Monday 11 May, 5pm at the Lecture theatre, Faculty of Classics, Ioannou Centre for Classical & Byzantine Studies, 66, St. Giles’, Oxford, OX1 3LU
One Site, Many Lives: Archaeology in the Urban Area of Metapontion
Fabio Donnici (Università degli Studi della Basilicata)
Part of the Classical Archaeology Seminar, Trinity Term 2026
APRI: Archaeology of Preroman Italy
Supported by ICI London
In continuity with the Sybille Haynes Etruscan Lecture, traditionally held on the first Monday of Trinity Term (27 April), this seminar series explores recent research on pre-Roman Italy, broadly defined to encompass various populations and regions of the Italian peninsula, including Magna Graecia. It highlights new excavations, fresh insights into material culture, and studies on the interactions between Greeks and local communities.
4 May – 8 June, every Monday at 5pm at the Lecture theatre, Faculty of Classics, Ioannou Centre for Classical & Byzantine Studies, 66, St. Giles’, Oxford, OX1 3LU. Drinks afterwards
No need to book, just come along!
Organisers: Angela Pola, Christina Monroe, Isabella Jäger
with the support of the Faculty of Classics and the Italian Cultural Institute, London
Fabio Donnici graduated in Archaeology from the University of Perugia, specialized in Archaeological Heritage at the University of Florence, and obtained his PhD at the University of Basilicata, where he served as Assistant Professor from 2019 to 2024. He led the European research project DiABasi (Discovering Ancient Cities in Basilicata) and held a Research Fellowship as part of the European project Tech4You – Technologies for Climate Change Adaptation and Quality of Life Improvement. Since 2014, he has directed archaeological fieldwork in Southern Italy, including projects in Anzi, Baragiano, Ferrandina, and Metaponto. He is a member of the scientific board of the series Polieion (Basilicata University Press) and of the Class A journal Siris (Quasar), as well as of the scientific committees of the Civic Archaeological Museum of Ferrandina and the ArcheoParco del Basileus (Baragiano). He has also collaborated with the Italian Archaeological School at Athens since 2016, focusing on the study of ceramics from the Sanctuary of the Kabeiroi at Lemnos, and he is involved in an Italian–Greek project on archaeological artefacts illicitly held by Robin Symes Ltd, now housed at the Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki. He has published extensively on the archaeology of Magna Graecia, including monographs, edited volumes, and articles, with a focus on pre-Roman Lucania, the interactions between Greeks and indigenous populations, as well as pottery production, mosaics, and the history of collecting in Southern Italy (18th–20th century).