Giulia Marsili is Research Fellow at the University of Bologna, Department of History and Cultures.

• 2014-2010: PhD in Byzantine History, University of Bologna.
• 2012: advanced MA course, Institutum Patristicum Augustinianum, Pontificia Universitas Lateranensis (Rome);
• 2010: MA degree in Archaeology, University of Bologna, research field: Late Antique and Byzantine Archaeology (110/110 with honours);
• 2007: BA degree in Classics, University of Bologna, research field: Late Antique and Byzantine Archaeology (110/110 with honours).
• 2004: high school in Classical Studies, Rimini (100/100).

Archaeological projects and excavations

• 2020-to date: member of the project “Insular Episcopate. Church, Maritime Environment, and Economic Life in the Eastern Aegean Islands (AD 300 – 800 ca.)”, funded by Gerda Henkel Stiftung, PI prof. S. Cosention (UNIBO), other project members: Isabella Baldini (University of Bologna), dr. Alkiviadis Ginalis (German Archaeological Institute, Istanbul);
• 2020-to date: responsible for the interdisciplinary project “DIG-ITAL-PEN. Scan&matching for Cultural Heritage”, funded by UNIBO-Spin-Off projects;
• 2020-to date: member of the international project “Europeana Storytelling Task Force” (https://pro.europeana.eu/project/europeana-as-a-powerful-platform-for-storytelling);
• 2018-to date: member of the international project “Europeana Archaeology”, UNIBO local unit (funded by Connecting Europe Facility, Action n° 2018-EU-IA-0030);
• 2015-to date: member of the project “Ravenna, via d’Azeglio excavations” (analysis of architectural decoration and amphoras, University of Bologna in collaboration with Archaeological Superintendence of Emilia-Romagna);
• 2015-to date: member of the archaeological mission in Kos, St. Stephan ecclesiastical complex (University of Bologna, Ephorate for Byzantine Antiquities of Dodecanese) https://site.unibo.it/kos-unibo/it;
• 2006-to date: member of the archaeological mission in Gortyn, Crete, Mitropolis cathedral, (University of Bologna, Italian Archaeological School in Athens) https://site.unibo.it/mitropolis-unibo/it;
• 2017-2020: member of the project: “Il potere dell’immagine e della parola. Elementi distintivi dell’aristocrazia femminile tra età tardoantica e bizantina”, funded by AlmaIdea grant, University of Bologna, team: prof. B. Girotti, dr. M. E. Pomero;
• 2014-2020: member of the project “Ricerche sui santi dell’Apostoleion di Costantinopoli e sulla traslazione delle reliquie in Occidente (dalla tradizione letteraria ai dati storici e archeologici)” coordinated by CNR Roma, PI prof. L. Bianchi;
• 2017-2019: technical coordinator of the international project “Byzart project – Byzantine Art and Archaeology on Europeana” (funded by Connecting Europe Facility-Europeana Generic Services, Action n°2016-EU-IA-0094, https://byzart.eu/);
• 2015-2017: member of the archaeological mission in Kos, Kastro, catalogue of architectural marble items (University of Bologna, Ephorate for Byzantine Antiquities of Dodecanese);
• 2014-2016: responsible for the project “Sculture tardoantiche nella Raccolta Lercaro di Bologna”, funded by Fondazione Cardinale Giacomo Lercaro, Bologna;
• 2014-2016: responsible for the project “Lasersoft for Cultural Heritage. Progettazione e sviluppo di un software per la gestione, lo studio e la valorizzazione del patrimonio storico-archeologico”, in collaboration with Lasersoft s.r.l., Rimini, funded by Camera di Commercio di Rimini;
• 2010-2014: member of the archaeological mission in Kos, Western Bath district-Episcopal Complex (University of Bologna, Polytechnic of Bari, Ephorate for Byzantine Antiquities of Dodecanese);
• 2007-2011: member of the archaeological mission in Gortyn, Crete, Praetorium (La Sapienza University of Rome, University of Bologna, Polytechnic of Bari, Italian Archaeological School in Athens);
• 2010-2011: participation in the international project “JEWELRY in CONTEXT” (Dipartimento di Archeologia, Università di Bologna; Aredat – Associació per la Recerca Estudi i Difusió en Antiguitat Tardana, Barcelona -; Römisch Germanisches Zentralmuseum, Mainz);
• 2007-2009: member of the archaeological mission in Kos, S. Gabriel Basilica (University of Bologna, Polytechnic of Bari, Ephorate for Byzantine Antiquities of Dodecanese);
• 2008: participation in the archaeological researches in Reggio Emilia cathedral (Archaeological Superintendence Emilia-Romagna);
• 2006: Bologna, urban archaeology (Archaeological Superintendence Emilia-Romagna);
• 2005: member of the archaeological mission in Herculaneum, DHER (Domus Herculanensis Rationes project, University of Bologna).

