Lecture: She Who Does Not Speak Does Not Sin - Dr. Alyssa Falcone

*Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, “Martha and Mary Magdalene,” c. 1598, oil and tempera on canvas, Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of the Kresge Foundation and Mrs. Edsel B. Ford.*

Lecture: She Who Does Not Speak Does Not Sin: The Failed Attempts at Silencing Female Voices in 16th Century Italy, presented by Dr. Alyssa Falcone
March 18, 2 PM
Jones Room, Kilcawley Center

In this talk, Dr. Alyssa Falcone will present works of literature written in the 16th Century that sought to erase and suppress the presence of women in famous Italian texts, such as Giovanni Boccaccio’s Decameron, for religious purposes. She will examine the reasons why these authors failed at this ambitious enterprise and how the phenomenon can be taught in conjunction with issues of gender and sexuality in today’s world.

Lecture: She Who Does Not Speak Does Not Sin: The Failed Attempts at Silencing Female Voices in 16th Century Italy, presented by Dr. Alyssa FalconeMarch 18, 2 PMJones Room, Kilcawley Center

Lecture: She Who Does Not Speak Does Not Sin: The Failed Attempts at Silencing Female Voices in 16th Century Italy, presented by Dr. Alyssa Falcone
March 18, 2 PM
Jones Room, Kilcawley Center