SSH/FIAL Faculté de philosophie, arts et lettres (FIAL)
SSH/FIAL/EHAC Ecole d'histoire, arts et cultures (EHAC)
SSH/INCA Institut des civilisations, arts et lettres (INCAL)
SSH/RSCS Institut de recherche Religions, spiritualités, cultures, sociétés (RSCS)
Réseaux sociaux
Humaniste, archéologue et historien de l'art classique (Grèce, Étrurie et Rome), Marco Cavalieri s'est formé à l'Université de Parme, où il a obtenu son diplôme de licence en 1996. Après une thèse doctorale (3e cycle) à l’Université de Florence (1999) et une dissertation postdoctorale à l’Université de Pérouse (2003), et à la suite d’un séjour à Paris (bourse de recherche à l’Université de Paris I - Sorbonne et à l’EPHE), il a été engagé à l’UCLouvain en septembre 2003. Il est président honoraire de l'Institut des civilisations, arts et lettres (INCAL).
Il est spécialiste de l’urbanisme, de l’architecture et de la sculpture de l’Italie et des provinces romaines de l’Occident ; il a dirigé et participé à de nombreuses fouilles archéologiques dans le Frioul Vénétie-Julienne, en Émilie Romagne, en Toscane, dans le Latium, en Sicile, en Sardaigne en Albanie et Belgique. Au nom de l’UCLouvain, il est responsable scientifique de la fouille archéologique à la villa romaine d’Aiano (Commune de San Gimignano, Sienne) de la mission archéologique à Cures Sabini (province de Rieti), capitale du peuple sabin, ainsi que du projet ARC de recherche archéologique en collaboration avec l'UNamur, à Ostie, port de Rome.
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Family name, First name: Cavalieri Marco, Pier Francesco, Umberto
ORCID: orcid.org/0000-0002-9825-1910
Date of birth: January 28th, 1972 Parma; married, 2 children
Nationality: Italian and Belgian
Professional address: Square Blaise Pascal, 1
Collège Érasme, mail box L3.03.13
B-1348 Louvain-la-Neuve (BELGIUM)
University of Louvain (UCLouvain)
E-mail: marco.cavalieri@uclouvain.be
URL for web sites:
https://uclouvain.academia.edu/Cavalieri
https://uclouvain.be/fr/repertoires/marco.cavalieri
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=asPJMsIAAAAJ&hl=en
EDUCATION
2003: PhD in Greek and Roman Art & Archaeology, Faculty of Letters, University of Perugia, Italy.
1999: Specialization degree in Archaeology (Scuola di specializzazione in archeologia – Postgraduate studies), Faculty of Letters, University of Florence, Italy.
1996: Master in Ancient Art and Classical Archaeology, Faculty of Letters, University of Parma, Italy.
CURRENT POSITIONS
2019 - : Full Professor in Classic Archaeology, Faculty of Philosophy, Arts and Letters, Department of Archaeology, Art History and Musicology, UCLouvain, Belgium.
2018 - 2022: Head of the Institute for the Study of Civilisations, Arts and Letters (INCAL), UCLouvain, Belgium.
2012 - : Director of the collection FERVET OPVS, with the University press of Louvain (PUL), https://pul.uclouvain.be/collections/fervetopus/
2011 - : Scientific coordinator of GEEI (Etruscan and Italic study group) and GARP (Roman archaeology group: Rome and its provinces) within the Study Centre of Antique Worlds (CEMA).
PREVIOUS POSITIONS
2014 : Title of Full Professor and Associate Professor granted, awaiting assignment in Italy.
2012: Title of Associate Professor granted, awaiting assignment at Sapienza - Università di Roma.
2011 - 2017: Chairman of the Study centre of antique worlds (CEMA), UCLouvain.
2003 - 2019: Associate Professor in Roman Archaeology and Italic Antiquities, Faculty of Philosophy, Arts and Letters, Department of Archaeology and Art History, UCLouvain, Belgium.
LANGUAGES
Italian: native speaker
French: fluent
English: C2
FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS
- 2021: ‘Prix Clio pour la recherche archéologique’ 2021 https://www.clio.fr/prixclio/
- 2017: Regione Toscana Award. The Government of the Tuscany Region awarded me a prize of €30,000 for the way in which he communicated the scientific results of the research to the Roman villa of Aiano; this money was committed to further mediating the "popularisation of science" of the site. Framework of the "In Etruria" excellence award, in relation to the “Archeologicamente antichi” project. Prot. 13444 of 29.08.2017.
- 2000: Scholarship for the XL Convegno di Studi sulla Magna Grecia; title: ‘Problemi della chora coloniale dall'Occidente al Mar Nero’, Taranto.
- 1999: Doctoral scholarship at the University of Paris I, the Sorbonne; stay at the École Pratique des Hautes Études, Sciences Historiques et Philologiques (Prof. Henri Lavagne) and at the École Normale Supérieure de Paris (Prof. Raymond Chevallier).
- 1999: Qualification to the C.N.R. - C.N.R.S. - N.A.T.O. scholarship on the valorisation of Cultural Heritage in Europe.
TEACHING ACTIVITIES
2003 – 2025: Professor of Roman Archaeology and Italic Antiquities at the Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium. Just current Courses: Bachelor: Iconographie et iconologie (LARKE1120); Archéologie: méthodes scientifiques et travaux II (LARKE1220); Archéologie: séminaire sur site (LARKE1320); Arts et civilisations: antiquité gréco-romaine (LARKE1552); Séminaire interdisciplinaire en biologie, anthropologie et archéologie (LBIO1301). Master: Questions spéciales des civilisations étrusque et préromaines de l'Italie (LARKO2360); Stage et pratique disciplinaire (LARKE2710, directeur de stage); Stages et pratiques disciplinaires (LARKE2720, directeur de mémoire); Séminaire d'épigraphie latine (LFIAL2181); Histoires et théories de l'archéologie (LARKO2231); Archéologie et histoire de l'art de Rome et des provinces romaines (LARKO2372); Séminaire d'archéologie du monde romain (LARKO2680).
