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The Department’s degree programmes for the 2026/27 academic year are now online — The Department’s degree programmes for the 2026/27 academic year are now online

Discover what’s new, explore the contents and objectives in depth, assess the opportunities, and choose the path that best aligns with your interests and professional goals.

Research centre MemoryLab — Research centre MemoryLab

MemoryLab created within the project "The Territories of Memory", thanks to which DISCI was recognised as a Department of Excellence for the five-year period 2023-2027 by the MUR.

Research areas

Research areas

A path through the areas, projects and research groups where new knowledge is born and developed. Discover the research and scientific innovation of the Department's researchers.

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News

The Department’s degree programmes for the 2026/27 academic year are now online

Innovation and Research

The Department’s degree programmes for the 2026/27 academic year are now online

Discover what’s new, explore the contents and objectives in depth, assess the opportunities, and choose the path that best aligns with your interests and professional goals.

Are you interested in global sustainability? Join the Una Europa Virtual Exchanges for Sustainability (UnaVEx)

Innovation and Research

Are you interested in global sustainability? Join the Una Europa Virtual Exchanges for Sustainability (UnaVEx)

From 5 to 26 March, multidisciplinary and intercultural activities include sustainability lessons and “Virtual Exchange” in international groups. Registration open until 28 February.

Bring your ideas to the forefront: take part in the Call for Ideas & Startup

Innovation and Research

Bring your ideas to the forefront: take part in the Call for Ideas & Startup

A dedicated training path to develop new skills, engage with experts, and turn your vision into impact. Submit your project by 2 February 2026.

Phd Recruiting Day

Innovation and Research

Phd Recruiting Day

On 10 February, take part in the event where public bodies and companies meet PhD holders to present job opportunities that match the skills they have acquired.

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Events

2 Feb 26 Mar 2026

Exhibition

Karkemish of the Hittites on the Euphrates

Ulus

5 Dec 2025 3 May 2026

Exhibition

We are La Pantera. The student movement of 1990: protests, projects, hopes

Seminar

Amber from pre-Roman Italy at The Met: the permanent collection and a major loan from the Republic of Italy

Seminar

The Clay and Creation gallery: Presenting archaeological material in an art museum

Seminar

Graves in the Museum: objects from funerary contexts and the exhibition Across Wine-Dark Seas (December 2026-April 2027)

Seminar

British infiltration in the Levant and the Promotion of the Colonization of Palestine in the 19th Century

San Giovanni in Monte

Seminar

Mediterranean people on the move: East-West interactions through material culture and research experiences

Seminar

Preaching the Economy (Italy, 13th-15th Centuries)

P.zza S. Giovanni in Monte 2

Workshop

Demetriaka

Piazza S. Giovanni in Monte, 2

Show

Touch with your hands

Seminar

Iconoclasm and the Culture of an Era: Byzantium in the 8th Century

Aula Capitani

Presentation

Rontana @ Ravenna

Piazzetta degli Ariani, 16/a

Seminar

Diplomaticon seminars on Mediterranean diplomacy (13th–15th centuries)

Meeting

Virtual Fair - Bachelor's programmes

Seminar

Storia concettuale della tecnologia. Riflessioni sul metodo

Meeting

Virtual Fair - Master's programmes

Seminar

Discussion on "Tecnica" by Carlo Galli

Dipartimento di Storia, Culture, Civiltà, Piazza San Giovanni in Monte 2

Seminar

Diplomaticon seminars on Mediterranean diplomacy (13th–15th centuries)

Seminar

Iconoclasm and the Culture of an Era: Byzantium in the 8th Century

Sala del Giardino Pensile

Seminar

La scrittura altrui tra storia globale e antropologia: riflessioni a partire da un’auto-biografia di un ex-schiavo e da una “etnografia spontanea”

Seminar

Wobblies to the Beatles. Fifty Years in the Historical Crafts, 1975-2025

Seminar

Global Queer History

25 Mar 27 Mar 2026

Seminar

Quali Enciclopedie e Biblioteche per il Futuro. Strumenti della ricerca, della produzione e della comunicazione scientifica, culturale e politica

Seminar

La pratica della ricerca antropologica: le sfide dell’immersione partecipante e dell’ascolto

Seminar

Iconoclasm and the Culture of an Era: Byzantium in the 8th Century

Sala del Giardino Pensile

Seminar

From the History of Empires to Global History: A View from Lisbon

Seminar

The US empire in 20th-century Latin America

Seminar

Iconoclasm and the Culture of an Era: Byzantium in the 8th Century

Aula Capitani

Seminar

Word or Sword? Peace and Conflict in Islam between Scripture and History

Seminar

Infrastructural capitalism and the making of the Chinese working class

Seminar

Iconoclasm and the Culture of an Era: Byzantium in the 8th Century

Aula Gambi

Seminar

Iconoclasm and the Culture of an Era: Byzantium in the 8th Century

Sala del Giardino Pensile

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Calls and competitions

Open calls

Incarichi di collaborazione

Avviso pubblico di selezione, per titoli e colloquio, per il conferimento di n.1 incarico di lavoro autonomo a supporto delle attività del Master di “Storia e Cultura dell’Alimentazione” – Referente Prof.ssa Antonella Campanini per le esigenze del Dipartimento di Storia Culture Civiltà - DiSCi

end date: 24 febbraio 2026, 10:00

Bandi di mobilità internazionale

Bando per l’erogazione di borse di studio per periodi di ricerca all’estero finalizzati alla preparazione della tesi di laurea magistrale– a.a. 2025/26. Dipartimento delle Arti (DAR), Dipartimento di Storia Culture e Civiltà (DISCI), Dipartimento di Filologia Classica e Italianistica, Dipartimento di Filosofia (FILO), Dipartimento di Lingue, Letterature e Culture moderne (LILEC).

end date: 04 giugno 2026, 12:00

Visiting professors, researchers, scholars and fellows coming from abroad

DiSCi - Bando per visiting fellows

end date: 31 marzo 2026, 23:55

Borse di studio per attività di ricerca post–laurea

Studio archeologico e antropologico dei contesti funerari della necropoli altomedievale di San Donato di Lamon ‘Prà de drè la cèsa’

end date: 05 marzo 2026, 01:00

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Meet your future at the University of Bologna. Find the right programme for you at the Department of "History and Culture"

Meet your future at the University of Bologna. Find the right programme for you at the Department of "History and Culture"

First and Second cycle degree programmes a.y. 2024/25

History and archaeology of the San Giovanni in Monte Complex

History and archaeology of the San Giovanni in Monte Complex

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I.D.E.A - Innovation - Development - Entrepreneurship - Alma Mater

I.D.E.A - Innovation - Development - Entrepreneurship - Alma Mater

Turn research into a business idea

The great Cloister of the San Giovanni in Monte building

The great Cloister of the San Giovanni in Monte building

The library of archaeology: the "rudere"

The library of archaeology: the "rudere"

The computing room of the Geography branch

The computing room of the Geography branch

Ready to dig!

Ready to dig!

Colors from the library "Giorgio R. Franci"

Colors from the library "Giorgio R. Franci"

The inner courtyard of Casa Traversari (OU of Ravenna)

The inner courtyard of Casa Traversari (OU of Ravenna)