Congresses and seminars

The 2nd International Congress of the CISEM, "Living in the Late Antique Mediterranean", was held between the 2nd and the 5th March 2016 in Bologna.

The Congress lasted four days, three of them (Department of History and Cultures, piazza San Giovanni in Monte 2, Aula Prodi) dedicated to discuss general topics concerning Late Antique housing, with a closer examination on specific contexts. The program focused in particular on regional peculiarities in the Mediterranean, which were analysed by some of the participants in the keynote speeches to the various sessions. On the 5th March, the last session was held in Ravenna and dealt with the Late Antique domus of Via D'Azeglio.

The Proceedings publication will be edited by the CISEM Scientific Council, and it will include the contributions and the posters presented at the Congress.

The 1st International Congress of the Inter-University Centre for Studies on Late Antique Mediterranean "La Villa restaurata e i nuovi studi sull’edilizia residenziale tardoantica", was held in Bologna from the 7th to the 10th November 2012.

The Congress has been developed in different sessions, coordinated by the various operational units of the CISEM, including specialists, members of different Universities, Superintendencies and Research centres: each session has been dedicated to the discussion of particular topics (researches and restorations at the Villa, Late Antique Housing in Sicily, the relationship between housing and public power, the architectural and decorative programs, material culture, palaces and great residences in Hispania and different themes related to restoration and preservation). Other participants presented short contributions and posters about the results of their researches in the field of Late Antique housing.

A guided tour of the Villa allowed to illustrate the results of the last excavation campaigns, directed by the Sapienza University of Rome, and the work of restoration and musealisation led by the Regional Centre for Restoration. It was also possible to visit the archaeological site of Sophiana, where field investigation has been resumed by the University of Messina.

The Congress Proceedings, edited by Patrizio Pensabene and Carla Sfameni, are published by Edipuglia in the Insulae Diomedeae Series (Bari 2014).