International Colloquium “Dante and Gaudí: the sacred, between poetry and art”
International Colloquium “Dante and Gaudí: the sacred, between poetry and art”
The International Colloquium "Dante and Gaudí: the sacred, between poetry and art" is framed within the celebrations and academic studies of the Gaudí 2026 Year and is part of the activities programmed in the commemoration of the 575th anniversary of the UB.
6 - 7 October 2026
Organize : Universitat de Barcelona (UB) – Institut de Recerca en Cultures Medievals (IRCVM-UB) – Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB)
Organized by the University of Barcelona, through the Institute for Research in Medieval Cultures (IRCVM-UB), and the Autonomous University of Barcelona, the International colloquium “Dante and Gaudí: the sacred, between poetry and art” presents the following program:
Tuesday, 6 October 2026 (morning)
Aula Magna – University of Barcelona
09:30 – Official opening
- Agustí Alcoberro, vice-rector for Culture, Memory and Heritage (UB)
- Daniel Pi)ol (IRCVM-UB)
- Rossend Arqués (UAB)
- Rafael Pinto (UB)
10:00 – 10:30
Speaker: Gabriella Gavagnin (UB)
Title: Dante in Catalonia in the time of Gaudí
10:30 – 11:00
Speaker: Francesc Fontbona (IEC)
Title: Dante in modern Catalan art
11:00 – 11:30 Pause coffee
11:30 – 12:00
Speaker: Carla Rossi (Research Centre of European Philological Tradition, Lugano)
Title: "Lume reflesso". Figure dell'ineffabile in Dante e Gaudí
12:00 – 12:30
Speaker: Gianni Vacchelli (Liceo delle Scienze Umane, Rho, Milano)
Title: Dante e Gaudí: for a cosmotheandric art?
12:30 – 13:00
Discussion
Tuesday, 6 October 2026 (afternoon)
Modernist enclosure of Sant Pau
16:00 – 16:30
Speaker: Pere Cruells (UPC)
Title: Geometry and mechanics in Gaudí's Sagrada Familia
16:30 – 17:00
Speaker: Jacobo Vidal (IRCVM-UB)
Title: Catalan architecture in Dante's time
17:00 – 17:30
Speaker: Francesc Cortès (IEC-UAB)
Title: Dante in the work of Enric Granados
17:30
Guided tour of the Modernist Site of Sant Pau
By Antoni Conejo (IRCVM-UB)
Wednesday, 7 October 2026 (morning)
Faculty of Geography and History – University of Barcelona
10:00 – 10:30
Speaker: Daniel Pi)ol (IRCVM-UB)
Title: The medieval world, an orderly world
10:30 – 11:00
Speaker: Rossend Arqués (UAB)
Title: Torras i Bages and Gaudí in the shadow of Dante
11:00 – 11:30
Pause coffee
11:30 – 12:00
Speaker: Michelangelo Zaccarello (University of Pisa)
Title: Penitenza, palinodia e rituali di purificazione nel Purgatorio
12:00 – 12:30
Speaker: Massimo Lucarelli (University of Caen)
Title: Title to be determined
12:30 – 13:00
Debate and closing
