International Summer School 'The Future of Text' 2025
International Summer School 'The Future of Text'
From June 15th to 20th, our MoHu Centre hosted the International Summer School ‘The Future of Text’. Jointly organised with Tokyo College (University of Tokyo), the event brought together students from across the globe to explore how texts—hand-written, printed, and digital—shape and are shaped by technological, cultural, and historical shifts and mobilities. The Summer School was organised by Federico Mazzini and Paola Molino along with two Tokyo College colleagues, Michael Facius and Naoko Schimazu.
Over the course of a rich and interdisciplinary program, participants engaged with topics ranging from premodern textual practices to contemporary debates on artificial intelligence and future studies. Highlights included hands-on workshops (e.g. on Voyant tools led by Giulia Pedonese from the CNR Istituto di Linguistica Computazionale “Antonio Zampolli”), immersive visits in the Biblioteca Marciana in Venice, and student-led presentations covering emerging research from multiple fields.
The Summer School enhanced our new collaboration with Tokyo College and provided a unique opportunity for collaboration, critical reflection and experimentation concerning the meaning of ‘text’ in a world increasingly shaped by digitisation, media convergence and AI.
18 June 2025 | Landscape at Work – Public event with stakeholders
18 June 2025 | Landscape at Work – Public event with stakeholders
On June 18th, 2025, our Department held a special “Paesaggio at Work” (Landscape at Work) event for the Master’s program in Landscape Studies. The day began with an orientation session for students covering topics like choosing stages and internships.
The highlight was a panel discussion on career opportunities after graduating with a Landscape Sciences degree. Alumni speakers included environmental consultants, researchers, creative professionals and project managers, and tour guides who highlighted how their landscape studies training provided valuable skills for their professions.
Representatives from the Veneto Regional Planning Office and private engineering firm NET also weighed in on the demand for landscape experts in their fields. The event wrapped up with a networking aperitivo for students, faculty, and the attending professionals.
Overall, the “Paesaggio at Work” event gave incoming Landscape Sciences students an inside look at their program of study as well as the diverse career paths available to landscape graduates.
The Mobility Studies Podcast (2025-)
The Mobility Studies Podcast (2025-)
A project created by students of the English-taught Master’s degree programme in Mobility Studies at the Department of Historical and Geographic Sciences and the Ancient World, with the aim of discussing all things related to mobility as a concept and as a framework that shapes our approach to historical and other humanities-related research. It features contributions from professors as experts and guest speakers, as well as alumni eager to share their insights and experiences from the programme.
Learning by doing – The Mobility Studies Podcast is also one of the internship opportunities offered within the programme. It allows students to actively participate in the learning process: exploring academic topics and issues covered in the podcast more deeply while preparing interviews with professors and alumni, engaging in discussions, and independently structuring and organizing complex information into a format that is accessible to a broader audience.
Listen to the mobilitystudiespodcast on major platforms
https://linktr.ee/mobilitystudiespodcast
Instagram: themobilitystudiespodcast
The Roaming Agora | Student-led fanzine (2025-)
The Roaming Agora | Student-led fanzine (2025-)
The Roaming Agora is an initiative established by an international collective of students from the Mobility Studies program at the University of Padova brought together by a shared belief in the transformative power of critical discourse. The Roaming Agora was born out of a desire to create a space where ideas can move freely, across disciplines, languages, and identities.
The word fanzine comes from “fan magazine”, a form of independent, amateur publication rooted in creative freedom. Fanzines have long served as spaces for expression beyond institutional boundaries, offering room for ideas, critique, and collaboration.
In this vein, our students launched the initiative in June 2025 with the following invitation:
“We are a platform for open discourse, free from titles, hierarchy, or gatekeeping. Our aim is simple: to create a space where anyone can contribute, challenge, and think freely. Whether you want to reflect, explore, or connect, this is your place.
Turn your gaze to the occupied lands. Look at the hopes and longings scattered through cities, streets, and avenues. Witness the merging of defeats and triumphs, the dawn rising from sorrow. There, amid loss and meaninglessness, in the heart of grand chaos, you will see the flickering flames of struggle”
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