Author: martina

The 14th AIUCD Annual Conference 2025 concluded today, June 13, 2025, after three intense days that brought the Santa Marta campus in Verona to life. From June 11 to 13, we had the opportunity to immerse ourselves in the challenges and opportunities of Digital Humanities in the age of Artificial Intelligence, with a special focus on “Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.”

The morning of Wednesday, June 11 opened with greetings from Marina Buzzoni, President of the Italian Association for Digital Humanities and Digital Culture (AIUCD), Roberta Facchinetti, Director of the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures at the University of Verona, Massimo Salgaro, Project Manager of the “Inclusive Humanities” Project of Excellence, and Simone Rebora and Marco Rospocher, General Chairs of AIUCD2025.

The lively poster session, preceded by the Poster Madness, then captured the attention of all conference participants. Held at the end of the first day, it was punctuated by the sound of a gong: each participant had 120 seconds and one slide to spark the audience’s curiosity and introduce their poster. In this way, 37 posters and as many presenters followed one another. The poster exhibition then took place at Santa Marta, accompanied by an aperitif.

On Thursday, June 12, the conference opened with the first keynote speaker, Evelyn Gius, with a talk entitled “Measuring What Matters – or, the Temperature of Literary Texts.” During the subsequent parallel sessions, we were immersed in stimulating discussions and innovative presentations aimed at exploring the future of Digital Humanities. During the General Assembly of members, the venue of the 15th AIUCD Annual Conference was announced: it will be held at the University of Cagliari from June 3 to 5, 2026.

Friday, June 13 featured the second keynote, Viviana Patti, who presented Absit iniuria verbis. During the closing ceremony, the Gigliozzi Awards were finally presented for two oral presentations and two posters:

Oral Presentation Section:

Mariangela Giglio (Università di Bologna), Metodologie computazionali per l’organizzazione di archivi nati digitalmente

Gianluca Pavani (Università degli Studi di Roma “Tor Vergata”), Human–LLM Synergy in Higher Education Publishing: Two ChatGPT Use Cases within Editorial Pipelines

Poster Section:

Davide Bordon (Università di Ljubljana), Predicting Grammatical Cases in Slovenian Varieties in Italy: A Use Case from the LORIS 1.1 Language Assistant

Rita Gramellini (Università di Bologna), Linguistica dei corpora e informatica umanistica per la valorizzazione plurilingue del patrimonio culturale: implementazione del progetto

We extend our heartfelt thanks to all participants, speakers, the organizing staff, and the partners who made this extraordinary event possible.

Reading is not necessarily a solitary experience: have you ever thought about joining a reading group? In the sixteenth episode of Inclusioni, the podcast channel of the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures at the University of Verona, we introduce a new series of meetings dedicated to reading the classics, organized in collaboration between our department and the Municipal Library of Colognola ai Colli, in the province of Verona.

Paola Perazzolo, professor of French literature in our department, talks with Michela Battocchio, head of the Colognola ai Colli library and provincial coordinator of the AIB Veneto Working Group on Reading Groups. Together they present the two cycles of meetings planned for summer and autumn 2025 on the theme “The New Classics.” They also discuss how these initiatives can contribute to the university’s Third Mission by bringing academic knowledge into the local community and creating a virtuous link between citizens and the university, as well as how books can be a tool for openness of mind, inclusion, and cultural mediation.

To take part in the reading cycle “The New Classics,” visit this page. Enjoy listening – or rather… happy reading!