2004 - 2024: TS Mobility teacher and Prof. Coordinator for TS Mobility teacher in the framework of the Erasmus exchanges & Erasmus + exchanges with the following Universities: Parma, Florence, Catania, Messina, Padua, Naples (Federico II), Università per Stranieri of Siena (no longer active), Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore of Milan, Université Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne, Université de Bordeaux (no longer active).
2025: Member of BIP (Blended Intensive Programme) DIGITARCH - Digital Collection Curator for Archaeology (I BOLOGNA01, F PERPIGN01 & B LOUVAIN01). Period: in virtual 15/03/2025, 22/03/2025, 29/03/2025, 5/04/2025. In presence, from 12/05/2025 to 16/05/2025
2024: Invited short-term lecturer at the Università degli Studi di Catania (Italy) / Department of Humanistic Sciences.
2024: Staff Mobility for training at the Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna (Italy) / Department of history, cultures and civilizations.
2024: Invited short-term lecturer at the Università degli Studi di Catania (Italy) / Department of humanistic sciences.
2018: Invited short-term lecturer at the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in Milan (Italy) / Department of history, archaeology and art history.
2017, 2019: Invited short-term lecturer at the Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna (Italy) / Department of history, cultures and civilizations.
2011 - 2012: Visiting Professor at the University of Parma (Italy) / Department of Ancient History.
2006, 2008, 2013: Invited short-term lecturer at the University of Naples Federico II (Italy) / Department of Historical Disciplines.
2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014: Visiting Professor at the University of Florence (Italy).
2004, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2019, 2022: Invited short-term lecturer at the University of Parma (Italy) / Departments of History and Cultural Heritage.
2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2020: Invited short-term lecturer at the University of Florence (Italy) / Doctoral School of Archaeology.
2003: invited Professor at the Corso per operatori museali e del patrimonio culturale; International cooperation between Italy and Albany for the cultural development of Albania, in the framework of project activities UNOPS-ONU, Durrës/Vlorë.
2000 - 2003: Scientific and didactic assistant of Prof. S. Santoro at the University of Parma (Italy).
SUPERVISION OF GRADUATE STUDENTS AND POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWS
2003 – 2024:
Running Postdocs: Martina Marano (CR at F.R.S.-FNRS / ARC OsTIUM); Paolo Tomassini (FSR – UCLouvain / École française de Rome / ARC OsTIUM); Federica Maria Riso (CR at F.R.S.-FNRS); Valentina Limina (CR at F.R.S.-FNRS); Loredana Lancini (FSR – UCLouvain).
Thesis Supervisor for specialization degree in Classical Archaeology (Scuola di Specializzazione in Beni Archeologici; third cycle – Postgraduate studies): Antonia Fumo, Chiara Nembi, Gloriana Pace, Marco D’Onofrio, Paola De Idonè, Giacomo Baldini, Beatrice Magni, Roberto Latterini, Tamara Lucchetti, Alessio Renzetti, Charles Bossu, Alessandro Neri (all at the University of Florence).
Thesis co-tutor for specialization degree in classical archaeology (Scuola di Specializzazione in Beni Archeologici; third cycle – Postgraduate studies): Maria Giuseppina Pili (University of Florence).
PhD tutor: Sylvia Piermarini, Laure Meulemans, Nicolas Amoroso (all at the UCLouvain), Paolo Tomassini, Hélène Glogowski (F.R.S.-FNRS) & Dario Monti (FSR - UCLouvain).
PhD’s running: Anthony Peeters (Ph.D.- didactic assistant) Anne Boonen, Giulia Martinengo, Gessica Bonini, (all at the UCLouvain), Sarah Vyverman (F.R.S.-FNRS).
Member of PhD Committee: Antonio Dell’Acqua (Università cattolica del Sacro Cuore in Milan and University of Tübingen), Julien Adam (Université de Namur), Monica Montoro Castillo (Universidad autónoma de Madrid), Irene Loschi (Alma Mater Studiorum – Università di Bologna and Universidad de Sevilla), Catherine Coquelet, Quentin Letesson, Maria Lakakis-Marchetti, Anick Lepot, Nicolas Gauthier, Erika Weinkauf, Louise Willocx, Lysiane Delanaye, Emmanuel Beaujard (all at the UCLouvain).
Member of PhD Evaluation Committee: Maria Stella Graziano (Sapienza University of Rome), Lucia Maria Orlandi (Université Paris-Sorbonne and Alma Mater University of Bologna), Martina Marano (University of Rome Tor Vergata).
