Dialogues on exile between ancient and modern

Thursday 19 November 2026, 3:00 PM Seminar curated by Patrizio Collini and Rita Pierini Dialogues on exile between ancient and Modern Presentations Barbara Del Giovane (University of Florence) “One day this pain will be useful to me”. Cicero and the narratives of exile Gianpiero Rosati (“La Colombaria” Academy) The exile of the artist crushed by power: the paradigm of Ovid Rita Pierini (“La Colombaria” Academy) Seneca in Corsica: lights and shadows on a philosopher in exile Patrizio Collini (“La Colombaria” Academy) Heine’s happy exile in Paris Silvia Tatti (University of Rome “La Sapienza”) Dantean exile in Risorgimento Italy The complex intertwining of exile and literature is at the center of the scholars’ presentations proposed for the seminar and the title Dialogues aims to highlight the varied components that emerge, and that often interact, creating, despite centuries of distance, a suggestive dialogue at a distance between authorial voices and biographical situations. A traumatic biographical event becomes in many important ancient and modern authors the engine and stimulus for a literary production that cannot avoid contending with personal experience, and that in many cases even goes on to serve as an ideal model for writers and readers of future generations.