Activities
Events
Events organised or co-organised by Polyphonic Philosophy
2026
- March: Caterina Tarlazzi organises the Informal Seminar, with Heine Hansen (see poster below)
- February to June: Pietro Podolak and Caterina Tarlazzi organise a series of seminars of the Sic et Non centre, “Thought and Language in the Latin Middle Ages” (see poster below)
2025
- July: Caterina Tarlazzi contributes to the 2024-2025 series of talks “Philosophy By Hand”, organised by Yoav Meyrav, Hanna Gentili and José Maksimczuk, for the HEPMASITE project, at the University of Hamburg. See the video of the talk
- May: Charles Girard and Caterina Tarlazzi organise the workshop “Current Research on 12th-century Logical Texts” (see poster below) to which team members contribute, as well as Magdalena Bieniak, Clelia Crialesi, Heine Hansen, and Wojciech Wciórka
- April: a workshop concerning protocols of description for complex manuscripts [ITA], co-organised by Sofia Orsino, member of the project, and Irene Ceccherini [ITA] (PI of the PRIN 2022 "Books of Science. Vernacular Mathematics and Medicine Books in Fourteenth-Century Italy") in Florence.
2024
- October: Caterina Tarlazzi and Sofia Orsino organise the workshop “Sameness and difference. Twelfth-century logical commentaries and their manuscripts”, to which team members contribute with Silvia Di Vincenzo and Marco Forlivesi (see poster below)
- June: a workshop concerning the description of complex manuscripts is co-organised by Sofia Orsino, member of the project, and Irene Ceccherini [ITA], PI of the PRIN 2022 “Books of Science. Vernacular Mathematics and Medicine Books in Fourteenth-Century Italy”
2023
- October: a workshop concerning the edition of the C8 complex of commentaries on Aristotle’s Categories is organized at Ca’ Foscari University, with Heine Hansen, Enrico Donato and Boaz Schuman, members of the project “Exploring Twelfth-Century Philosophy: Alberic of Paris and his School”.
- May: informal seminar with Micol Long around research on 12th-century education and learning at Ca’ Foscari University.
- April: Caterina Tarlazzi, Sofia Orsino, Pietro Podolak and Charles Girard contribute to the event “The Renaissance Before the Renaissance”, organised by Irene Binini and Magdalena Bieniak, with the collaboration of Polyphonic Philosophy.
2022
- November: Pietro Podolak and Charles Girard contribute to the Informal seminar of the project with Eileen Sweeney.
- October: Polyphonic Philosophy hosts the international, kick-off conference, “Peter Abelard’s Logic and Its Network”, followed by the Venice Lecture on Medieval Philosophy by Sten Ebbesen.
Events to which team members have contributed
2025
- September: Sofia Orsino contributes to the Apices session of the Twenty-third Colloquium of the Comité International de Paléographie Latine
- July: Sofia Orsino contributes to International Medieval Congress of Leeds, within the panel “Learning The Artes: Manuscript Evidence Of The Study Of The Liberal Arts, 12th-14th Centuries”, with Angela Cossu, Clotilde Lemarié and Laure Miolo
- May: Timothy Tambassi contributes to the conference "Ninth International Conference on Philosophy of Language and Linguistics" [POL] at the University of Lodz
- May: Timothy Tambassi contributes to the seminar "Over-design vs under-design. Le sfide dell’interdisciplinarità applicata nelle civic blockchain" at the Istituto Universitario Salesiano Venezia
- April: Charles Girard contributes to the Journée Incipit, organised by le Centre Pierre Abélard, at Sorbonne Université
- April: Charles Girard contributes to the conference “Aux frontières du réel. Les catégories et leurs limites” [FRA], organised by Kristell Trego at the Université de Fribourg
- April: Pietro Podolak presents “Ugo Eteriano e l’uso della filosofia nelle dispute teologiche del XII secolo” (Università di Padova)
- April: Timothy Tambassi contributes to the conference "Philosophy in Technology. Different Perspectives" at the Wrocław University of Science and Technology
- April: Timothy Tambassi presents a slam presentation entitled “Polyphonic Philosophy Digital Collection” at the Venice Centre for Digital and Public Humanities (VeDPH) at Ca’ Foscari University
2024
- November: Timothy Tambassi contributes to the conference "Engaging the Contemporary 2024: Intersections" at the University of Turin
- October: Timothy Tambassi contributes to the conference "Methodological Trends and Challenges in Contemporary Philosophy" at the University of Ljubljana
- June: Charles Girard contributes to the symposium “Truth, Falsity, and Lying. XXIV Symposium on Medieval Logic and Semantics” [ITA], organised by Fabrizio Amerini and Irene Binini (University of Parma)
- May: Pietro Podolak contributes to the conference "Parole per dire Dio. Il linguaggio teologico nell’antichità cristiana" at the Pontificium Institutum Patristicum Augustinianum in Rome
