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1 CFU credit is awarded for one review and attendance at at least five out of eight sessions. 

2026/2027 Programme:

• 9 October, Marilena Renda, Cinema Persefone, (at BookPride)
• 13 November, Francesca Gironi, It is strictly forbidden 
• 12 December, Silvia Righi, Ex voto suscepto
• 22 January, Carmen Gallo, Procne Machine
• 19 February, Federico Federici, Stanze dei non risorti
• 12 March, Fabiano Alborghetti, The Elementary Movement
• 16 April, Zachary Schonburg, Poetry as Violence (edited by Giuseppe Nibali and Bernardo Pacini) 
• May (7th or 14th), Poet Club: Luciano Neri, Alma Spina, Alessandro Mantovani 
   

Worth 2 CFU

October 2026 - May 2027

The 2026/2027 course comprises 22 lessons, totalling 66 hours per year (plus 12 hours for the Introductory Music and Rhythm Module).

The weekly 3-hour lessons will focus on the following topics:
• an introduction to posture and spatial and proprioceptive harmonisation
• the dynamics of breathing and phonation
• diction, orthoepy and vocal harmonisation
• fundamentals of improvisation
• analysis of theatrical staging and production
• a director’s approach to the dramatic text

During February, a Preparatory Module in Music and Rhythm comprising four 3-hour lessons will take place.
The module offers an introductory course in Music and Rhythm applied to acting.
Through practical exercises in listening, movement, voice and coordination – including improvisational elements – students will develop a greater awareness of rhythm, both individual and collective, enhancing their vocal and stage presence as well as their interaction with others on stage.

The workshop consists of theoretical and practical sessions designed to provide the basic tools of theatrical expression. The first part (body and voice) focuses on acquiring an understanding of the elements of proxemics and vocality; the second part develops an understanding of the performance text in terms of its stagecraft, through both analytical-critical and practical approaches.
The workshop also aims to be a programme designed to develop further transferable skills, such as effective communication, the ability to work in a team, problem-solving skills and the development of a culture of respect.
 

Info: ilfalcone@unige.it - Contact: Dr Angela Zinno (angela.zinno@unige.it)

Genoa, Palazzo Ducale, 6–7 November 2026. 4th edition.

The fourth edition will be opened by Ivan Cotroneo, a popular director and screenwriter who has recently published the novel *Grande*, weaving together themes such as care, the body and identity. The other special guest will be Nicola Gardini. Giovanna Cristina Vivinetto will return with her new collection of poems and will be in conversation with another young poet: Giulia Martini. On Friday, alongside Luca Starita, the Arcigay exhibition will be inaugurated, exploring the history of the organisation, narratives surrounding AIDS, the trans movement and other themes; and on Saturday, the event will conclude with ‘Electro/Pride delle parole’, a DJ set designed to keep the conversations going.

Anyone wishing to earn the credit must:

1.            Register by emailing alessandro.ferraro@unige.it by Thursday 5 November 2026 (the email must have ‘Booking for Pride delle parole’ in the subject line and include basic details in the body of the message, namely full name, student ID number and degree programme).

2.            Attend the ‘Pride delle parole’ on both 6 and 7 November 2026 by signing the attendance register, which will be available at the Palazzo Ducale at the start and end of both events.

3.           Submit, again to alessandro.ferraro@unige.it, by Friday 18 December 2026 a report, the instructions for which are set out below.

4.           Eligibility will be confirmed by the lecturer by Friday 29 January 2026, with a certificate to be submitted for the award of the credit.

Instructions for the final report
The page must be set with fixed margins (2.5 at the top and bottom, 2 on the right and left) and the text, in 12-point Times New Roman, must be justified on both sides. The report must be three pages long. On the first page, summarise the content covered during the two ‘Pride delle parole’ sessions, reworked in a personal and coherent manner. On the second and third pages, drawing on some of the content from the first page where possible, present your findings and impressions from reading a book of your choice from the following ten titles:

Ivan Cotroneo, La kryptonite nella borsa, Bompiani 2007 (novel).
Ivan Cotroneo, Grande, La nave di Teseo 2026 (novel).
Luca Starita, Canone ambiguo. On Italian Queer Literature, Effequ 2021 (essay).
Luca Starita, Defenseless Under the Night. Narratives of AIDS in Italy in the 1980s and 1990s, minimum fax 2026 (essay).
Nicola Gardini, Nicolas, Garzanti 2022 (novel).
Nicola Gardini, Daddy, Mondadori 2026 (novel).
Giulia Martini, Minimal Couples, Interno Poesia 2018 (poetry).
Giulia Martini, Tresor, Interno Poesia 2024 (poetry).
Giovanna Cristina Vivinetto, Minimal Pain, Interlinea 2018 (poetry).
Giovanna Cristina Vivinetto, Every Body Returns, Crocetti 2026 (poetry). 

