Thursday, October 3, 2:00 \u2013 3:30<\/strong>pm<\/strong> | Exhibit Open House with curator Giulia Maria Gliozzi<\/a> (Notre Dame, Italian Studies doctoral candidate)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Thursday, October 10, 2:00 \u2013 3:30<\/strong>pm<\/strong> | Exhibit Open House with curator Inha Park<\/a> (Notre Dame, Italian Studies doctoral candidate)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Thursday, October 17, 2:00 \u2013 3:30<\/strong>pm<\/strong> | Exhibit Open House with curator Salvatore Riolo<\/a> (Notre Dame, Italian Studies doctoral candidate)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Thursday, October 30 at 5:00pm<\/strong> | Italian Research Seminar: Research presentations by 4th-year students in the Italian PhD program<\/a> (University of Notre Dame) \u2014 this year’s speakers are: Elisa Bisson, Inha Park, and Salvatore Riolo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Fall 2025 Exhibition | \u201cWhat through the universe in leaves is scattered\u201d: Mapping Global Dante in Translation<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n This exhibit traces the global journey of Dante\u2019s masterpiece through rare and valuable printed editions, highlighting how translators, artists, and printers have popularized and reshaped the Commedia<\/em>. These volumes reveal a dynamic dialogue between Dante\u2019s poetry and the world. A global literary perspective transforms Dante from a monumental yet isolated figure of the European Middle Ages into a central presence in the ongoing international conversation about humanity, the universe, time, eternity, and the power of literature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This exhibit is curated by Salvatore Riolo<\/strong> (Notre Dame, Italian Studies doctoral candidate), and co-curators Giulia Maria Gliozzi<\/strong> (Notre Dame, Italian Studies doctoral candidate); Inha Park<\/strong> (Notre Dame, Italian Studies doctoral candidate); and Peter Scharer<\/strong> (Yale, Comparative Literature doctoral candidate). Theodore J. Cachey Jr. (Notre Dame) and Jacob Blakesley (Sapienza Universit\u00e0 di Roma) served as consultants on the exhibit.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n The exhibit is co-sponsored by the Center for Italian Studies<\/a> and the Devers Program in Dante Studies<\/a>. <\/em>This and other exhibits within the Hesburgh Libraries are generously supported by the McBrien Special Collections Endowment.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n The current spotlight exhibits are: Portrait of the Artist as a Dance Fan: Edward Gorey and the New York City Ballet<\/a><\/em><\/strong> (September-October 2025) curated by Rachel Bohlmann<\/strong> (American History Librarian and Curator<\/em>)…<\/p>\n\n\n\n …and Bibliomania: The Library of Sir Thomas Phillipps<\/a><\/em><\/strong> (May-December 2025) curated by Anne Elise Crafton<\/strong> (2024-2025 Rare Books and Special Collections Postdoctoral Research Fellow<\/em>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n All exhibits are free and open to the public during business hours<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Please join us for the following public events and exhibits being hosted in Rare Books and Special Collections: Drop in to one of this month’s Exhibit Open Houses to meet and speak informally with one of the curators of the fall exhibition, Mapping Global Dante in Translation. 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