Team

Personal data
― Born in Bologna (Italy), January 11th 1964
― Phone: +39 051334872 – mobile: +39 338 8992956 - Email: isabella.baldini@unibo.it
― University address: Dipartimento di Storia Culture e Civiltà, Università di Bologna – sede di Bologna, piazza san Giovanni in Monte 2, 40124 Bologna – Italy - Phone: +39 051 2097576
Education
― 1988: Degree (Laurea) in Archaeology magna cum laude, University of Bologna.
― 1989: Diploma in Science of Archives, Diplomatics and Palaeography, Public Record (Archivio di Stato), Bologna.
― 1993: Degree (Specializzazione) in Late Antique and Early Byzantine Archaeology at the Italian Archaeological School at Athens
― 1996: PhD in Archaeology, University of Bologna
University positions
― 1996-1998: post-doctoral researcher, University of Bologna
― 1999-2005: fellow at the University of Bologna, Department of History and Cultures
― 2005-2011: Lecturer in Early Christian and Mediaeval Archaeology, University of Bologna
― 2011-2018: Associate Professor of Early Christian and Mediaeval Archaeology, University of Bologna

—2018  to date: Full Professor of Earthquakes Christian and Medieval Archaeology, University of Bologna

― 2013 to date: Director of the MA in Archaeology and Cultures of the Ancient World at the University of Bologna
― 2016 Director of the CISEM (Centro Interuniversitario di studi sull’Edilizia abitativa nel Mediterraneo).
Field research
Her main field research concerns the Archaeology and architecture of Late Antique and Early Byzantium, with special focus on the Eastern Mediterranean cities. She is interested also in Byzantine Jewellery. She is Director of the archaeological missions in Kos and Mitropolis (Crete), Greece (2011-to date).
Awards
― 2007 Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei for archaeological researches in Crete;
― 2012 Dumbarton Oaks Library and Collection: Project Grant for researches in Kos.
― 2015 Onassis Foundation Foreigners’ Programme.
Publications: https://www.unibo.it/sitoweb/isabella.baldini/publications

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― Born in Borgo Maggiore (San Marino), September 17th 1989

― Mobile: +39 339 4447196 – Email: vero.casali@live.it

― University address: Scuola Superiore di Studi Storici, University of San Marino – 47890 Città di San Marino – San Marino - Phone: +39 0549 885444
Education
― 2008: Diploma in Language High School (San Marino High School)
― 2011: B.A in History (Ancient History) cum laude, University of Bologna.
― 2014: M.A in Archaeology cum laude, University of Bologna
University positions
― 2015-to date: PhD student, Scuola Superiore di Studi Storici, University of San Marino
Field research
Her main field research concerns Early Byzantine archaeology, art and social history, with special focus on female munificence in Eastern Mediterranean. She is also working on late antique window glass and cooking pottery.
Publications
―V. Casali, S. Donadei, Tables and furnishings: a new analysis on late antique triclina between archaeology and iconography (poster), in Living in Late Antique Mediterranean. Proceedings of the 2nd International Congress of the CISEM – Centro Interuniversitario di studi sull’edilizia abitativa tardoantica nel Mediterraneo (Bologna, Mar 2-5, 2016), in press
―I. Baldini, V. Casali, G. Marsili (eds.), Città cristiana, città di pietra: itinerario alle origini della Chiesa di Bologna, Ante Quem, Bologna. 2016.
―Window Glass and Mosaics, in I. Baldini et alii, Preliminary results of investigations in the Basilica of Mitropolis, Gortyn: The finds from Annex II, in Αρχαιολογικό Έργο Κρήτης. Παγκρήτια της 3ης Συνάντησης Αρχαιολογικό Έργο Κρήτης (Ρέθυμνο, 5-8/12/2013), Rethymno 2015, pp. 589-591.

