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Article – Eleonora Chiais, Lorenzo Maida (2020), Dall’inspired by Africa al made in Africa: l’afro-couture vista da occidente (in “Echo. Rivista interdisciplinare di comunicazione”)

(2020) Dall’inspired by Africa al made in Africa: l’afro-couture vista da occidente Vestimentary choices are vehicles of identity because they create (and influence) the mechanisms of self-representation. When such choices…

9 December 2020
At European Researchers’ Night 2020

NeMoSanctI is participating in Sharper 2020, the European Researchers’ Night. Our event “L’abito fa il santo, dalla corsia all’iconografia” will take place online, from 24 to 28 November 2020. For…

24 November 2020
At the University of Teramo

Our team member Marco Papasidero is presenting his new book, Translatio sanctitatis. I furti di reliquie nell’Italia medievale, at the University of Teramo, for the activities of the PhD candidates in Historical studies. The event will take…

24 November 2020
Seminar “Dies Natalis: il corpo del santo tra vita e morte”

NeMoSanctI is organizing the seminar “Dies Natalis: il corpo del santo tra vita e morte”, that will be held online (link here) on 16 December 2020. The seminar will be…

19 November 2020
At the roundtable “Carlo Acutis: dalla cronaca alla storia”

Team member Eleonora Chiais is participating in the roundtable “Carlo Acutis: dalla cronaca alla storia”, organized by the permanent seminar “I santi internauti” of the University of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”.…

10 November 2020
Francesco Galofaro’s lecture on intersemiotic translation

Team member Francesco Galofaro is participating in the Semiotics course held by Jenny Ponzo, with a lecture on the ‘intersemiotic translation’, on 4 November 2020, starting h. 10 (link Webex).

2 November 2020
Article – Marco Papasidero (2019) Memories and fama sanctitatis in the hagiographies and the canonization process of Gerard Majella (in “Rivista di Storia della Chiesa in Italia”)

(2019) Memories and fama sanctitatis in the hagiographies and the canonization process of Gerard Majella (in “Rivista di Storia della Chiesa in Italia”) Abstract: Our article focuses on the fame…

30 October 2020
Eleonora Chiais and Magdalena Maria Kubas interviewed on Frida

Our team members Eleonora Chiais and Magdalena Maria Kubas have been interviewed by Frida, the online research forum of the University of Turin. The article is available here.

27 October 2020
At the CIRCe symposium

PI Jenny Ponzo is participating in the CIRCe (‘Centro Interdipartimentale di Ricerca sulla Comunicazione’, University of Turin) symposium, entitled Lines of research on Communication. It will take place online on 10 November 2020, h. 8.45.…

27 October 2020
At the “Religion and Communication” course of Prof. Marco Ventura

PI Jenny Ponzo is participating in the course Religion and Communication (Religione e comunicazione) of Prof. Marco Ventura, at the University of Siena, on October 29, 2020, h. 10. The program is available…

21 October 2020

NeMoSanctI is a research project carried out at the University of Turin. It studies how models of sanctity have changed after the Second Vatican Council. To this end, it applies a pioneering methodology based on semiotic theory to a wide corpus of normative, judicial, and narrative texts.

This project has received funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (grant agreement No 757314).

NeMoSanctI is a research project carried out at the University of Turin. It studies how models of sanctity have changed after the Second Vatican Council. To this end, it applies a pioneering methodology based on semiotic theory to a wide corpus of normative, judicial, and narrative texts.

This project has received funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (grant agreement No 757314).