Gaspare RussoResearch · Perception · Imagination
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Catalogue

Talks and events

Ten talks, in person and online, adaptable in length and audience.

The Celestial Dog

The system of stellar alignments hypothesised in south-eastern Sicily: places, method, results and limits.

AudienceGeneral public, upper secondary schools, universities, museums
Duration60–90 minutes
FormatTalk with projection
LanguagesItalian, English, Spanish
Included materialsPresentation, maps, downloadable summary

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The Threshold Dog: Nemi and Syracuse

Two sanctuaries, one comparative model: dog, water, threshold and return in crossed myths.

AudienceGeneral public, cultural associations, museums
Duration60–90 minutes
FormatTalk with projection
LanguagesItalian, English, Spanish
Included materialsPresentation, bibliography

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The light of the Pillirina

A sea cave, a circular aperture and the ongoing research into the geometry of the light.

AudienceGeneral public, schools, regional bodies
Duration60 minutes
FormatTalk with photographs and models
LanguagesItalian, English, Spanish
Included materialsPresentation, preliminary report

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Antikythera and Archimedes

The mechanism, ancient planetaria and the Syracusan scientific tradition, with a demonstration of the digital application.

AudienceGeneral public, schools, science museums
Duration60–90 minutes
FormatTalk with interactive demonstration
LanguagesItalian, English, Spanish
Included materialsPresentation, demo of the application

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Celestial Syracuse

Sky, water and landscape from prehistory to Archimedes: the research programme as a whole.

AudienceGeneral public, regional bodies, festivals
Duration60–90 minutes
FormatTalk with projection
LanguagesItalian, English, Spanish
Included materialsPresentation, maps

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Archaeoastronomy and scientific method

How an alignment is put to the test: criteria, preregistration, statistics and negative control.

AudienceUpper secondary schools, universities, science festivals
Duration60–120 minutes
FormatTalk or lecture, also as a workshop
LanguagesItalian, English, Spanish
Included materialsPresentation, materials for teachers

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Body, eyes and perception

The anthropological and experiential model on the relationship between gaze, attention and body.

AudienceGeneral public, trainers, practitioners
Duration60–90 minutes
FormatTalk with an experiential section
LanguagesItalian, English, Spanish
Included materialsPresentation, guided exercises

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Ocular Reset

The course on the gaze: origin, structure and practice.

AudienceGeneral public, companies, schools
Duration60–120 minutes
FormatExperiential session
LanguagesItalian, English, Spanish
Included materialsGuided sequences, materials

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Sensory Reprogramming

From work on the eyes to the sensory field as a whole.

AudiencePractitioners, trainers
DurationHalf day or full day
FormatWorkshop
LanguagesItalian, English, Spanish
Included materialsCourse materials

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Cinema, image and transformation

The image as an instrument of exploration: from the work of directing to research.

AudienceFilm schools, festivals, general public
Duration60–90 minutes
FormatTalk with screening of extracts
LanguagesItalian, English, Spanish
Included materialsPresentation, extracts

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Contributions to scientific conferences

Contribution presented at SEAC XXXIII, the thirty-third annual meeting of the European Society for Astronomy in Culture, held in Volos from 4 to 8 September 2026. The conference was organised by the University of Thessaly with the European Society for Astronomy in Culture and the Volos Astronomy and Space Society.

External site

SEAC XXXIII — Volos, 4-8 September 2026

Official conference site, with programme, organisers and materials.

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Gaspare Russo speaking in the lecture room during the SEAC XXXIII conference.
SEAC XXXIII — speaking in the lecture room. Volos, September 2026.Photograph: Gaspare Russo archive
Entrance of the University of Thessaly, the conference venue.
University of Thessaly, Volos: the conference venue.Photograph: Gaspare Russo archive
Group photograph of the participants in the SEAC XXXIII conference.
SEAC XXXIII — group photograph of the participants.Photograph: SEAC XXXIII, seac2026.uth.gr
Gaspare Russo with two conference participants in the hall.
SEAC XXXIII — in the hall with two scholars attending the conference.Photograph: Gaspare Russo archive
Gaspare Russo with a conference participant at the airport.
SEAC XXXIII — travelling back from the conference.Photograph: Gaspare Russo archive

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