Alessandra VALENTINI

Position
Associate Professor
Telephone
041 234 6345
E-mail
valentini@unive.it
Academic discipline
Roman History [STAN-01/B]
Website
https://www.unive.it/web/en/19197/people/valentini(personal record)
Office
Department of Humanities
Website: https://www.unive.it/dep.humanities
Where: Malcanton Marcorà

Office hours

Academic Year 2026/27 – First Semester – Thursdays at 10:45 a.m., Palazzo Marcorà, Office A107, first floor. Students are kindly requested to always contact me in advance by email.

Teaching activity current year

Teaching activity previous years

SCIENZE DELL'ANTICHITÀ: LETTERATURE, STORIA E ARCHEOLOGIA [FM2]
Laurea magistrale (DM270)

SCIENZE DELL'ANTICHITÀ: ARCHEOLOGIA, LETTERATURE E STORIA [FMR2]
Laurea magistrale (DM270)

CONSERVAZIONE E GESTIONE DEI BENI E DELLE ATTIVITÀ CULTURALI [FT1]
Laurea

FILOSOFIA [FT2]
Laurea

LETTERE [FT3]
Laurea

STORIA [FT5]
Laurea

FILOSOFIA [FTR2]
Laurea

LETTERE [FTR3]
Laurea

STORIA [FTR5]
Laurea

ANTROPOLOGIA CULTURALE, ETNOLOGIA, ETNOLINGUISTICA [FM10]
Laurea magistrale (DM270)

SCIENZE DELL'ANTICHITÀ: LETTERATURE, STORIA E ARCHEOLOGIA [FM2]
Laurea magistrale (DM270)

CONSERVAZIONE E GESTIONE DEI BENI E DELLE ATTIVITÀ CULTURALI [FT1]
Laurea

FILOSOFIA [FT2]
Laurea

LETTERE [FT3]
Laurea

STORIA [FT5]
Laurea

Activities and research skills

Academic discipline
Storia romana [STAN-01/B]
Geographic areas in which the research experience mainly applies
Nazionale
Known languages
Inglese (scritto: intermedio parlato: intermedio)
Francese (scritto: intermedio parlato: intermedio)
Participation in editorial boards of scientific journals/book series
Comitato Editoriale della Rivista Erga-Logoi
Main departmental research areas and fields
Area: Storia e Antropologia Linea: Storia delle civiltà antiche
Storia Antica
Description:
Ancient History
Keywords:
Ancient history
ATECO code:
[85.42] - istruzione universitaria e post-universitaria; accademie e conservatori
Storia delle donne
Description:
Gender Studies
Keywords:
Ancient history
ATECO code:
[85.42] - istruzione universitaria e post-universitaria; accademie e conservatori
Comunicazione politica nella Roma antica
Description:
Political communication in ancient Rome
Keywords:
Ancient history
ATECO code:
[85.42] - istruzione universitaria e post-universitaria; accademie e conservatori
Storia politica di Roma antica
Description:
Political history of ancient Rome
Keywords:
Ancient history
ATECO code:
[85.42] - istruzione universitaria e post-universitaria; accademie e conservatori
Digital Humanities
Description:
Digital Humanities
Keywords:
Ancient history
ATECO code:
[72.20] - ricerca e sviluppo sperimentale nel campo delle scienze sociali e umanistiche
Dinamiche politiche in età triumvirale ed augustea
SSD:
L-ANT/03
Other members of the research group:
Francesca ROHR
Matrona in re publica perita: la partecipazione politica femminile tra tarda repubblica e instaurazione del principato augusteo
SSD:
L-ANT/03
Other members of the research group:
Sara BORRELLO
Tomaso Maria LUCCHELLI
Francesca ROHR
tra memoria e oblio: l'età triumvirale ed augustea nelle Historiae di Velleio Patercolo
SSD:
L-ANT/03
Other members of the research group:
Francesca ROHR
#EtiamEgo. La violenza contro le donne nella Roma antica: prospettive storiche e costruzioni simboliche
Funding body:
MUR
Type:
PRIN
Role in the project:
PT
Starting date:
Year: 2023 Length in months: 24
Other members of the research group:
Sara BORRELLO
Tomaso Maria LUCCHELLI
Francesca ROHR
Roma al femminile, tra storia antica e presente
Funding body:
VeDPH (Venice Centre for Digital and Public Humanities) Dipartimento di Studi Umanistici-Dipartimento di Eccellenza, Università Ca' Foscari
Type:
Altri programmi ministeriali
Role in the project:
LD
Sito di progetto:
https://www.unive.it/pag/40315/
Starting date:
Year: 2020 Length in months: 36
Other members of the research group:
Sara BORRELLO
Francesca ROHR
SPIN 2023: Project: “Women's Oratory in the Roman world: the gender Dimension in ancient Speeches (8th BCE – 1st CE) Acronym: WORDS” (P.I. F. Rohr)
Funding body:
Università Ca' Foscari
Type:
Progetti di Ateneo
Role in the project:
LD
Starting date:
Year: 2023 Length in months: 24
Other members of the research group:
Alessio COTUGNO
Tomaso Maria LUCCHELLI
Francesca ROHR

