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Massimo Sbarbaro, PhD

Massimo Sbarbaro, PhD

Research Associate

Research Interests

  • Medieval history (history of Italian city-states, medieval notarial documents, the Fourth Crusade, history of medicine, history of Venice and the northern Adriatic)
  • Digital humanities (use of new technologies, development of innovative methodologies, artificial intelligence)

Education

Bachelor’s degree in History, University of Trieste (Università degli Studi di Trieste), 1997

PhD in History, University of Trieste (Università degli Studi di Trieste), 2005

PhD in Digital Linguistics, Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana (in progress)

Employment

Self-employed, Sbarbaro Engineering, Gorizia, 1997–2004

Head of ICT, Slovene Regional Institute for Vocational Education (Ad formandum), Trieste, 2003–2014

Researcher (external collaborator, contract), University of Trieste (Università degli Studi di Trieste), 2004–2011

Lecturer in Higher Education (external collaborator, contract), University of Trieste (Università degli Studi di Trieste), 2001–2013

Self-employed, Rubedo, Massimo Sbarbaro, s.p., Ljubljana, Slovenia, 2013–

Research Associate, ZRS Koper, Institute for Historical Studies, 2025–

Positions and Memberships

Vice-President of the CERM Research Centre (Centro Europeo di Ricerche Medievali), Trieste, Italy, 2008–2013

Projects

Interculturalità tra mondo germanico, slavo, italico e mediterraneo in età medievale (Interculturality between the Germanic, Slavic, Italic and Mediterranean Worlds in the Middle Ages), University of Trieste, 2003–2005, Researcher

Circolazione di persone e risorse, evoluzione economica e mutamento, mobilità sociale e istituzioni cittadine nell’Italia nord-orientale e in Istria (People and Resources’ Circulation, Economic Development and Change, Social Mobility and Urban Institutions in North-Eastern Italy and Istria), University of Trieste, 2007–2010, Researcher

Selected Publications

Sbarbaro, M. Il dazio a Gemona. Per la storia delle imposte indirette nel medioevo. Nuove metodologie informatiche di indagine. CERM, Trieste, 2010.

Sbarbaro, M. Il movimento dei cambi e dei prezzi in Italia dalla metà del Duecento al primo Cinquecento. 2012, Reti Medievali 13/2, 81–107.

Sbarbaro, M. Lettere medievali: una metodologia di indagine. 2012, in La corrispondenza epistolare in Italia nei secoli XII-XV (zbornik prispevkov), CERM, Trieste, 155–174.