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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.
News
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.
Meetings and Initiatives
The European Researcher’s Night - 26 September
Take a closer look at the world of research and discover how it addresses highly relevant topics: technologies, environmental protection, health, mobility development, culture, and digital innovation.
Meetings and Initiatives
Brown Lecture “Alchemy in the Making: Ancient Practices, Theories and Experiments”, on September 18.
It will be possible to follow via livestream the lecture given by Professor Matteo Martelli on the development of alchemical theory and practice from antiquity to the early Islamic period.
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
Lab
Rediscovering the Lost Text of the Metrum Leonis by Leo of Vercelli (998-1026)
Laboratori 10-11, Palazzo Hercolani, Strada Maggiore 47
Seminar
THE LION'S SATIRE. A Case Study in Multispectral Imaging
Aula Gambi, Complesso di San Giovanni in Monte, 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"