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Events

Presentation

30 October 2026

Torquato Tasso, Dialoghi

Presented by Maria Teresa Girardi

Meeting
Stylized drawing of Giacomo Leopardi gazing at the infinite

3 November 2026

The Native Savage Village: Giacomo Leopardi’s family relationships as revealed through his letters

Everyone to school V - I appointment

Event Within the Framework of:
Tutti A Scuola V (Everyone to school V)

Talk

4 November 2026

Accents, Languages, Races

Ideologies, Attitudes, and Linguistic Discrimination in the Italian Context

Talk

5 November 2026

Il dibattito sull’origine del Figlio di Dio alla vigilia del concilio di Nicea. Lettura di una lettera di Ario (FNS 6)

Conferenza di Samuel Fernández (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile)

Event Within the Framework of:
FLCCB 2026/2027 (Filologia e Letteratura Classica e Cristiana a Bologna)

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A cultural project that has grown stronger over time and fosters interdisciplinary collaboration: we study the development over time of languages, texts and forms of communication, and their evolution in the contemporary world.

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Second cycle/Two-year Master's degree Degree programmes, including 2 international ones, for the 2024/2025 academic year

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Public engagement initiatives in 2023

37

Total number of competitive research projects in 2022, 2023 and 2024

3,389

Students enrolled on degree programmes in the 2024/2025 academic year

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