Publication highlights

Valentini Alessandra Quando un cavallo vale più di un senatore: Incitato e Caligola in Valentini Alessandra, Uomini e bestie fra Antichità e Medioevo Animali domestici, selvatici e fantastici, Roma, Quasar, vol. 3, pp. 267-279 (ISBN 978-88-5491-529-9)
2024, Book Article - ARCA card: 10278/5072482


Valentini Alessandra Livilla, sorella di Germanico e Claudio in Valentini Alessandra, Frères et sœurs dans l’Antiquité gréco-romaine. Réflexions autour d’un lien familial, Neuchâtel, Éditions Alphil-Presses universitaires suisses, pp. 275-299, Convegno: Frères et sœurs dans l’Antiquité gréco-romaine. Réflexions autour d’un lien familial, 11-12 novembre 2021 (ISBN 978-2-88930-652-7)
DOI 2024, Article in Conference Proceedings - ARCA card: 10278/5086387


Valentini L'erede mancato: Agrippa Postumo e la successione di Augusto , Bologna, Patron, vol. 10 (ISBN 9788855535823)
2022, Scientific monograph or treatise - ARCA card: 10278/5009661


Valentini Alessandra Agrippina Maggiore. Una matrona nella politica della domus Augusta , Venezia, Edizioni Cafoscari, vol. 22 (ISBN 978-88-6969-347-2) (ISSN 2610-8801)
DOI - URL correlato 2019, Scientific monograph or treatise - ARCA card: 10278/3725911


Alessandra Valentini Matronae tra novitas e mos maiorum. Spazi e modalità dell'azione pubblica femminile nella Roma medio repubblicana , Venezia, , Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti (ISBN 9788895996400)
2012, Scientific monograph or treatise - ARCA card: 10278/43802


List of publications

Curriculum vitae

Born in Venice on 19/04/1982. She attended Ca' Foscari University of Venice, obtaining a Bachelor's degree in Cultural Heritage Conservation in 2004, with a thesis entitled "Strategie di romanizzazione: Claudio e la Britannia tra conquista militare e politica urbanistica" and in 2006 a Master's degree in Ancient History, with a thesis entitled "Donne ed eserciti tra novitas e mos maiorum." During the academic year 2003/2004, she participated in the project "Fondo sociale europeo - Expert in Archaeological Research Methods and Techniques," sponsored by the Ministero del Lavoro e delle Politiche Sociali with the Regione Veneto and Ca' Foscari University of Venice. In 2010, she earned a Ph.D. from the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore di Milano, with a research project aimed at investigating the dynamics of women's political participation in Roman society between the 3rd and 2nd centuries BCE. Since 2010, she has been a teaching assistant for courses in Roman History and Roman Historiography. In 2011, she spent a research period in Paris, at the Université Paris Ouest Nanterre La Défense, the École Pratique des Hautes Études, the École Normale Supérieure, the Centre Gustave-Glotz, and the Institut National d’Histoire de l’Art. In May 2013, she obtained a Ph.D. from Ca' Foscari University with a thesis entitled "Il partito degli sconfitti: la factio di Agrippina Maggiore all'esordio del principato." She was a research fellow (2012/2013) with a project entitled "Prosopografia della romanizzazione: il caso del «Venetorum angulus»'" and in 2014/2015 with a project entitled "Ottavia Minore tra mos maiorum e trasformazione: il ruolo pubblico e l'influenza politica della sorella di Ottaviano Augusto" at Ca' Foscari University of Venice. In the academic year 2013/2014, she was awarded the Research Prize, given by Ca' Foscari University of Venice to enhance and recognize excellence in research. In the biennium 2015-2017, she was the Principal Investigator of the project "Tra innovazione e tradizione: il ruolo pubblico delle donne della domus principio all'esordio del principato," funded by Ca' Foscari University of Venice. She is Principal Investigator of the project “Roma al femminile, tra storia antica e presente” (Roman women, between ancient history and contemporary times), funded by the Venice Centre for Digital and Public Humanities. In 2015, she obtained teaching certification for the A051 class (Literature and Latin in higher education institutions). In the academic year 2016/2017, she was a fellow at the Italian Institute for Ancient History. In 2016, she won the Teaching Competition Miur DDG 106 of 23/02/2016 for the A011, A012, and A022 classes. From September 1, 2017, to July 31, 2023, she was a permanent teacher at E. Majorana - E. Corner High School in Mirano. She is currently a Researcher (RTD-b).

She achieved the National Scientific qualification as associate professor in the Italian higher education system for the disciplinary field of 10/D1 - Ancient history (20/01/2022).

She achieved the National Scientific qualification as full professor in the Italian higher education system, for the disciplinary field of 10/D1 - Ancient history (10/07/2025).