ACRA - Senior seminars in Archaeological Practice

The Senior Seminars in Archaeological Practice 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.

Short courses and lectures are taught by guests and visitings from all over the world.

The a.a. 2025/2026 series is held in-class at the Piazza San Giovanni in Monte 2, 40124, Bologna.

Academic Coordinator: Prof. Annalisa Marzano

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. 

Senior Seminar schedule for the a.y. 2025–2026

SEMINARS

SHORT COURSES

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.

=> MEET the MET short-course sessions may also be counted as individual seminars and combined with other seminars or short courses to reach the required total of 16 hours.

Below is the schedule of sessions: