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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
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
Innovation and Research
Call for Applications for PhD Programs
For PhD programs starting in autumn 2026, the second admission call is now online. Check the information on how to apply. Deadline: 15 June 2026.
Innovation and Research
The new excavation notices are online
Check the application deadlines
University
Student elections: take part, choose, change
Participate in the student elections and choose who will represent your needs in the University Bodies.
International
Call for applications to Erasmus+ mobility for traineeship 2026/27
Would you like to broaden your curriculum by working abroad? Carry out a paid traineeship in a European Union country. Apply by 12 May.
Events
Conference
Inheriting Eco. Umberto Eco, the University of Bologna and all the knowledge in the world
Exhibition
Palestine in the Library: Texts and Images
Exhibition
Plural Gazes on a Plural Italy
Seminar
Masterclass in Ethnographic Writing
Seminar
Layers of light. A historical overview of imaging for textual recovery
Aula Fumagalli, Piazza San Giovanni in Monte 2
Meeting
Ecolalie. Umberto Eco, il suono, la musica
Teatro DAMSLab | LaSoffitta, piazzetta P. P. Pasolini 5b
Conference
Research Perspectives in Dialogue 2026
Aula Celio, via Zamboni 38
Talk
Teaching knowledge across cultures
Round table
Il libro... la passione predominante. Umberto Eco, i libri, l'editoria
Salaborsa - Auditorium Enzo Biagi, Piazza Del Nettuno 3
Conference
Research Perspectives in Dialogue 2026
Aula Celio, via Zamboni 38
Lab
Multispectral image processing workshop
Laboratorio Informatico 10-11 di Palazzo Hercolani, Strada Maggiore 45
Round table
Tradurre e non tradire? Il piacere della parola tra una lingua e l'altra
Fondazione Zeri, P.zza Giorgio Morandi 2
Presentation
Presentation of the book "Nature in Principle. Constitution, Society and Government in the Political Thought of T.R. Malthus"
Piazza San Giovanni in Monte, 2
Meeting
Studying at university later in life - University for adult learners over 40, 50 and 60
Conference
Female religious life in Bologna (1200-1650)
Mattina: Piazza San Domenico 13, 40124 Bologna; Pomeriggio: Piazza San Giovanni in Monte 2
Seminar
Join us at the table
Aula Grande, piazza San Giovanni in Monte 2
Conference
Material culture: bridging archaeology and anthropology
Piazza San Giovanni in Monte 2
Workshop
Augustae in transition
Aula Marco Celio, via Zamboni 38
Seminar
Politicizing Exploitation
Piazza San Giovanni in Monte, 2
Meeting
Live the experience by discovering the degree courses in the field of Humanities
Seminar
An introduction to forensic codicology
Aula Specola, Piazza San Giovanni in Monte 2
Seminar
Light, color, fluorescence and silicon: the physics, engineering and optics behind spectral imaging
Aula Specola, Piazza San Giovanni in Monte 2
Seminar
Ai e accademia: dalla ricerca bibliografica alla disseminazione dei risultati
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"