Master Students (all at the UCLouvain, unless otherwise indicated): Sabine Haegens, Catherine Hennaux, Virginie Geens, Sylvia Piermarini, Joëlle Dosimont, Marie Woronoff, Claire Richard, Laura Sanglier, Thomas Plumet, Sylvia Piermarini (DEA), Karima Kassa, Sophie Favyts, Elisa Di Paolo, Amandine Coyette, Lyse Unger, Carine Mahy, Deltenre François-Dominique, Charles Bossu (master complémentaire en archéométrie, ULg), Massimo Pianigiani (LM, University of Siena), Geoffrey Daulie, Hélène Clérin, Claire Barbier, Anne-Lise Janssens, Pauline Loumaye, Jean-Christophe Caestecker, Julian Hamacher, Jessica Wanufel, Chloé Warmont, Amandine Stroili, Pierre-Henri Menier, Sophie Dellisse, Claire Barbier (master complémentaire en Conservation et restauration du Patrimoine culturel immobilier, UCL-ULB, ULg), Nathalie Dupont (ULB), Lindsay Van Wijmeersch, Nicolas Amoroso, Sarah De Smet, Nicoletta Venturelli (VO, University of Parma), Federica Salvucci (LM, University of Florence), Giacomo Cacciatore (LT, University of Parma), Camille Brunin, Julien Adam, Andrea Luczfalvy Jancsó, Marie Frédérick, Gaëlle De Cupere, Anne-Sophie Hoornaert, Maurane Genard, Antoine Attout, Salomé Vanhelsuwé, Julien Bolognese, Sara Mangani (LM, University of Florence), Hélène Jacquemin, Charlotte Corbisier, Thomas Souris, Natacha Savvides, Marine Verschueren, Clément Vandenberghe, Olivier Mortier, Anthony Peeters, Dalénia Lenaers, Thomas Daniaux, Rémi Wandels, Jérôme Denet, Sarah Vyverman, Fanny Thirion, Sean Van Hauwaert, Sofia Deshays, Margot Samson, Sylvain Rosseel, Chloé Quertain, Benoît Evrard, Robin Grosse, Léa Dutrieux, Séverine Collard, Matthieu Delmeulle, Laurentine Leroy, Benjamin Tresca (running), Aymeric Piteüs-New (running), Tiphaine Kins, Isabeau Fromont, Pauline Talmat, Diego Caballero-Montes, Emmanuelle Brion, Alexandre Claeys, Pauline Mauriello, Océane Watelet, Ethan Dewulf (running), Aurore Bosman (running), Aleksandra Bouha (running).
External Referee: Giulia Ricciardi, Gabriele Mainardi Valcarenghi, Alessandro Novellini (2nd level master degree at the Centro di GeoTecnologie of the University of Siena).
MAIN RESEARCH FIELDS
Roman Urbanism, Architecture and Topography; Iconography and iconology; Roman material culture, artisanal and artistic production (in particular sculptures, statues and portraits); Etruscology; Greek and Roman cultures and civilizations; Informatics and new technology applied to archaeology; Landscape archaeology; Ancient Art History; Collections and Antiquarianism: the reception of Antiquity during the Renaissance and Enlightenment.
ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXCAVATIONS (scientific and management director)
2023-2024 : Scientific director of survey campaigns in Tuscany (municipalities of Capannoli, Pontedera, Ponsacco, Peccioli, Castelnuovo Val di Cecina, Montecatini Val di Cecina, Pomarance), in Italy.
2019 - : Scientific Co-director of the archaeological excavations in Ostia in block IV, VI, 1 (Italy).
2013 - 2016: Scientific director of the archaeological excavations of the Roman city Cures Sabini, Rieti (Italy).
2005 - 2025: Scientific director of the archaeological excavations of the Roman villa of Aiano, Siena (Italy).
2004 - 2005: Scientific Co-director of the excavations of the Celtic and Roman site of Castelraimondo (township of Forgaria nel Friuli, Udine, Italy).
2000 - 2003: Scientific Co-director of excavation campaigns in the amphitheatre of the Greco-Roman city of Epidamnos/Dyrrachium (Albania), within the framework of the activities of the UNO/UNOPS "Durrës Project".
1999 - 2003: Scientific and Operational Officer of the excavations of the Celtic and Roman site of Castelraimondo (township of Forgaria nel Friuli, Udine, Italy).
MAJOR COLLABORATIONS
2024-2028: Promoter of the Projet de recherche (FNRS-PDR) “ReCoRD : Recycling to build by reusing waste”, UCLouvain, (€244.500,00).
2021-2026: Spokesperson of the Concerted Research Action (ARC) of the French community of Belgium “OsTIUM. Ostia’s Transformations: Investigating an Urban Model Proposal”, UCLouvain-UNamur, (€900.000,00). https://www.ostium-arc.be/
- As part of the same project, in 2022 FNRS-EQP funding was obtained (about €250,000.00) for the purchase of a GPS, Total Station, Laser-Scanner and a Drone for aerial photogrammetry.
2023- : Scientific director of the ‘Villa del Vergigno’ project, for the 3D survey of the Vergigno Roman villa for the documentation, conservation and promotion of the archaeological heritage. In collaboration with the scientific direction of the Montelupo Museum System (Florence, Italy): https://www.comune.montelupo-fiorentino.fi.it/novita/quando-nuove-tecnologie-e-archeologia-si-incontrano/
2021-2023: associated partner of the project "Digital Collection Curator for Archaeology", presented by the University of Bologna, in collaboration with the Civic Museums of Modena and Reggio Emilia, in response to the Call for high education projects in the technological, economic and cultural field for a European and attractive knowledge region pursuant to art. 2. of Regional Law n. 25/2018 - Resolution of the Emilia-Romagna Regional Council n. 1200 of 26/07/2021.
2018 - : Parco archeologico di Ostia antica for the OSTIA ReLOADed Project “Reconstructing Life in Ostia Along the Decumanus”.
2013 – 2018: Co-Promoter of the Concerted Research Action (ARC) of the French community of Belgium “A World in Crisis? Archaeological and epigraphical perspectives on the Late Bronze Age (13th c. B.C.) Mediterranean Systems’ Collapse: a case study approach”.
