On September 26th and 27th, a free-entry event with 17 speakers from Italy, Spain, Austria and beyond
Bari, Turin, Rome, Salerno, Bologna, Pisa, Catania. And also: Malaga in Spain, Vilnius in Lithuania, Vienna in Austria. These are some of the seventeen speakers from seven different countries who will present their analyses on Friday, September 26th and Saturday, September 27th, at the international conference "The Historian and His Sources – Problems and Methods of Historical Research," organized by the University of the Republic of San Marino.
The event, organized by the Scuola Superiore di Studi Storici, will take place at the university's former courthouse, located at Via Salita alla Rocca 44, in the historic center of Mount Titano. The presentations will be given by doctoral students and postdocs who graduated no earlier than the 2018-19 academic year, selected through a selection process for which applications closed on May 15th.
Three thematic sessions are planned: ancient history will be addressed on Friday morning, and medieval and modern history in the afternoon. Both sessions, at 11:00 a.m., will be preceded by institutional greetings and a speech by Luciano Canfora, director of the Department of History and Law at the University of San Marino.
The second day, Saturday, will be dedicated to contemporary history, following an opening speech on the role of jurisprudence in the interpretation of historical sources, presented by the Sammarinese Law Institute. Subsequent in-depth discussions will involve new technologies supporting historical research, artificial intelligence, radio, hybrid sources, dispersed archives, and more.
"The goal is to promote dialogue and discussion among young scholars by creating a forum for discussion on a fundamental and timely topic: the profession of historian and its sources," explain Giuseppe Giardi and Carlo Alberto Rebottini, doctoral students at the University of San Marino's School of Historical Studies. "The number of speakers and countries represented," they emphasize, "testifies to the richness and variety of perspectives in the field. It also reflects the value we place on sharing different approaches and viewpoints, with the aim of enriching research and strengthening the scientific community."
The initiative is free to enter.