BOCCACCIO
650
1375-2025
ABA 6th Triennial Conference
18-20 September, 2025
Chicago, IL
The year 2025 marks the 650th anniversary of the death of Giovanni Boccaccio (1313-1375), author of the Decameron and foundational author of the European narrative prose tradition. To commemorate this milestone, the American Boccaccio Association (est. 1974) and the Newberry Library, in collaboration with the Istituto Italiano di Cultura of Chicago. will celebrate the Certaldese author with a series of scholarly events.
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Paleography Seminar
September 16-17
Newberry LibraryPaleography Seminar led by
Maddalena Signorini
(Tor Vergata University of Rome)
Seminar conducted in ItalianClick here to apply
through the Newberry Library -
Conference
September 18-19
Newberry LibraryPlenary Session with
Simone Marchesi
(Princeton University)
and
Timothy Kircher
(Guilford College)
in conversation with the audience -
Keynote Address
September 19
Istituto Italiano di CulturaKeynote Lecture by
Millicent Marcus
(Yale University)
Conference Registration
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$90 Conference Registration Fee for current ABA members
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$130 Conference Registration Fee for participants who are currently not registered as ABA members
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$50 Conference Registration fee for undergraduate and graduate students. Fee also covers participation in Paleography seminar for accepted applicants.