The lecturer welcomes any proposals from students to read and analyse other queer works within the scope outlined by ‘Pride delle parole’ and within the deadlines set out in the instructions for the award of 1 credit.

max 1 CFU

The Citizenship Training course is aimed at all students enrolled in the University's undergraduate, master's, single-cycle master's and PhD courses, regardless of the Department offering the course or the course they are enrolled in. The aim of the course is to promote the development of an active and responsible citizenship through the acquisition of personal and social, entrepreneurial and digital skills.

The Course of Study recognises in the 3 cfu of the Other activities cod. 53417 or in the 3 cfu of the Laboratory Activities of the Music and Performing Arts curriculum only 1 seminar module of 1 CFU to be chosen among the following:

• Marginal and Rights (DAFIST - ref. prof.ssa Langella)
• Multiculturalism and citizenship (DLCM - ref. prof. Pusillo)
• Religions in Public Space (DAFIST - ref. prof.ssa Colagrossi)
• Raise courses (one of your choice among all those offered by the University: https://unige.it/corsi-raise-cittadinanza)

PLEASE NOTE: the offer of activated modules may vary from year to year, please wait for the annual announcement with the list of modules offered in the current academic year.

max 2 CFU
(1 CFU for the basic course, 1 CFU for the intermediate course, 2 CFU for both)

Introduced in the wake of the Italian State’s recognition of Italian Sign Language (LIS) and Tactile Italian Sign Language (LISt), this course aims to introduce participants to the world of LIS and LISt; a world in which communication takes place through a channel different from that which we usually associate with (spoken) languages: the visual/tactile-gestural channel. 

Course leader: Danilo Monteverde

Further information on timetables and lecture theatres will be published in due course in the ‘News’ section of this website.

1 CFU

Lecturer: M. Stella Acerno

Period: starts on 3 March 2026 in Lecture Room E of the Didactic Pole in Via delle Fontane from 17.00 to 19.00;
continues every Tuesday in Lecture Room E Didactic Pole from 17.00 to 19.00 for a total of twelve meetings.

Teaching methods:the seminar takes place in presence and online for a total of 26 hours divided into 12 lessons, unless otherwise arranged by the teaching structures. With the use of
slides, videos and materials made available by the lecturer.
The classrosroom methodology is envisaged; the workshop activity on education to individual and global awareness: of oneself, of others and of the planet with interactive participation of the students is included.

For enrolment and information: info.cedu@libero.it

PRESENTATION
The seminar deals with and explores human rights issues in the various aspects and disciplinary fields that characterise them.
Beginning with the definitions of the concept of human rights, the origins, development and contemporary trends concerning civil and political, social, economic and cultural rights are analysed. In-depth studies are devoted to education and the relationship between literature, cinema and human rights.

FORMATIONAL OBJECTIVES AND LEARNING OUTCOMES
The aim of the seminar is to provide students with tools of understanding for the analysis and study of human rights from a historical and social, legal and cultural perspective.
To broaden knowledge on contemporary trends and the debate on the protection of rights on a global scale, to acquire skills on human rights education. To deepen the relationship between different cultures and the universalism of human rights.

MODE OF ASSESSMENT
At the end of the seminar there will be an oral interview or the writing of a short written paper on the topics analysed.

PROGRAMME
The seminar explores aspects related to the following contents:
- Definitions and foundations of human rights.
- The vision of equality of human beings in history.
- The three revolutions and their historical and legal implications.
- Human rights in the new contemporary society.
- Subjects of law in the international community from 1600 to 1900.
- F. Delano Roosevelt's Four Freedoms Speech.
- From the League of Nations to the UN.
- The Nuremberg and Tokyo Trials.
- The Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
- International instruments for the protection of human rights.
- The main human rights NGOs. The work of Amnesty International.
- The European Union and the protection of human rights.
- Human rights education.
- Cinema, literature and human rights.
- The new paradigm in education.
- The GAIA Project for education for individual and global awareness.

To be arranged: meetings with teachers, experts and/or members of human rights NGOs.

DOCENT
M. Stella Acerno, president of the CEDU Centro per l'Educazione ai Diritti Umani (Centre for Human Rights Education), a non-profit organisation registered in the regional Third Sector Single National Register. Former teacher of literary subjects and history at State Institutes of Higher Education. Press and communication contact person for Amnesty International Italia, Circoscrizione Liguria.

Recommended readings for further study:
Norberto Bobbio: L'età dei diritti Giulio Einaudi Editore. 1990 - 2014
Giuseppe Giliberti Historical Introduction to Human Rights G. Giappichelli Editore. 2012
Stella Acerno (ed.) But what rights? What we know and what we do not want to know about human rights Fratelli Frilli Editori 2013
Stella Acerno The in-security of sustainable society - Genoa University Press 2022