The UNESCO Chair will take part in the First Conference of the Global Universities Alliance for Cultural Rights, “Human (in)Security”, hosted by the University of Fortaleza on 2 September 2026. Professor Pier Luigi Petrillo will moderate the panel on constitutional frameworks and cultural pluralism, while Sara Di Luca will participate as Executive Manager of the Alliance.
On 28 July 2026, the UNESCO Chair on Intangible Cultural Heritage and Comparative Law at UnitelmaSapienza University of Rome took part in the celebrations for the tenth anniversary of the establishment of the Pantelleria Island National Park, held in the presence of...
The UNESCO Chair celebrates the International Day of Intangible Cultural Heritage through educational and awareness-raising initiatives dedicated to schools, Italian schools abroad and international youth communities. These activities promote knowledge of the 2003 UNESCO Convention and encourage dialogue on living heritage, cultural transmission and community participation.
A thematic media review collecting selected articles and external resources on the launch of the candidacy process for the Art of Italian Shoemaking as UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage.
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...
Prof. Pier Luigi Petrillo was officially given the task of preparing a nomination to have the ecclesiastical and civil registration archives of the parish of La Pli de Mareo recognised by UNESCO.
During the International Conference “The Role of Parliaments in the Development of Cultural Rights”, organized by Professor Pier Luigi Petrillo of UnitelmaSapienza University of Rome and Professor Francisco Humberto Cunha Filho of the University of Fortaleza, the Global Universities Alliance for Cultural Rights was formally launched.
At the 20th Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage, the UNESCO Chairs on ICH will convene a hybrid annual forum of discussion open to external experts and participants. The event inaugurates a recurring platform for scholarly dialogue, critical reflection, and the development of research partnerships across the network of UNESCO Chairs.
A thematic media review collecting selected articles, interviews and external resources on the UNESCO inscription process of Italian Cooking, between sustainability and biocultural diversity, on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
“La cultura della Dieta Mediterranea. Ieri oggi e domani”, at the Suor Orsola Benincasa University of Naples. Summary conference of the project promoted by the Campania Region «Opera e vite. Salvaguardia e promozioni digitali dell’oralità e delle tradizioni legate al...
