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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
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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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.
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.
Library
MNEO Italian Memory Archive
The Italian archive of memory MNEO is now available for students, professors and researchers of University of Bologna.
Meetings and Initiatives
Talking about gender-based violence - 10 December
Recognising the signs, challenging stereotypes: an opportunity to develop awareness, responsibility and prevention skills through the insights of expert voices. Take part in the event.
Events
Seminar
Diplomaticon seminars on Mediterranean diplomacy (13th–15th centuries)
Exhibition
We are La Pantera. The student movement of 1990: protests, projects, hopes
Seminar
Iconoclasm and the Culture of an Era: Byzantium in the 8th Century
Dipartimento DBC e DISCI
Seminar
Seminario con Paolo Fonzi (Napoli - Federico II), autore di "Genocidio. Una storia politica e culturale" (Laterza).
San Giovanni in Monte, 2
Seminar
Questioning the silences of Medieval Islamic sources (and beyond).
Aula Gambi, Piazza di San Giovanni in Monte 2
Talk
Boni imperii instrumentum: Old and New Perspectives on Gifts of Land in the Greek World
Presentation
A border castle
Aula magna dell’Istituto comprensivo Dino Campana di Marradi , VIa Pescetti 20
Meeting
PHD Recruiting Day
Seminar
Lavoratori forestieri a Bologna nel basso medioevo. Competenze, ruoli, spazi
Piazza San Giovanni in Monte 2 Bologna
Conference
New Research Perspectives on The History of the Mediterranean
DISCI, Piazza San Giovanni in Monte 2
Calls and competitions
Open calls
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
Versione italiana
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 library of archaeology: the "rudere"
The computing room of the Geography branch
Ready to dig!
Colors from the library "Giorgio R. Franci"