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Events

Round table
DAMSLAB façade

9 November 2026

Il DAMS e la città

Incontro con Claudio Marra, Elisabetta Pasquini, Paolo Noto; a seguire un talk con Lunetta Savino, condotto da Caterina Piccione

Event Within the Framework of:
DAMS50+5

In Italian
Bologna
Conference
Audience seated to watch an outdoor performance

10 November 2026

Partecipazione culturale e performing arts

Giornata di studi su modelli di fruizione emergenti e strumenti di policy

In Italian
Bologna
Presentation

11 November 2026

Il consumo è una cosa seria

Presentazione del libro di Silvia Pizzirani dedicato alla storia politica e culturale degli anni Settanta

In Italian
Bologna
Lecture
Close-up of an Indigenous person with a red handprint on their face

12 November 2026

Clothed bodies, absent bodies. Fashion, identity, and resistance in Indigenous cultures

Special lesson with Raffaella Milandri, writer, journalist, and scholar of indigenous peoples

In Italian
Aula Briolini 1, Campus Di Rimini
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News

Alma Mater Fest: the festival dedicated to the student community

From 21 to 23 October, three days of meetings, debates, music, guidance activities, and guided tours in Bologna, Cesena, Forlì, Ravenna, and Rimini. Take part in the events.

The call for Great-ER is open!

Participate in "Growing and Empowering Advanced Technologies in Emilia-Romagna," a free advanced incubation program for startups and deep tech research spin-offs. Apply by 11 October.

GenerAzioni: research and the city

From 2 March, in the Salaborsa Library, PhD students will be tackling some of the most significant social, environmental and cultural challenges of our time.

The 2022-27 Strategic Plan website is now online

The place to go to understand the goals and share the progress of the Plan.

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About us

The strength of DAR lies in the diversity of disciplines that characterise it: visual arts, dance, film, philosophy, photography, media, music, education, political science, semiotics, sociology, history, theatre, right through to the fields of law and computer science.

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Students enrolled on degree programmes for the 2024/2025 academic year

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Competitive research projects from 2022 to 2024

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Public engagement events in 2023

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Students enrolled on PhD programmes for the 2024–2025 academic year

DAMSLab: our cultural space

Discover the place where academic research gets turned into events, performances and initiatives, fostering an ongoing dialogue with the university community and the wider public.

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The picture shows students who are chatting in the DAMSLab foyer

Discover the department’s research groups

The DAR has more than 50 research groups: informal hubs where competencies come together to produce an interdisciplinary and innovative research activity.

CELEBRITIES. Phenomena of celebrity in cinema and the media

Since 2015, it has been exploring celebrity culture in the media, promoting an interdisciplinary approach.

Korean Studies: Bridging Humanities and Social Sciences

It promotes knowledge of Korea through interdisciplinary research, learning activities and events.

GRASP – Art and the Public Sphere Research Group

It redefines the methodology of art-historical research and studies how social and political upheavals influence art.

Discover all the other DAR research groups

Each research group fosters dialogue amongst researchers across different fields: from cinema to philosophy, from theatre to art history.

An illustration of the department’s Research Areas

Job opportunities, calls and contracting

Opportunities for professional development, training and collaboration offered by the Department.

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