Valentina MIGNOSA
- Position
- Researcher
- Academic discipline
- Greek History [STAN-01/A]
- Website
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https://www.unive.it/web/en/19197/people/valentina.mignosa(personal record)
- Office
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Department of Humanities
Website: https://www.unive.it/dep.humanities
Where: Malcanton Marcorà
Office hours
Office hours are available by appointment, preferably in person. Online meetings (via Zoom) can also be arranged upon request. Please contact the instructor by email to schedule an appointment.
Teaching activity current year
Teaching activity previous years
Publication highlights
Valentina Mignosa Siracusa fra età arcaica e classica. Forme di mobilità, dinamiche sociali, paesaggi , Roma, Tored, vol. 25, pp. 1-508 (ISBN 9791281673243)
2026,
Scientific monograph or treatise - ARCA card: 10278/5124887
Valentina Mignosa Forme e usi del territorio. Indizi dalle fonti epigrafiche in DIALOGUES D'HISTOIRE ANCIENNE. SUPPLÉMENT, vol. Suppl. 28 (ISSN 2108-1433)
2026,
Journal Article - ARCA card: 10278/5103809
Franco De Angelis, David Scahill, Valentina Mignosa Chiseling Connections. Architecture and Epigraphy between Corinth and Syracuse in Franco De Angelis, Valentina Mignosa, David Scahill, Proceedings of the Conference Corinth and Syracuse. Connections, Exchanges, Influences, Pisa, Edizioni della Normale
2026,
Book Article - ARCA card: 10278/5103807
Maddalena Luisa Zunino; Valentina Mignosa Epigrafia greca e intelligenza artificiale tra testo e documento. Il progetto Lacunae dell’Università di Udine in Maddalena Luisa Zunino, Valentina Mignosa, SAEG Papers, Roma, Edizioni Quasar, vol. 1, pp. 277-309 (ISSN 3103-3431)
- URL correlato 2026,
Book Article - ARCA card: 10278/5112207
Valentina Mignosa, Alessia Coccato, Jonathan Prag, Germana Barone, Paolo Mazzoleni Nuove indagini petrografiche e paleografiche sul ‘Mendolito di Adrano’: un caso esemplare di micro-mobilità interna , XI International Congress of Studies in Ancient Sicily 'Mobility and transfer of knowledge between Sicily and the Mediterranean world (6th-3rd century BCE)', Roma, GIORGIO BRETSCHNEIDER EDITORE
2026,
Book Article - ARCA card: 10278/5103808
List of publications
Curriculum vitae
Research Interests
History and culture of the Greek West in the Archaic and Classical periods (colonisation processes; migration and mobility in the Mediterranean; development, and characteristics of the urban landscape; urban sociology); Social history (development of the aristocracy and the role of the demos in colonial contexts); Epigraphy in the Greek West (literacy and epigraphic landscape in Sicily); Digital epigraphy; Digital tools for the study of territory and communication routes in the ancient world.
Research and Academic Appointments
Current Positions
Fixed-term Researcher (Type A) at Ca' Foscari University of Venice and Principal Investigator of the three-year project TES. Tracing Eastern Sicily's Networks (9th–6th centuries BCE).
Collaborator - AncLa. Ancient Landscapes project (Principal Investigator: S. De Vido, Ca' Foscari University of Venice).
External Research Associate in the Crossreads project (Principal Investigator: J.W. Prag, University of Oxford).
Collaborator - TeMAES. Territoires multiples: agentivité et environnements socio-économiques project.
Project member - LACUNAE project (Greek section, Principal Investigator: M.L. Zunino, University of Udine).
Project member - ThERA. Theran Epigraphic Rubbings Archive (Project CHANGES, Principal Investigator: A. Inglese, Associazione Centro di Eccellenza DTC Lazio).
Expert Epigraphist for the archaeological mission of the Institute of Fine Arts, NYU, and the University of Milan at the Parco Archeologico e Paesaggistico di Selinunte, Cave di Cusa, and Pantelleria.
Expert Epigraphist for the archaeological mission of the Deutsches Archäologisches Institut at the Parco Archeologico e Paesaggistico di Selinunte, Cave di Cusa, and Pantelleria.
Expert Epigraphist for the archaeological mission of the Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa at the Parco Archeologico e Paesaggistico della Valle dei Templi, Agrigento.
Member of the Centre for the Study of Ancient Documents (CSAD), University of Oxford.
Editorial Board Member of the journal Axon. Iscrizioni storiche greche (since October 2016).
Previous Positions
Senior Researcher (November 2024 - March 2025) in the project ThERA. Theran Epigraphic Rubbings Archive (Project CHANGES, Principal Investigator: Alessandra Inglese), Associazione Centro di Eccellenza DTC Lazio.
Postdoctoral Research Fellow (June 2023 – March 2025) at the University of Udine, for the project LACUNAE (Greek section, Principal Investigator: M.L. Zunino).
Postdoctoral Research Fellow (March 2022 – February 2023) at Ca' Foscari University of Venice, for the project MAS. Mapping Ancient Sicily (Principal Investigator: S. De Vido).
Fellow at the Fondation Hardt, Vandoeuvres, Switzerland (October–November 2021).
Postdoctoral Research Associate (October 2020 – January 2022) at the University of Oxford, in the ERC-funded Crossreads project (Principal Investigator: J.W. Prag).
Responsible for translation, update, and implementation of the Axon. Iscrizioni storiche greche database (July – September 2020).
Education
Ph.D in Ancient Heritage Studies (2020), Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Inter-University PhD programme, in partnership with Dottorato in Scienze dell’Antichità. Dissertation: Mobilità, paesaggi urbani e società a Siracusa tra l’età arcaica e la metà del IV secolo a.C. Supervisor: Prof. S. De Vido.
M.A. in Ancient Heritage Studies, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice. Thesis: Le parole della colonizzazione. Definizioni generali e modelli interpretativi negli studi sulla Magna Grecia (110/110 cum laude). Supervisor: Prof. S. De Vido, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice; Co-supervisors: Prof. C. Antonetti, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Prof. O. Tribulato, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice.
B.A. in Classics, Università degli Studi di Catania. Thesis: Picciolo il dardo ma che giunge al cielo: Leopardi dalla traduzione degli Idilli di Mosco ai Canti (110/110 cum laude). Supervisor: Prof. R. Galvagno.
Scientific High School Diploma, Informatics Track (Piano Nazionale Informatica), Liceo Scientifico "Orso Mario Corbino", Syracuse, Italy.
Dissemination
| 2025 | Podcast - "Lettere Aperte", Ca’ Foscari Univeristy of Venice [forthcoming] |
| 2023, January | Story Map on ESRI ArcGIS: ‘Mapping Ancient Sicily’ (link) |
| 2022, March | Registered online lecture on Early Greek Writing & Digital Epigraphy, published by Isegoria Publishing. Making it Fair for Scholars Everywhere (link) |
| 2021, October | Centre for the Study of Ancient Documents Newsletter: ‘Crossreads: investigating the early alphabets of Sicily’ (link) |
| 2021, September | Interview at Convegno Internazionale di studi di Erice (link) |
| 2021, July | Website blog: ‘Researching the writing systems of ancient Sicily. About the arrow-shaped Alpha and Sikel identity’ (link) / ‘Indagando i sistemi di scrittura della Sicilia antica. Dell’alfa ‘a freccia’ e dell’identità Sicula’ (link) |
| 2021, March | Website blog: ‘A new language in the epigraphic landscape of ancient Sicily’ (link)/ ‘Una nuova lingua nel panorama epigrafico della Sicilia antica’ (link) |
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