The second annual Lecture in Dante Studies will feature Alessandro Vettori of Rutgers University, who will present "Dante and the Revolution of Poverty" at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 17, via Zoom.

The event is free but registration is required.

Vettori's abstract of the talk said that by dismissing a wealthy church establishment, Dante's Divine Comedy proposes — in subtle, sophisticated terms — a renovation of society through a refusal of riches in general and an acceptance of poverty as a revolutionary tool.

Alessandro Vettori is a professor of Italian and comparative literature at Rutgers University.

He is the author of over 18 articles, edited/co-edited three volumes, and three single-authored manuscripts, the most recent being Dante's Prayerful Pilgrim: Typologies of Prayer in the Comedy. 

For questions, email Ryan Calabretta-Sajder at calabret@uark.edu.