Diana Bryant

BA(Syd) Dip Lib (NSW) DipArts(Syd)
PhD Candidate

Telephone: +61 2 9555 6542
Fax: +61 2 9555 6549

Diana Bryant gained a BA in 1964 and a Diploma in Librarianship the following year. Inspired by several visits to Italy, she returned to Sydney University in 1996, embarking on a Diploma of Arts in Italian Studies, graduating with Hons Class I in 2002. She is at present working towards a PhD on the life and letters of Eleonora d’Aragona (1450-1493) daughter of Ferrante I of Naples and wife of Ercole I d’Este, Duke of Ferrara, with a particular emphasis on her continuing relationship with the court of Naples

• Life and letters of Eleonora d’Aragona (1450-1493).
• Iconography of Eleonora d’Aragona.
• Renaissance Ferrara
• The relationship of Eleonora d'Aragona with the Kingdom of Naples

• Continuing work toward a PhD on Eleonora d’Aragona

Articles

• “Eleonora d’Aragona: gli anni napoletani.” Bolletino della “Ferrariae Decus.” 31 dicembre 2003. 169-178.
  “Maestosa e bella, còlta e gentile: iconografia certa e supposta di Eleonora d'Aragona, duchessa di Ferrara (1473-1493)”. Bollettino della “Ferrariae Decus.” 31 December 2006. 181-215.

• 2003
  Postgraduate Conference, School of Languages, University of Melbourne, 31 Oct-1 Nov 2003. Paper presented “The Neapolitan Letters of Eleonora d’Aragona.”
• 2005
  Attended the Renaissance Society of America Conference, Cambridge, England, Apr 7-9 2005.
  Conference for Australian Postgraduates working in areas related to European Studies, University of Sydney, 17 June 2005. Paper presented “The Marriage of Ercole I d’Este and Eleonora d’Aragona: antecedents and implications.”