Stefano Dall'Aglio
@sdallaglio.bsky.social
Assoc. Prof. of EM history at Ca' Foscari University in Venice and team member at @vedph.bsky.social | Posts on Renaissance Florence, Digital & Public History, and beyond |
A great day yesterday at our summer school for the #history day: 'Venetian History, Urban Spaces and New Technologies', with @amandamadden.bsky.social, @sdallaglio.bsky.social, @emmanuelacarbe.bsky.social, Mariangela Giglio and Fabrizio Nevola vedph.github.io/vessdph2026/...
This is where we will be in the next week, from 6 to 10 July. Take a look at the wonderful programme we put together and join us for the open events! vedph.github.io/vessdph2026/
Venice Summer School in Digital and Public Humanities
Advanced training in digital and public humanities, on the cultural heritage of Venice. 6–10 July 2026, Ca' Foscari.
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VeDPH@vedph.bsky.social · last mo.The Venice Summer School in Digital and Public Humanities is about to begin! 🌍✨ We are welcoming to Venice 25 participants from all over the world for a free immersive experience in digital cultural heritage and public humanities. We can’t wait! vedph.github.io/vessdph2026/
Today at @humboldtuni.bsky.social, albeit remotely dhistory.hypotheses.org/14080
Stefano Dall’Aglio: When Digital History Goes Public: Theory, Practice, Perspectives
This talk investigates the intersections between digital history and public history, two recent fields of historical research and teaching that are still conceived and put into practice in many differ...
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Tomorrow I'll present my latest book at The Medici Archive Project in Florence. We'll be talking about art collecting, culture, and science in Grand-ducal Florence and baroque Rome. Everyone's invited!
Our next seminar on Wed 13 May: Fabrizio Nevola (University of Exeter) Making the Renaissance Public: apps, digital reconstruction and issues of interpretation Info: www.unive.it/data/agenda/...
Hot from the press: open access special issue of a joint project of the universities of Venice, Rome Sapienza, and Trent. My article revolves around queen Catherine de’ Medici and the Florentine exiles in France rosa.uniroma1.it/rosa02/dimen...
We are pleased to announce the Venice Summer School in Digital and Public Humanities - #VeSSDPH 2026 which takes place at Ca' Foscari University from 6 to 10 July 2026. Entirely taught in English. Free of charge. ➡️ Full programme and further information: www.unive.it/pag/39288/
Already ten years (today) without Donald Weinstein, mentor and friend, distinguished scholar of Renaissance Italy. My 2015 obituary on @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/books/2015/d...
Donald Weinstein obituary
Other lives: Historian in the study of the Italian Renaissance
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Our seminar today with Sara Mansutti aligns perfectly with my research interests: a #digitaledition of letters and newsletters from #venice to #florence in the 16th c, it lies at the intersection of #dh and #renaissancehistory. Looking forward to it!
VeDPH@vedph.bsky.social · 9mo agoThe Digital Analysis of Ten Years of a Medici Agent's Correspondence Join Sara Mansutti (UCC) to see how AI & digital methods, applied to 1,200+ handwritten letters, reveal how Cosimo Bartoli gathered, verified, and shared news in Venice (1562–1572) 🔗 www.unive.it/data/33113/2...
📢 Hot off the press! The new monograph by @vedph.bsky.social team member @sdallaglio.bsky.social is out, in conjunction with his own online digital database of the same archival documents that the book is based on. www.carocci.it/prodotto/il-... www.medici.org/databases/th...
Applications are still open for the Digital and Public Humanities Master’s Degree Programme @cafoscari in collaboration with @vedph! 🗓️ Deadline: Nov 11, 2025 📢 Results: Nov 28, 2025 Join us in Venice! 🔗 Apply here: www.unive.it/pag/39288/ #DigitalHumanities #vedph
TODAY IS THE DAY! My new monograph ‘Il collezionista di meraviglie’ is out today A web of stories of people, ideas and objects between Baroque Rome and Grand-Ducal Florence, based on a corpus of 17th cent. documents never before seen by any scholar www.carocci.it/prodotto/il-...
