Programme
21th-23th June 2025
Welcome everyone to Padua
MONDAY 23th June
Welcome event
Francesca Gambino, Luigi Marfè, Zuleika Murat, Summer School Coordinators
Guided tours of central University building, Palazzo Bo
Beato Pellegrino Library
Eliana Pasquali, Laura Pieropan, Chiara Stasolla, Exploring the Beato Pellegrino Library
Room 5: group A -- Room 6: group B -- Room 7: group C -- Room 8: group D -- Room 14: group E
Spritz at Piazza dei Signori and meeting with other Italian students
TUESDAY 24th June at DiSLL
Room 9
Tobia Zanon, A Brief History of the Italian Language
Room 5: group A -- Room 6: group B -- Room 7: group C -- Room 8: group D -- Room 13: group E
Room 11
Sarah Ferrari
«Beauty adorns Virtue»: a glimpse into Renaissance
Portraits of Women
Evening at the Portello along the canals with some Italian students
WEDNESDAY 25th June at DiSLL
Room 9
Enrico Zucchi
Italian Food and Literature
Room 5: group A -- Room 6: group B -- Room 7: group C -- Room 8: group D -- Room 9: group E
In front of the main entrance, Basilica del Santo, Piazza del Santo, 11
Visit of the Basilica del Santo, Scoletta del Santo, and Oratory of St George (proff. Sarah Ferrari, Elena Khalaf, Zuleika Murat, tutors)
Dress code: Cover shoulders and legs from the knee upwards
THURSDAY 26th June
Train transfer: Meeting point (at 8.00 am): Train station, Piazzale stazione
- Discovering Venice:
(group A + B+ C, proff. Elena Khalaf, Marco Toffanin, tutors).
Free lunch time
- Discovering Verona:
(group D+ E, proff. Valentina Baradel, Davide Tramarin, tutors).
Free lunch time
FRIDAY 27th June at DiSLL
Room 9
Leonardo Bellomo, Varieties of Contemporary Italian
Room 3: group A -- Room 5: group B -- Room 9: group C -- Room 14: group D -- Room 10: group E
Room 9
Luca Zuliani, How Italian for Music Works
Evening of Renaissance Dances (“Il tappeto volante ASD”)
MONDAY 30th June
Guided tour of the Scrovegni Chapel (prof. Davide Tramarin)
Complesso Beato Pellegrino
Room 5: group A -- Room 6: group B -- Room 7: group C -- Room 8: group D -- Room 9: group E
Room 9
Margarita Gleba, A Thread to the Past: Textile Archaeology of Italy
Room 9
Maria Ferroni, Illuminating Days and Nights: Liturgical Manuscripts in Medieval Life
Evening of “Pizzica” Dance (“Il tappeto volante ASD”)
TUESDAY 1st July at DiSLL
Room 9
Giacomo Comiati, From Ancient Rome to Renaissance Italy: Receiving Classical Latin Texts in the Italian Early-Modern Literature
Room 5: group A -- Room 6: group B -- Room 7: group C -- Room 8: group D -- Salone Maldura (Complesso Maldura): group E
(Botanical Garden, main entrance, Via Orto Botanico, 15)
Denis Brotto, Cinema and Italian Identity, followed by visit to the Botanical Garden with viewing of video installation “Goethe. The Life of Leaves” (23’, by D. Brotto)
WEDNESDAY 2nd July
Train transfer: Meeting point (at 8.00 am): Train station, Piazzale stazione
- Discovering Venice:
(group A + B + C, proff. Elena Khalaf, Marco Toffanin, tutors).
Free lunch time
- Discovering Verona:
(group D + E, proff. Valentina Baradel, Davide Tramarin, tutors).
Free lunch time
THURSDAY 3rd July at DiSLL
Complesso Beato Pellegrino
Room 4: group A -- Room 5: group B -- Room 6: group C -- Room 7: group D -- Room 3: group E
In front of the main entrance, The Baptistery, Piazza Duomo
Guided tour of the Baptistery and of the Salone della Ragione (prof. Zuleika Murat, Valentina Baradel, tutors)
Dress code: Cover shoulders and legs from the knee upwards
FRIDAY 4th July at DiSLL
Complesso Beato Pellegrino
Room 5: group A -- Room 6: group B -- Room 7: group C -- Room 8: group D -- Sala Riunioni 1: group E
Room 9
Clara Stella, Women of Culture and Arts in Venice and the Veneto (1500-1700)
Awarding of diplomas
End of summer school buffet