Research Fellow, Department of Cultural Heritage
From 1 July 2025. Research project entitled Domestic Architecture in Sicily: Forms, Functions, Furnishings, Cults, and Cultural Derivations from the Archaic Age to the Middle Ages. Supervisor: Prof. Giuseppe Lepore.
PhD Candidate, 37th Cycle, in Cultural and Environmental Heritage
Scientific-disciplinary sectors: ARTE-01/A (formerly L-ART/01), ARCH-01/D (formerly L-ANT/07). Thematically bound scholarship: Cultural and Environmental Heritage – Memory, Protection, Rights. For an understanding of aniconic decoration between Antiquity and the Middle Ages: necessity and meaning.
From 1 November 2021. Research project entitled The Power of Absence: Non-Figurative Decoration and Visual Culture in the Longue Durée of the Ancient Mediterranean (4th c. BC – 6th c. AD). Supervisors: Prof.ssa Maria Cristina Carile and Prof. Giuseppe Lepore.
Subject Expert in Classical Archaeology (ARCH-01/D, formerly L-ANT/07), Department of Cultural Heritage, University of Bologna (April 2021).
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EDUCATION
2024 – Admitted to the Doctoral Training Programme at the Italian Archaeological School at Athens. Awarded for the March–June 2024 term.
2021 – Degree in Archaeological Heritage awarded with distinction (cum laude), with a specialisation thesis in Roman Archaeology (L-ANT/07, now ARCH-01/D) entitled: Simulated Architecture and Visual Culture. House IIIM in Agrigento: A Case of Cultural Syncretism. Supervisor: Prof. Giuseppe Lepore; Co-supervisors: Prof.ssa Maria Cristina Carile (University of Bologna), Prof.ssa Angela Pontrandolfo (Emeritus Professor, University of Salerno). Alma Mater Studiorum – University of Bologna, academic year 2019/2020.
The thesis was published as a monograph by Edizioni Quasar (2023), in the series Studi Agrigentini (vol. 3).
2018 – Master’s Degree awarded with distinction (cum laude) in Archaeological, Artistic and Landscape Heritage: History, Protection and Valorisation (LM-2), with a thesis in Roman City Archaeology (L-ANT/07, now ARCH-01/D) entitled: New Studies and Research on the Walls of Butrint in Albania: Archaeological, Diagnostic and Historical Analysis. Supervisor: Prof. Giuseppe Lepore; Co-supervisors: Prof.ssa Maria Cristina Carile, Prof. Enrico Giorgi (University of Bologna), Prof. Michele Giovanni Silani (University of Campania). Alma Mater Studiorum – University of Bologna, Ravenna Campus, academic year 2016/2017.
The thesis was included in the proceedings of a conference in Cronache di Archeologia.
2015 – Bachelor’s Degree awarded with distinction (cum laude) in Cultural Heritage (L-1), with a thesis in Greek and Roman Archaeology and Art History (L-ANT/07, now ARCH-01/D) entitled: Plaster and Stone Decorative Systems of Theoderic’s Villa in Galeata (FC). Supervisor: Prof. Sandro De Maria; Co-supervisors: Prof.ssa Maria Cristina Carile, Prof. Gian Carlo Grillini (University of Bologna). Alma Mater Studiorum – University of Bologna, Ravenna Campus, academic year 2013/2014.
The thesis was published in the proceedings of the II CISEM Conference in Insulae Diomedeae.
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AWARDS AND COMPETITIVE OPPORTUNITIES
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July 2025 – Rectoral funding for the monographic edition of the doctoral research in Gold Open Access format, through the Bologna University Press Foundation.
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January 2024 – Marco Polo Grant – Single Call 2023, Department of Cultural Heritage, Alma Mater Studiorum – University of Bologna. Internal quarterly funding for international academic training.
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January 2022 – Gregorio di Agrigento Award, 2021 edition. Recognised as the best research on Agrigento; received full funding for the monographic publication of Architettura simulata e cultura visuale. La Casa IIIM di Agrigento come un caso di coesistenza culturale [Simulated Architecture and Visual Culture. House IIIM in Agrigento as a Case of Cultural Co-existence].
ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXCAVATIONS
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(2012–present) Participation in archaeological missions at: Classe (RA) – Monastery of San Severo; Galeata (FC) – Theoderic’s Villa; Phoinike (Albania) – Archaeological Park; Butrint (Albania) – Archaeological Park; Pompeii (NA) – Archaeological Park; Agrigento (AG) – Archaeological and Landscape Park of the Valley of the Temples; Corinaldo (AN) – Tomb of the Picene Prince.
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(2021–present) Field coordinator for the archaeological missions at Agrigento and the Italo-Albanian missions at Phoinike.
EXHIBITIONS AND ACADEMIC EVENTS
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2025 – Co-organiser of the study-day Vivere, produrre, morire. Frammenti di vita quotidiana dal mondo antico, part of the Research Fellows Seminar Series of the Department of Cultural Heritage (AY 2025–2026). Scientific coordinator: Dr. Melania Marano.
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2024 – Curator of the exhibition Segreta Agrigento. Radici d'Antico for the Agrigento Italian Capital of Culture 2025 programme. Partners: Archaeological and Landscape Park of the Valley of the Temples, Department of Cultural Heritage (University of Bologna), State Police – Agrigento Headquarters, Sicilian Regional State Property Agency, Superintendency of Cultural and Environmental Heritage of Agrigento, Regional Archaeological Museum Pietro Griffo.
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2023 – Organiser and editor of the study days and related volume Con lo stucco e col colore. Atti dell'incontro di studio sulla costruzione dello spazio come strumento percettivo, in partnership with the National Museum of Ravenna.
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2022 – Curator of the exhibition Flussi. Brevi storie di cabotaggio (catalogue in press) for the School of Advanced Studies on the City and Territory, Alma Mater Studiorum – University of Bologna, part of the European Tempus-IN-TERREG Project (Italy-Croatia).
RESEARCH GROUPS
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2025–present – Member of the departmental research group Le opere e lo sguardo. Scientific coordinator: Prof.ssa Barbara Ghelfi.
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2025–present – Member of the departmental laboratory PAST – Public Archaeology and Social Transmission. Scientific coordinator: Prof.ssa Anna Chiara Fariselli.
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2019–present – Member of the inter-university research project Pinxerunt. L apittura parietale della Sicilia antica. Scientific coordinators: Prof. Giuseppe Lepore, Dr Valentina Caminneci.
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2018–present – Member of the international project Archeologia della morte in Illiria ed Epiro. Pratiche funerarie e immaginari dell'Aldilà. Scientific coordinators: Prof. Giuseppe Lepore, Prof.ssa Belisa Muka.
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2018–present – Member of the national archaeological research group Corinaldo (AN) – ArcheoNevola. Director: Prof.ssa Federica Boschi.
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2017–present – Member of the international archaeological research group Butrint Project (Albania). Directors: Prof. Enrico Giorgi, Prof.ssa Belisa Muka.
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2017–present – Member of the national archaeological research group Agrigento Mission: Hellenistic-Roman Quarter, Insulae III and IV. Directors: Prof. Giuseppe Lepore, Dr Maria Serena Rizzo, Dr Maria Concetta Parello.
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2016–present – Member of the Italo-Albanian archaeological mission at Phoinike (Chaonia, Albania). Directors: Prof. Giuseppe Lepore, Prof.ssa Belisa Muka.
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2020–2023 – Member of the European research group TEMPUS-Interreg Italy-Croatia (ERC sectors SH3, SH6).
EDITORIAL COMMITTEES
2023–present – Editorial role in the series Studi Fenichioti, Rome: Edizioni Quasar.
2023–present – Editorial role in the series Studi Agrigentini, Rome: Edizioni Quasar.
FURTHER SCIENTIFIC AND ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES
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October 2024 – Author of Braille panel texts for the Archaeological and Landscape Park of the Valley of the Temples, Agrigento.
