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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.

Events

12 Feb

Conference

New Research Perspectives on The History of the Mediterranean

DISCI, Piazza San Giovanni in Monte 2

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

12 Feb

Meeting

Colloquia of the Section of Ancient History

via Zamboni 38, Aula Celio

13 Feb

Lecture

Senofonte editore di Tucidide

Aula V, via Zamboni 38

16 Feb

Seminar

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

16 Feb

Seminar

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

17 Feb

Seminar

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

17 Feb

Seminar

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

San Giovanni in Monte

17 Feb

Seminar

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

17 Feb

Seminar

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

P.zza S. Giovanni in Monte 2

19 Feb

Show

Touch with your hands

20 Feb

Seminar

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

Aula Capitani

23 Feb

Seminar

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

24 Feb

Meeting

Virtual Fair - Bachelor's programmes

24 Feb

Seminar

Storia concettuale della tecnologia. Riflessioni sul metodo

25 Feb

Meeting

Virtual Fair - Master's programmes

25 Feb

Seminar

Discussion on "Tecnica" by Carlo Galli

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

9 Mar

Seminar

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

9 Mar

Seminar

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

Sala del Giardino Pensile

10 Mar

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”

17 Mar

Seminar

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

24 Mar

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

31 Mar

Seminar

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

1 Apr

Seminar

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

Sala del Giardino Pensile

14 Apr

Seminar

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

15 Apr

Seminar

The US empire in 20th-century Latin America

17 Apr

Seminar

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

Aula Capitani

21 Apr

Seminar

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

22 Apr

Seminar

Infrastructural capitalism and the making of the Chinese working class

29 Apr

Seminar

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

Aula Gambi

8 May

Seminar

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

Sala del Giardino Pensile

Calls and competitions

Open calls

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)