Presentation and discussion of the latest ICI Berlin Press publication by Manuele Gragnolati and Francesca Southerden, Possibilities of Lyric: Reading Petrarch in Dialogue (2020). The seminar Lirica&Teoria brings together a group of scholars based in different countries to discuss questions of lyric theory as well as new approaches to the lyric, with a particular focus on the Italian poetic tradition. On the occasion of the 700th anniversary of Dante’s death, the seminar will also host events open to the public and related to Dante’s lyric poetry. Forthcoming on 28 May 2021, 17:00 CET, in Italian and German Judith Kasper (Goethe-Universität Frankfurt), Andrea Renker (Universität Konstanz) and Fabien Vitali (Christian-Albrechts-Univers...