On Saturday 7 December 2024, from 10 AM to 2 PM, the third meeting “Archaeology, Identity and Conflicts in the Balkans”, dedicated to Albania, will be held at INASA (Istituto Nazionale di Archeologia e Storia dell’Arte, Piazza di San Marco, 49), as part of the series of meetings on Archaeological Missions in the Mediterranean: historical research, identity and conflicts past and present.
The day is curated by L. M. Caliò and F. R. Fiano - Italia Nostra.
Programme
The contribution of Italian archaeology in Albania
Luigi Maria Caliò, University of Catania.
Full Professor of Classical Archaeology, he is the author of the volume “Romanitas. L’antichità romana e il fascismo tra Italia e Albania” and curated the exhibition “La presenza italiana in Albania tra il 1924 e il 1943. La ricerca archeologica, la conservazione, le scelte progettuali”.
Archaeology and Identity in the Balkans
Maja Gori, CNR - Institute of Heritage Science
Senior researcher and member of the Mission archéologique franco-albanaise du bassin de Korçë, she is director of the journal Ex-Novo. Journal of Archaeology, for which she edited “Balkan Archaeology as a Laboratory” and “The Impact of the fall of communism on european heritage”.
Critical Heritage: the heritage of the communist regime
Francesco Iacono, University of Bologna Alma Mater Studiorum
Associate Professor; for the Cultural Heritage of Dictatorship in Albania project, he is the author of “Exploring the Public Perception of Communist Heritage in Post-communist Albania” and “Revolution and counter-revolution; or why it is difficult to have a heritage of communism and what can we do”
Excavating at Çuka e Ajtoit: the project, the institutions and the communities
Julian Bogdani, Sapienza University of Rome
Associate Professor of Archaeological Research Methodology, he has directed Sapienza’s mission at Çuka e Ajtoit since 2021 in collaboration with the Albanian Institute of Archaeology of Tirana; the project involves Italian and Albanian students.
A discussion with the audience will follow.