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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.

Events

14 Jan 31 May 2026

Exhibition

Palestine in the Library: Texts and Images

16 Mar 14 Jun 2026

Exhibition

Plural Gazes on a Plural Italy

5 May

Seminar

Wall painting in the Aegean

Piazza S. Giovanni in Monte, 2, Aula Morandi

5 May

Seminar

Wall painting in the Aegean

Piazza S. Giovanni in Monte 2, Aula Fumagalli

5 May

Lecture

Demons in the Book of the Dead and Egyptian funerary literature

Aula 1, via Zamboni 33, piano terra

6 May

Seminar

Legacies of Imperial Violence

8 May

Seminar

Engaging in Indian philosophy

Via Zamboni 38, Aula V

8 May

Seminar

Join us at the table 4

Aula Gambi, piazza San Giovanni in Monte 2

8 May

Meeting

Bodies, Violence, Narratives, and Care: Possible Connections

8 May

Seminar

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

Sala del Giardino Pensile

11 May

Seminar

«If you can draw what is precious out of what is vile»

P.zza S. Giovanni in Monte 2, Aula Seminari

12 May

Lecture

Disease Demons and How to Banish Them: A Practical Handbook Against Isefet

Aula 1, via Zamboni 33, piano terra

14 May

Lecture

Meeting with Gianmarco Chiari ("Federico II" University of Naples – Universidad de Cantabria)

Aula VI, via Zamboni 38 (piano terra)

14 May

Seminar

For a Feminist Critique of Exploitation

Piazza San Giovanni in Monte, 2

15 May

Seminar

Connessioni Jesiane. Furio Jesi tra filosofia, storia delle religioni e politica

20 May

Lecture

The Daevas: Demonic Entities and Religious Practices in Ancient Iran

Aula Celio, via Zamboni 38

21 May

Seminar

Donna, ti vogliono ingannare!

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

22 May 24 May 2026

Fair

Play The Games Festival 2026

BolognaFiere, viale della Fiera 20

22 May

Seminar

Women's bodies: in-metamorphosis

Aula Gambi, DiSCi Piazza San Giovanni in Monte 2

22 May

Seminar

Join us at the table 4

Aula Capitani, piazza San Giovanni in Monte 2

27 May

Seminar

Masterclass in Ethnographic Writing

5 Jun

Seminar

Join us at the table 4

Aula Grande, piazza San Giovanni in Monte 2

11 Jun

Seminar

Politicizing Exploitation

Piazza San Giovanni in Monte, 2

26 Jun

Seminar

Ai e accademia: dalla ricerca bibliografica alla disseminazione dei risultati

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)