Luca Ciancabilla

Tenure-Track Researcher (RTT), DBC, Department of Cultural Heritage, University of Bologna, Campus of Ravenna

Distinguished art historian and curator specializing in the history and theory of restoration, museology, and art techniques. Extensive experience in academic leadership, museum board governance, and the curation of high-profile international exhibitions. Currently serving as the Director of the Single Cycle Degree in Conservation and Restoration at the University of Bologna.

University of Bologna (Campus of Ravenna)

• Director | Single Cycle Degree in Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Heritage (Nov 2025 – Present)

• Tenure-Track Researcher (RTT) | L-ART/04 Museology & Restoration (June 2024 – Present)

• Delegate for Third Mission and Public Engagement (May 2024 – Present)

  • Leading departmental initiatives to bridge academic research with public outreach and civic growth.

• Curator | University Museums and Collections (SMA) (Dec 2021 – Present)

MAR (Museum of the City of Ravenna)

• Member of the Board of Directors (July 2024 – Present)

• Co-Curator | Dall'Origine al destino, Fondazione Golinelli, Bologna (Feb – June 2025)

• Co-Curator | Oltre lo spazio, oltre il tempo. Il sogno di Ulisse Aldrovandi, Fondazione Golinelli (Feb – June 2023)

• Co-Curator | Street Art: Banksy & Co. L’arte allo stato urbano, Genus Bononiae, Bologna (March – June 2016)

• Co-Curator | L'incanto dell'affresco. Capolavori strappati da Pompei a Giotto, MAR, Ravenna (Feb – June 2014)

University of Bologna

• Junior Assistant Professor (RTDa) | Dept. of Cultural Heritage (Nov 2020 – June 2024)

• Adjunct Professor (2004 – 2011; 2015 – 2020)

  • Courses: History and Theory of Restoration, History of Art Techniques, Museology, and History of Collecting.

Other Institutional Teaching

• Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan | Adjunct Professor (2015 – 2020)

• University of Florence | Adjunct Professor (2012 – 2019)

• National Scientific Qualification (ASN): Qualified as Associate Professor in History of Art (10/B1). First obtained in 2013, renewed in 2018 (valid through 2029).

• Ph.D. in History, Conservation, and Management of Cultural Heritage | University of Siena (2011)

  • Dissertation: The 18th-century Middle Ages in the Bologna of Academies (La fortuna dei primitivi).

• Visiting Scholar | Warburg Institute, London (2010 – 2011)

• Research Fellowship | Fondazione Roberto Longhi, Florence (2003)

• Degree in History of Conservation of Cultural Heritage | University of Bologna (1999)

• Research Fellow (Assegnista di Ricerca) | University of Bologna (2007 – 2014)

  • Focus: 18th-century restoration theory and the history of wall painting detachment (estrattisti).

• Staff Director | Interreg IIIA European Project (S.U.A.) (2005 – 2007)

  • International Centre for Documentation of Mosaics (CIDM), Ravenna.

• Staff Member | MIDA Database | IBACN Emilia-Romagna (2001 – 2005)