Study Centre EIDOLA

The Study Centre was founded in 2023 on the initiative of some professors of the Department of History and Cultures with the aim of studying and analyzing material data in the magical-religious contexts, understanding objects as discursive representations with an intrinsic agent and performative value.
The Centre organizes and proposes both spaces for reflection and theoretical investigation, and applied anthropology projects in collaboration with institutions, professionals, companies and services on the territory.

EIDOLA's HUB. Autumn Meetings in Bologna

Eidola’s Hub -  Autumn Meetings in Bologna is the Center’s annual study day.
It takes place in the autumn at the Department of History and Cultures of the University of Bologna.
Focused on the encounter with a guest author or centered around a specific theme, the study days provide a space for dialogue and in-depth discussion among scholars, researchers, and students interested in the materiality of religious phenomena, cognitive approaches, and the history of religions.

Eidola’s Hub meetings are also promoted by the Center’s members at their respective institutions.

2026 Edition

October 5-6, Department of History and Cultures - DISCI

Aula Prodi, P.zza San Giovanni in Monte 2, Bologna

‘Magical’ Objects. How to Do Things with Materiality

Keynote Lecturers: Raquel Martín Hernández (Complutense University of Madrid), Sonja Hukantaival (University of Turku), Joseph E. Sanzo (Ca’ Foscari University of Venice), Fabio Dei (University of Pisa)

Discussants: Giuseppina P. Viscardi (University of Bologna), Marinella Ceravolo (La Sapienza University of Rome), Enrico Cirelli (University of Bologna), Emiliano Urciuoli (University of Bologna), Marta Scialdone (University of Pisa)

Online participation planned
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