Personal data
― Born in Naples (Italy), October 27th 1958
― Phone: +39 059 8395086 
― University address: Dipartimento di Beni Culturali, Università di Bologna – sede di Ravenna, , via degli Ariani 1, 48121 Ravenna – Italy - 48121 Ravenna – Italy
Phone: +39 0544 936733 Email: salvatore.cosentino@unibo.it
Education
― 1983: Diploma in Science of Archives, Diplomatics and Palaeography, Public Record (Archivio di Stato), Bologna.
― 1984: Degree (Laurea) in History magna cum laude, University of Bologna.
― 1990: PhD in Medieval History, University of Torino
University positions
― 1992-1994: post-doctoral researcher, University of Bologna – Fondazione Flaminia
― 1996-2000: Lecturer in Mediaeval history, University of Cagliari
― 2001-to date: Professor of Byzantine History, University of Bologna.
Field research
His main field research concerns the social and economic history of Late Antiquity and Early Byzantium, with special focus on Italy and the insular Mediterranean societies. He is interested also in Byzantine epigraphy and Byzantine military literature.
Affiliations (not Italian)
―1999, June-August: Summer fellow, ‘Dumbarton Oaks Centre for Byzantine Studies’, Washington DC.
― 2002, May: Visiting Professor, Université de Montpellier “Paul Valéry”.
― 2004, August: Gast at the Max-Planck Institut für Rechtsgeschichte, Frankfurt am Main.
― 2006, March - May: Stanley J. Seeger Visiting researcher in Hellenic Studies, Princeton University.
― 2008, Dicember: Visiting Professor, Université de Montpellier “Paul Valéry”.
― 2011, January - April: visiting researcher at “The Italian Academy for Advanced Studies in America at Columbia University”, New York City.
― 2011, August – to date: Italian member of the Epigraphic Committee of the ‘Association International des Études Byzantines’ (AIEB),
― 2012 (since January): member of the scientific board of “Jahrbuch der österreichischen Byzantinistik” (Wien).
Publications
See https://www.unibo.it/sitoweb/salvatore.cosentino/pubblicazioni

Personal data

-          Born in Grevena, October 16^th 1968 

-          E-mail address:s.didioumi@gmail.com

-          Education:

University of Athens (Greece), Diploma in History, Archaeology and Art History, with specialty in Archaeology

PhD candidate in the Aristotle University, Thessaloniki. Title: Early Byzantine pottery from Cos island,4^th – 8^th c. AD: Amphorae and common pottery

-          Participation as a ceramic expert in projects and excavations:

-          2005-2007: Project EPEAEK Pythagoras ΙΙ: “Maritime amphorae and the commercial routes of the Aegean in the 5^th and the 9^th c. AD”, under the scientific direction of Ν. Poulou (2005-2008, Pythagoras II)

-          2013-2015: European project BSUDRA: Black Sea – Unity and Diversity in the Roman Antiquity, Responsible country Romania. Associate partner Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, prof.  N. Poulou-Papadimitriou. As a participant in the meeting at Sinope (Turkey).

-          2010 -2011: Excavation in Dreros, Crete. Director A.Farnoux (EFA).

-          2011 – 2017:          Excavation of the Castle of Velika at the coast of Kissavos. Study of the pottery (7^th Ephorate of Byzantine Antiquities). Director: Dr Stauvroula Sdrolia, Head of the Ephorate. In collaboration with the University of  Thessaly, prof. Yiannis Varalis.  

-          2013: Participation in the Pottery Workshop “Archaeological and Archaeometric Approaches to the Study of Byzantine Pottery from Crete (end 4^th – 12^th c.)”, Pacheia Ammos (Ierapetra, Crete), 13-14 September 2013.

-          2013: Study of early Byzantine monuments and pottery in East Crete: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, prof. N. Poulou-Papadimitriou

-          2013: Study of the early Byzantine pottery, Cos island. In collaboration with prof. I. Baldini, University of Bologna and G. Marsilli.

-          Field research

-          Her main field research concerns on Late Antique and Byzantine archaeology and pottery, with special focus on amphorae production and trade from the Dodecanese and Central Greece, Thessaly. She is interesting also in Late Antique and Byzantine settlements and material culture.

Publications:

See https://aristoteleio.academia.edu/SophiaDidioumi

Personal data
― Born in Nardò (Italy), June 1st 1989

Email : silviadonadei@hotmail.it

Education
― 2012: B.A. In Classic Letters, University of Bologna.
― 2014: M.A. In Archaeology magna cum laude, University of Bologna.
University positions
― 2014-17: School of Specialization in Archaeology (70/70 cum laude), University of Salento.

_ 2017- to date: PhD Student, University of Bologna
Field research
Her main field research concerns the archaeological studies of Late Antiquity and Early Byzantium, with special focus on Mediterranean societies. She is also interested on architectural studies and pottery of the Christian Period.
Publications
- S. Donadei et al., Preliminary results of investigations in the basilica of Mitropolis, Gortyn: The finds from Annex II in Αρκαιολογικο Εργο Κρητης 3, Πρακτικα της 3ης Συναωτησης, Πετυμνο, 5-8 Δεκεμβρίον 2013, by Π. Καρανασταση, Α. Τζιγκουνακη, Ξ. Τσιγωνακη, Ρεθιμνο 2015, pp. 585-603.
- S. Donadei, F. Boschi, Santa Maria della Croce di Casaranello: Nuovi contributi alla ricerca, in Proceedings of AISCOM 2015 (eds. C. Angelelli- A. Paribeni), Roma, pp. 675-680.
- S. Donadei, La città e le mura in Impressioni Bizantine: Salonicco attraverso le immagini fotografiche e i disegni della British School of Athens (1888 - 1910) - il catalogo della mostra by I. Baldini, C. Barbapiccola, F. Pennuti, Antequem Bologna 2014, pp. 19-22.

