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Daragh O’Connell

@daraghoconnell.bsky.social
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Director of Centre for Dante Studies in Ireland (CDSI); Italian, University College Cork, Senior Editor ‘Italian Studies’ (pre-1700)

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Leopold Bloom @1904bloom.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Mr Leopold Bloom ate with relish the inner organs of beasts and fowls. He liked thick giblet soup, nutty gizzards, a stuffed roast heart, liver slices fried with crustcrumbs, fried hencods’ roes.Most of all he liked grilled mutton kidneys which gave to his palate a fine tang of faintly scented urine
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International Boccaccio Edition @intbocced.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Call for papers BOCCACCIO GRADUATE CONFERENCE at Dublin #medievalsky #earlymodern @fidromanistik.bsky.social
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Museum of Childhood Ireland, Músaem Óige na hÉireann @museumofchildhood.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
60+ #children in #Ireland #Italy #Sicily took part & schools/families via performances in #DanteToJoyce #MuseumOfChildhoodIreland #MúsaemÓigeNahÉireann #Dantedi #Bloomsday #JamesJoyce #DanteAligheiri museumofchildhood.ie/dante-to-joy... @theirelandfunds.bsky.social @bloomsdayfestival.bsky.social
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Dante to Joyce 2026 , Show 1, from the Museum of Childhood Ireland, Músaem Óige na hÉireann
YouTube video by The Museum of Childhood Ireland
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Daragh O’Connell @daraghoconnell.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
I’m delighted to announce that I have won a Visiting Professorship at Università di Bologna, as part of their excellence programme, working in the Dipartimento di Filologia Classica e Italianistica on my research project ‘Courting Dante’ from the end of April to June. @cdsi.bsky.social
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Centre for Early Modern Studies, Limerick @cemslimerick.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Join us for the annual Máire Ní Chrualaoich lecture taking place at the People's Museum, Limerick, 14 April, from 6pm to 8pm to hear Dr Emma Nic Cárthaigh's lecture on the subject of ‘Prudentia versus politia: bardic encouragement in a poem by Tadhg Mac Bruaideadha for the fourth earl of Thomond’.
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Daragh O’Connell @daraghoconnell.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Buon Dantedì! #Dantedì
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Daragh O’Connell @daraghoconnell.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
It was a real pleasure to come back to my Alma Mater and give the keynote lecture at the ECR ‘Trinity Tongues’ conference celebrating 250 years of Languages at TCD. My thanks to Max Mcguinness and Michael Cronin for the invitation. @cdsi.bsky.social
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London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 21/03/2026
‘D’Alfonso’s son is left waiting for answers, as the number of surviving ex-Red Brigades members gets steadily lower and the years of lead still weigh heavily on Italy.’ John Foot (@footymac.bsky.social) on the trial of three former Red Brigades members. www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/ma...
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John Foot | Years of Lead Revisited
On 5 June 1975, four carabinieri officers, in one car, drove up a winding road to an isolated farmhouse above Acqui...
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Daragh O’Connell @daraghoconnell.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Yesterday, in conjunction with the IIC Dublin & TCD, @cdsi.bsky.social celebrated Dantedì with Federica Coluzzi’s project ‘Beatrice’s Irish Voice’, which involved wonderful talks from Phyllis Gaffney (UCD) and Corinna Salvadori Lonergan (TCD). Our thanks to Serena Vandi & Federica for organising
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Daragh O’Connell @daraghoconnell.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
It was a real pleasure for me to launch this magnificent volume - “A History of Poetry in Italy 1200-1600” - Cambridge University Press - and celebrate its amazing editors Guyda Armstrong, Rhiannon Daniels & Catherine Keen. Thanks to University College London for hosting us.
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Daragh O’Connell @daraghoconnell.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Celebrated Patrick’s Day by giving a seminar at @bristoluni.bsky.social on, appropriately enough, ‘Irish Dantes’. It was lovely to hang out with all my old friends at the coolest Italian depart there is - special thanks to Tristan, Catherine, Ruth, Rhiannon, John and all the gang. @cdsi.bsky.social
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Daragh O’Connell @daraghoconnell.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
It was a real honour and genuine pleasure to be invited to talk at the Oxford Dante Society @ox.ac.uk and give a Lectura dantis on Paradiso IX. The event to be hosted by @wadhamcollege.bsky.social & Bernard O’Donoghue. A very special thank you to Richard, Ela and Pilot for the wonderful hospitality.