Within the framework of this ARC, I coordinated the Italian branch of the project focused on the study of the site of Cures Sabini, near Rome (13th c. BC - 4th c. AD). Collaboration agreement with the Soprintendenza Archeologica del Lazio.
- Funds: ARC (about €950,000.00) plus €15,000.00 from the Municipality of Fara in Sabina.
2013-2014: Consultant for the architectural company “HORNEZ Architecture”, located in Lille-Hellemmes (France) as part of the valorization project (creating a new museum and the roofs of the archaeological area) in the archaeological site “Forum Antique de Bavay”, North Department.
2007 - : Person in charge of the Projet Miroirs Étrusques et Prénestins, database of the Etruscan and Italic mirrors of the CSE.
2001 - 2003: Scientific and operational coordinator of the research group A.M.A.R.I.S. (Altri modi dell’abitare romano in Cisalpina) from the University of Parma, financed by the Italian minister for research.
2004 - 2006: Association as co-promoter of European projects ≪ Interreg II ≫ 1999-2000, Italy/Austria and ≪ Interreg III ≫ Italy/Austria 2004-2006, finalized to the excavation, conservation and valorization of the archaeological park of Castelraimondo (Commune of Forgaria nel Friuli, Province of Udine, Italy). Partners Commune of Forgaria nel Friuli / Arge Virunum Society, scientific direction, UNIPR.
- Funds ≪ Interreg II ≫ €600.000; Funds ≪ Interreg III ≫ €350.000: funds in availability of the Municipality of Fogaria nel Friuli.
2004 -: Project VII REGIO. Elsa Valley during the Roman Age and the Late Antiquity, in collaboration with the University of Florence, the CNR-ICVBC Institute for Conservation and Enhancement of Cultural Heritage and the Palazzo Spinelli Group of Florence. Collaboration agreement in the framework of the archaeological excavations at the Roman Villa of Aiano-Torraccia di Chiusi (San Gimignano, Siena, Italy).
- Funds (UCLouvain): obtaining an FSR as a start-up in 2008 (€50,000) and subsequently five CDRs (€10,000 in 2006 and another €10,000 in 2009); 2017-2019, €50,000; 2022-2024, €50,000; the last one 2025-2027 (€61,000).
Funds from the MPS Banking Foundation (€120,000 distributed in 2008 and 2010) and private sponsors such as FIAT s.p.a. (a total of €10,000 since 2009).
Rectoral Initiative and Louvain Foundation: €15,000 in 2010.
The Municipality of San Gimignano: 2003-2007, €40,000; 2015-2023: €180,000 for excavations, conservation and enhancement of the archaeological site.
In 2017, 2021-2022: funds from the Belgian National Lottery at the instigation of the Minister of Culture, Alda Greoli, €4,500 (2018); €11,000 per annum (2021-2023).
2013: - Project on small towns (second phase): town planning, settlement and topography of the Roman Cisalpine (3rd century BC - 4th century AD).
Collaboration agreement with the University of Parma and the Superintendence for Archaeological Assets of Emilia-Romagna since 2004. The project, completed in 2012, has been resumed since 2013 to focus more specifically on the sanctuaries of Northern Italy, and in particular on the excavation of the Ligurian-Roman sanctuary on the summit of the Valoria Pass (province of Parma, responsible).
- Funding: the project, supported by the Fondazione MonteParma, has since received €15,000 annually.
AFFILIATIONS
2019 - : Member of the Menagement committee of the Centro Interuniversitario di Studi sull’edilizia abitativa tardo antica nel Mediterraneo (CISEM).
2018 - : Ordinary Member of the Italian Association for Ancient Painting Research (AIRPA).
2016 - 2023: Administrator of the Association Prof. Marcel Hoc to increase numismatic research at UCLouvain.
2014 - : Member of the Centro Interuniversitario di Studi sull’edilizia abitativa tardo antica nel Mediterraneo (CISEM).
2014 - : Member of the advisory board of Groma. Documenting Archaeology project of the University of Bologna (https://archaeopresspublishing.com/ojs/index.php/groma/about/editorialTeam).
2014 - : Member of the International Association of Classical Archaeology (AIAC).
2014 - : Member of the Laboratorio di Storia Moderna - Unità di Ricerca SAGAS – University of Florence.
2014 - : Belgian Member of the Société des Études Classiques A.S.B.L. from Namur.
2012 - : Associated Member of the Belgian Historical Institute of Rome.
2012: Member of the Cardinal Julien Ries history of religions centre, CHIR at the UCLouvain.
2008 - : Ordinary board Member of the AISCOM (Associazione Italiana per lo Studio e la Conservazione del Mosaico).
2008 - : Founding Member and president of the ASBL Associazione Archeologica Pro Torraccia di Chiusi-UCL.
EDITORIAL
2023 - : Member of the scientific board of Ktisis. Journal of Late Antique Housing, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna.
2023 - : Executive Director representing UCLouvain in the Board of Directors of the journal L'Antiquité classique (Belgium).
2020 - : Member of the advisory board of GRADUS. Rivista di Archeologia, Restauro e Beni Culturali, https://www.navidipisa.it/rivista-gradus/
2014 - : Member of the editorial board of the journal of art history, archaeology and musicology of the University of Liège, Art&fact.
2014 - : Member of the editorial board of the journal Les Études Classiques.
2012 - : Founder and director of the collection FERVET OPVS, with the University press of Louvain.
MEMBER OF SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEES (MSC)
2023 -: MSC of ΑΓΩΓΗ, Atti della Scuola di Specializzazione in Beni Archeologici, University of Pisa.
2022 - : MSC of Terre Veleiati section of Deputazione di Storia Patria per le Province Parmensi.
