Projects and Collaborations
The project Parma e l’Altrove. Le Vie Antiche oggi has begun
June 2025 – June 2026 (duration: 12 months)
The project Parma e l’Altrove. Le Vie Antiche oggi officially started on June 16, 2025.
This is an interdisciplinary and intercultural initiative supported by the FAPE Fund of the University of Parma, with the contribution of:
naMec, the Embassy of Mongolia in Italy; ASP Parma – Personal Services Agency of the Parma District; Intercultural Center of Parma and Province APS; Monumental Complex of the Pilotta; Municipality of Parma – Department of Culture and Tourism, Events and Exhibitions Unit; Culture and Art Authority – Implementing Agency of the Government of Mongolia; Albertina San Vitale Institute of Human Sciences; Museum of Natural History and Historiography (MUST) – University Museum System.
The aim of the project is to (re)connect places and people, past and present, memory and contemporary perceptions of living in Parma today, through a specific lens: that of the Ancient Routes, exploring how knowledge, processes, and practices linked to these paths still resonate in Parma and its surroundings.
Download the full project overview here
“Parma e l’Altrove”: Logo Presentation and Lecture by David Bellatalla on September 16
On Tuesday, September 16 at 6:00 PM, the first public event of the project “Parma e l’Altrove. Ancient Routes Today” will take place at Borgo Santa Brigida (Borgo Santa Brigida 5/A – Parma).
On this occasion, the project’s logo will be officially presented. It was designed by Suruti Chinnadurai, a student in Food Safety and Food Risk Management, and winner of the call “Un logo per l’Altrove”.
The evening will feature a lecture-performance by David Bellatalla, Honor Professor at the Mongolian National University of Science and Technology (MUST) and Cultural Ambassador of Mongolia in the World, entitled:
“Mongolia e i Mongoli. Attraverso le parole dei viaggiatori dall’antichità fino agli inizi del ’900.”
The volume presented gathers the testimonies of more than 200 travelers who, from Antiquity to the early 1900s, described the nomadic culture of Mongolia, offering insights marked by wonder, prejudice, fascination, sharing, and contrasts. Proceeds from the book support the humanitarian project Ger for Life, dedicated to homeless families with disabled children living in Ulaanbaatar.
An aperitif with the author will follow.
Free admission.
Click here to download the event flyer
Public Events Calendar February / June 2026 – Parma e l’Altrove
Within the framework of the project Parma e l’Altrove. Le Vie Antiche oggi, we are pleased to present the programme of events open to the public.
This interdisciplinary and intercultural initiative, funded by the FAPE Fund of the University of Parma and launched in June 2025, aims to (re)connect places and people, past and present, memory and contemporary perceptions of living in Parma today. The project explores these dimensions through the specific lens of connections among knowledge, processes, and practices linked to ancient routes.
From 10th of February to 10th of March
Exhibition Decostruire il Colonialismo, Decolonizzare l’Immaginario
Chiostro dei Paolotti, Strada D’Azeglio 85
23rd of February, 8:30 PM
Cinema D’Azeglio
Screening of the film If Only I Could Hibernate, selected at the Cannes Film Festival 2023.
5th of March, 4:30 PM
Room K, Teaching Campus, Via Kennedy
Open meeting within the Lab on the Imaginary and (De)colonisation, curated by Alessandro Arrighetti and Maria Molinari: Imprese “migranti” a Parma e altrove.
10th of March, 9:30 AM
Main Aula Magna, Via Università 12
Public lecture: L’Altrove a casa: Intimità culturale e razzismo mascherato
Delivered by Michael Herzfeld, Ernest E. Monrad Professor of the Social Sciences Emeritus, Department of Anthropology, Harvard University.
The Rector will open the conference. (The lecture will be held in Italian.)
In collaboration with Liceo delle Scienze Umane Albertina Sanvitale.
17th of March, 10:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Aula Ferrari – Plesso D’Azeglio
Seminar by Delfina Stella on her experience as dancer and choreographer with the Guaraní community (Bolivian Chaco).
Discussants: Roberta Gandolfi and Cristina Casero.
25th of March, 5:30 PM
Oratorio Novo, Civic Library
Lecture by Diego Saglia: Parma- le sensazioni del quotidiano. La città nel racconto dei viaggiatori stranieri, soprattutto inglesi, fra Sette e Ottocento, exploring traces of the “ethnographic” gaze — faces, spaces, sounds, and smells of the city, past and present.
Event organised in collaboration with the Municipality of Parma’s Patto per la lettura.
14th of April, 4:30 PM
Migrantour (two groups, maximum 15 participants each).
Specific registration details will be provided.
Final meeting of the Lab on the Imaginary and (De)colonisation.
8th of May, 5 PM
Public performance of the workshop “Stupefacente - Parma e l’Altrove”, led by Delfina Stella with students from the Liceo delle Scienze Umane, young participants from the ASP Parma community, and an adult group in collaboration with Argento Vivo.
21st of May, 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM
Opening of the Installation at the Antica Spezieria, Borgo Pipa 1/A.
A buffet reception will follow.
The Installation will remain on display until 10th of June.
For further information: sabrina.tosicambini@unipr.it
Seminar Calendar – Academic Year 2025/2026
12th of March 2026, 2:30 PM – 5:30 PM
Borgo Carissimi 10, Room B
Michael Herzfeld (Anthropology, Harvard University)
Una riflessività sconcertante: intimità culturale e estraneità nella ricerca etnografica
Moderation and discussants: Sergio Manghi, Martina Giuffrè and Sabrina Tosi Cambini (University of Parma).
(Seminar organised within the FAPE 2025/2026 project “Parma e l’Altrove. Le vie antiche oggi”, P.I. Sabrina Tosi Cambini.)
16th of April 2026, 2:30 PM – 5:30 PM
Borgo Carissimi 10, Room B
Vincenzo Amendolara, Chiara Arnone and Rita Luppi (Linguistics, University of Bologna; PRIN 2022 Minors on the Move)
Appartenenza e alterità linguistica in biografie linguistiche di migranti del Kindertransport in Gran Bretagna (1939)
28th of May 2026, 2:30 PM – 5:30 PM
Borgo Carissimi, Room B
Final course evaluation: seminar for comparison and critical discussion, coordinated by Roberta Gandolfi, Laura Gherardi and Orsola Rignani.
Last update
19.02.2026