International Seminar organised by DISUM and DICAR

On January 15, 2026, an International Seminar will be held resulting from the collaboration between the Department of Humanities (DISUM) and the Department of Civil Engineering and Architecture (DICAR). The initiative involves the PhD courses in Sciences for Cultural Heritage and Production and Evaluation and Mitigation of Urban and Territorial Risks. The event will host professors and researchers from Mongolia and Spain.

The seminar will take place at the Aula rettangolare (Coro di notte) within the Department of Humanities (DISUM), located at Piazza Dante n. 32, Catania.

Morning session (11:00 – 13:00): 

Greetings: Maria Rosa De Luca, Full Professor of Musicology and History of Music and Vice-Coordinator of the Doctoral Course in Sciences for Cultural Heritage and Production

Introduction: Cettina Santagati, Associate Professor of Architectural Representation

Speakers:

Zultsetseg Erdenebeleg (Mongolian National University of Arts and Culture, Mongolia), Minimalist techniques in Mongolian music and nationalart ornament

Tsend-Ayush Turmunkh (Mongolian National University of Arts and Culture, Mongolia), Historical Background of Mongolian Theatre Directing Approaches

Afternoon session (14:30 – 17:30): 

Greetings: Antonino Cancelliere, Coordinator of the Doctoral Course in Evaluation and Mitigation of Urban and Territorial Risks

Speaker:

Josè Maldonado Escribano (University of Extremadura, Spain), with two presentations on the topic of: Books, engravings and architectural treatises used to build rural villas and country houses and Rural villas in southern Spain and their relationship with the landscape. An international perspective through comparison

You can follow the conference either in person or remotely via the following link