Alessandra CIANCIOSI

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Name: Alessandra Cianciosi

Mail: ale.cianciosi@unive.it

URL for web site: https://unive.academia.edu/AlessandraCianciosi

ORCID ID: 0000-0002-7493-1006

EDUCATION

2008 Ph.D. in Medieval History - Dep. of History and Cultures, Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna (01/01/2005-31/12/2007). Thesis: Medieval Settlement between History and Archaeology: from Saltopiano to the Vicariato of Galliera (Bologna) (9th-14th c.)

2003 MA in Medieval Archaeology, University of Parma (01/09/1998-13/11/2003). Thesis: The post-antique settlement in the countryside of Formigine (Modena). Results and perspectives of archaeological research.

CURRENT POSITION

Marie S. Curie Global Fellow, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam School of Historical Studies (ASH), in partnership with Stanford University, Department of Anthropology (USA). Grant Agreement No 897004, Project ISLand (https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/28a0acd44c0542b6808b9ec432d00af), Isolation and Segregation Landscape. Archaeology of Quarantine in the Indian Ocean World. https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/897004

PREVIOUS POSITIONS

2020-2023 Lecturer in Archaeological Research Methods–Dep. of Architecture, University of Ferrara.

01/02/2020 – 31/12/2020 Post-doctoral Research Fellow – Department of Humanities, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice. Research Project: Dirt, stone, and wood: historic building recording in the lagoon settlement of Jesolo.

01/06/2015 – 31/05/2018 Post-doctoral Research Fellow – Department of Humanities, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice. Research Project: Nonantola: a community grown in the shade of the Abbot.

01/04/2014 – 31/03/2015 Post-doctoral Research Fellow (Funded by ESF Programme)– Department of Humanities, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice. Research Project: VeNETia GIS. Tools to disseminate the archaeological heritage of Venice.

01/08/2009 – 27/09/2013 Post-doctoral Research Fellow – Department of Humanities, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice. Research Project: The Middle Ages in a great Abbey: the St. Sylvester monastery in Nonantola.

PROJECT PARTICIPATION AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL FIELDWORKS

2012-to date Site co-director of Archaeological Excavation – Department of Anthropology, Stanford University, California (USA). MACH (Mauritian Archaeology and Cultural Heritage) Project – Le Morne Cemetery; Bois Marchand Cemetery; Bras d'Eau survey; Flat Island quarantine station; Albion Cemetery; Phooliyar-Antoinette Sugar Estate (Mauritius).

2019-2021 Site co-director of Archaeological Excavation. MSCA Project SOLMUS. Social Landscapes as Multicultural Spaces: Stećci in Bosnia and Herzegovina - University of Reading, UK; Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts in Ljubljana, Slovenia: Medieval Cemetery of Milavići (Bosnia and Herzegovina).

2013-2020 Site director of Archaeological Excavation - Department of Humanities, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice: Jesolo (Venice) Project: Late Antique and Medieval settlement.

2015 Site co-director of Archaeological Excavation - Department of Humanities, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice: Nonantola Project: Piazza Liberazione, Nonantola (Modena).

2004-2011 Site director of Archaeological Excavation - Department of Humanities, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice: Alta Valle del Tagliamento Project: castle of Cuol di Ciastiel, necropoli of Andrazza, Forni di Sopra (Udine); castle of Pra di Got, Forni di Sotto (UD); castle of Cjastelat, Ampezzo (Udine).

2004-2009 Site co-director of Archaeological Excavation - Department of Humanities, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice: Nonantola Project: Abbey of St. Sylvester and historical settlement, Nonantola (Modena).

2005-2007 Archaeological Survey and Excavation site director - Department of Humanities, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice: Galliera (Bologna) Project: medieval tower and settlement, Galliera (Bologna).

OTHER APPOINTMENTS

2004-2019 Collaboration Job, as a medieval archaeologist, on different sites in Northern Italy for rescue archaeology.

2012-2017 Collaboration Job, as museum educator for children, at City Museum of Nonantola (Modena): organization and implementation of archaeological museum-based education workshops at didactic laboratory “Warehouse of History”.

2009 Secretary of Master course in Maritime Archaeology. History and research techniques of underwater archaeology – Department of Humanities, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice: planning, organization, coordination, and communication of didactical, educational and administrative activities.

2000-2002 Collaboration Job, librarian and secretary at the University of Parma, Department of Bibliotheconomy.