Natural Risk in Mediterranean Spain

The DisComPoSE project hosted the 17th edition of the History and Climate seminar from 12th June 14th 2024. The event, organized in Naples by the namesake research group from the University of Alicante, facilitated interaction among scholars…

The printed catalogue of the exhibition "Paper eruptions” is now available!

Since 2022, you have been able to visit the virtual exhibition Paper eruptions. Four centuries of printing on volcanoes. The printed catalogue of the exhibition edited by Elisabetta Scirocco, Philine Helas, Golo Maurer, Domenico Cecere, Hanna…

Natural and anthropic upheavals in the Mediterranean area

A session on environmental disasters in the early modern era took place during the International Conference on Catastrofi mediterranee. Sconvolgimenti naturali e antropici nella storia dello spazio mediterraneo (Mediterranean catastrophes: natural…

Disasters that made the world shudder

Disasters that made the world shudder is the evocative title of the paper presented by Domenico Cecere on 30th January 2024 in the framework of the International seminar Early Modern Italian World organized by the Oxford University, in conjunction…

Managing Times of Emergency

In times of emergency, communication plays a crucial yet problematic role. While this may seem obvious nowadays, even before the emergence of modern media, the methods of gathering, elaborating and transmitting information had a significant…