2022 - : MSC of Archeologia e storia, press EUT Edizioni Università di Trieste.
2019 - : MSC of the series Archeologia in Lombardia. L'età romana e tardoantica, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan.
2019 - 2020: MSC at the Exhibition Hinthial. L’ombra di San Gimignano. L’Offerente e i reperti rituali etruschi e romani, Museo Archeologico di San Gimignano (Siena – Italy).
2019: MSC at the 14th International Conference of the Association Internationale pour la Peinture Murale Antique, Pareti dipinte. Dallo scavo alla valorizzazione, Naples-Ercolano (Italy).
2018: MSC at the Workshop Ricerche archeologiche alla foce del Tevere. Primo Incontro internazionale dei dottorandi e dottori di ricerca, Rome-Ostia (Italy).
2018: MSC at the International Workshop Unguentarium. A terracotta vessel form and other related vessels in the Hellenistic, Roman and early Byzantine Mediterranean, Izmir (Turkey).
2018: MSC at the Workshop Fantastic Beasts in Antiquity, Louvain-la-Neuve (Belgium).
2017 - : MSC for studying the Fortress Castel di Mura, Municipality of San Marcello Piteglio (Italy).
2017 - : MSC of the Centro di Studi Lunensi and the journal Quaderno del Centro di Studi Lunensi (Italy).
2017: MSC for the Conference Castelraimondo e i Parchi Archeologici Minori: prospettive per il futuro, Forgaria nel Friuli (Italy).
2014 - : MSC of the journal Amoenitas. Rivista internazionale di studi miscellanei sulla villa romana, Pisa.
2013 - : MSC of the collection Homo Religiosus.
2012 - : MSC of the Franco-Belgian inter-university journal, Res Antiquae.
2012 - : Associated Member of the Belgian Historical Institute of Rome.
2011 - : MSC of the Historical and Archaeological journal Analele Universităţii din Oradea. Fascicula Istorie-Arheologie, University of Oradea (Romania).
2010 - : MSC of the literary journal Mnemosyne, o la costruzione del senso, Universitary press of Louvain.
REFEREE
2018: Member of REPRISE (listing of peer-reviewers of MIUR, Ministry of University and Research of Italy) for the session: Fundamental Research.
2018: Coordinator at the French-speaking universities of Belgium in the work of scouting, help and filter for candidacies for the grant of the College of Flemings in Bologna.
2017-2021 : Assignment by the Secretary of State, Mme Zuhal Demir as permanent member of the Jury de la Carrière scientifique du personnel des Musées royaux d'Art et d'Histoire.
2018: Assignment by Conseil de recherches en sciences humaines du Canada (CRSH). Office: expert/referee.
2016: Assignment by Fonds national suisse de la recherche scientifique (FNS), Division I: sciences humaines et sociales. Office: expert/referee.
2013: Assignment by the administration board of the F.R.S.-FNRS as member of the Scientific commission “Social and Human Sciences -4” of the Scientific research funds - FNRS. Office: expert/referee.
Peer-reviewer of following journals and series:
- Mediterranea. International Journal on the Transfer of Knowledge (https://journals.uco.es/mediterranea/index);
- Archeologia Medievale. Cultura materiale, insediamenti, territorio (https://www.insegnadelgiglio.it/categoria-prodotto/periodici/archeologia-medievale/);
- FOLD&R ITALY (https://www.fastionline.org/folder.php?view=home);
- Mediterranea. Studi e ricerche sul Mediterraneo antico (http://mediterranea.ispc.cnr.it/);
- Athenaeum. Studi di Letteraturae Storia dell’Antichità (https://athenaeum.unipv.it/);
- HFF Publications - Research Series (Research Series - Honor Frost Foundation).
- Napoli Nobilissima. Rivista di arti, filologia e storia (http://www.napolinobilissima.net/).
RESEARCH STAYS
2011: University of Parma in the framework of the Erasmus coordination missions.
2010: University for foreigners of Siena in the framework of the Erasmus coordination missions.
2009: Stay in Poland in the framework of the Erasmus exploration missions (Italian Institute of Culture in Warsaw, University of Warsaw, Polish Academy of Sciences, Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology, Institute of classical philology and antique culture from the University of Wrocław).
ORGANISATION OF SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS
Organiser:
As part of the 'Visiting researchers' project at INCAL:
- Dr. Stella Falzone, member of the Österreichisches Archäologisches Institut - Akademie der Wissenschaften, internationally recognised specialist on Ostia and the painting of the port of Rome; periods of stay: 1-6 October 2018; 21-26 November 2022.
- Prof. Eric Moormann, interim director of the Koninklijk Nederlands Instituut Rome and the Nederlands Instituut in Athene, professor of classical archaeology at the Radboud University in Nijmegen (The Netherlands) and editor of the journal BABESCH; period of stay: 10-14 December 2018.
- Prof.ssa Alexandra Chavarría Arnau, University of Padua, specialist in late antique and early medieval archaeology; period of stay: 16-21 November 2020 (stay cancelled due to Covid).
- Dr. Paolo Tomassini, member of the École française de Rome, expert in Ostiense painting and 3D reconstructions of the city's architecture; period of stay, March 2021.
- Dr. Francesca Diosono, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, specialist in Roman archaeology, especially in the Republican age; period of stay: 10-15 May 2021.
Dr. Valentina Limina, Università degli Studi di Pisa, expert in Landscapes, Properties and Family Networks in Northern Etruria (centuries 1st-5th C.E.); period of stay 11-16 october 2021.
Prof. Giusto Traina, Professor at the University of Sorbonne - Paris, internationally renowned expert in Roman history; period of stay: 3-11 May 2022.
