Calendar of activities 2026
University of Modena and Reggio Emila
PhD PROGRAMME IN HUMAN SCIENCES
41st CYCLE
a.y. 2025-2026
DOCTORAL PROGRAMME ACTIVITIES
Doctoral Programme activities are divided into:
- Series of seminars on methodologies and general research skills. These activities are mandatory for all curricula.
- Optional activities based on the different curricula and research interests. These include single workshops and seminars, series of colloquia and conferences.
Below you can find the list of training activities for the 41st cycle. The activities are also open to students from previous cycles.
Series of seminars on methodologies and general research skills
(COMPULSORY - 3 hours of training activities correspond to 1 university credit)
| MODULE | SPEAKERS/LECTURES | VENUE | DATE |
| Communication skills Academic Discourse. English for Academic Purposes | Ulrike Kaunzner Presenting your research | Dip. SLC Modena 3 meetings | 12 November 2025 19 November 2025 3 December 2025 |
| Silvia Cavalieri Writing and presenting a poster | Dip. SLC Modena | 11 February 2026 3:00 PM - 6:00 PM Room B1.5 | |
| Marina Bondi Writing an abstract Writing a dissertation | Dip. SLC Modena | 16 February 2026 17 February 2026 | |
| Giuliana Diani Writing a review | Dip. SLC Modena | 17 February 2026 | |
| IT and statistics resources in the Humanities | Ombretta Malavasi Risorse bibliografiche ed elettroniche di Ateneo (for PhD students working in the Dipartimento di Studi Linguistici e Culturali, Modena) | Dip. SLC Modena | 12 November 2025 |
| Emanuela Raimondi Risorse bibliografiche ed elettroniche di Ateneo (for PhD students working in the Dipartimento di Educazione e Scienze Umane, Reggio Emilia) Zotero (for 1st, 2nd, 3rd year PhD students) | Online Meeting (Teams) | 14 November 2025 22 January 2026 | |
| Vincenzo Settembrino, Federico Corradini, Jessica Jane Nocella
UNIMORE IT services: UNIMOREAD, VPN, WI-FI, EDUROAM, websites, templates and Brand Book. | Dip. SLC Modena
| 5 December 2025 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM Room B1.5 16 February 2026 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM Room B1.5 | |
| Series of seminars Meet UB & SOS organized by UNIMORE's Bibliometric Office & Open Science Services Please check the program and website for details Registration required | Biblioteca Scientifica Interdipartimentale Via Campi 213/C, Modena | February 2026 | |
| Giovanna Buonanno Literature in the digital space: Digital literary archives and web resources | Dip. SLC Modena | 11 February 2026 | |
| Gabriele Pallotti Statistica e ricerca quantitativa | Dip. ESU | 23, 24, 25 February 2026 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM Room L3.1 | |
| Research methods in the humanities and social sciences | Claudio Baraldi Interlacements of social sciences and humanities: a sociological reflection | Dip. SLC Modena | 11 March 2026 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM Room B1.5 |
| Sara Amadasi Digital methods in qualitative research with children with migrant background | Dip. SLC Modena | 21 April 2026 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM Room B2.4 | |
| Alfonso Botti Rapporto critico con le fonti e costruzione dei percorsi interpretativi nelle scienze umane | Dip. SLC Modena | 6 May 2026 | |
| Gian Antonio Di Bernardo Research Methods in Social Sciences | Dip. SLC Modena | 8 May 2026 | |
| Marina Bondi Corpus linguistics for the humanities | Dip. SLC Modena | 18 May 2026 | |
| Laura Gavioli Analysing interaction: a methodological account through the case of dialogue interpreting | Dip. SLC Modena | 20 May 2026 2:30 PM - 5:30 PM Room B1.5 | |
| Michela Camia Specific learning disorder: characteristics and early identification. Focus on digital technology | Dip. SLC Modena 1 meeting | May 2026 | |
| Vincenzo Pacillo Secularism, Laïcité, Laicità: a theoretical and juridical approach to different models of pluralism | Dip. SLC Modena | 27 May 2026 |
(OPTIONAL, based on the different curricula and research interests - 3 hours = 1 university credit)
-Emilia Marra (Università di Treviso): Tecnica, individuo, ambiente: su G. Simondon. 1 April 2026, 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM, DSLC, Room B0.5
-Isabella Ferron (Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia): Linguistica e intelligenza artificiale: il tedesco come laboratorio tra norma, variazione e discorso pubblico. 13 April 2026, 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM, Room B1.5
-Symposium: Sviluppo tecnologico e nucleare, (program and speakers TBD), 15 April 2026, 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM, DSLC, Room B0.5
-Frida Steurs (Emerica, KU Leuven): Workshop on AI (title TBA), 22 April 2026, 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM, DSLC, Room TBD.
