Dante Scholar Cachey to Speak at Samford

Samford University will host distinguished scholar Theodore J. Cachey Jr. for a public lecture, Mapping Hell, on Oct. 26 at 4 p.m. in Reid Chapel.

Cachey is author of several books, a professor of Italian and the Albert J. and Helen M. Ravarino Family Director of Dante and Italian Studies at the University of Notre Dame.

Cachey’s lecture at Samford is part of the university’s Biennial Teaching the Christian Intellectual Tradition Conference, which will focus on the medieval Italian poet Dante Alighieri this year.