While we wait for the all-clear on coronavirus so we can resume our lives, maybe you’d like some historical perspective. Robert Harrison for a Zoom discussion of Giovanni Boccaccio’s Decameron this Sunday, March 29.Links to join us are included in the notice below, from today’s Stanford Report:
Online discussion: Join a Zoom discussion of The Decameron, the 14th-century masterpiece that begins with 10 young people fleeing to the countryside as the plague of 1348 ravages the city of Florence, Italy. Robert Harrison, professor of French and Italian, will discuss what the book says to us today. The Zoom session will take place from 10:30 a.m. to noon (PST) on Sunday, March 29. Members of the Stanford community are invited to join via this LINK. Discussion will focus on the preface, introduction and first tale in the book, which was written by Giovanni Boccaccio (1313-1375). Participants are encouraged to read these in advance. The Project Gutenberg e-book of The Decameron is available at no cost here.
The announcement specifies members of the Stanford community, but Robert Harrison asked me to spread the word. Consider yourself invited. I’ll be there, too – cybernetically, of course. There is no “there” in cyberspace.
March 27th, 2020 at 4:29 pm
Please let me join too!
March 27th, 2020 at 5:15 pm
Brenda, it’s in the announcement on the post. I’ve boldfaced the word “link” so you can see it better. Click there and it will show you what to do.
March 28th, 2020 at 8:30 am
Are the times posted for Pacific Daylight Time?
March 28th, 2020 at 9:08 am
Pacific Standard Time. I’ll add that to the post.
March 28th, 2020 at 11:15 am
I will try to be there. I downloaded the Zoom program. Is there a code or password to enter the talk? Thanks. Hilton
March 28th, 2020 at 11:51 am
None that I know of. I logged on without one and it seemed to work.
March 29th, 2020 at 11:51 am
The discussion was delightful, unfolded slowly but masterfully…so grateful it was open to the general public. Elena
March 30th, 2020 at 10:56 am
Thank you very much for opening the discussion to the general public. The conversation was wonderful. Looking forward to the next open program.
March 31st, 2020 at 5:10 am
Oh dear, failed to make this one. Seems fascinating. Was it recorded?
April 2nd, 2020 at 7:01 pm
Right now it looks like it wasn’t. But join us on Sunday, April 5, for Round #2!