The plenary speech of the 5^th International Congress of the Convivio Association will be given by Professor Vicenç Beltran, of the Università la Sapienza de Roma, entitled Genetic critique of 15^th century poetry: Joan Berenguer de Masdovelles.

Also taking part in the congress, among others, will be Adriana Camprubí, a lecturer at the Autonomous University of Barcelona, who will give the speech When the sacred becomes profane. From Saint Martial of Limoges to the troubadours; Marta Marfany, of Pompeu Fabra University, with The reception of Dante and Petrarch at the end of the 15^th century: poetic translations into Spanish; and Tomàs Martínez, of Jaume I University, with the speech Bernat Fenollar in the songbooks.

Another of the events to be hosted by the University of Verona in the international congress Poetry, poetics and literary culture is the presentation of the volume Libro de le bestie. Traduzione veneta trescenta (2015, Edizioni dell’Orso), as part of the activities organized for the Llull Year.

The same presentation will also take place on 18^th February in Venice, at the Ateneo Veneto. The presentation, organized in collaboration with the University of Venice, will consist of a conversation between the author of the translation, Marcella Ciceri, the author of the book’s foreword, Patrizio Rigobon, and various scholars from university circles.

We attach the complete programme of the congress