Metamorphosis and the Digital

Workshop

Public event without registration
Beginn: 14.10.2025 14:45
Ende: 15.10.2025 15:30
Vortragende(r): Workshop
Ort: Villino Stroganoff, Via Gregoriana 22, 00187 Rome and online
Kontakt: katja.hackstein@biblhertz.it

Following the conference Metamorfosi nelle/delle immagini (Rome, September 2024), this second edition, Metamorphosis and the Digital, explores the intersections of iconology, intermediality, and digital humanities at a moment when multimodal AI is reshaping the study of images and texts.

Starting from a reflection on the ICONOS project, the conference asks how art historical traditions of metamorphosis might engage with new digital and AI-driven approaches. Among the questions addressed are how digital catalogues of myth and their reception could be reimagined, how intermediality informs the study of images, and how generative and multimodal AI challenge existing iconological methods. Bringing together an international group of art historians, literary scholars, and computer scientists, the meeting seeks to foster transdisciplinary dialogue on the future of image studies in the digital age.

SPEAKERS
Alessandro Adamou (Bibliotheca Hertziana), Alessandro Augelli (Sapienza Università di Roma), Simone Cama (Sapienza Università di Roma), Francesco Cassini (University College London), Giuditta Cirnigliaro (Università della Svizzera Italiana),Claudia Cieri Via (Sapienza Università di Roma), Michele Cometa (Università di Palermo), Maria Giulia Dondero (F.R.S.-FNRS, Université de Liège), Emmanuel Iduma (University of Cambridge), Leonardo Impett (Bibliotheca Hertziana), Marco Maggi (Università della Svizzera Italiana), Federico Mari (Università degli Studi di Roma Foro Italico), Elena Martini (Sapienza Università di Roma, Gabriele Onorato (Sapienza Università di Roma), Alessia Silvi (Stanford University), Beatrice Tomei (Sapienza Università di Roma), Alessandro Trevisan (University of Cambridge)

Please follow the event also online through our VIMEO CHANNEL:
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15.10.2025 https://vimeo.com/event/5419872

Programme

Tuesday, 14 October 2025

14:45 – 15:00 Welcome and opening remarks

15:00 – 16:00 Keynote Lecture
Michele Cometa (Università di Palermo)

16:00 – 16:20 Coffee break

16:20 – 17:40 Panel 1

● Claudia Cieri Via (Sapienza Università di Roma) — 20m

● Francesco Cassini & Beatrice Tomei (UCL & Sapienza, ICONOS Project) — 20m

● Federico Mari (Università degli Studi di Roma Foro Italico) with Alessandro Augelli, Simone Cama, Elena Martini, Gabriele Onorato (Sapienza University of Rome), & Alessia Silvi (Stanford University) — 20m

● Discussion — 20m

Wednesday, 15 October 2025

10:00 – 10:10 Welcome

10:10 – 11:10 Panel 2

● Marco Maggi (Università della Svizzera Italiana) — 20m

● Giuditta Cirnigliaro (Università della Svizzera Italiana) — 20m

● Discussion — 20m

11:10 – 11:30 Coffee break

11:30 – 12:30 Panel 3

● Alessandro Trevisan (University of Cambridge) — 20m

● Emmanuel Iduma (University of Cambridge, online) — 20m

● Discussion — 20m

12:30 – 13:30 Lunch

13:30 – 14:30 Panel 4

● Maria Giulia Dondero (Université de Liège), Stylistic stereotypes and composition rules in AI-generated Images — 20m

● Leonardo Impett (Bibliotheca Hertziana), Deepfake images, deepfake objects, deepfake worlds — 20m

● Discussion — 20m

14:30 – 15:50 Coffee break

15:50 – 16:30 Round Table: Metamorphosis and the Digital
Open discussion with all participants plus Alessandro Adamou (Bibliotheca Hertziana)

Scientific Organization: Leonardo Impett