Current Position:
- Fixed-term Junior Assistant Professor (RTD-A, Junior) in Byzantine Civilization, Department of Cultural Heritage, University of Bologna.
- National Scientific Qualification (ASN) as Associate Professor – Sector 10/D2 Greek Language and Literature (valid 26/02/2025 – 26/02/2037).
Past Academic Positions:
2014–2020: Postdoctoral Research Fellow (Assegnista di ricerca) in Byzantine Civilization, Department of Cultural Heritage, University of Bologna (Scientific sector L-FIL-LET/07).
Education
- PhD in Byzantium and Eurasia (5th–16th centuries), University of Bologna, 2012.Supervisor: Prof. Emeritus Antonio Rocco Carile.
- MA in Archeology, University of Bologna, 2008. Grade: 110/110 cum laude, with publication recommendation.
- BA in Byzantine Art History, University of Bologna, 2005. Grade: 110/110 cum laude, with publication recommendation.
Awards and Fellowships:
2017: Alma Idea Junior Grant (University of Bologna) — Project Il potere dell’immagine. Il potere della parola. Elementi distintivi dell’aristocrazia femminile tra età tardoantica e bizantina (IV-XV secolo), with B. Girotti (PI) and G. Marsili.
2011: Dumbarton Oaks Fellowship for the Byzantine Numismatics and Sigillography Summer Program (Washington D.C.), directed by C. Morrisson and V. Prigent.
2009–2010: “Marco Polo” Research Fellowship (University of Bologna) for six months at the Warburg Institute, London.
Research Activity:
2023–present: Principal researcher for The Hidden Legacy. Byzantine Seals of the Exarchal Age in Italian Museum Collections, within the national PNRR project CHANGES – Cultural Heritage Active Innovation for a Next-Gen Sustainable Society (Spoke 4: Virtual Technologies for Museums and Art Collections).
2023–present: Collaborator in the international project Digital Byzantine Studies (DiBS), University of Cologne (PI: Prof. Claudia Sode).
2022–present: Lead researcher for the Corpus of Byzantine Lead Seals of the National Museum of Ravenna (University of Bologna – Regional Directorate for Museums of Emilia-Romagna).
2018–2020: Co-investigator in the Alma Idea Junior Grant project Il potere dell’immagine. Il potere della parola. Elementi distintivi dell’aristocrazia femminile tra età tardoantica e bizantina (IV-XV secolo) (with B. Girotti and G. Marsili).
2018–2019: Member of the European project BYZART – Byzantine Art and Archaeology on Europeana (PI: Prof. Isabella Baldini).
2018–present: Member of the Mesē. Laboratorio di Bizantinistica, University of Bologna.
2009–2010: Member of the Italy–Spain Joint Research Project La città in Italia e Spagna tra tarda Antichità e alto Medioevo. Ravenna ostrogota e Toledo visigota: due modelli di “capitali imperiali ” (University of Bologna – MIUR – Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia).
2008-2009: Member of the historical-philological team of the Laboratory of Venetian and Ravennate Chronicles, Department of History and Methods for the Conservation of Cultural Heritage (DISMEC, now Department of Cultural Heritage — DBC), directed by Prof. Antonio Carile.
Conferences and Seminars
Active participant in national and international conferences since 2010. Among the most recent, a paper presented at the 13th International Symposium of Byzantine Sigillography (Cologne, 27–29 March 2025): From Prefect to Exarch of Italy: The Seals of Theodore Calliopa.
Teaching Activity:
2024–present: Lecturer in Language and Culture of the Byzantine World (60 hours), BA in Cultural Heritage, University of Bologna – Ravenna Campus.
2022–2023: Adjunct Professor, Language and Literature of the Byzantine Era (30 hours), University of Bologna – Ravenna Campus.
2017–present: Coordinator of the Byzantine Sigillography Workshop (2 ECTS), MA in Archaeology and Cultural Heritage, University of Bologna.
2015–2018: Guest lecturer in courses on Byzantine and Late Antique History and Culture. Topics included imperial insignia, court ceremonial, and artistic culture in Justinianic times.
2017–2018: Co-supervisor of MA thesis Court Dress in the Palaiologan Era (Cultural Heritage, University of Bologna).
Institutional Roles:
2025–present: Member of the Degree Board, BA in Cultural Heritage, University of Bologna.
2024–present: Member of the Joint Teaching-Student Committee, Department of Cultural Heritage, University of Bologna.
Memberships:
- Member of the Sociedad Española de Bizantinística (SEB).
- Member of the Associazione Italiana di Studi Bizantini (AISB).
- Member of the interdepartmental group Byzantium and the Eastern Mediterranean, University of Bologna.
Public Engagement:
2017–present: Web editor of the group Byzantium and the Eastern Mediterranean (University of Bologna).
https://site.unibo.it/byzantium-eastern-mediterranean/en
2025: Educational outreach activity — laboratory workshop “Archaeologists for a Day” (Imola, IC6 Primary School).