Professional activities and collaborations

• 2016-to date: coordination of a university lab for MA students about architectural stone artefacts in Late Antiquity (Bologna, Dep. History and Cultures);
• 2014-to date: didactic activity for the chair of Early Christian and Medieval Archaeology, UNIBO;
• 2019: organizing committee of the III international congress “Abitare nel Mediterraneo Tardoantico” (Bologna-Ravenna, 28-31 October 2019);
• 2018-2019: scientific committee and organization of the exhibition: “The Silk and the Blood. Images of authority in Byzantine art and archaeology” (https://byzart.eu/exhibition/);
• 2015-2016: scientific committee and organization of the exhibition “Città Cristiana, città di pietra. Itinerario alle origini della Chiesa di Bologna”;
• 2015-2016: organizing committee of the II International Congress “Abitare nel Mediterraneo Tardoantico” (Bologna-Ravenna, 2-5 March 2016);
• 2013: collaboration to the exhibition CLEOPATRA. Roma e l’Incantesimo d’Egitto” (Rome, ed. Gentili);
• 2013: Padua University, collaboration project for pottery study, Gortys excavation;
• 2011-2012: Vatican Museums, collaboration project for the study of Early-Medieval marble items from Vatican Museum deposits;
• 2011: scientific committee and organization of the exhibition “L’avventura archeologica di Giuseppe Gerola dall’Egeo a Ravenna” (Ravenna: October 2011, Thessaloniki: March 2012, Rhodes: May 2012, Athens: September 2012).
• 2010: participation in the project “Le vie del commercio: produzioni, merci, insediamenti tra Romania e Langobardia”, PI prof. P. Galetti, funded by Italian Ministry for University and Research (PRIN, 2007);
• 2007: participation in the lab for archaeological documentation of Cattolica excavation (RN), Nuova Darsena (Istituto per i Beni Artistici Culturali Naturali della Regione Emilia-Romagna; Museo della Regina, Comune di Cattolica).

Scientific affiliations

• 2014-to date: Associazione Internazionale di Studi Bizantini;
• 2019-to date: Association for the Study of Marble and Other Stones In Antiquity;
• 2019-to date: Centro Interuniversitario di Studi sull’Edilizia abitativa nel Mediterraneo.

Editorial activity

• 2020-to date: member of the editorial board of the Series “Ornamenta” (AnteQ
• 2014-to date: referee for international journals: ARYS (Antigüedad: religiones y sociedades); Thiasos on line; Cartagine. Studi e ricerche; Journal of Roman Archaeology.

Awards

• 2021: International Medieval Congress-University of Leeds, grant for participation as speaker;
• 2020: University of Bologna, grant for Business Plan for the project “DIG-ITAL-PEN. Scan&matching for cultural heritage”;
• 2016: first place in the contest “Premio Rotary Cultura e Patrimonio (distretto 2072)” with the project “App&GO!”, digital application for Byzantine archaeology;
• 2015: granted by the Chamber of Commerce of Rimini for research project collaboration between University and SME;
• 2011-2014: doctoral scholarship awarded by CEI for the project “La nuova Roma: come Roma fondata sugli apostoli. Fonti e dati per la conoscenza dell’Apostoleion di Bisanzio da Costantino a Costanzo I”, in cooperation with CNR, Rome;
• July 2013: École Française d’Athènes, doctoral fellowship;
• March-June 2013: Collège de France, Paris, Centre d’Histoire et Civilisation de Byzance, Paris 1, Panthéon-Sorbonne, doctoral fellowship;
• 2012: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Centre for Byzantine Research of Thessaloniki, doctoral fellowship;
• 2011: 22nd International Congress of Byzantine Studies, Sofia, grant for participation;
• 2009: Centre d’études byzantines neo-helleniques et sud-est européennes, Écoles des hautes études en science socials; Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Summer School scholarship;
• 2009: University of Bologna, Italian Archaeological School in Athens: scholarship for MA dissertation abroad;
• 2007: University of Bologna, Italian Archaeological School in Athens: scholarship for BA dissertation abroad.

• Archeologia tardoantica e protobizantina nel Mediterraneo: progetto Kos
• Archeologia tardoantica e protobizantina nel Mediterraneo: progetto Mitropolis
• Archeologia tardoantica e protobizantina nel Mediterraneo: progetto Koschiaramonte Gulfi
• Archeologia tardoantica e protobizantina nel Mediterraneo: gruppo di discussione
• Abitare a Ravenna: Le domus di Via