As part of the PRIN 2022 project “FortNet: Fortification and population network in coastal Chaonia, Northern Epirus (Albania) between Iron Age and the Medieval period”, the international workshop entitled “Far from the city: fortifications and organisational models on the margins of traditional historiography” will be held at the Royal Netherlands Institute in Rome (KNIR).
The workshop is co-organised by the KNIR (Tesse Stek), Sapienza Università di Roma (Julian Bogdani), and the University of Bologna (Enrico Giorgi), and will take place on 20 February 2026 from 10:30 AM to 5:00 PM at the KNIR premises, Via Omero 10-12, Rome.
In brief:
- What: International workshop
- Title: “Far from the city: fortifications and organisational models on the margins of traditional historiography”
- When: 🗓️ Friday 20 February 2026, 🕥 10:30 AM – 🕠 5:30 PM
- Where: 📍 KNIR (Royal Netherlands Institute in Rome), 🗺️ Via Omero 10-12, Rome.
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Event programme
10:30T. Stek (KNIR) J. Bogdani (Sapienza University of Rome)
Opening of the proceedings10:40E. Giorgi (Univ. of Bologna ), J. Bogdani (Sapienza University of Rome)
FortNet: Fortification and population network in coastal Chaonia, Northern Epirus (Albania) between Iron Age and the Medieval period: the case study of Butrint and Çuka e Ajtoit11:10F. Carbotti (Univ. of Bologna), V. Castignani (Univ. of Catania)
The development of fortified landscapes in northern Epirus: territory and networks between the Bronze Age and the Hellenistic period11:30N. Aleotti (Sapienza University of Rome)
Reading the nearly invisible: the contribution of material culture to the study of the fortified landscapes of northern Epirus11:50K. Çipa (Vlorë Regional Directorate of Cultural Heritage), G. Sigismondo (Univ. of Bologna), F. D’Ambola (Sapienza University of Rome), G.A Chatzidakis (Roma Tre University)
New data from the fortified site of Sopoti (Borsh)12:10N. Molla (Albanian Institute of Archaeology)
Urban and rural: defence models in Byzantine Butrint and Çuka e Ajtoit12:30Lunch break14:30T. Stek (KNIR), J. García-Sanchez (AIM, CSIC), J. Waagen (Univ. of Amsterdam)
An uphill battle: surveying hilltop and mountain sites in Molise14:50D. Monti (UCLouvain), E. Scarsella (Barcelona Supercomputing Center - BSC)
Holding the heights, controlling the valleys: Landscape and social organisation in pre Roman central Apennines15:10J. García-Sanchez (AIM, CSIC)
Non-invasive research on hillforts and oppida in Northern Iberia. A comparative approach to methods and debates.15:30A. Pecci (Univ. of Cádiz)
Between the Ionian coast and the Lucanian Apennines: fortifications and defensive systems in light of the most recent research15:50Discussion. Invited discussants:- L.M. Caliò (Univ. of Catania),
- G.M. Gerogiannis (Univ. of Catania),
- A. Vanzetti (Sapienza University of Rome).
16:30Closing remarks: T. Stek e J. Bogdani, E. Giorgi
Information
For more information about the event, you can contact by email: Julian Bogdani.
