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Events

Meeting

22 October 2026

Teaching Italian as a Second Language, Plurilingualism, Interculturality

A conversation with Mari D’Agostino, Peter Auer and Michael Byram

Exhibition
Black-and-white close-up of a girl

22 October 2026

Revoluções. Guinea-Bissau, Angola e Portogallo (1969-1974)

56 photographs by Uliano Lucas chronicle the liberation struggle of Portugal's African colonies and the Carnation Revolution in Lisbon

Conference
Clasped hands

19 – 23 October 2026

Sìcura - Settimana della sicurezza

A series of events dedicated to emergency management, safety, psychosocial risks, and the prevention of discrimination, violence, and harassment

Event Within the Framework of:
Sìcura - Settimana della sicurezza

Conference
Depiction of a battle between Asian warriors

22 – 23 October 2026

War, jang, ḥarb, pόlemos

Military and ideological conflicts in the Iranian world from its origins to the present day

Event Within the Framework of:
War, jang, ḥarb, pόlemos. Military and ideological conflicts in the Iranian world from its origins to the present day

About us

LILEC’s lecturers , professors and researchers foster dialogue and interaction between languages, fields of knowledge and cultural experiences to produce high-quality, cutting-edge research and teaching. The aim is to give practical value to humanistic knowledge, considering it in dialogue with other fields of knowledge, in order to tackle the challenges of an increasingly complex and diverse world through original, inclusive and forward-thinking critical thinking.

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Public engagement initiatives in 2023

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Total competitive research projects in 2022, 2023 and 2024

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Incoming and outgoing international student mobility in 2023/2024

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Linguistic and literary fields

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