What does it mean to be human? Technological developments challenge the identity of human beings all the time with this question. In 2024, Megan Fenrich, Valentina Graziuso and Daniele Meregalli, three Italian graduate students from ROMS are organizing the Carolina Conference for Romance Studies, CCRS, where they invite you to share your ideas on being- human in the Romance World under the general theme of Esse Humani: The (Non)Human Question.