The Sala del Gran Priore in a 1932 photograph. One of the most representative rooms of Palazzo della Carovana, it served the Order of Saint Stephen for centuries and has undergone several transformations over time. Today it hosts institutional meetings of the Scuola Normale Superiore.

MSCA Call Postdoctoral Fellowships 2026: choose the SNS, where researchers can benefit from an interdisciplinary environment, close interaction across different fields, and dedicated support in preparing competitive proposals. For further information: ricercaeuropea@sns.it

Created through this year's Comparative Literature course at the Normale, dedicated to melodramatic aesthetics from Euripides to TV series, this Spotify playlist began with songs chosen by students and keeps growing thanks to the SNS community: open.spotify.com/user/3145oia...

Applications are open for admission to the SNS Faculty of Political and Social Sciences. Study in an international, interdisciplinary environment with parallel courses at Unifi; free board and lodgings, plus an income-based grant. Apply by 30 July. 🔗 www.sns.it/it/concorso-...

The Palazzo dei Dodici, overlooking Piazza dei Cavalieri, was the seat of the Order of Saint Stephen’s governing council for nearly two centuries. Today it houses the Institution of the Knights of Saint Stephen. Discover it through guided tours. Free entry, booking required. Info: shorturl.at/SUUPa

Applications are open for admission to the SNS Faculty of Sciences. Study Chemistry and Geology, Physics, Mathematics and Computer Science and Biological Sciences with parallel courses at Unipi, free board and lodgings, plus an income-based grant. Apply by 30 July. 🔗 www.sns.it/it/concorso-...

Applications are open for admission to the SNS Faculty of Humanities. Study Classical disciplines, Modern Literary studies, History, Art History or Philosophy with parallel courses at the University of Pisa. Apply by 30 July. 🔗 www.sns.it/en/concorso-...

"Flows of Non-smooth Vector Fields and Degenerate Elliptic Equations" by Maria Colombo, SNS alumna, began as a doctoral thesis. It explores vector fields and degenerate elliptic equations, essential tools for modelling complex systems. Published by Edizioni della Normale, 2017.

At the Normale, the canteen is free for undergraduate and PhD students and is open to the whole community. A proximity that goes beyond the classroom, and is part of what makes studying here unique. Applications open until 30 July. Find out about the admission process at the link: shorturl.at/mV5s9

Workshop "Digital Philology: Methods, Tools, and Infrastructures". 45 participants from European institutions, including @eelisa.eu partner universities, explored methods and tools for digital text editing. Five days of lectures, hands-on sessions and a visit to the Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana.

SNS Political and Social Sciences student Chiara Garabello is on an Erasmus placement at Housing Europe in Brussels and she is contributing to research on housing affordability and inclusive housing policies. «Living abroad is enriching both for research and for a first taste of the working world».

La Normale delle Idee brought scholars, writers and artists to the Scuola Normale Superiore to reflect on today’s world through research, culture and public dialogue. We'll be back this autumn with a new season. In the meantime, you can watch all the talks on Alla Enne: shorturl.at/KHxtA

André Brasil, PhD at the University of Salamanca and visiting scholar at the SNS in Florence, researches the gap between gender identity legislation and the actual experience of trans people in European universities, with the aim of producing concrete policy recommendations. #pridemonth #lgbtqia

The SNS mourns the sudden passing of neurobiologist Antonino Cattaneo. An internationally renowned scientist, he led pioneering research on neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer's. SNS PhD student, then Professor and head of the Bio@SNS Laboratory. Read the news: shorturl.at/cwzjW

After Lecce, the residential orientation courses move to San Miniato (PI). Open to fourth-year high school students, they combine lectures, seminars and workshops with dialogue, shared living and the support of Normale student tutors.

For #INWED2026, Laura Borgongino (PhD in Nanosciences at Normale) shares what she'd tell her 15-year-old self. Her story forms part of a shared conviction throughout the EELISA alliance: that the scientific world can make progress only with the contribution of every one of us. @eelisa.eu

«It was truly like having a second family, so many people coming from different places, all with a great enthusiasm for studying. I remember really long conversations ranging from politics to philosophy and literature». – Martina Belmonte, #sempernormalista

We propose once again the meeting with Carlo Ginzburg at the Normale in 2017, dedicated to "I benandanti", the work published fifty years previously. The complete video is available on AllaEnne: allaenne.sns.it/video/i-bena...

SNS alumnus Roberto Di Cosmo is a Professor of Computer Science at Université Paris Cité and founder of Software Heritage, the global archive of publicly available source code developed at Inria with UNESCO. He is also an EELISA Voice for the Scuola Normale Superiore. @eelisa.eu

In Memory of Carlo Ginzburg: the Scuola Normale mourns one of Its most distinguished alumni. Read the full story on Normalenews.https://normalenews.sns.it/addio-a-carlo-ginzburg-la-scuola-normale-piange-uno-dei-suoi-allievi-piu-illustri #carloginzburg

Over four days, 80 high-school students from across Italy experienced university life through lectures, workshops and discussions at the first residential orientation course jointly organised by the SNS and the Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, funded by the MERITA project (PNRR).

250 international scholars gathered in Florence for "Social Movement Studies in Intense Times", a conference marking the retirement of SNS political scientist Donatella Della Porta. Discussions focused on social movements in times of war, climate crisis and democratic backsliding.

Scuola Normale: A new wing of the library has been inaugurated in the Palazzo della Canonica, in Piazza dei Cavalieri in Pisa Read the news: normalenews.sns.it/scuola-norma...

The Summer School “Sistemi museali e beni culturali in Toscana: governance e innovazione” brought together graduates from across Italy for five days of lectures, workshops and field visits exploring museum governance, sustainability and digital innovation. Held in Cortona, funded by MERITA (PNRR).

The SNS welcomes a delegation from PSL, partner university in the @eelisa.eu alliance. The initiative is intended for technical and administrative personnel, an opportunity to discuss about practices, organisational models and aspects of life at ​the academic institutions.

Lucrezia Arianna, an SNS postgraduate student, has discovered, at the Dr. Speck Literaturstiftung in Cologne, the original manuscript of the letter that Giacomo Leopardi wrote to the publisher Stella on 31 May 1826, concerning the Operette morali: normalenews.sns.it/rintracciata...

Towards EELISA 3.0. Strategies and programmes in the governing board meeting of the Alliance. From 18th to 22nd May, the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM) hosted the meeting of the Governing Board of EELISA. Read more: shorturl.at/dxKKi @eelisa.eu

On 2 June 1946, Italian women voted and stood for elections for the first time. The 21 women elected to the Constituent Assembly, despite their different backgrounds and political views, helped shape a Constitution founded on equality, citizenship and women's rights. Happy Republic Day to all!

Black hole mass measured in the Early Universe: The black hole is located in one of the “little red dots” discovered by the James Webb Space Telescope. The study was carried out by an international team including SNS Professor Stefano Carniani and PhD student Eleonora Parlanti. shorturl.at/zMcps

«I was interested in understanding how certain theoretical themes could relate to reality». – Adam Romani, Faculty of Humanities #chifalaNormale