Public engagement

11 May 2020

At “Medical Humanities 2020”

Our PI Jenny Ponzo, semiotician, is participating at Medical Humanities 2020 “L’umanizzazione delle cure ai tempi del Covid-19” (The humanization of cures in the time of Covid-19). Together with Luigi […]
24 December 2019

Libro – Semiotica e santità. Prospettive interdisciplinari (2019)

Il nostro regalo per il Natale 2019 è un libro di 230 pagine in italiano in cui presentiamo, in maniera divulgativa, i primi risultati delle nostre ricerche sulla semiotica della […]
14 November 2019

At the “Doctoral Days 2019” of FINO-Northwestern Italian Philosophy Consortium

NeMoSanctI is participating in the “Doctoral Days 2019”, organized by the Northwestern Italian Philosophy Consortium (finophd.eu) and the Université du Luxembourg. Research team member Gabriele Vissio, philosopher, is presenting a talk entitled […]
13 November 2019

At the “CRAFT-Contemporary Religions and Faith in Transition” Research Center

NeMoSanctI is participating in the “Contemporary Religions and Faith in Transition” (CRAFT) seminar. The title of the event is Santi e veggenti tra Storia del Cristianesimo e Antropologia filosofica (‘Saints […]
23 September 2019

Presenting “Lexia” 31-32 (The Semiotics of Martyrdom) at the “Seminari di semiotica (settembre-ottobre 2019)”, Urbino

NeMoSanctI is taking part in the “Seminari di semiotica” coordinated by Tiziana Migliore in Urbino (30 September – 4 October 2019, Università degli Studi Carlo Bo, Sala Lauree, via Saffi […]
23 September 2019

At the “Excellence Matters” symposium in honor of Ugo Volli

NeMoSanctI is participating in the “Excellence Matters” symposium in honor of Ugo Volli, the dean of Turin semiotics. The PI Jenny Ponzo is participating with a talk – co-presented with […]
23 September 2019

At the “Notte Europea dei Ricercatori 2019”

On Friday 27 September 2019, from 6.30 PM up to midnight, at the Cortile del Rettorato of the University of Turin (via Po, No. 15, 10124, Turin TO; entrance also […]
27 May 2019

Presentation of Jenny Ponzo’s book “Religious narratives in Italian literature” in Savigliano

Jenny Ponzo’s new book Religious Narratives in Italian Literature after the Second Vatican Council (DeGruyter, 2019) will be presented by the Author and by semiotician and NeMoSanctI member Francesco Galofaro […]
15 April 2019

Fiori dell’anima — La simbologia dei fiori nell’immaginario cristiano

Nella tradizione cristiano-cattolica spesso i fiori sono stati evocati come simboli di significati spirituali. Si pensi alle rose di Santa Rita, alla violetta con cui amava identificarsi santa Teresa di […]
25 March 2019

Workshop at the Diocesan Archive in Susa (Italy)

On March 23, 2019, NeMoSanctI’s researchers took part in a workshop at the Diocesan Archive in Susa (Italy). The activity was particularly directed to the students of the Master’s Degree […]

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).