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Inferno is the 14th century epic that tells the story of Dante Alighieri\u2019s imaginary journey through the underworld. It is the first part of Dante\u2019s The Divine Comedy, and is widely considered to be one of the world\u2019s greatest poems. \u201cAbandon all hope you who enter here\u201d is the famous phrase inscribed on the gates of Dante\u2019s Inferno, and Hell is divided into nine circles, with cruel and unusual punishments afflicting the sinners, who range from the lustful and cowardly in the upper circles to the malicious at the bottom of Hell. Joining Rajan Datar to explore Dante\u2019s Inferno is Dr Vittorio Montemaggi, author of Reading Dante\u2019s Commedia as Theology; Claire Honess, Professor of Italian studies at the University of Leeds, and Sangjin Park, Professor of Italian at Busan University of Foreign studies in South Korea, who will be speaking about the role Inferno played in shaping Korea\u2019s national identity.

Photo: A visual interpretation of red hell-fire (Getty Images)