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Ca’ Foscari University of Venice and the University of Klagenfurt are jointly organizing a doctoral seminar on “The Body in Italian Literature”

Condomini di carne e pudore: The Body in Italian Literature is an international doctoral seminar jointly organized by Ca’ Foscari University of Venice and the University of Klagenfurt, bringing together scholars, postdoctoral researchers, and doctoral candidates to explore representations of the body across literature, philosophy, media, memory studies, and contemporary culture.

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New research on Renaud de Montauban: What a rebellious knight reveals about centuries of European imagination

A newly approved project funded by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) explores one of the most fascinating yet understudied figures of chivalric literature: Renaud de Montauban, cousin of Roland and a central character in the Matter of France. Giulia Zava, postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Romance Studies at the University of Klagenfurt, will investigate how Renaud’s character changes across time, genres and cultural contexts.

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