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
The TIMETABLE for short courses and lectures will be published during the First Semester.
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 annalisa.marzano2@unibo.it and register on AlmaEsami one week before the exam date. Students do not need to be present at the exam.
The TIMETABLE for short courses and lectures will be published during the First Semester.
1) Short course MEET the MET
In February 2026, a short course consisting of nine seminars will be held, led by Directors and Curators from the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. The program will address a wide range of museological topics, including the history and management of permanent collections, the biography of individual objects, the organization of temporary exhibitions, illicit trafficking, and forms of restitution.
Below is the schedule of sessions:
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Monday 02/09/26 10:00-11:00 am |
Sarah Graff The Clay and Creation gallery: Presenting archaeological material in an art museum |
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Monday 02/09/26 11:00-12:00 am |
Niv Allon and Anna Serotta About a new acquisition in the Department of Egyptian Art |
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Tuesday 02/10/26 10:00-11:00 am |
Sean Hemingway Putting on a Show at the Met: Pergamon and the Hellenistic Kingdoms of the Ancient World |
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Tuesday 02/10/26 11:00-12:00 am |
Yelena Rakic The Collecting history of the Department of Ancient West Asia and the display in its future galleries |
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Wednesday 02/11/26 10:00-11:00 am |
Sarah Lepinski The Krauss Sarcophagus and its afterlife in New York |
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Monday 02/16/26 10:00-11:00 am |
Carlotta Trevisanello Amber from pre-Roman Italy at The Met: the permanent collection and a major loan from the Republic of Italy |
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Tueasday 02/17/26 10:00-11:00 am |
Delphine Tonglet Graves in the Museum: objects from funerary contexts and the exhibition Across Wine-Dark Seas (December 2026-April 2027) |
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Tueasday 02/17/26 11:00-12:00 am |
Sebastiano Soldi Mediterranean people on the move: East-West interactions through material culture and research experiences |