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Jan 2018–Oct 2022 – Teaching and assembly coordinator for the Centre for Adriatic Archaeology Studies (Arcadria).
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Nov 2020–Oct 2021 – Academic tutor, Bachelor's Degree in Cultural Heritage, University of Bologna, Ravenna Campus.
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Jan 2019–Dec 2021 – School tutor, I.C. Darsena (three-year position).
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Oct 2019–Sep 2020 – Academic tutor, Bachelor's Degree in Cultural Heritage, University of Bologna, Ravenna Campus.
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Jul–Aug 2020 – Mapping of sites with high historical/archaeological/artistic potential for the creation of a Community of Good Practice – TEMPUS Project (Interreg Italy-Croatia).
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Oct 2017–Sep 2019 – Academic tutor, Bachelor's Degree in Cultural Heritage, University of Bologna, Ravenna Campus.
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Sep 2018 – Management and processing of topographic data in the Hellenistic-Roman Quarter for the Archaeological and Landscape Park of the Valley of the Temples, Agrigento.
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Jun 2018 – Archaeological monitoring at the Palazzo Mauro De André, Ravenna.
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Jan–Aug 2017 – Academic tutor, Integrated Master's Degree in Conservation and Restoration, University of Bologna, Ravenna Campus.
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Apr–May 2016 – Map editing for The Invention of Byzantine Iconoclasm (Viella 2016).
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Jul 2015–Jun 2016 – National Civil Service volunteer, project The University for the City, Archaeology Library, University of Bologna, Ravenna Campus.
TEACHING AND ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES
Apr 2021–present – Member of the examination board and thesis co-supervisor in Classical Archaeology. Referent: Prof. Giuseppe Lepore.
4–9 Apr 2025 – Organiser of the study tour in Greece: Demes of Attica and Euboea.
29 Apr 2024 – Seminar lecture: Apulian Painting of the Hellenistic Age. An Introduction to Greek Colonisation in the West and Local Cultural Developments, for the course Archaeology of the Cities of Magna Graecia (Prof. Giuseppe Lepore).
23 Oct 2024 – Seminar lecture: The Greek House. Domestic Architecture in Athens and Magna Graecia from Origins to the Hellenistic Age, for the course Greek Archaeology and Art History (Prof. Giuseppe Lepore).
Jun–Jul 2024 – Tutor for the Field School, Hellenistic-Roman Quarter, Agrigento, in partnership with the Department of Cultural Heritage, University of Bologna.
8–12 Apr 2024 – Organiser of the study tour in Greece (2nd edition): Athens and Delphi.
4 Oct 2023 – Seminar lecture: Exekias and Group E. An Introduction to Attic Pottery in the Hellenistic Period, for the course Greek Archaeology and Art History (Prof. Giuseppe Lepore).
2–7 May 2022 – Organiser of the study tour in Greece (1st edition): Thessaloniki, Macedonia and Macedonian tombs.
Sep–Oct 2019 – Tutor for the Field School Forms of Living in the Mediterranean: The Case of Agrigento, within the Pinxerunt project.
Jun–Sept 2019 – Coordinator of the conservation and educational restoration intervention at the House of the Gazelle (I E/F) in the Hellenistic-Roman Quarter, on behalf of the Archaeological and Landscape Park of the Valley of the Temples, Agrigento.
Oct 2018 – Tutor for the Field School Hellenistic Painting from Macedonia to Sicily: The Example of Agrigento, organised by the Archaeological and Landscape Park of the Valley of the Temples, Agrigento, in collaboration with the University of Bologna.
INSTITUTIONAL ROLES
October 2024 – present – Member of the Ravenna Campus Council, Alma Mater Studiorum – University of Bologna.
January 2022 – July 2025 – Member of the Department Council and of the Department Board of the Department of Cultural Heritage; representative of doctoral candidates on the Board of the PhD programme in Cultural and Environmental Heritage.
October 2024 – July 2025 – Member of the Quality Assurance Committee (AQ) of the Department of Cultural Heritage.
