On 13-15 November 2024, the director of the Italian-Albanian Archaeological Mission (Sapienza - Albanian Institute of Archaeology) Julian Bogdani will take part in the international conference “Butrinto Cento (1924-2024). Achievements and prospects”, organised at the DISCI Department (Piazza San Giovanni in Monte 2, Bologna) by the University of Bologna and the Albanian Institute of Archaeology, with a paper entitled Research at Çuka e Ajtoit.
Also speaking at the same event for the Mission is Nadia Aleotti (Sapienza University of Rome), with a paper entitled: What about Pre-Hellenistic pottery? Looking for the 5th and 4th cent. BCE material culture in Northern Epirus.
Conference programme
13 November 2024, 15:30
Aula Prodi
Opening of the proceedings
- Roberto Balzani, Director of the Department of History and Cultures, University of Bologna
- Anna Chiara Fariselli, Director of the Department of Cultural Heritage, University of Bologna
Greetings
- Anila Bitri Lani, Albanian Ambassador in Italy
- Fabrizio Bucci, Italian Ambassador in Albania
- Paolo Andrea Bartorelli, Ambassador Advisor Chief UNESCO Office and International Cultural Organizations
- Adem Bunguri, Director of the Archaeological Institute of Tirana
- Carlos Jhon, Jorida Muho, Butrint Management Foundation
16:30-17:30
Current research in Butrint and Chaonia
Chairman: Luigi Maria Caliò, University of Catania
- Enrico Giorgi, Giuseppe Lepore, Stefano Medas, University of Bologna, Belisa Muka, Archaeological Institute of Tirana
New research by the University of Bologna at Butrint and Phoinike - Richard Hodges, Butrint Foundation, Nevila Molla, Institute of Archaeology of Tirana
The Urban Topography of Butrint and its Region in Late Antiquity and the Medieval Periods: A View through the Western Defences - Milena Melfi, Oxford University, Oliver Gilkes, Independent researcher, Belisa Muka, Archaeological Institute of Tirana
Dobra revisited: monuments, memory and connections in Hellenistic Epirus - Julian Bogdani, Sapienza University of Rome, Albana Meta, Institute of Archaeology of Tirana
Research at Çuka e Ajtoit
Discussion
Visit to the exhibition “Butrinto 1924-2024. One hundred years of Italian research at Butrint” (first floor, San Giovanni in Monte, Department of History and Cultures)
14 November 2024, 09:30-18:00
Aula Prodi
09:30-18:30
Current research in ancient Epirus and Illyria
Chairman: Enrico Giorgi, University of Bologna
- Kriledjan Çipa, General Directorate of Cultural Heritage of Vlora
Fortified centres, rural settlements and territorial organisation on the coast of Chaonia between the 4th and 1st centuries BC. The case of Himara and Borsh. - Roberto Perna, University of Macerata, Sabina Veseli, Archaeological Institute of Tirana
Research in the Drino valley. - Francesca Sogliani, University of Basilicata, Dimitris Roubis, CNR, School of Specialisation in Archaeological Heritage SSBA-UNIBAS, Anthi Aggelli, Ephorate of Antiquities of Preveza
Archaeological research at the fortified settlement of Kastrì on the Acheron. - Luigi Maria Caliò, Gian Michele Gerogiannis, University of Catania, Varvara Papadopoulou, Paraskevi Yiouni, Eleni Vasileiou, Ioulia Katsadima, Hara Kappa, Ephorate of Antiquities of Ioannina
Archaeological research in Molossia: the Upper Acheron Valley Project. Preliminary results.
Discussion and break
11:30-13:00
Chairman: Julian Bogdani, Sapienza University of Roma
- Björn Forsén, University of Helsinki, Georgia Pliakou, Ephorate of Antiquities of Thesprotia
Photike: New Light on a Little Known Roman Town of Epirus. - Kassiani Lazari, Ephorate of Antiquities of Thesprotia
Late Classical and Hellenistic houses in Thesprotia. Some examples from the area of Paramythia. - Anthi Aggeli, Ephorate of Antiquities of Preveza
The necropoleis of Ambracia: spatial organization, burial practises, and grave offerings. - Varvara Papadopoulou, V. Giouni, Ch. Kleitsas, Y. Faklari, Ch. Tsiakoumis, M. Naka, Ephorate of Antiquities of Ioannina
The Bouleuterion of Dodona. New data from the recent excavation research project.
Discussion and lunch break
14:30-16:00
Chairman: Giuseppe Lepore, University of Bologna
- Georgia Pliakou, Ephorate of Antiquities of Thesprotia
Molossia and Beyond: House Types and Settlement Patterns in Ancient Epirus. - Adem Bunguri, Archaeological Institute of Tirana
The Aegean double bronze axes in South Albania and Epirus. - Sonia Antonelli, University of Chieti-Pescara, Elvana Metalla, Archaeological Institute of Tirana
Archaeological research in the amphitheatre of Durrës. Recent findings between old and new data. - Luigi Maria Caliò, Giulia Raimondi, University of Catania, Vittorio Mirto, University of Bologna
Research in the Vjosa valley.
Discussion and break
16:15-18:00
Chairwoman: Claudia Antonetti, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice
- Cristina C. Ancona, C. Silvio Fioriello, University of Bari, Taulant Rama, Archaeologist, Eduard Shehi, Archaeological Institute of Tirana
Archaeological research in the Vjosa valley: preliminary data from the Qesarat area. - Saimir Shpuza, Aix-Marseille Université
Urban planning and public architecture at Orikos during the Hellenistic period. - Maria Intrieri, University of Calabria
Corcyra and the Epirote area between the 8th and 4th centuries BC: the contribution of the literary sources. - Manuela Mari, Riccardo Candini, University of Bologna
Kings, koina and symmachia: reflections on the powers and non-civic structures of Epirus between the 4th century and the early Hellenistic period.
Discussion and end of activities for the day
20:30 Dinner at Corte Isolani
15 November 2024, 09:30-12:30
Aula Prodi
Challenges of material culture studies in Epirus and Illyria
Discussants: Anna Gamberini, Vincenzo Baldoni, University of Bologna
- Nadia Aleotti, Sapienza University of Roma
What about Pre-Hellenistic pottery? Looking for the 5th and 4th cent. BCE material culture in Northern Epirus. - Giorgia A. Chatzidakis, University of Bologna
Attic Red-figure vases of the 4th century B.C. on the eastern shore of the Adriatic Sea. Reflections on absence.
Discussion and break
- Carlo de Mitri, University of Molise
Talking Ware: the contribution of ceramic studies to the study of Albania in antiquity. - Tommi Turmo, University of Helsinki
Volcanic Millstones in the Archaeological Context. A Case Study in the Acheron-Kokytos Valleys in Thesprotia. - Enrico Cirelli, Rebecca Pietralunga, University of Bologna, Francesco Pagliani, University of Firenze
Reflections on material culture at Butrint. Late Antique and medieval contexts.
Discussion and break
- Eleni Vasileiou, Ephorate of Antiquities of Ioannina
The handmade pottery in Epirus: a long-lasting tradition. - Ioulia K. Katsadima, Ephorate of the Antiquities of Ioannina
Old findings and new readings: discussing the epigraphic material found by D. Evangelidis in southern Albania in 1913.
Discussion and end of activities for the day