Dr. Giada Giudice, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, expert in Attic ceramics and invited to collaborate on the Musée L ceramics collections within the project CVA Belgium; periods of stay: 21-26 November 2022 – 22-28 may 2023.
2017: Workshop Discorsi sul metodo, Rome; Workshop Il n’est guère de matière si vaste que celle des monuments de l’Antiquité. Étude et réception de l’Antiquité romaine au siècle des Lumières : perspectives croisées, Louvain-la-Neuve; International Conference La peinture murale antique. Méthodes et apports d’une approche technique, Louvain-la-Neuve. Collaboration to the organization and the writing of the texts for the exhibition Alla scoperta della Cisa romana. La sella del Valoria, Parma.
2016: Round Table Roma antica nell’età dei Lumi, Florence; Lecture cycle within the framework of the class LARKO2370 (Italie et des provinces romaines A), Louvain-la-Neuve.
2015: Round Table Conoscere Cures. La capitale dei Sabini dalla Preistoria al Medioevo. Studi e future prospettive di ricerca, Passo Corese; Workshop Initiation pratique au dessin des tessons de céramique, Louvain-la-Neuve; Round Table La question du livre et des bibliothèques dans l’Antiquités, Louvain-la-Neuve; Lecture cycle within the framework of the classes LARKE1232 (Introduction of the scientific practices in archaeology), LARKE1601 (Seminar of foundations: archaeology), LARKO2672 (Seminar of Mediterranean Archaeology), Louvain-la-Neuve; Lecture cycle on “Crisis”, Louvain-la-Neuve.
2014: International Conference Augustus through the Ages: receptions, readings and appropriations of the historical figure of the first Roman emperor, Brussels; International Round Table Cults in Crisis, Crisis Cults. Perspectives on Ancient Religion, Philosophy and Representations, Louvain-la-Neuve; Lecture cycle on “Crisis”, Louvain-la-Neuve.
2011: Conference Destruction. Archaeological, philological and historical perspectives, Louvain-la-Neuve.
2010 - 2011: Lecture cycle about Italian urban architecture, Louvain-la-Neuve. November 2010 – February-March 2011: Organization of a lectures cycle about the birth and development of urban architecture in the Italian peninsula (XIe century BC-VIIe century A.D.) in the framework of the doctoral school (history, art and archaeology) EDT 56 près le FNRS.
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Prof. Christopher Smith (University of St. Andrews/British School at Rome), “What makes architecture urban?”, lecture given at the UCLouvain on 22nd November 2010;
Dr. Gabriele Cifani (University of Rome Tor Vergata), “L’architettura e l’urbanistica medio tirrenica nella prima età de Ferro (Tarquinia, Caere, Roma)”, lecture given at the UCLouvain on 22nd November 2010
Prof. Marco Cavalieri (UCLouvain), “Formes et temps de l’urbanisation en Cisalpine (IIe s. av. J.-C. - Ier s. ap. J.-C.) : le cas de la Cispadane”, lecture given at the UCLouvain on 8th February 2011.
Prof. Frank Vermeulen (University of Ghent), “New Approaches to Urbanisms and Romanization of Central-Adriatic Italy”, lecture given at the UCLouvain on 25th March 2011.
2003: Conference Troia fra realtà e leggenda. Momenti dell’immaginario poetico, novità archeologiche e fortuna iconografica, Parma; Collaboration to the organization and the writing of the texts for the exhibition Durrës 3000 anni di civiltà, orgoglio e responsabilità, in the Framework of project activities UNOPS-ONU, Durrës.
2002 – 2003: Collaboration to the organization and the writing of the texts for the exhibition Lo sport nell’Italia antica. Gare ed atleti in Etruria padana, Parma.
2001: Organization of the new displays of the National Archaeological Museum of Parma in order to exhibit the Etruscan-Roman statuette collection.
1999: Participation to the organization of the exhibition Roma Imperial. Desde Augusto hasta los Antoninos 27 a.J.C. – 192 d.J.C. presented in Argentina and in Chile.
1997 - 1998: Collaboration to the organization and the writing of the texts for the exhibition Archeologi sulle zolle, Bologna.
Co-organiser:
2024 (june): Three days conference ‘Antiquaires voyageurs (xvie-xixe siècles)’ co-organized by the Centre d’Étude des Mondes Antiques (UCLouvain), the Università degli Studi G. D’Annunzio Chieti-Pescara, l’Université Toulouse-Jean Jaurès and the Université Bordeaux-Montaigne, Rome (Academia Belgica / Ecole française de Rome).
2023 (december): Workshop ‘La villa dopo la villa - 3. Trasformazione di un sistema insediativo ed economico nell’Italia centrale tra tarda Antichità e Medioevo’, co-organized by the Centre d’Étude des Mondes Antiques (UCLouvain) & Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto di Scienze del Patrimonio Culturale (ISPC, Rome), Rome (Academia Belgica). Podcast: https://www.academiabelgica.it/node/3338?language=it
2022: Workshop ‘Santuari e luoghi di culto dell’Italia settentrionale e centrale nella fase della romanizzazione’, co-organised with the Museo Civico di Modena and the Soprintendenza Archeologia Belle Arti e Paesaggio per la Città Metropolitana di Bologna e le province di Modena, Reggio Emilia e Ferrara, Modena.
2021: Workshop ‘OsTIUM. Ostia’s Transformations: Investigating an Urban Model. Présentation du projet et des résultats des campagnes de documentation de la Domus del Portico di Tufo à Ostie’, held at UCLouvain, and organised by UCLouvain & UNamur as part of the ARC OsTIUM project, Louvain-la-Neuve.
