Results of the Project
Publications
Ferrari, Carlo, Fabio Guidetti, and Chiara Ombretta Tommasi.
Languages of Science between Western and Eastern Civilizations. Berlin–Boston: De Gruyter, 2024.
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111308289.
Open access: https://www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi/10.1515/9783111308289/html.
Magnani, Arianna.
“La circolazione dei libri cinesi a Genova tra XVII e XVIII secolo: testi e contesti storici.” In Una storia di scambi, incontri e culture: dal Banco di San Giorgio all’Autorità di Sistema Portuale, edited by Valentina Borniotto, 40–47. Genoa: Le Cromiche, 2025. ISBN 978-88-943631-8-0.
Andriollo, Luisa.
“Writing and Reading Anti-Islamic Polemics in Byzantium: The Dialogue of the Monk Euthymios with a Saracen Philosopher (Twelfth Century).” In Byzantium and Its Neighbours: Religious Self and Otherness in Dialogue, edited by Luisa Andriollo and Luigi D’Amelia. Venice: Edizioni Ca’ Foscari, 2024.
https://doi.org/10.30687/978-88-6969-837-8/001.
Open access: http://doi.org/10.30687/978-88-6969-837-8/003.
Goud, Srushti, Valerio Mario Salerno, Arianna Magnani, and Salvatore Sorce.
“Interaction and User Interface Features for Exploring Ancient Books and Manuscripts.” In Companion Proceedings of the 30th International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces (IUI ’25), 70–73. New York: ACM, 2025.
https://doi.org/10.1145/3708557.3716349.
Goud, Srushti, Arianna Magnani, and Salvatore Sorce.
“Information Visualization in Semantically Enhanced Digital Libraries for Ancient Manuscripts and Books.” CEUR Workshop Proceedings 3798 (2024): paper 8, 1–9. ISSN 1613-0073.
URN: urn:nbn:de:0074-3798-4.
https://ceur-ws.org/Vol-3798/paper8.pdf.
Conferences, Seminars, and Workshops Organised within the PRIN Project
16 February 2026 – Raccontare l’Oriente in Sicilia: Libri, manoscritti e itinerari culturali tra passato e futuro.
PRIN event organised with the Confucius Institute of Kore University of Enna and the Federation of Sicilian Tourist Guides. Kore University of Enna, Department of Classical, Linguistic and Educational Studies.
18–19 December 2025 – Second PRIN Conference: Symposium of International Database Projects. Digitising the Links of Historical, Cultural, and Commercial Exchanges between East and West.
Hybrid conference. Kore University of Enna, Department of Classical, Linguistic and Educational Studies.
12 December 2025 – Il dialogo tra i missionari italiani e la civiltà cinese, commemorating the 400th anniversary of Prospero Intorcetta’s birth (1625–2025).
Kore University of Enna. Event organised by the Confucius Institute of Kore University of Enna, Fondazione Prospero Intorcetta, and PRIN M.A.R.E.
1 December 2025 – Tra carta, inchiostro e OCR: laboratorio sui testi cinesi dall’età premoderna all’era digitale.
Workshop for students of Chinese Studies and the Digital Translation Lab. Kore University of Enna.
21–23 October 2024 – First PRIN Conference: Le vie dei libri, le strade degli uomini: dinamiche culturali sulle rotte da e per l’Asia. Pisa, Aula Magna Storica del Palazzo della Sapienza.
Participation in Events Related to PRIN Research Themes
16 January 2025 – Conference Una storia di scambi, incontri e culture: dal Banco di San Giorgio all’Autorità di Sistema Portuale. Palazzo San Giorgio, Genoa.
Paper presented: “La circolazione dei libri cinesi a Genova tra XVII e XVIII secolo: testi e contesti storici,” (Arianna Magnani).
13–14 February 2025 – Digital Methodology Seminar, Fondazione per le Scienze Religiose, Bologna.
Presentation of the M.A.R.E. database (Arianna Magnani, Srushti Goud, Chiara Ombretta Tommasi, Sabrina Senatore).
4 June 2024 – Workshop on Advanced Visual Interfaces and Interactions in Cultural Heritage, AVI 2024, Arenzano (Genoa).
Paper presented: “Information Visualization in Semantically Enhanced Digital Libraries for Ancient Manuscripts and Books.” (Srushti Goud)
24 May 2024 – The 2nd Chinese-European Scholars Forum (CESF).
Papers: “Digital Rebirth: Revitalizing Chinese Textual Heritage for the Modern Age” (Arianna Magnani & Srushti Goud);
“Confucii effigies: The Iconography of the Chinese Master in Europe in the 17th–18th Centuries” (Alessandro Tosco).
10 November 2023 – Transpacific Lecture Series, Crossroads Research Centre (online).
Lecture: “Cultural Transfers in Constant Motion: Case Studies of Books and Art Objects Traveling along Maritime Routes.” (Arianna Magnani)
https://crossroads-research.net/projects/erc-adg-transpacific/transpacific-lecture-series/