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.
n.b. A standard seminar lasts 2 hours. Two one-hour sessions are required to be counted as one seminar.
All dates are presented in the European format.
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Tuesday 25/11/25 11:00-12:00 am Aula Gambi |
The Anatolian Civilizations Museum in Ankara Mustafa Metin and Yusuf Kiraç The Anatolian Civilizations Museum in Ankara: from its beginnings to the European Best Museum award and to the latest refurbishing’ |
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Tuesday 25/11/25 12:00-1:00 pm Aula Gambi |
The Anatolian Civilizations Museum in Ankara Umut Alagöz Rescue Excavations at the Ancient Cities of Zeugma and Apamea on the Euphrates, 1993-2000 |
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Wednesday 17/12/25 5:00 pm Aula Specola |
Prof. Moustapha Sall (Cheikh Anta Diop University in Dakar) Archaeology of a place of deportation and heritage appropriation by the Mouride brotherhood |
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Tuesday 14/04/26 5:00 - 7:00 pm Aula Gambi (on line) |
Dr Andrea Brock (University of St. Andrews / Centre for Ancient Environmental Studies) 'Reconstructing Early Rome with Geoarchaeological Coring Survey’ Here the link to the Virtual Room The seminar is online but students are warmly invited to follow the seminar with Prof. Marzano from Aula Gambi |
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Monday 27/04/26 10:30 a.m. Aula Seminari 2 San Giovanni in Monte, 2 |
Prof. Ethan Edward Cochrane (University of Auckland) How to Make a Better, Scientifically Robust Archaeology |
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Tuesday 28/04/26 11:00 a.m. Aula Bovini, Via San Vitale 28, Ravenna |
Prof. Ethan Edward Cochrane(University of Auckland) The Ancient Pacific Islands: settlement, chiefdoms, and current questions
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Monday 22/06/26 4-6 p.m. Spazio Cinema - DAMSlab, Piazzetta Pasolini, Bologna |
Antiquity Workshop for the Bologna Film Festival 2026: "Quo Vadis?" (1913) and "Gli ultimi giorni di Pompei" (1926)- The workshops will explore film restoration, historical and archaeological research, visual culture, and archival research, while also presenting the new Museum of Dreamworlds website and research project. Aylin Atacan (University College London) and Valentina Rossetto (Cineteca Nazionale) The Monday workshop will be dedicated to Gli ultimi giorni di Pompei (Carmine Gallone, Amleto Palermi, 1926) and will be entirely in English. It will discuss the architecture and settings featured in the film, as well as the footage shot in Pompeii by cinematographer Alfredo Donelli. Maria Wyke (UCL) will discuss the Museum of Dreamworlds research project which is systematically analysing all the silent films on Greco-Roman Antiquity within the collection of the British Film Institute National Archive- (mainly French and Italian films). |
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Wednesday 24/06/26 4-6 p.m. Spazio Cinema - DAMSlab, Piazzetta Pasolini, Bologna |
Antiquity Workshop for the Bologna Film Festival 2026: "Quo Vadis?" (1913) and "Gli ultimi giorni di Pompei" (1926)- The workshops will explore film restoration, historical and archaeological research, visual culture, and archival research, while also presenting the new Museum of Dreamworlds website and research project. Giovanni Lasi and Maria Assunta Pimpinelli (Cineteca Nazionale) The Wednesday workshop will be dedicated to Quo vadis? (Enrico Guazzoni, 1913) and will be entirely in Italian. Giovanni Lasi will discuss his work on researching the Italian intertitles for Quo vadis?; Maria Assunta Pimpinelli will discuss the 'silentscape' of the film. Ivo Blom (Vrijie Universiteit, Amsterdam) will introduce the Museum of Dreamworlds research project’s new website that contains multiple essays on themes or individual films and a large database which also includes visual resources. |
LAETITIA PHIALON
In May 2026, CESPITA – Interuniversity Center for the Study of Ancient Painting (Scientific Director: Prof. A. Coralini) will promote a short course consisting of three seminars on 'Wall painting in the Aegean, from its rediscovery to the present day', delivered by Prof. A. Coralini and Dr. A. Bosco.
=> LAETITIA PHIALON 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 (All dates are presented in the European format):
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Monday 04/05/26 9:00-11:00 am Aula Gambi |
Here the link to the Virtual Classroom |
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Monday 04/05/26 1:00-5:00 pm Aula Torresani |
Here the link to the virtual Classroom |
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Tuesday 05/05/26 09:00-11:00 am Aula Morandi |
Here the link to the Virtual Classroom |
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Tuesday 05/05/26 11:00 am - 1:00 pm Aula Fumagalli |
AN INTRODUCTION TO SEMITIC PHILOLOGY
In April 2026, a short course consisting of two meetings on "A survey of Ancient and Modern Semitic Languages, their Scripts and Documents" delivered by Prof. E. Cussini.
Below is the schedule of sessions (All dates are presented in the European format):
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Thursday 16/04/26 4:00 - 7:00 pm Aula 1 (via Guerrazzi, 20) |
Semitic languages: definition and early history of the discipline. Epigraphic and modern languages, methodological issues. Acquisitions of documents. Early and later decipherments. Introducing the writing systems: from logo-syllabic to pseudo-hieroglyphic and linear writing, abjad and abugida. |
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Thursday 23/04/26 4:00 - 7:00 pm Aula Gambi (Ist floor, San Giovanni in Monte) |
A survey of different text-types and relevant languages. Introducing elements of phonology and general elements of morphology. Semitic languages and classification theories. Concluding remarks. |
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 (All dates are presented in the European format):
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Monday 09/02/26 4:00-5:00 pm |
Yelena Rakic The Collecting history of the Department of Ancient West Asia and the display in its future galleries |
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Monday 09/02/26 5:00-6:00 pm |
Niv Allon and Anna Serotta About a new acquisition in the Department of Egyptian Art |
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Tuesday 10/02/26 4:00-5:00 pm |
Sean Hemingway Putting on a Show at the Met: Pergamon and the Hellenistic Kingdoms of the Ancient World |
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Wednesday 11/02/26 4:00-5:00 pm |
Sarah Lepinski The Krauss Sarcophagus and its afterlife in New York |
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Wednesday 11/02/26 5:00-6:00 pm |
Maya Muratov History of Collecting Mediterranean Antiquities at the Greek and Roman Department and theProvenance Project |
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Monday 16/02/26 4:00-5:00 pm RE-SCHEDULED |
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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Monday 16/02/26 5:00-6:00 pm |
Sarah Graff The Clay and Creation gallery: Presenting archaeological material in an art museum |
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Tuesday 17/02/26 4:00-5:00 pm |
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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Tuesday 03/03/26 4:00-5:00 pm AULA PRODI |
Delphine Tonglet Across Wine-Dark Seas: Art and Identity Beyond Ancient Greece. The Concept of the Exhibition |
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Tuesday 03/03/26 5:00-6:00 pm AULA PRODI |
Sebastiano Soldi Mediterranean people on the move: East-West interactions through material culture and research experiences |
You can follow the last two re-scheduled seminars in Aula Prodi or online.
