Il 13-15 novembre 2024, il direttore della Missione Archeologica della italo-albanese (Sapienza - Istituto Archeologico Albanese) Julian Bogdani parteciperà alla conferenza internazionale “Butrinto Cento (1924-2024). Bilanci e prospettive” organizzata presso il Dipartimento DISCI (Piazza San Giovanni in Monte 2, Bologna) e organizzata dall'Università di Bologna e dall'Istituto Archeologico Albanese, con un intervento dal titolo Ricerche a Çuka e Ajtoit.

Allo stesso evento interviene per la Missione anche Nadia Aleotti (Sapienza University of Roma), con un intervento dal titolo: What about Pre-Hellenistic pottery? Looking for the 5th and 4th cent. BCE material culture in Northern Epirus.


Programma della conferenza

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
    Le nuove ricerche dell’Università di Bologna a Butrinto e 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, Indipendent 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
    Ricerche a Çuka e Ajtoit

Discussion

Visit to the exhibition “Butrinto 1924-2024. Cento anni di ricerca italiana a Butrinto” (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, Università di Bologna

  • Kriledjan Çipa, General Directorate of Cultural Heritage of Vlora
    Centri fortificati, insediamenti rurali e organizzazione del territorio sulla costa marittima della Caonia fra IV e I secolo a.C. Il caso di Himara e Borshi.
  • Roberto Perna, University of Macerata, Sabina Veseli, Archaeological Institute of Tirana
    Ricerche nella valle del Drino.
  • Francesca Sogliani, University of Basilicata, Dimitris Roubis, CNR, School of Specialisation in Archaeological Heritage SSBA-UNIBAS, Anthi Aggelli, Ephorate of Antiquities of Preveza
    Le ricerche archeologiche nell’insediamento fortificato di Kastrì sull’Acheronte.
  • 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
    Ricerche archeologiche nell’anfiteatro di Durrës. Recenti acquisizioni tra vecchi e nuovi dati.
  • Luigi Maria Caliò, Giulia Raimondi, University of Catania, Vittorio Mirto, University of Bologna
    Ricerche nella valle della Vjosa.

Discussion and break

16:15-18:00
Chairwoman: Claudia Antonetti, Università Ca’ Foscari

  • Cristina C. Ancona, C. Silvio Fioriello, University of Bari, Taulant Rama, Archaeologist, Eduard Shehi, Archaeological Institute of Tirana
    Ricerche archeologiche nella valle della Vjosa: dati preliminari dal comparto di Qesarat.
  • Saimir Shpuza, Aix-Marseille Université
    Urban planning and public architecture at Orikos during the Hellenistic period.
  • Maria Intrieri, University of Calabria
    Corcira e l’area epirota fra VIII e IV sec. a.C.: il contributo delle fonti letterarie.
  • Manuela Mari, Riccardo Candini, University of Bologna
    Re, koina e symmachia: riflessioni sui poteri e le strutture non cittadine dell’Epiro tra IV secolo e prima età ellenistica.

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, Università di 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, Università di 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: il contributo ceramologico allo studio dell’Albania in età antica.
  • 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
    Riflessioni sulla cultura materiale a Butrinto. I contesti tardo antichi e medievali.

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