto VIII Jan Ziolkowski
May 2001 Canto IX Richard Lansing
September 2001 Canto X Todd Boli
October 2001 Canto XI Cristiana Fordyce
November 2001 Canto XII Susan Michalczyk
March 2002 Canto XIII Robert Pinsky
March 2002 Canto XIV Andrea d’Amore
April 2002 Canto XV Franco Mormando
May 2002 Canto XVI Barbara Lloyd
September 2002 Canto XVII Laurie Shepard
October 2002 Canto XVIII Walter Kuenin
November 2002 Canto XIX Lino Pertile
February 2003 Canto XX Emilio Mazzola
March 2003 Canto XXI Todd Boli
April 2003 Canto XXII Sandy Blank
May 2003 Canto XXIII Sonja Brighenti
September 2003 Canto XXIV Chris MCDonough
Canto XXV Chris MCDonough
October 2003 Canto XXVI Peter Hawkins
November 2003 Canto XXVII Brian O’Connor
February 2004 Canto XVIII Vincent Pollina
March 2004 Canto XXIX Will Schenck
April 2004 Canto XXX Paolo De Ventura
May 2004 Canto XXXI Paola De Santo
September 2004 Canto XXXII Lino Pertile
Canto XXXIII Lino Pertile
October 2004 Canto XXXIV Franco Mormando


Purgatorio
November 2004 Canto I Rachel Jacoff
February 2005 Canto II Dennis Costa
March 2005 Canto III Michelangelo Laluna
April 2005 Canto IV David Selewski
May 2005 Canto V Elvira Di Fabio
September 2005 Canto VI Laurie Shepard
October 2005 Canto VII Francesco Castellano*
November 2005 Canto VIII Todd Boli
January 2006 Canto IX Chiara Frenquelluci
February 2006 Canto X Alessandro Vettori
March 2006 Canto XI Deborah Contrada
April 2006 Canto XII Brian O’Connor
May 2006 Canto XIII Antonio Morena
September 2006 Canto XIV Maria Frank
October 2006 Canto XV Emilio Mazzola
November 2006 Canto XVI Vincent Pollinga
January 2007 Canto XVII Dario Del Puppo
February 2007 Canto XVIII Michael Papio
March 2007 Canto XIX Joan Ferrante
April 2007 Canto XX Stefano Selenu
May 2007 Canto XXI Richard Lansing
September 2007 Canto XXII Todd Boli
October 2007 Canto XXIII Fiora Bassanese
November 2007 Canto XXIV Lino Pertile
January 2008 Canto XXV Dennis Costa
February 2008 Canto XXVI Vincent Pollina
March 2008 Canto XXVII Franco Mormando
April 2008 Canto XXVIII Alessandro Vettori
May 2008 Canto XXIX Laurie Shepard
September 2008 Canto XXX Rachel Jacoff
October 2008 Canto XXXI Brian O’Connor
November 2008 Canto XXXII Todd Boli
January 2009 Canto XXXIII Franco Mormando
February 2009 Paradiso I Emilio Mazzola
March 2009 Canto II Dennis Costa
April 2009 Canto III Lino Pertile
May 2009 Canto IV Federica Anichini
September 2009 Stephany Canto 5
October 2009 Boli Canto 6
November 2009 Ruthenberg Canto 7
January 2010 Shepard Canto 8
February 2010 Pollina Canto 9
March 2010 Del Puppo Canto 10
April 2010 Pertile Canto 11
May 2010 Luzzi Canto 12