The project
Inclusive Humanities
Perspectives for the Development of Inclusive Humanities in the Research and Teaching of Foreign Languages and Literatures
Within the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures at the University of Verona, the Excellence Project 2023-2027, “Inclusive Humanities: Perspectives for Development in the Research and Teaching of Foreign Languages and Literatures” aims to expand the reach of the previous Excellence Project on Digital Humanities which focused on the use of digital technologies applied to foreign languages and literatures. The goal is to address various global challenges related to accessibility and inclusion, also following the path outlined by international initiatives such as the UN Agenda 2030.
Inclusion, the fight against social inequalities, and equity are fundamental themes in the context of university education. They underlie the various global challenges emerged in recent years, which required universities to rethink their social role from an inclusive and digital perspective.
Proprio per questo, il know-how acquisito in seno al progetto “Le Digital Humanities applicate alle lingue e letterature straniere”, alla base del piano di sviluppo per il triennio 2018-2023, rappresenta un valido vettore per uno slancio verso l’inclusione e l’impegno alla riduzione delle barriere sociali, culturali ed economiche che producono a vario titolo forme di discriminazione.
L’obiettivo del Progetto di Eccellenza “Inclusive Humanities” è quindi quello di favorire e promuovere l’inclusione e l’accessibilità a livello di ricerca, didattica, infrastrutture e divulgazione, non solo in seno ad un’apertura verso il mondo della disabilità e delle differenze fisiche, quanto anche allo scopo di studiare, capire e promuovere il superamento delle disparità di genere, economiche, sociali e culturali che condizionano il modo di percepire il mondo sia all’interno che all’esterno dell’università.
ACTIVITIES
RESEARCH
La curiosità umana spinge ad esplorare, capire e migliorare il mondo circostante. La ricerca è quindi uno dei fattori fondamentali per lo sviluppo sociale ed economico, in grado di produrre progresso, benessere e coesione sociale
DIDACTICS
Negli ultimi decenni l’inclusione ha assunto un ruolo centrale nel contesto universitario italiano, dando vita ad approcci innovativi che testimoniano quanto l’importanza dei numerosi ambiti dell’ « includere » rivestono oggi il panorama educativo globale.
INFRASTRUCTURES
Grazie al precedente Progetto di Eccellenza Digital Humanities (2018-2022), il Dipartimento di Lingue e Letterature Straniere ha potuto realizzare alcuni primi passi verso un ateneo sempre più inclusivo.
EVENTS
The event Numero Cromatico x DiLLS – Art, Creativity, Artificial Intelligence will take place on Thursday, December 18, and Friday, December 19. This two-day meeting is dedicated to the dialogue between art, creativity, and artificial intelligence. Our Department and the Academy of Fine Arts of Verona will present a series of presentations, debates, and lab […]
The international conference The Cassandra Project: Prophetic Furor and Female Otherness will take place on December 11 and 12, 2025. The event is organized by Silvia Bigliazzi and Cristiano Ragni as members of our Department’s Project of Excellence. The conference, which will host speakers from all over the world, aims to investigate the representation of […]
On Thursday, November 20, starting at 5:30 PM in Room SMT.11 (Santa Marta Campus, Via Cantarane 24, Verona), there will be an event dedicated to the famous tortellini di Valeggio. Together with Guido Remelli from Pastificio Remelli, in conversation with Sidia Fiorato from our department, we will dive into “The Tortellini of Valeggio between legend, […]
News
A few days ago, our Department had the pleasure of welcoming back Gaia Gaboardi, an Alumna of our Master’s Degree in Tourism and Commercial Communication. Gaia dropped by to say hello and brought along a copy of Drawing Dyslexia, an intense and delicate book that portrays dyslexia through images and metaphors, offering an authentic look […]
The twentieth episode of Inclusioni, the podcast channel of the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures at the University of Verona, is now online on all major podcast platforms. In this 20th episode, we fly to the United Kingdom to discuss the various aspects of inclusion in British universities with Mariangela Palladino, Professor of Postcolonial […]
A new departmental podcast is now on air: introducing “Trame e tramacci, storie di libri” (Plots and Intrigue: Book Stories). Conceived by Paola Perazzolo, professor at the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures of the University of Verona, and Michela Battocchio, head of the Colognola ai Colli library and provincial representative of the AIB Veneto […]
If the Humanities do not embrace inclusivity, there will no longer be any Humanities at all
