open to students enrolled on the Arts programme (particularly recommended for first-year students)

1 CFU

Lecturer: Sara Sorrentino

Start date: to be confirmed

Time and venue: to be confirmed

Delivery method: face-to-face. Given the workshop-based nature of the course, the maximum number of participants will be 20; places will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis.

To enrol log in to Aulaweb https://2026.aulaweb.unige.it/course/view.php?id=6531 and follow the instructions (the portal does not send a confirmation email).

The workshop’s Aulaweb, where lecturers make teaching materials available, can be accessed via the following link: https://2026.aulaweb.unige.it/course/view.php?id=6522

The course offers theoretical insights, practical activities and workshops to improve writing skills and develop greater confidence and awareness when drafting expository texts.

Following an initial analysis of the concepts of ‘norm’ and ‘error’ and a session dedicated to self-assessment of one’s own proficiency, the course will first focus on providing an overview of the main tools that can help participants better navigate the linguistic norms of the Italian language (bibliographic research tools; handbooks; grammars; dictionaries; digital tools).

The course will take place in the second semester and will last 25 hours. Following a brief theoretical introduction, participants will engage in practical and workshop-based activities.

1 CFU

Lecturer: Marco Enrico

Start date: to be confirmed

Time and venue: to be confirmed

Delivery method: face-to-face.

To enrol log in to Aulaweb https://2026.aulaweb.unige.it/course/view.php?id=6531 and follow the instructions  (the portal does not send a confirmation email once you have registered).

Aims and content
The workshop focuses on the methods of the ancient historian and aims to provide students with critical and methodological tools to understand and interpret historical sources. Through the analysis of sources and case studies, the course is structured on two levels:

1. introducing students to the critical methods of historical research, demonstrating – on the basis of translated texts – how ancient authors selected, interpreted and narrated events;
2. to provide the tools for the informed use of sources in all their variety (literary, epigraphic, documentary), as well as bibliographic resources, both traditional and digital.

The workshop involves individual work in which each student (independently or in small groups) will analyse an ancient source, putting the skills acquired into practice. The piece of work may concern a literary text, an inscription or an archaeological find. The work will then be presented and discussed in class, encouraging critical dialogue between students and lecturers. The entire workshop will be structured as a seminar, in which students will be actively involved and encouraged to participate.

1 CFU

Lecturer: Arianna Magnolo

Start date: to be confirmed

Time and venue: to be confirmed

Delivery method: face-to-face.

To enrol log in to Aulaweb https://2026.aulaweb.unige.it/course/view.php?id=6531 and follow the instructions  (the portal does not send a confirmation email once registration is complete).

The workshop’s Aulaweb, where lecturers make teaching materials available, can be accessed via the following link: https://2026.aulaweb.unige.it/course/view.php?id=6521