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Daragh O’Connell @daraghoconnell.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
Final speaking engagement of my Australia trip. This time in Brisbane. A big thank you to everyone at the Società Dante Alighieri Brisbane for the wonderful hospitality. It was lovely to meet so many members. @cdsi.bsky.social Next stop Ireland (via Singapore/ Frankfurt)
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Daragh O’Connell @daraghoconnell.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
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The Perec Case
‘Perec went into analysis because he suspected that the ludic bent of his writing was in fact blocking an approach to his life story.’ Paul Keegan on Georges Perec’s psychoanalytic sessions with Jean-...
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Daragh O’Connell @daraghoconnell.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
It was a real honour and genuine pleasure to give a lecture yesterday at the Istituto Italiano di Cultura in Sydney. Special thanks to Marco Gioacchini for being such a wonderful host, and thanks to the very lively Sydney audience @cdsi.bsky.social
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Centre for Dante Studies in Ireland @cdsi.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Final lecture in series next week!
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Daragh O’Connell @daraghoconnell.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
The always great Sam Slote gave us a wonderful lecture on the function of vulgarity and swearing in Dante and Joyce. It was also a real treat to welcome Enrica Leydi and Gennaro Ambrosino to Cork @cdsi.bsky.social For recording of lecture see: youtu.be/d-4eT_8hbEA?...
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Daragh O’Connell @daraghoconnell.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
This evening Sam Slote on Dante and Joyce. Online only, so please register
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Daragh O’Connell @daraghoconnell.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Had a lovely time in Cambridge talking about Dante and Court culture - thanks to Anna Pegoretti for wonderful welcome
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Monica Azzolini @m-azzolini.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Work with me! 2-year postdoc (1+1) within COLUMN: Colonial Legacies of Universities: Materialities and New Collaborations (HORIZON_HORIZON-CL2-2024-HERITAGE-01-04). Topic: “Research of university botanical collections in relation to Italian and European colonialism”. Call at: shorturl.at/aurdS
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Procedura di valutazione comparativa per titoli e colloquio per il conferimento di n. 1 incarico post-doc presso il Dipartimento di Filosofia - SSD PHIL-02/B - GSD 11/PHIL-02- Cod. Pica incarichipd202...
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Daragh O’Connell @daraghoconnell.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Next up (next Monday), the inimitable Paolo Rigo
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Daragh O’Connell @daraghoconnell.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Last Monday we were treated to a brilliant lecture from Prof. Arielle Saiber (Johns Hopkins University) to open the 2026 Dante Public Lecture Series @cdsi.bsky.social A recording of the lecture can be viewed here: youtu.be/WtdATu4xFwM?...
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Daragh O’Connell @daraghoconnell.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Join us next Monday for Lecture 1 of 2026 UCC Dante Lecture Series with Prof. Arielle Saiber (Johns Hopkins University)
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International Boccaccio Edition @intbocced.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
#OTD Giovanni #Boccaccio died 650 years ago. We remember him as one of the most important Italian authors of all time and the founder of the novella. We honor him by publishing his complete works. Sit tibi opus gloriae. THE INTERNATIONAL BOCCACCIO EDITION
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Daragh O’Connell @daraghoconnell.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Delighted to announce the brilliant line-up for the 2026 Dante Lecture Series @cdsi.bsky.social @ucc.ie
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Daragh O’Connell @daraghoconnell.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
MBV doing what they do
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Centre for Dante Studies in Ireland @cdsi.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
Day 2 of #DanteFutures
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Daragh O’Connell @daraghoconnell.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
Interesting piece from Fintan O’Toole www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
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The Lingering Delusion | Fintan O’Toole
Kamala Harris’s memoir 107 Days succeeds at least in distilling the evasions and weaknesses of the modern Democratic Party.
