Phd in PHD SCHOOL OF ARCHAEOLOGY

email: antonio.ferrandes@uniroma1.it
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building: Ex Vetreria Sciarra
room: 13

Antonio Francesco Ferrandes is a tenure-track researcher in Classical Archaeology (SSD L-ANT/07) at the Department of Sciences of Antiquity, Sapienza University of Rome, where he carries out research, teaching, and scientific coordination activities. He obtained his degree in Classics with honours (2003), a PhD in Archaeology (2009), and a Specialisation Diploma in Classical Archaeology with honours (2010) at Sapienza University of Rome. In 2018 he was awarded the Italian National Scientific Qualification (ASN) for Associate Professor in the field of Archaeology (10/A1). His research interests focus on the archaeology of Rome and the Mediterranean from the Republican to the Imperial period, with particular emphasis on urban stratigraphy, material culture studies, production and trade dynamics, settlement systems, and living spaces. A significant part of his research is also devoted to the islands of Ventotene and Santo Stefano, where he coordinates projects aimed at the study and valorisation of the imperial villa at Punta Eolo and of both terrestrial and underwater archaeological contexts in the Pontine archipelago. He has held positions of scientific responsibility in several national and international research projects, including the EU Horizon project “TRIQUETRA”, devoted to the assessment and mitigation of climate and environmental risks affecting cultural heritage, as well as Sapienza-funded projects focused on the integration of traditional archaeological approaches with digital and innovative methodologies. He currently coordinates research teams engaged in the study and publication of complex archaeological contexts in Rome (north-eastern slope of the Palatine Hill, Horti Lamiani), Pompeii, and other Mediterranean sites. He is actively involved in teaching at undergraduate and postgraduate levels at Sapienza University of Rome, including courses taught in English, and is a member of the teaching staff of the PhD School in Archaeology as well as of several degree programmes and international initiatives, including the Erasmus Mundus Joint Master in Architecture, Landscape and Archaeology. He has delivered lectures and seminars at Italian and foreign universities and institutions, including the Freie Universität Berlin, the Université de Rouen, and the Italian Archaeological School at Athens. He is the author of numerous scientific publications in national and international journals and edited volumes, as well as of monographs devoted to Roman urban archaeology. He regularly participates in international conferences and is actively involved in peer review activities and in the direction of scientific book series. His research is characterised by an integrated approach to archaeological data, aimed at reconstructing the historical, social, and economic dynamics of ancient contexts and at fostering a critical and informed transmission of archaeological knowledge.