Personal data

- Born in Castellana Grotte (BA), Italy, August 18th, 1988

- E-mail address: korisias@libero.it - archlamannacla@archiworldpec.it

Education

- 2007: High School graduation in Math and Science Studies, Conversano BA (92/100).

- 2014: MA degree in Architecture, research field: History and Restoration of Ancient Architecture; title of the dissertation: “Il Ginnasio e la Palestra Occidentali di Kos” (108/110).

- 2016: Advanced professional training in Architectural and Landscape Heritage, Polytechnic of Bari. Title of the dissertation: “Gli edifici per l’amministrazione della giustizia di Gortina di Creta. Analisi e restituzione delle strutture” (68/70).

Public competitions

- 2015: Winner of the “150 Giovani per la Cultura” call, from the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Tourism, for six month contract at the Special Superintendence for the Archaeological Heritage of Pompeii, Herculaneum and Stabia.

- 2017: Winner of the “PIN – Pugliesi Innovativi” call, from the Apulian Region, funding grant for the establishment of an independent publishing house.

Field research

Her main field research concerns History and Restoration of Ancient Architecture, with special focus on Ancient Greek, Roman and Late Antiquity architecture and architectural decoration.

Publications:

View CV https://specializzazionepoliba.academia.edu/ClaudiaLamanna

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- Born in Cesena (FC), Italy, March 28th, 1985
- University address: Piazza S. Giovanni in Monte, 2, 40124, Bologna - Italy
- E-mail address: giulia.marsili2@unibo.it
Education
- 2004: High School graduation in Classical Studies, Rimini (100/100).
- 2007: BA degree in Classics, research field: Late Antique and Byzantine Archaeology; title of the dissertation: “La produzione anforaria cretese di età tardoantica e protobizantina” (110/110 with honours)
- 2010: MA degree in Archaeology, research field: Late Antique and Byzantine Archaeology; title of the dissertation: “Insediamento e trasformazioni urbane a Gortina (Creta) tra VII e IX secolo” (110/110 with honours)
- 2014: PhD in Byzantine History, University of Bologna. Title of the doctoral dissertation: “Per un’archeologia del lavoro in età tardoantica. Committenza e prassi del cantiere edilizio attraverso i marchi dei marmorari”.
University position
- 2014-to date: research fellow at the University of Bologna, Department of History and Cultures.
Field research
Her main field research concerns Late Antique and Byzantine archaeology and architecture, with special focus on marble production, architectural decoration, masons’ marks on marble items, amphoras production and trade.
Affiliations (not Italian)
- 2012: doctoral fellow at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Centre for Byzantine Research of Thessaloniki, doctoral scholarship
- March-June 2013: doctoral fellow at Collège de France, Paris, Centre d'Histoire et Civilisation de Byzance, Paris 1, Panthéon-Sorbonne, doctoral scholarship
- July 2013: doctoral fellow at École Française d’Athènes, doctoral scholarship.
Publications:
See https://www.unibo.it/sitoweb/giulia.marsili2/pubblicazioni

Personal data
― Born in Arzignano (VI, Italy), February 21st 1989
Email: luciamariaorlandi2@studio.unibo.it
― University address: Dipartimento di Beni Culturali, Università di Bologna – sede di Ravenna, via degli Ariani 1, 48121 Ravenna – Italy
Education
― 2011-2013 Collegio Superiore, Institute for Advanced Studies, University of Bologna (admission via competition to the Master’s Degree program): Student Grant
― 2013 M.A., University of Bologna. Research field: Late antique and Byzantine Archaeology and Architecture (grade 110/110 with honours)
― 2011 B.A., University of Milan. Research field: Classical Archaeology (grade 110/110 with honours); Erasmus Program Grant: research and field study for BA dissertation, National Kapodistrian University of Athens (Έθνικο και Καποδιστρίακο Πανεπιστήμιο Αθήνας), Athens, Greece
University positions
― 2014-to date: PhD student, (with a three year-scholarship), University of Bologna, Department of Cultural Heritage Studies, Ravenna (Italy), in joint supervision with Université Paris Sorbonne (France); Supervisors: Prof. Salvatore Cosentino, Prof. Béatrice Caseau.
Field research
Her fields of studies are mainly Early Byzantine archaeology and architecture, especially ecclesiastical buildings and baptisteries in relation to their cultural and religious context. In addition to that, she is currently studying material culture (red-slip painted ware) from the site of Mitropolis, Gortyn, and late antique housing and villas in Central Italy.
Publications
https://www.unibo.it/sitoweb/luciamaria.orlandi3/pubblicazioni