The Medieval and Renaissance Studies Program in Fulbright College hosts renowned scholar of Dante
"Judging Dido"
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. -- Winthrop Wetherbee III Avalon Foundation Professor in the Humanities, emeritus, from Cornell University will deliver a guest lecture entitled “Judging Dido” at 5 p.m. Tuesday, Oct.28, in J.B. Hunt Hall room 216.
This lecture will explore Dante’s grappling with the theme of justice in the Commedia especially in terms of its apparent “suppression of Vergilian sympathy.” Professor Wetherbee's talk is sponsored by the Medieval and Renaissance Studies Program under the auspices of the Humanities Program of the J. William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences. This lecture is free and open to the public.
For more information, please contact the director of the Medieval and Renaissance Studies Program, Professor William Quinn: wquinn@uark.edu
Contacts
Lynda Coon, associate dean
J. William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences
479-575-5896,
llcoon@uark.edu
Darinda Sharp, director of communications
J. William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences
479-575-3712,
dsharp@uark.edu
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