Announcements
Scholarships for Thesis Research Abroad 2025/2026 – Faculty of Humanities
Applications open until May 15th (2:00 PM)
Discover the opportunity to complete your thesis research abroad with a dedicated scholarship.
The 2025/2026 call for applications for thesis research abroad has been published and can be found at the following link: https://trasparenza.uniroma1.it/page/5/details/19610/facolta-di-lettere-...
The fourth edition of the Primavera Queer series, promoted as part of the Religions and Gender course and the activities of the Religions and Social Change Laboratory of the Saras Department, coordinated by Marianna Ferrara, begins on May 7th.
Through case studies spanning diverse cultural and religious contexts, the series aims to offer methodological tools for analyzing the configurations of gender, body, and identity in symbolic systems, highlighting the plurality of their historical expressions.
The first meeting, Thursday, May 7th at 12:00 p.m., in the Venturi Hall of the Humanities and Philosophy building, will be led by Małgorzata Sacha (Jagiellonian University, Kraków) on the topic "Imaginary and Real Men: Hindu Masculinity After the Maternal Spell" by Sudhir Kakar.
Following:
Silvia Romani (May 13th, Romeo Hall), Queer Heroism. The Construction of the Heroic Paradigm in Greco-Roman Mythology
Igor Spanò (May 14, Aula Venturi), Queer Bodies between Rite and Medicine in Ancient India
Luca Arcari (May 20, Aula Romeo), "Urbanity" and Non-Normative Sexuality in Philo of Alexandria and Paul of Tarsus
Renata Pepicelli (May 21, Aula Venturi), Bodies and Representations in the East/West Dichotomy
Diana Segarra Crespo (May 27, Aula Romeo), "Fluidity" and "Monstrum": Ancient and Modern Categories in Gender Discourses
Cinzia Pieruccini (June 8), Aula Frugoni Petrucci, Vātsyāyana, Women and the "Third Nature": Reflections on the Text of the Kamasūtra
The seminars will also be accessible online at the following link: MEET.GOOGLE.COM/QTW-CZAO-EXV. This link allows the acquisition of 2 AAF credits, subject to the Rector's approval. of your degree program. The procedures for obtaining 2 AAF credits are indicated at the following link (or in the QR code on the poster):
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1CsKy2lmT5y5dPE__lE9HtYKB8f4t_W3VVm9Y...
The training activities are also available in the Attendance-Other Credit-Awarding Activities section: https://corsidilaurea.uniroma1.it/it/course/33552/attendance
For the 2025/26 academic year, the following are planned:
1) Laboratorio di Lingua egiziana – Testi e contesti
Professors: prof. Angelo Colonna, dott.ssa Annalaura De Santis
2) Come si legge un manoscritto copto? Un percorso introduttivo
Professor: dott.ssa Marta Addessi
3) Tra carte e libri. Lavori in corso su archivi e biblioteche del Dipartimento SARAS
Professor: prof. Daniele Bianconi
4) Corso di Lingua e Cultura Romanì
Professors: prof. Santino Spinelli, prof. Stefano Tedeschi, prof.ssa Angela Tarantino, dott.ssa Bernadette Fraioli
Posters attached.
Details: https://corsidilaurea.uniroma1.it/it/course/33552/attendance
Professor Lucia Graziano's Diritto e religioni course will be held starting March 19th in her office, ROOM 17, Giurisprudenza Building, former ex Istituto di Diritto canonico ed ecclesiastico, according to the following schedule:
Thursday 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Friday 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
For any questions, please contact the professor: lucia.graziano@uniroma1.it
"Series of Conferences: The Night of the West"
Attendance at a minimum of 8 meetings and submission of a final report on the "The Night of the West" seminar series entitles students to 3 AAF credits. Final reports must be submitted to Roberto Sciarrone - roberto.sciarrone@unitelmasapienza.it by December 17, 2026. For further information, please write to stampacomunicazioneventi@unitelmasapienza.it
The second semester will begin on Monday, February 23. However, some classes may start later, at the discretion of the instructors. To this end, please check the information published on the instructor's profile. If the instructor's name is not listed on the course webpage, it means the assignment process is still ongoing and the relevant information will be published as soon as possible. Classes for instructors yet to be appointed will have their start dates postponed until the course is assigned. Classes will be held in person. Due to the recent cyber attack at Sapienza University, the "Timetable" section is temporarily unavailable. Until the website is fully restored, the class schedule will be published below and in the attached file.
Call for application is available:
https://web.uniroma1.it/trasparenza/bando/240972_repertorio-571/2025