Public engagement

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 […]
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.
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 […]
21 September 2020

At Torino Spiritualità 2020

NeMoSanctI team members with the philosopher Gabriele Vissio joined Torino Spiritualità festival at Alba (15-30 September 2020), entitled The fragile words (“Le parole fragili”). They held a speech on the […]
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 […]

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).