CHRYSANTHI KOURTA

PhD Student

PhD program:: XXXVIII
email: chrysanthi.kourta@uniroma1.it




supervisor: Prof.ssa L. M. Michetti
co-supervisor: Prof. J. Tabolli
co-supervisor (2): Prof. S. Bruni

Research: Offering Arms to the Gods: Testimonies from the Sanctuaries and Sacred Areas of Etruria

Phd in Archaeology, Curriculum/ Settore disciplinare: L-ANT/06 - Etruscologia e Antichità italiche

The PhD project (Offering Arms to the Gods: Testimonies form the sanctuaries and sacred areas of Etruria) addresses the issue of the dedication of arms in sacred contexts, emphasizing on the evidence of votive weapons, arms and armory attested in the sanctuaries and sacred areas in Etruria. Aim of the project is to detect the variants and variations of the phenomenon with respect to the Greek votive narrative, comprehending, thus, the diffusion and the circulation of the custom in central Italy and deciphering its local character.

Studies:
MSc in Disaster and Crisis Management Strategies (2022)
Faculty of Sciences, Department of Geology, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece.
MA in Archaeology, Art and Culture (2021)
Specialization: Classical Archaeology.
MA Thesis: “...seized from the enemy”: War victory monuments in the sanctuaries of Ancient Greece during the Archaic and Classical era.
Faculty of Philosophy, Department of History and Archaeology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece.
BA in History and Archaeology (2018)
Specialization: Archaeology (Prehistoric, Classical, Byzantine) and Art History. Faculty of Philosophy, Department of History and Archaeology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece.

Fellowships:
Fall 2021 - Winter 2022: Intern/ Trainee, Museo delle Antichità Etrusche e Italiche, La Sapienza, Università di Roma, Italy.
Fall 2020: Visiting MA student, Thesis Research in Classical Archaeology, Department of Archaeology, Università degli Studi di Firenze, Italy.
Fall 2019: Visiting MA student, Archaeological Sciences, Università degli Studi di Padova, Italy.

Brief Fieldwork Experience: Pyrgi, Italy (Sapienza Università di Roma), Vulci, Italy (Duke University), Thorikos Archaeological Project, Greece (Belgische School te Athene), Ancient Molykreion-Sanctuary of Poseidon and Athena, Greece (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki), Kythnos, Greece (University of Thessaly), Dion, Pella, Vergina, Greece (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki), Turkey, Cyprus, etc.


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