- May: Sofia Orsino contributes to the conference "Manoscritti, scritture, scriventi. Incontri di studio e ricerche in corso” [ITA] at Università degli Studi di Napoli "Federico II"
- February: Timothy Trambassi presented a paper at the Advanced Research Seminar (University College Cork)
2023
- November: Timothy Tambassi contributes to the conference “Nuovo pensiero italiano: riflessioni sull’etica della tecnologia e dell’informazione [ITA]” at Università degli Studi di Fiume & Consolato Generale di Italia a Fiume
- October: Timothy Tambassi contributes to the conference “La descrizione del patrimonio culturale nel paradigma digitale: strumenti, metodi e sfide [ITA]” at Ca’ Foscari University
- September: Caterina Tarlazzi, Pietro Podolak and Charles Girard contribute to the conference on 12th-century thought [ITA] organised by the Società Italiana per lo studio del pensiero medievale (SISPM) in Rome
- September: Sofia Orsino contributes to the 7th European Congress of Medieval Studies of the Fédération Internationale des Instituts d’Études Médiévales (FIDEM) in Basel
- June: Team members of Polyphonic Philosophy contribute to a conference on Alberic of Paris and his context organised in Copenhagen by Heine Hansen
- May: Sofia Orsino contributes to the III Congresso Internacional De Paleografia E Diplomática [POR] organised by the University of Évora, Centro Interdisciplinar de Hístoria, Cultura e Sociedades
- May: Timothy Tambassi presents a slam presentation entitled “Thinking Polyphonic Philosophy Digitally: Some Preliminary Considerations” at the Venice Centre for Digital and Public Humanities (VeDPH) at Ca’ Foscari University and contribute to the conference “uAnalytiCon-2023: Integration Challenge” at the Ural Federal University of Ekaterinburg.
- May: Sofia Orsino and Caterina Tarlazzi contribute to a seminar on logical manuscripts organised in Hamburg by the ERC-STG project HEPMASITE (PI: Yoav Meyrav).
- April: Timothy Tambassi contributes to the Workshop on Philosophy in Technology “The Philosophical Challenges for Technology from Various Points of View” at the Wrocław University of Science and Technology
2022
- September: Caterina Tarlazzi gives a presentation on “Pure Universals in the 12th century” at the University of Copenhagen.
Timeline of other activities
2025
- October: Caterina Tarlazzi, Charles Girard and Pietro Podolak contribute to the Scuola dottorale on Aristotle’s Categories at Ca’ Foscari
- March-June: Magdalena Bieniak and Wojciech Wciórka are visiting scholars at Ca’ Foscari
- March-May: Sofia Orsino is Visiting Scholar at the École nationale des chartes - PSL (Paris)
2024
- April: Pietro Podolak teaches the course “Textual editing” (30 hours) at the DEEM 2023-2024.
- January - March: Sofia Orsino is Visiting Scholar at Trinity College, Cambridge.
2023
- November - December: Timothy Tambassi is Visiting Scholar at the University of Cork
- April: Timothy Tambassi joins the project as postdoctoral researcher expert in digital humanities and ontologies.
- February: The Data Management Plan has been prepared by Pietro Podolak and Caterina Tarlazzi, in association with the other team members.
- February: This website has been created and launched by Caterina Tarlazzi, Sofia Orsino, and Ca’ Foscari ASIT support.
2022
- December: Launch of a selection process for a Digital Humanities expert to join the project.
- September - December: We have the pleasure of collaborating with Eileen Sweeney (Boston College), visiting professor at Ca’ Foscari for these months.
- September: Start of the project, with Caterina Tarlazzi (PI), Eugenia Delanay (Project Manager), and postdoctoral researchers Sofia Orsino, Pietro Podolak and Charles Girard.
- June - July: Selection for three research positions in the project.
Posters archive
13-14/05/2025 - Current Research on 12th - Century Logical Texts
Malcanton Marcorà, Room Biral, 4th floor
Malcanton Marcorà, Room Biral, 4th floor
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12/05/2025 - Situating Learning: Observations on the Cultural and Social Context of Production and Fruition of 12thcentury Learned Texts
Malcanton Marcorà, Room Mazzariol, 3rd floor
Malcanton Marcorà, Room Mazzariol, 3rd floor
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24-25/03/2026 - Informal Seminar
Ca’ Bernardo, Sala Riunioni
Ca’ Bernardo, Sala Riunioni
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5/03-10/06/2026 - Sic et Non Seminar
Malcanton Marcorà, Room Mazzariol, 3rd floor
Malcanton Marcorà, Room Mazzariol, 3rd floor
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21-22/10/2024 - Sameness and difference
Malcanton Marcorà, Aula Biral, 4th floor
Malcanton Marcorà, Aula Biral, 4th floor
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