Short courses and lectures taught by guests and visitings from all over the world
The Senior Seminars are the premier archaeology and heritage series in English language at the University of Bologna.
The range of topics is extremely diverse, covering the whole multidisciplinary spectrum of current archaeology and heritage research.
This year, the series will be held in-class at the Piazza San Giovanni in Monte 2, 40124, Bologna.
Academic Coordinator: Prof. Annalisa Marzano
Critical and Engaged Island Archaeology: The “Loss of Innocence”
September 26th, 2024 • 5:00 pm • Room: Aula GAMBI 1st floor and TEAMS
Endangered global island heritage: challenges and prospects
October 10th, 2024 • 5:00 pm • Room : Aula CAPITANI ground floor and TEAMS
Mapping the social history of Rome: the emergence of a Christian cult on the Via Appia and the in-Rome Project
November 27th, 2024 • 5:00 pm - • Room : Aula CAPITANI ground floor
Isotopic approaches to pastoral strategies in complex societies: Methods, opportunities, and challenges
December 4th, 2024 • 11:00 am • Room : Aula GAMBI first floor
Domesticity, Craft production and ritual: Changing patterns of human life in 3rd millennium Aegean
January 14, 2025 • 3:00 pm • Room: Aula CAPITANI ground floor and TEAMS
Multistage Archaeological Research Project and Development: Expanding the Middle Senegal Valley Project data into Usable Past
March, 17, 2025 • 3:00 pm • Room: Aula 5 Piazza San Giovanni in Monte 2, Bologna and TEAMS
Students are either expected to attend eight (8) seminars or six (6) seminars and one (1) short course over the course of two years. Senior Seminar is a pass/no pass class and, in order to get 6 credits (CFU), students are required to deliver a 3000 - words cumulative paper on the seminars attended, starting from the exam session in June.
Students must email their paper to maurizio.cattani@unibo.it or annalisa.marzano2@unibo.it and register on AlmaEsami one week before the exam date. Students do not need to be present at the exam.
