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Applications are now open for a one-to-three year research assignment on the legal safeguarding of intangible cultural heritage from a comparative perspective. 

The research will support the work of the UNESCO Chair on Intangible Cultural Heritage and Comparative Law at UnitelmaSapienza and will be carried out in Rome (Italy). The working language will be English.

The call is open to holders of a Master’s degree awarded no more than six years ago, with an excellent command of English and a good knowledge of a second language. 

Applications must be sent via certified e-mail (PEC) to unitelmasapienza@pec.it by 18 June (h. 23.59 Paris Time). 

Join the team — don’t miss this opportunity! 

More information can be found in the call for application: 

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On 19 September 2026, as part of the 14th edition of the cultural festival Un Castello all’Orizzonte, Castello di Postignano hosted the public event “Living the Village: Protection, Safeguarding and Enhancement”, organised in collaboration with the UNESCO Chair on Intangible Cultural Heritage and Comparative Law at UnitelmaSapienza.

The event, coordinated by Prof. Pier Luigi Petrillo, Chair Holder of the UNESCO Chair, provided an opportunity to reflect on the role of historic villages as living heritage, focusing on the challenges of their protection and safeguarding and on strategies capable of linking heritage, local communities and sustainable territorial development.

The initiative formed part of Un Castello all’Orizzonte, the annual cultural programme hosted in the village of Postignano, bringing together events dedicated to culture, music, art and public debate.