News

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 […]
19 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 […]
10 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”. […]
2 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).
30 October 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 […]
27 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. […]
21 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 […]
19 October 2020

At the retrospective Histoire(s) du Cinéma

PI Jenny Ponzo is participating in the retrospective Histoire(s) du Cinéma, organized by the Cinema Museum together with the cinema chairs of the Department of Humanities of University of Turin. It has […]
7 October 2020

At the International Conference “Iconography and Hagiography: Visualizing Holiness” in Rijeka

Team member Francesco Galofaro is participating to the 14th International Conference of Iconographic Studies “Iconography and Hagiography: Visualizing Holiness”, that will be held in Rijeka 15 and 16 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).