Queer Renaissance-05

EPISODE SUMMARY 

In this week's episode, Pasto Casey has a conversation with Francesco Calanca a Renaissance Art Historian. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Francesco felt compelled to do a deep dive into the queer history of the Renaissance and realized that nobody was telling these stories and offering tours in Florence Italy centering queer voices. This is a compelling conversation centered around untold history and how we are invited to be our own authentic selves in these times. 

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Guest Bio:

My name is Francesco Calanca and I have been working as an official tour guide in Florence and Tuscany for almost 10 years now. I have always loved art and history and this passion has kept me going throughout the darkest times. This is why, after trying out many jobs and different careers, I have decided to devote my life to sharing my knowledge. During the pandemic, I came up with Queer Tuscany Tours, a project aimed at giving tourists, researchers, and art lovers a more inclusive and, hopefully, comprehensive view of the Italian Renaissance and the rich history of our magnificent Florence. My research focuses on the neglected history of the queer community in the past: my PhD in Liberal arts, my MA in art history and the years spent studying and traveling across Europe and the United States have certainly helped expand my knowledge, but throughout my studies, I always felt that there was something missing as if all of the forgotten voices of our brothers and sisters who lived over 600 years ago were desperate to be heard. My main goal is to give voice to those who never had the chance to speak. 

Connect with Francesco

https://queertuscanytours.com

Instagram: francescocalanca

Email: [email protected]

 

 

Reading List of Queer Renaissance History

Rocke, Michael, Forbidden Friendships: Homosexuality and Male Culture in Renaissance
Florence, Oxford, O.U.P., 1996
“”, “Sodomites in Fifteenth-Century Tuscany: The View of Bernardino of Siena”, in The Pursuit of
Sodomy: Male Homosexuality in Renaissance and Enlightenment Europe, ed. K. Gerard and G.
Hekma, 7-31, New York, 1989.
Saslow, James M., Ganymede in the Renaissance: Homosexuality in Art and Society, New
Haven and London, Yale University Press, 1986.
Butler, Judist, Immodest Acts: the Life of a Lesbian Nun in Renaissance Italy, Oxford, O.U.P.,
1986.
Kent, Dale, Friendship, Love and Trust in Renaissance Florence, Harvard University Press, 2009.
Pequigney, Joseph, “Sodomy in Dante’s Inferno and Purgatorio” in Representations, 36
(Autumn 1991), pp. 22-42.
Barkan, Leonard, Transuming Passion: Ganymede and the Erotics of Humanism, California,
Stanford University Press, 1991.
Burch, Karen, “Love and Marriage: Emotion and Sexuality in the Early Medici Family”,

 

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CREDITS

Production Support- Jeff Manildi

Intro and Outro music created by Ryan Casata