Associate Professor
ARCH-01/D Archeologia classica
cacciotti@lettere.uniroma2.it
Other professional positions
Assistant Porfessor of History of Archaeology at the University of Rome Tor Vergata since 2007; member of the PhD Teaching Staff in “Antiquity and classical tradition” at the same University; Advisor Professor of the International Doctotal Committee “Art i Musicologia Història de l’Art” at the Universita Autonòma de Barcelona
Positions held
In 2014 she got the National Scientific Habilitation functions for associate professor in the sector 10/A1 (Classical Archaeology)
Education
She earned her MA in 1991 (110/110 cum laude) and her PhD in 1998 at the University of Rome Tor Vergata; in 1994 she received an affiliated sholarship of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) in Madrid and from 1995 to 1998 she had a PhD scholarship from Tor Vergata University
Teaching Positions
She was external Supervisor of PhD theses at the Universities of Barcelona (UB and UAB) and Madrid (Complutense). She also taught abroad for Master’s degree programmes of Antiquities and Arts and since 2020 she is Advisor Professor of the International Doctotal Committee “Art i Musicologia Història de l’Art” at the Universita Autonòma de Barcelona
Fields of research
Her main fields of research include: the revival of antiquity, the antiquities collections (Este, Caro, Ludovisi, Borghese, Pamphilj, Chigi, Massimo, Albani) and the roman antiquarian market from the Renaissance to the 20th century. In particular she contributed to define the Spanish collecting (Mendoza, Carpio, Azara, Alba, Despuig, Godoy). Moreover she studies the manuscripts (historical informations, drawings) of scholars of antiquities (P. Ligorio, A.Chacón, F. Bianchini, P. L. Ghezzi, G. Zoega) with the aim to collect unpublished data on the excavations of Rome and Latium vetus (Celium, Aventinum, Hadrianeum, Pompeius’ Theatre) and in the neighbourhood (Tibur, Tusculum, Antium, Gabii, Albanum, Aricia, Lanuvium). The history of the excavations has allowed to associate the antiquities with archaeological sites and to reconstruct the original decorative context. She has also focused her researches on the survival of the antique portraiture from the Renaissance to the Neo-Classicism. Other research interests concern the diffusion and the trasmission of iconographic models and oriental cults in Spain and Italy. At the present day she is director of the project university-sponsored “Oltre Tusculum: collezionismo di antichità, dimore nobiliari, storie di musei. Key-studies” and scientific Partner of two others Spanish projects on: “Itálica adrianea: la Nova Urbs. Análisis arqueológico del paradigma urbano y su evolución, y contrastación del modelo” (University of Sevilla, Plan Estatal de Investigación Científica y Técnica y de Innovación de España 2017-2020 and “El sarcófago romano en la Península Ibérica. Arqueología, Arqueometría y Conservación/Restauración” funded by MINECO too
Editorial boards
She is member of the scientific committees of: “Emblecat. Journal of the Catalan Association of Studies in Emblematic, Art and Society”; “Spal. Revista de prehistoria y arquelogía de la Universidad de Sevilla”; “Biblioteca del Lazio” e “Archaeologica/Beni culturali 11”. She is member of the evaluation commitee REPRISE
Research training and grants
In the years 1993-2005 she held research contracts from Ministry of Science and Tecnology of Madrid, Scuola Normale Superiore of Pisa and MIBACT and postdoctoral grants and research fellowships from Tor Vergata University and MIUR. She carried out her research activity in England (London: Warburg Institute, Eton College), Spain (Madrid: Archaeology Department of CSIC, Museo del Prado, Instituto Arqueológico Alemán) and Germany (Dresden, Staatlichen Kunstsammlungen). She has cooperated with prestigious public and private museums, publishers and international organizations (Soprintendenze Archeologiche di Roma e del Lazio, Sovrintendenza Capitolina, Comitato Nazionale per lo Studio delle Opere di Pirro Ligorio, Cultural Heritage Office of USA Embassy; Madrid: Museo del Prado, Instituto arqueológico Alemán, Real Academia de la Historia, Fundación Casa de Alba; Instituto Andaluz del Patrimonio Histórico)
Selected international colloquia and papers
She was invited speaker in many International and National symposia and conferences
2021: “Locus amoenus. Il bel paesaggio come luogo di soggiorno. Dalle ville romane alle dimore nobili del Tuscolo. Casi e confronti”, Monteporzio Catone; 2019: “Tommaso de’ Cavalieri arbitro del gusto nella Roma della seconda metà del Cinquecento”, Roma, Gallerie Nazionali di Arte Antica, Palazzo Barberini; 2018: “Disegnare l’Antico, riproporre l’Antico nel Cinquecento. Taccuini, copie e studi attorno a Girolamo da Carpi”, Università di Padova; 2018: “Il mondo di Cola. 1. Cola dell’Amatrice nella cultura figurativa e architettonica del Rinascimento” Roma, Fondazione Besso; 2017: “Die Antikenalben des Alphonsus Ciacconius in Braunschweig, Rom und Pesaro. Dokumentation und Deutung antiker Skulpturen im 16. Jahrhundert”, Braunschweig, Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museum; 2016: “Symposium Peregrinum: The Mysteries of Mithras and the other Mystic Cults in the Roman World”, Tarquinia, Vulci, Marino; 2015: “Almahisto. El Almacén de la Historia (1700-1939)”, Madrid, University of Carlos III; 2015: “Viri Antiqui. El retrato escultórico masculino en las colecciones anticuarias. Función, cronología y modos de restauración”, University of Barcelona 2014: “Lazio e Sabina- 11° Incontro di studi”, Rome, Soprintendenza Archeologica del Lazio; 2013: “Roma 1771-1891. I Giornali di Vincenzo Pacetti”, Rome, University of La Sapienza, Accademia di San Luca; 2013: “Jornadas Internacionales Arqueología del Mármol: Investigaciones recientes en Italia y España”, University of Sevilla; 2013: “Georg Zoëga (1755-1809) The forgotten scholar”, Bologna, Archaeological Museum and Rome, Danish Academy; 2011: “Antiguo e Moderno. Encuadre de la escultura de estilo clásico en su período correspondiente” Barcelona; 2011: XI Coloquio Internacional de Arte romano provincial: Roma y las provincias: modelo y difusión”, Mérida)