What a start!🚀 The VeDPH Seminar Series 2025 opened with Luc Steels (Free University of Brussels) and his talk «From the Palazzo Grassi to the Biennale. How AI engages with Art». A full Lab, 30 people online, and an intense discussion on creativity and AI.
For those who want to know more on our MA at Ca' Foscari
VeDPH@vedph.bsky.social · last yr.#StudentVoices Beatrice is a student of the Digital and Public Humanities master’s program at Ca’Foscari, a place where technology meets culture, and tradition meets innovation. Her path shows how tech and humanities can truly connect. 🔗 Read her journey here: www.unive.it/web/it/15165...
Hot off the press: my latest article deals with Medici collecting in late 17th cent.
Yale Classics Library@yaleclassicslib.bsky.social · last yr.New issue of Journal of the History of Collections Vol. 37, No. 1 (2025) academic.oup.com/jhc/issue/37/1 @sdallaglio.bsky.social @suziebirch.bsky.social @tfraser.bsky.social @rxcoulton.bsky.social
Our MA students at Ca' Foscari
VeDPH@vedph.bsky.social · last yr.What if AI asked questions instead of giving answers? Sofia Greggio, MA graduate, developed AQUA: a conversational AI exploring local culture and climate change in the Venice lagoon. Applications are still open for the MA in Digital and Public Humanities at Ca' Foscari: unive.it/pag/39288/
Field trip with my students at M9 Museum
VeDPH@vedph.bsky.social · last yr.Can museums be digital classrooms? Our students explored the M9-Museo del 900, reflecting on how digital tools can bring history closer to the public. Applications are still open for the Master’s Degree in Digital and Public Humanities at Ca' Foscari: www.unive.it/pag/39288/
Tomorrow and on Thursday I'll be at Ca' Foscari University, overlooking the #GrandCanal, for the final event of our MUR-funded project: an international conference on Italian people and books in 16th-cent. France. Only in person, free access www.unive.it/data/agenda/...
Last week, the #Venice Centre for #Digital and Public #Humanities (#VeDPH) hosted a rich afternoon of presentations and discussions. Huge thanks to all the speakers and participants for contributing to such a dynamic exchange of ideas! www.unive.it/data/33113/2...
Our special event next Thursday at Ca' Foscari university. Everybody's welcome!
VeDPH@vedph.bsky.social · last yr.Join our event Unveiling the Renaissance Image. A discussion of Barbara Tramelli’s new book Indexing the Early Modern Printed Image: A Digital Catalogue on the Illustrated Book in Lyon (1480–1600) 📆 29 May, 4 PM CEST 📍 VeDPH Lab, Dorsoduro 3484/D, Venice 🔗 www.unive.it/data/33113/2...
All is ready for the event on #bookhistory and #digitalhumanities that I have organized with Barbara Tramelli at Ca' Foscari in Venice within my PRIN project under the aegis of @vedph.bsky.social. Everybody's welcome!
From this week applications are open for all for the Master’s Degree programme in Digital and Public Humanities at Ca’ Foscari University of Venice. How can digital tools transform the way we study, preserve, and share cultural heritage? Additional information: www.unive.it/pag/39288/
On April Focus Storia we talk (in Italian) about Lorenzino and Alessandro de' Medici. (No April's fool!)
Our new seminar series. In-person at @CaFoscari and online. Starting today! www.unive.it/data/33113/2...
Christmas reading ideas: my latest article focuses on the Medici and the 'impossible eclipse' of 1666. 'A Celestial Prodigy' is now online on Nuncius. #historyofscience #historyofastronomy #historyofflorence brill.com/view/journal...
All is ready for the first conference of our PRIN project, funded by the Ministry of University:'Italian diasporas in sixteenth-century France: people, books, ideas'. Tomorrow and Friday at Sapienza University of Rome italianlily.digilab.uniroma1.it/wp-content/u...
