On Thursday, November 5, and Friday, November 6, 2026, the Doctoral Conference of the Joint PhD Program in Historical, Philosophical, and Socio-Political Studies (offered by the University of Trieste and the University of Udine) will take place at the University of Udine - in the screening room of Palazzo Caiselli, Vicolo Florio 2/b - under the title "The Role of the Imaginary in the Construction of Reality".

Scientific and Organizing Committee: Dr. Matilde Botter, Dr. Valeria Carmen Caputo; Dr. Nicolò Cerantola, Dr. Nicholas Conti, Dr. Sara Cosatti, Dr. Francesco Stefano Cozzolino, Dr. Gabriele De Filippo; Dr. Caterina Lupieri; Dr. Arturo Maria Maiorca; Dr. Alessio Martino, Dr. Sara Nocent; Dr. Manfredi Maria Fausto Pinzauti, Dr. Riccardo Sasso, Dr. Martina Sguazzin; Dr. Sara Rovida; Dr. Maria Serena Russo.

The complete conference program and all relevant information can be found in the attachment below.

The conference is being held in memory of Giacomo Gobbato, the 26-year-old man who was stabbed to death in Mestre on the evening of September 20, 2024.