LUNCH at LUMA

Join us in the spring for a literary look at the world of the D’Arcy. Learn about three literary masterpieces that compliment LUMA’s permanent collection of medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque art.

Individual luncheon with speaker program: $30 members / $35 non-members
Three luncheons with speakers: $80 members / $90 non-members

To purchase tickets, please email luma@luc.edu or phone 312.915.7630.

Pilgrimage, Piety, and Popular Culture: The Canterbury Tales and Medieval Canterbury
Wednesday, March 17
11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

Dr. Nathan Breen from DePaul University will look at the mix of popular culture items in modern-day Canterbury (particularly the Starbucks Coffee located in the outer building) in conjunction with the cathedral’s use in Chaucer’s time; from there, he will argue that the Tales provide the same picture of the cathedral as a gathering place and popular destination for pilgrimages that is not always viewed solely as a religious site.


Medieval Politics and High Drama at the End of Dante’s Inferno: Ugolino’s Story
Wednesday, April 14
11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

Dr. Wiley Feinstein is a Professor of Italian in the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures at Loyola. He will talk about one of the most memorable passages of Dante’s Divine Comedy: the episode of Ugolino in the Inferno. The discussion will focus on two major dimensions of Dante’s work: his direct reaction to the political struggles of Italy in the late Middle Ages and his incomparable poetic ability to create striking characters through the use of descriptions, dialogue, and rhetorical flourishes.

The Beautiful and the Ugly in The Adventures of Don Quijote de la Mancha
Wednesday, May 5
11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

Join us for the last in the Literary D’Arcy series as Loyola professor Olympia González, PhD, discusses the most important literary work from Spain’s Golden Age.

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