-Elwys De Stefani (Heidelberg University, Germany): La necessità del pregiudizio: le categorie sociali negli approcci discorsivi e interazionali. 6 May 2026, 2:30 PM - 5:30 PM, Room B1.5
Visiting professors
- Prof. Josef Schmied (Professor of English Linguistics, University of Chemnitz, Germany: An empirical, genre-based approach to Academic Writing for(Post-) Doctoral Research
First Year PhD Students:
-19 November 2025, 10:00 am - 1:00 pm, Room B3.1: Recent Developments in GenAI: From Large to Multiple and Small Language Models?
-26 November 2025, 10:00 am - 1:00 pm, Room B2.4: "More than human": GenAI in Essay Writing, Literature and Poetry.
Second Year PhD Students:
-21 November 2025, 10:00 am - 1:00 pm, Room B1.6 (10am-12pm) + Room B1.7 (12pm-1pm): Professional Writing of (Journal) Abstracts.
-28 November 2025, 10:00 am - 1:00 pm, Room B1.6 (10am-12pm) + Room B1.5 (12pm-1pm): Professional Writing of Journal Articles.
- Prof. Anna Siyanova (Associate Professor of Applied Linguistics, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand): Quantitative research methods in language learning (ottobre-dicembre 2025)
Learning objectives:
1. Evaluate the available body of research within the area of formulaic language acquisition, processing, and use in a second language.
2. Identify the main issues and strands within formulaic language research.
3. Recognise major gaps in formulaic language research in the context of second language learning, and propose avenues for future research.
4. Explain the main methods and tools used in formulaic language research.
Proposed textbook:
Siyanova-Chanturia, A. & Pellicer-Sanchez, A. (2018). Understanding formulaic language: A second language acquisition perspective. Routledge.
Schedule:
| Seminar | Topic | Chapter from set text | Date |
| 1 | Introducing the course. What is formulaic language? | Introduction | 11 November 2025 h. 10 am - 1 pm Room B1.5 |
| 2 | Formulaic language as a cognitive phenomenon. The online processing of formulaic language | Chapters 1 and 2 | 13 November 2025 - h. 10 am - 12 pm Room B2.1 |
| 3 | Formulaic language as a pedagogical phenomenon. The teaching and learning of formulaic language | Chapter 8 | 20 November 2025 h. 10 am - 12 pm Room B2.1 |
| 4 | Formulaic language in English for Academic Purposes (EAP). An EAP perspective | Chapter 11 | 27 November 2025 h. 10 am - 12 pm Room B2.1 |
| 5 | Formulaic language in learner corpus research. A corpus linguistic perspective | Chapter 12 | 2 December 2025 h. 10 am - 1 pm Room B1.5 |
| 6 | Concluding remarks | Chapter 13 | 5 December 2025 h. 10 am - 12 pm Room B1.6 |
- Prof. Nguyen Khanh Doanh (Associate Professor of Statistics at the Faculty of Economics, Phenikaa University, Vietnam): Introduction to Statistics
- SESSION 1: Descriptive Statistics for Language and Culture Research. 23 March 2026, 10:00 am - 1:00 pm, Room B1.9
- SESSION 2: Introduction to Statistical Software (Stata/R). 24 March 2026, 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm, Room B1.9
- SESSION 3: Sampling Methods and Data Collection in Cultural Studies. 27 March 2026, 10:00 am - 1:00 pm, Room B1.5
- SESSION 4: Data Cleaning and Preparation for Language and Culture Research. 30 March 2026, 10:00 am - 1:00 pm, Room B1.9
- SESSION 5: Introduction to Inferential Statistics: Hypothesis Testing. 31 March 2026, 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm, Room B1.9
- SESSION 6: Correlation and Regression in Language and Culture Studies. 1 April 2026, 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm , Room B1.5
Summer School 2026
Modena, 8-12 June 2026.
Download the Call for Applications - Deadline for applications: 20 March 2026
Further optional activities
You can also choose any of the training activies of the Doctoral Programme in Humanities, Technology and Society (University of Modena and Reggio Emilia) as optional activities. Please remember that 3 hours of activities correspond to 1 university credit (CFU).
For further information: https://www.phdhumantechsociety.unimore.it/insegnamenti/
Ultima modifica: 02 aprile 2026