The 44th Course of the International School of Ius Commune, held in Erice, Sicily, and dedicated to “Legal, cultural and religious pluralism: aspects and problems in the tradition of the ‘ius commune" hosted a contribution from ITSERR. ITSERR researcher Roberto Imperia (University of Palermo), presented his latest study, “Il ‘Corpus Iuris Canonici’ nell’età digitale: anticipazioni sul ... Read more
Giuseppe Cartella, Vittorio Cuculo and Marcella Cornia took part in the International Conference on Computer Vision (ICCV) presenting the paper “Modeling Human Gaze Behavior with Diffusion Models for Unified Scanpath Prediction” (co‑authored by Giuseppe Cartella, Vittorio Cuculo, Alessandro D’Amelio, Marcella Cornia, Giuseppe Boccignone and Rita Cucchiara). The work introduces ScanDiff, a model that combines ... Read more
Laura Righi (University of Modena and Reggio Emilia) and Riccardo Amerigo Vigliermo (Fondazione per le Scienze Religiose – FSCIRE), researchers in the ITSERR project, took part in the international conference “AI and Digital Humanities: Methodological Approaches, Theories and Methods”, held at the University of Siena. Within the panel “AI for Document Enhancement and Use” (chair ... Read more
Amina El Ganadi (FSCIRE, Bologna / University of Palermo / University of Modena and Reggio Emilia), member of the research team of the ITSERR – Italian Strengthening of the ESFRI RI RESILIENCE project, presented the paper “Hallucinating tafsīr? Evaluating LLM QA on al-Ṭabarī’s Texts” at the IQSA 2025 Annual Meeting (International Qur’anic Studies Association). Her contribution explores the potential and limitations ... Read more
ITSERR researcher Laura Righi (University of Modena and Reggio Emilia) took part in the seminar “Documentazione pontificia e strumenti digitali: i primi risultati del progetto ITSERR attraverso il caso del divieto di usura”, within the “Tavola ovale di storia moderna” series organised by FBK‑ISIG. Her presentation illustrated research carried out in the framework of the ... Read more
ITSERR researchers Giovanni Puccetti (IIT‑CNR), Marianna Napolitano (University of Modena and Reggio Emilia/FSCIRE) and Andrea Esuli (ISTI–CNR), together with Maria Cassese (ISTI‑CNR), took part in the 49th Austrian Linguistics Conference (Österreichische Linguistiktagung) in Klagenfurt, contributing to the 2nd Digital Slavic Panel devoted to digital methods in Slavic linguistics. The paper “Tracing historical and regional variation of Church Slavonic: a hybrid ... Read more
ITSERR researchers Sara Abram (University of Palermo) and Ivana Panzeca (University of Palermo) took part in the training day for students and PhD candidates “Manoscritti, scritture e conoscenze: la trasmissione del sapere nell'Islam medievale", devoted to the foundations of manuscript culture in the Islamic world. In her talk entitled “Il codice in caratteri arabi: l’eredità manoscritta nella tradizione islamica”, Ivana ... Read more
ITSERR researchers from the University of Palermo, Ilaria Sabbatini, Domenico Ciccarello, Ivana Panzeca, Igor Spanò, Marco Papasidero, Andrea Ravasco, Sara Abram and Fabio Tutrone took part in the conference “L’utopia come categoria e come metodo: fonti, genealogie, prospettive”, organised by the Department of Culture and Society at the University of Palermo. Over two days, the event ... Read more
At the Campus of the University of Palermo, the initiative “Dal papiro all’algoritmo. Lingue antiche e Intelligenza Artificiale: il futuro nasce dal passato”, took place over two days, involving high school students from Palermo in a series of hands-on workshops exploring the intersection between the humanities and digital technologies. Over the course of the two ... Read more
At the Department of Culture and Society of the University of Palermo, the seminar “Interpretare l’Intelligenza: ermeneutica medievale e intelligenze artificiali” was held, organised within the framework of the ITSERR project – Italian Strengthening of the ESFRI RI RESILIENCE for Religious Studies. The morning opened with welcome addresses by Valentina Favarò, Director of the Department ... Read more
From 9 to 11 March 2026, the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia will host the international seminar “Exploring the Frontier of Science with AI and the Role of Humanities”, a high-level event dedicated to the relationship between Artificial Intelligence, scientific research and the humanities. The event will take place at the Hotel Posta and ... Read more
ITSERR took part as one of the key actors in the national workshop “Research Infrastructures for Innovation”, promoted by the National Research Council of Italy (CNR) and dedicated to the role of Research Infrastructures in innovation processes and in collaboration with businesses. The initiative, organised by CNR in collaboration with the network of Infrastructure Managers ... Read more
On Monday, 11 May 2026, Bologna will host “Religion at the Greenhouse. Exploring the Dynamics and Growth of RESILIENCE”, the event marking the conclusion of the preparatory phase of RESILIENCE, the European research infrastructure dedicated to the study of religions. The event will bring together representatives from European and national institutions, universities, research infrastructures and ... Read more
ITSERR researcher Ilaria Sabbatini (University of Palermo) took part in the 8th National Conference of Public History of the AIPH, “Shaking History. Public History and Reconstruction – Heritage on the Move: Digital, Memory and Participation”, where she coordinated the panel “Serving Research, Supporting Participation”. During the session, Francesca Cadeddu (Fondazione per le scienze religiose Giovanni XXIII ... Read more