Silvia NEGRO

Silvia Negro (1991) is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Trento within the framework of the ERC project FeBo: Federalism and Border Management in Greek Antiquity (PI: Elena Franchi). Her research focuses on Greek History and Epigraphy, with particular attention to the Athenian and Attic context. She received her PhD in Ancient Heritage Studies from Ca’ Foscari University of Venice in January 2025, with a dissertation entitled The Deme of Halai Aixonides. A Study of Deme Life in Attica, awarded cum laude and the Doctor Europaeus distinction. In 2025, she was Postdoctoral Fellow at the Italian Archaeological School at Athens (SAIA), where she further developed this research into a monograph currently under peer review and awarded the Publication Prize of the Istituto Italiano per la Storia Antica.

She studied Classics (BA, 2013) and Archaeology and Ancient History (MA, 2016) at the University of Turin, completing theses in Greek History and Epigraphy. She subsequently earned a Postgraduate Specialization Diploma in Classical Archaeology from the School of Archaeology of Matera (2019). Her archaeological training also includes excavation experience in Italy (Siris-Herakleia, Policoro; Isola del Cantone; Costigliole di Saluzzo), as well as a traineeship at the Egyptian Museum of Turin (2018). During her PhD, she was admitted to the doctoral training term at the Italian Archaeological School at Athens (Autumn 2022), and was invited as Visiting Doctoral Researcher at the University of Ottawa, Canada (Spring 2023), where she carried out research and academic activities within the Department of Classics and Religious Studies.

She is a member of the editorial board of the peer-reviewed journal Axon. Iscrizioni storiche greche and a contributor to Attic Inscriptions Online (AIO). She is also associated with the Scientific and Review Committee of ELA. The Epigraphic Landscape of Athens and with the international research network TeMAES. Territoires multiples: agentivité et environnements socio-économiques. She has presented her research at national and international conferences and published in peer-reviewed journals (more at: unitn.academia.edu/SilviaNegro).