Dr. Anthony D Elia

Biography

Anthony D'Elia is a Professor at Queen's University with a joint appointment in the Department of Classics and the Department of History. He completed his Ph.D. in History at Harvard University in 2000 and has a B.A. in Classics from Trinity College Dublin. His research interests include intellectual social history of the Italian Renaissance, reception of classical antiquity, and themes of gender and violence in Renaissance literature. D'Elia has published numerous books, including 'Pagan Virtue in the Christian World: Sigismondo Malatesta and the Italian Renaissance' and 'Sudden Terror: The Plot to Murder the Pope in Renaissance Rome'. His teaching covers subjects in Western Civilization, European History, and advanced Latin and Greek seminars, focusing on major authors and their contributions to classical literature. D'Elia is currently finishing a book on Petrarch and gladiatorial games, exploring Petrarch’s response to violence in 14th century Italy. He is also working on translations of Renaissance Latin texts and engages in projects that reveal connections between humanist rhetoric and social constructs during the Renaissance.

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