AlteritaSeminars 2017. Before the alphabet. Journey to Mesopotamia at the origins of writing – Marchesini, Fales

First of the meetings scheduled in the cycle “Alteritas Seminars 2017”. The conference will be held at the headquarters of Alteritas, via del Seminario 8, in Verona and will focus on the presentation of the exhibition “Before the alphabet. Journey to Mesopotamia at the Origins of Writing’. It will be led by Assyrologist Fredrick Mario Fales, who is also the curator of the exhibition, which is being held in Venice at Palazzo Loredan until 25 April.

AlteritaSeminars 2017. Wikipedia and Museums, projects and platforms for the dissemination of cultural heritage – Anna Maria Marras

On Monday 10 April 2017, at 5 p.m., the second of the seminars scheduled in the cycle “AlteritaSeminari 2017”, organised by Alteritas, is scheduled. The topic will be “Wikipedia and Museums, projects and platforms for the dissemination of cultural heritage”, with the participation of Annamaria Marras, Wikimedia Italia and founding member of Alteritas Trentino. The meeting will be held at the headquarters of Alteritas, in Via del Vescovo 8, in Verona, and will take place after the ordinary members’ meeting, scheduled for 4 p.m. PhD in topography and classical archaeology at the University of Siena, Annamaria Marras has a multifaceted background that makes her constantly attentive to the technological and IT evolutions of archaeological and geographical research, especially applications on landscape studies. She deals with information systems for cultural heritage and new computer applications in archaeology. After a 2nd level master’s degree in Geotechnologies for archaeology at the CGT of the University of Siena, he attended several national and international training and refresher courses on new non-invasive technologies applied to cultural and landscape heritage. He has taken part in several archaeological reconnaissance missions in Tunisia and Turkey led by Prof. Mariette de Vos Raijamakers (University of Trento), with whom he has collaborated since 2001. Since 2008, he has been a lecturer in Archaeological Research Methodology and Classical Archaeology at the University of Trento. She currently collaborates with various museums and Archaeological Superintendencies. Since 2014 she has been a member of Wikimedia Italia, for which she has been the national coordinator of Archives and Museums since 2016.

Miscellany: Missionaries and Evangelisation

Beginning with the fundamental Constantinian turning point of 313, the Church had the opportunity to extend its message inside the imperial territories as well as outside, thus giving life to a great work of evangelisation that then found in the crusader ideal an ‘instrument’ not only to ‘export’ the faith, but also to defeat the adversaries of the Church itself that lurked within the Christian ecumene. The research is conducted by favouring an approach that, in the light of the most recent historiography, places different perspectives – literary, hagiographic, anthropological and material – in dialogue with each other, offering an original analysis of the missionary phenomenon in its diachronic development, with reference to concepts such as: the affirmation and diffusion of Catholicism within the Roman Empire; evangelisation and pagan resistance; material evidence of missionary activity; analysis of documentary sources; diachronic evolution of the missionary phenomenon.

Festival Biblico 2016 edition

Fifth edition of the Biblical Festival. “Justice and peace will kiss each other”: Psalm 85 in over 30 events Events in Verona

Monumenta Lingua Raetica

On 27 October 2015, the presentation of the volume Monumenta Linguae Raeticae, published by Scienze e Lettere, Rome, edited by S. Marchesini in collaboration with Rosa Roncador, was held at the Museum of Natural History in Verona. The volume was presented by Alfredo Buonopame, Angela Ruta and Franco Marzatico.

Exhibition: But Ötzi, what language did he speak?

On Sunday 21 June 2015, at 10 a.m., the opening of the exhibition ‘But Ötzi, what language did he speak?’ takes place at the archeoParc. The exhibition tells the story of language and languages, starting from the origins up to the present day. Since when have we been speaking? What language did Ötzi use? And why did we start writing? These and other questions form the basis of the exhibition opening on Sunday 21 June at 10.00 a.m. at the archeoParc in the Schnalstal Valley. “But Ötzi, what language did he speak?” deals with the genesis and evolution of spoken and written language, focusing above all on the languages of the Alpine region and the times of Ötzi.

Festival Biblico 2015 edition

2015 edition of the Bible Festival: “In the beginning…”

The genesis of the world in music, words, images.

Inauguration of the Biblical Festival

Thursday 21 May, 8.30 p.m. – Teatro Nuovo – Piazza Viviani, 10