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Centre for Dante Studies in Ireland @cdsi.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
Then began our CDSI international tour. First stop ADI conference in Genova - great papers, great presence from members of the Centre
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Centre for Dante Studies in Ireland @cdsi.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
CDSI International Tour #2 we went stateside to Yale University for ‘Premodern Affective Spaces’ organised by associate member of Centre and all round brilliant person Prof. Heather Webb @heatherwebb.bsky.social
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Centre for Dante Studies in Ireland @cdsi.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
We’ve been away for a while. But it’s been a busy autumn for the Centre - here are some of the highlights so far
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Centre for Dante Studies in Ireland @cdsi.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
Back in September we kicked off events with a wonderful launch & reading by Lorna Goodison @UCC to celebrate her magnificent “Dante’s Inferno” @Carcanet @CACSSSResearch1 @UCCResearch
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Centre for Dante Studies in Ireland @cdsi.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
CDSI International Tour #3 next stop Chicago for American Boccaccio Association - the Centre ran double session on Dantean Afterlives in Boccaccio
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Centre for Dante Studies in Ireland @cdsi.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
CDSI International Tour #4 University of Notre Dame wonderful conference on Global Translation & Reception in Dante. Strong CDSI presence too
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NorseInCork @norseincork.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
🚨 Job alert 🚨 NorseMap is recruiting for a new team member: a 3-year postdoctoral researcher with a background in Politics OR Old Norse Viking Studies to lead the 'Politics & Identity' strand of the project. Come and work with us at UCC! my.corehr.com/pls/uccrecru...
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Centre for Dante Studies in Ireland @cdsi.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
More recent events include ‘Women Scholars in Dante Studies’, ‘Il testo della Vita nova’ at the University of Bergamo, and ‘Representing the Afterlife in Latin & Romance Middle Ages’ at the University of Naples. Well done Valentina, Federica, Aistė @murkuo.bsky.social, George and Elsina 👏👏👏
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Daragh O’Connell @daraghoconnell.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
The Jamaican poet Lorna Goodison is coming to UCC for the launch of her ‘Dante’s Inferno’. Admission free, but tickets essential on eventbrite - use QR cose
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𝐔𝐧𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐆𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐫𝐚𝐛 @johnxuandou.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
This is one of the most beautiful things I have witnessed, the craft here is impeccable.
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Daragh O’Connell @daraghoconnell.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
A great way to round off the academic year for the Centre for Dante Studies in Ireland with our 10th Dante Dialogue - this one “Figurando il Paradiso”: Dante and the Representation of Paradise with Prof Martin Kemp and Dr Federico Rossi. Watch the recording here: youtu.be/l6VRK43L1fc?...
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Daragh O’Connell @daraghoconnell.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Looking forward to this tomorrow
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Daragh O’Connell @daraghoconnell.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
More fun on the way @cdsi.bsky.social
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Daragh O’Connell @daraghoconnell.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Coming soon @cdsi.bsky.social
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Daragh O’Connell @daraghoconnell.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
RIP Mario Vargos Llosa
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Daragh O’Connell @daraghoconnell.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
The incomparable #KamasiWashington and his wonderful ensemble at the Cork Opera House last night. Truly magical
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Daragh O’Connell @daraghoconnell.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Buon Dantedì! The CDSI @cdsi.bsky.social has created a video to mark the day: a reading in 14 different languages by colleagues from @ucc.ie of “Inferno” 26: Here is the video: youtu.be/18niFgTFvD4?...
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CDSI Dantedi 2025
YouTube video by Dante In Ireland
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Daragh O’Connell @daraghoconnell.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Wonderful lecture last night from George Rayon for @cdsi.bsky.social
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Daragh O’Connell @daraghoconnell.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Final lecture of the 2025 series next Monday
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Daragh O’Connell @daraghoconnell.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
We were gifted a powerfully protean “versioning” of the ‘Commedia’ last night by the wonderful Kimberly Campanello. You can watch the recording here: youtu.be/_ryrkfgWWWc?...
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Daragh O’Connell @daraghoconnell.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Really looking forward to this next Monday
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Daragh O’Connell @daraghoconnell.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Really looking forward to Gaia’s talk on Digital Humanities and Dante!
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