Aims to contribute to a renewal of medieval studies with particular attention to the different conceptual aspects that made up the medieval civilisation, and especially to the study of the Mediterranean area. Aims to promote reflection about the Middle Ages and the ways to approach it the period —1st part: “the past interrogated and unmasked” —; In-depth discussion of leading research themes —2nd part: “the past studied and measured” —; including the analysis of the ways of diffusion and popularising ideas and cultures —3rd part: “the past explained and recreated” —. Is offered annually as a vehicle for exchanges among medievalists all over the world, in the context of a globalised planet, stimulated by intellectual plurality, open to debate on ideas and faithful to scientific rigour.