DisComPoSE joined The European Researchers’ night

DisComPoSE participated in the European Researchers' Night, a valuable opportunity to bring society closer to the themes, the problems and the challenges of scientific research. Within this framework, two popular events were held on 27th…

Meeting with Spanish university students

On 19th June 2019 the DisComPoSE team participated in Trobada entre historiadors (Meeting between historians), a stimulating seminar with students and teachers of History, Art History and Archaeology at the University of Barcelona, who were…

Workshop at the Banco di Napoli Historical Archives

 A workshop specifically designed for the young DisComPoSE researchers took place on May 31st 2019 in the Banco di Napoli Historical Archives, the largest archival collection of bank documents in the entire world. The content of these documents…

Firefighting and the Narratives of Great Fires in Early Modern Europe

Firefighting and the Narratives of Great Fires in Early Modern Europe   Seminar with David Garrioch (Monash University, Melbourne) and Vanessa Harding (Birkbeck University of London)Tuesday, January 22nd 2019, 3:00 pm DSU Room…

January 21, 2019: Forms and networks of communication in 16th century Europe

Forms and networks of communication in 16th century Europe: information, censorship, dissimulation   Seminar with Elena Bonora (University of Parma) and Brendan Dooley (University College Cork) 21st January 2019, at 3.00 p.m. Department…

January 18, 2019: The history of printing and reading in the modern age

The history of printing and reading in the modern age: recent trends and studies (La storia della stampa e della lettura in età moderna: orientamenti e studi recenti)    Seminar with Brendan Dooley ( University College Cork ) Friday,…

December 10, 2018: Natural Disasters, Communication and Politics in the Spanish Monarchy

NATURAL DISASTERS, COMMUNICATION AND POLITICS IN THE SPANISH MONARCHY Ancien régime societies facing emergencies (Disastri naturali, comunicazione e politica nella Monarchia ispanica. Società di antico regime di fronte all’emergenza)   Monday,…