Volume Dedicated to Gianni Albertini’s “Logbook” and the Heimen-SUCAI Arctic Expedition Presented in Rome

On Wednesday, 16 September, the Sala Elio Migliorini at the Società Geografica Italiana in Rome hosted a meeting dedicated to the presentation of the research on Gianni Albertini’s “Logbook” and the Heimen-SUCAI Arctic Expedition. The event, introduced by Claudio Cerreti, featured the participation of Roberta Rodelli and Gianluca Casagrande, the…

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The UNGEGN International Symposium on Toponomastics and the Sustainable Development Goals held in Rome

From 3 to 5 June 2026, the Italian Geographical Society hosted, at its headquarters in Villa Celimontana — Palazzetto Mattei, the 5th International Scientific Symposium of the Romano-Hellenic Division of the United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names — UNGEGN — dedicated to the theme “How toponymy can contribute…

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International Conference: Toponyms of Historical Linguistic Minorities in Italy – Trento

From 2 to 4 July 2025, the city of Trento hosted the international conference Toponyms of Historical Linguistic Minorities in Italy, held at the headquarters of the Autonomous Region of Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol. The event was promoted by the Romano-Hellenic Division (RHD) of the United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical…

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Fourth Session of the United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names (UNGEGN 2025)

The Fourth Session of the United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names (UNGEGN 2025) was held at the United Nations Headquarters in New York from April 28 to May 2, 2025, and was structured around nine thematic meetings. The central theme of the session was:“Advancing geographical names standardization through…

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Second International Seminar – Project ProSiMo II

Second Project

On Tuesday, September 24th, the second seminar of the ProSiMo Project will take place. The event can be attended in person at the GREAL laboratory, located on the -1 floor of the European University of Rome, or remotely via a dedicated link. The second seminar of Project ProSiMo II presents the final results of the international collaboration…

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A New Collaboration between GREAL (UER) and LabE2 (University of Jaén)

GREAL took part in a scientific workshop hosted by the University of Jaén, Spain, from May 6 to 9, 2024. The initiative was held within the framework of the collaboration entitled “Tools for researching and documenting historical landscape: historical text mining, remote sensing, HGIS and virtualization”, established between LabE2 at…

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A new collaboration between GREAL (UER) and LabE2 (University of Jaén)

GREAL participated in a scientific workshop from May 6 to 9, 2024, at the University of Jaén, Spain. The event took place within the framework of the collaboration titled “Tools for researching and documenting historical landscapes: historical text mining, remote sensing, HGIS, and virtualization,” established between the LabE2 of the…

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An International Workshop at the University of Jaén

Workshop Internazionale - Locandina

Between November 9th and 11th, an international workshop took place at the Universidad de Jaén (UJA), Spain. The title of the initiative was “ Multidisciplinary Actions to Add Value to the project ‘Archaeological and Environmental Risk Chart and Digital Actions for Smart Tourism of tumbledown Historica-Cultural Heritage in Natural Landscapes of the province of Jaén (DIGITALESCAPE)”.

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“Custodians of the Memory” – First Webinar in “Shadow of Norge” project

The first international Webinar of the “Shadow of Norge” initiative was held on April 8th, opening the commemoration of the 95th anniversary of the Amundsen-Ellsworth-Nobile Transpolar Flight (1926). The event was institutionally hosted by the Museo Umberto Nobile of Lauro, hometown to the Italian explorer and was chaired by the…

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