2021: Workshop ‘Ricerche archeologiche a Ostia antica. UCLouvain, UNamur e Parco archeologico di Ostia antica’, held in Rome, Academia Belgica, and organised by UCLouvain & UNamur in collaboration with the Parco archeologico di Ostia antica; title of the communication “OsTIUM - Ostia’s Transformations: Investigating an Urban Model. Presentazione del progetto e dei risultati della prima campagna di documentazione della Domus del Portico di Tufo”. Presentation of the Ilaria Romeo’s book (Università degli Studi di Firenze), “Scavi di Ostia. XVI. I ritratti. Vol. 3: ritratti romani dal 250 circa al VI secolo d.C., Roma 2019, ed. All’Insegna del Giglio”. Rome.
2018: Workshop ‘La villa dopo la villa. Trasformazione di un sistema insediativo ed economico in Italia centro-settentrionale tra tarda Antichità e Medioevo’, organized by the Centre d’Étude des Mondes Antiques (UCLouvain) & l’Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in Milan , Milan.
2017: International Conference Conflict-Induced Migration and Refugees in the Mediterranean, Louvain-la-Neuve.
2001: Conference Produzione artigianale ed economia romana: la situazione della ricerca europea e il caso dell’Italia settentrionale, Parma.
FILMS, DOCUMENTARIES
http://euscreen.eu/play.jsp?id=EUS_A10368022BBE4D2CB8A8459E0E11EC9C
http://www.medmem.eu/fr/notice/RAI00259
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1273347/cures2014.mp4
http://www.evolution3d.it/VR/torraccia%20di%20aiano/virtualtour.html
https://www.gazzettadisiena.it/il-rilievo-romano-con-vittoria-splendera-al-museo-archeologico-nazionale-2/?amp
RADIO
- Interview at the RTBF, radio program « Un jour dans l’Histoire » presented by Laurent Dehossay; channel Première in order to advertise the lecture “Pompeios defer, ubi duclcis est amor. Sexe, amour et société au pied du Vésuve”, 19.01.2017.https://uclouvain.be/fr/instituts-recherche/incal/cema/actualites/marco-cavalieri-un-jour-dans-l-histoire.html
- Interview at Radio Siena TV, 3rd August 2024, “Alla villa di Aiano emerge un tesoro: una cantina per la produzione e conservazione del vino di 1800 anni fa”, https://www.facebook.com/radiosienatv/videos/2827835760717916
RTBF INFO
- “Ruines de Pompéi. Il y a une communication sensationnaliste autour de ces découvertes" – 12/11/21 –https://www.rtbf.be/info/societe/detail_ruines-de-pompei-il-y-a-une-communication-sensationnaliste-autour-de-ces-decouvertes?id=10876578
Des Belges découvrent des traces de vins du 4e siècle en Toscane: pourquoi cette trouvaille estelle "inestimable" ? Publié le 29/08 à 13h24 par RTL – https://www.rtl.be/.../des.../202408-29/article/704975
RTBF ACTUS, Le top des bonnes nouvelles : cinq infos positives pour accompagner la rentrée : l’UCLouvain découvre des traces de production de vin à grande échelle présentes à l’Antiquité, Le top des bonnes nouvelles : cinq infos positives pour accompagner la rentrée RTBF Actus
PRESS
Interview, Le Soir, 4th june 2018: “Pompéi n’a pas fini de livrer ses secrets” by Clara Van Reeth, p. 8. http://plus.lesoir.be/160522/article/201806-04/pompei-na-pas-fini-de-livrer-ses-secrets
Interview, Daily Science, 18th november 2022 about the sanctuary in San Casciano de' Bagni (Siena, Italy), https://dailyscience.be/18/11/2022/des-offrandes-etrusques-et-romaines-degagees-des-boues-dun-ancien-bain-thermal/
Interview, La Libre, 26th novembrer 2022: “L'archéologie antique sertelle encore à quelque chose ?”, by Bosco d’Otreppe, L'archéologie antique sertelle encore à quelque chose ? - La Libre
Interview, Gazzetta di Siena, 17th june 2022: “Il rilievo romano con Vittoria splenderà al Museo Archeologico Nazionale”, Il rilievo romano con Vittoria splenderà al Museo Archeologico Nazionale | Gazzetta di Siena
- http://www.historia.fr/archeo/cl%C3%A9op%C3%A2tre-de-retour-%C3%A0-alexandrie
- http://www.archeologiaviva.it/7008/alessandria-un-tempio-per-cleopatra/
Interview, Trends-Tendances, 29th June 2023, “Pompéi renaîtelle (vraiment) de ses cendres ?” https://cdn.uclouvain.be/groups/cmseditors-cema/evenements/2023/Pomp%C3%A9i%20rena%C3%AEt-elle.pdf
Interview, Faculti Platform, 4th August 2023 “I Farnese committenti di scavo”, https://faculti.net/i-farnese-committenti-di-scavo/
Interview, L’Avenir, 11th August 2023 “Ostie, cité resiliente et inspirante”, https://uclouvain.be/fr/chercher/actualites/batirdes-cites-resilientes-grace-a-l-archeologie.html
Interview, L’Avenir, 31th August 2023 “Des archéologues fouillent l’antique Ostie pour mieux construire la ville de demain”, https://uclouvain.be/fr/institutsrecherche/incal/cema/actualites/fouiller-l-antique-ostie-pour-mieux-construire-la-ville-de-demain.html
