Appel à contribution : “Expressing Queer Desire in Early Modern Italy”, RSA, date limite le 4 août 2025
Type : Paper Panel Session Abstract (Max. 300 words) : Desire in the Italian Renaissance is ubiquitous, constantly experienced, discussed, and represented. Petrarch, for example, indulges in detailed descriptions of his state of being possessed by desire, while erotic paintings are populated with Cupids shooting the arrows of love. The period has also often been understood as a pivotal moment in the history of sexuality, particularly for the emergence of codified expressions of homoeroticism. At...



