Events

Vassar Reads Boccaccio

Location:

Ely Hall, The Aula

This year marks the 650th anniversary of Giovanni Boccaccio’s passing. We explore his legacy in a interdisciplinary panel of Vassar faculty, followed by a keynote speech by Grace Delmolino (University of California, Davis) titled: “Boccaccio and Consent.”

Campus community only, please

No reservation required

This event is sponsored by the Dean of Studies, the Italian Department, French and Francophone Studies, the English Department, the History Department, and Medieval and Renaissance Studies.

Detail of a painting depicting a social event in the fourteen century.
Detail from the painting, “The Tenth Day of the Decameron, from Boccacios Decameron,” by Thomas Stothard