Interview, L’Avenir, 17th November 2023, “L’UCLouvain perce les mystères d’une majestueuse villa romaine en Toscane”, https://uclouvain.be/fr/institutsrecherche/incal/cema/actualites/l-uclouvain-perce-les-mysteres-d-une-majestueuse-villa-romaine-en-toscane.html
Interview, L’Avenir, 27th February 2024, “UCLouvain: et si l'antique Ostie nous inspirait pour le recyclage des déchets de construction”, UCLouvain: et si l'antique Ostie nous inspirait pour le recyclage des déchets de construction L'Avenir (lavenir.net)
Interview, InToscana, 3rd August 2024, “Una cantina per il vino di 1800 anni fa scoperta a San Gimignano, nella villa romana di Aiano”, https://www.intoscana.it/it/cantina-1800-anni-fa-san-gimignano/?fbclid=IwY2xjawElq7tleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHY_GXgd-EpXSNZHXYFqKM0Sls4LpMBW9RPMAu-pkiO-HTGVC3Dpu8erLbQ_aem_QLmhRjnizzO2DNw3bqkniw&sfnsn=scwspwa
Interview, Sky Arte, 5th August 2024, “Scoperta una cantina nella villa romana alle porte di San Gimignano”, https://arte.sky.it/news/scopertacantina-romana-san-gimignano
Interview, La Repubblica (Firenze), 3rd August 2024, “Una cantina per il vino di 1800 anni fa ritrovata a San Gimignano (Siena) negli scavi della villa romana di Aiano” https://firenze.repubblica.it/cronaca/2024/08/03/news/cantina_vino_1800_anni_scavi_san_gimignano423429240/?ref=pay_amp&_gl=1*cxdyp6*_ga*cEpVV09PM3RsR0dlRjViZnBMSWZfdFpFaWZvdERnRmNOMnk1N0VZczBCb0VSaUZhT18zWklpc3N5ZC1UVlJzNg..*_ga_CJNJE8FY4S*MTcyMjY2NzczNi4zLjEuMTcyMjY2ODY4NS4wLjAuMA
Interview by Aldo Tani, Corriere Fiorentino (Corriere della Sera), 2nd August 2024, “Una cantina di 1800 anni fa scoperta nella villa romana di Aiano a San Gimignano”, https://corrierefiorentino.corriere.it/notizie/culturae-tempo-libero/24_agosto_02/una-cantina-di-1800-anni-fa-scoperta-nella-villa-romana-di-aiano-a-san-gimignano-f9f13635-506c-49e9-a14a-9a527cbfdxlk.shtml
Interview by Maurizio Costanzo, La Nazione (Siena), 2nd August 2024, “San Gimignano, una cantina di 1800 anni fa scoperta nella villa di Aiano”, https://www.lanazione.it/firenze/cronaca/sangimignano-una-cantina-di-1800-anni-fa-scoperta-nella-villa-romana-di-aiano-3b4843c5
Interview by Quentin Colette, L’Avenir, 31th August 2024, “Découverte d’une cave à vin antique en Toscane”, UCLouvain: découverte rare d'une cave à vin antique à la villa d'Aiano en Toscane - L'Avenir (lavenir.net)
Interview by Quentin Colette, L’Avenir, 17th November 2024, “Des fouilles de l’UCLouvain à Ostie révèlent la résilience du port antique de Rome”, Des fouilles de l'UCLouvain à Ostie révèlent la résilience du port antique de Rome - L'Avenir
Over 200 publications: international peer-review journals, reviews, books, books editorship.
Unités d'enseignement pour 2025
| Libellé | Code |
|---|---|
| Iconographie et iconologie | LARKE1120 |
| Archéologie : méthodes scientifiques et travaux II | LARKE1220 |
| Archéologie : séminaire sur site | LARKE1320 |
| Arts et civilisations : Antiquité gréco-romaine | LARKE1552 |
| Histoires et théories de l'archéologie | LARKO2231 |
| Archéologie publique et numérique | LARKO2232 |
| Questions spéciales des civilisations étrusque et préromaines de l'Italie | LARKO2360 |
| Archéologie et histoire de l'art de Rome et des provinces romaines | LARKO2372 |
| Séminaire d'archéologie du monde romain | LARKO2680 |
| Séminaire interdisciplinaire en biologie, anthropologie et archéologie | LBABA1301 |
| Séminaire d'épigraphie latine | LFIAL2181 |
Principaux Sujets de recherche
Centres urbains et agglomérations mineures : l’urbanisme, le peuplement et la topographie de la Cisalpine romaine (IIIe siècle av. J.-C. – IVe siècle ap. J.-C).
La phénoménologie culturelle et anthropologique du portrait grec et romain (IVe s. av. J.-C. – IVe s. ap. J.-C.).
L’idéologie du pouvoir à Rome : iconographie, urbanisme, architecture.
Les monuments funéraires romains à édicule de l’Empire romain : origine orientale, diffusion, valeurs véhiculées.
Municipia italica : fouilles à Cures Sabini.
OSTIA ReLOADed. Reconstructing the Life in Ostia alongside the Decumanus. Diachronic study of the urban transformations of the western district of Ostia from the end of the Republic to the beginning of the Empire (1st c. BC – 1st c. AD). Between continuity and discontinuity.
Les Collections d’Antiquités étrusques et romaines du Musée National Archéologique de Parme : les XVIIIe et XIXe siècles.
L’Antiquité tardive : les fouilles à la villa romaine d’Aiano-Torraccia di Chiusi, Commune de San Gimignano, Province de Sienne, Italie. La pseudo-morphose de l’Antiquité tardive.
Le concept historique et historiographique de « Romanisation » : ses signifiés et ses valeurs en rapport à la moderne recherche archéologique.