Assistant Professor
ARCH-01/D Archeologia classica
giulia.rocco@uniroma2.it
Other professional positions
Since 2 October 1995- Assistant (Funzionario Tecnico) in Archaeology and History of Greek and Roman Art of the University of Rome Tor Vergata
Since 1. March 2001: Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Letters of the University of Rome “Tor Vergata” (L-ANT/07 Classical Archaeology)
Positions held
3. 04.02 2014: Licence as Associate Professor with unanimous positive judgment (10A 1 – L-ANT/07 Classical Archaeology, session 2012)
4. 13.09.2019: Licence as Associate Professor with unanimous “excellent” judgment (10A 1 – L-ANT/07 Classical Archaeology, session 2018-19)
Education
6. 1989-1990: degree of the biennial school for restorer of frescoes and paintings (Scuola di Restauro “Roma” – Maestro L. Colalucci) ( 28/30)
7. A.A 1987/1988-1990/91: 1st. class Degree in “Lettere Classiche” (University of Rome “Tor Vergata” thesis in Archaeology and History of Greek and Roman Art, Relator Prof. A. Giuliano, 110 cum laude)
8. 1995: Professional qualification as “Expert in museum management” (Regione Lazio)
9. A.A. 1993-1996: Ph.D. in Archaeology (Tutor Prof. F. Canciani, University of Trieste)
Teaching Positions
Since October 1995 Seminars and classes in Classical Archaeology at the University of Rome “Tor Vergata”
Since October 2002: Appointment as a member of the faculty teaching staff of the Doctorate in “Classical Antiquities”, then “Antichità Classiche e loro fortuna. Archeologia, Filologia, Storia” (University of Rome Tor Vergata)
Fields of research
I am interested in the relations between the Greek world and other Mediterranean cultures of the near-eastern area. I study Greek pottery, also in relation to the different contexts in which it circulated and Greek and Roman sculpture, from contexts and in museum collections. I carried out excavations and research projects in Italy and Greece
Editorial boards and Archeological excavation
1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000 and 2001: organization and co-direction of the project of archaeological research and excavation on the north-western slopes of the Palatine (Velabro), as part of the activities of the Chair of Archaeology and History of Greek and Roman Art, funded by MIUR
2007-2009 Spina
Since 2014 excavation of the “Villa delle Terme degli stucchi dipinti”, Rome
Peer Reviewer for the following journals
Aristonothos –Mediterranea – Ocnus – BAR International
Research training and grants
1999: grant by “Regione Marche” (Assessorato alla Cultura, Centro Beni Culturali) for the publication of the volume: Giulia Rocco, Avori e ossi dal Piceno, Roma 1999 (L’Erma) (PhD thesis)
2008: grant by the Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung for the volume: Giulia Rocco, La ceramica protoattica: pittori e botteghe (710-630 BC), Rahden 2008 (VML-Internationale Archäologie)
2000: participation in the seminar and archaeological excavation in Kerkouane (Tunisia) organized by the Institut National du Patrimoine, under the direction of Prof. M.H. Fantar
2001: participation to the survey project in Kirbet el Fattir (Israel) under the direction of Prof. A. Strus (Salesian University of Rome) and the Israel Antiquities Service
2000-2004: collaboration with the „Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana G. Treccani“ for the review and updating of lemmi and bibliography on the Peoples of Pre-Roman Italy and drafting of lemmi for the Enciclopedia Archeologica
Since 2002 member of the staff of the archaeological mission in Mozia, directed by Prof. L. Nigro, admitted to PRIN funding, carried out in collaboration with the Chair of Phoenician-Punic Archaeology of the University of Rome “La Sapienza”, the Soprintendenza e poi Parco archeologico di Trapani e Marsala and the Withaker Foundation, with participation in excavation campaigns, activities of the pottery laboratory and the publication of finds
2003-2013: participation in the project of edition, granted by the Vatican Museums, of the Mario Astarita Collection in the Vatican Museums in collaboration with A. Paul (Center of Studies on Greek Pottery, Washington D.C.), J. Gaunt (Emory University, USA), Mario Iozzo (National Archaeological Museum of Florence)
2007: coordinator for the collaboration between the University of Rome “Tor Vergata” and the Municipality of Marino for the enhancement of the archaeological and artistic assets of its territory
2007-2008, 2010: collaboration with the Soprintendenza Archeologica dell’ Umbria and the Archaeological Museum of Spoleto for the recognition on the marble sculptures in the deposits and the organization of museum exibition of the finds from the Roman theater
2007-2010 scientific member of the archaeological project for the excavation at the site of Spina (Comacchio), directed by Prof. Ch. Reusser, Universität Zürich, Institut für klassische Archäologie, funded by the University of Zurich
2010: collaboration at the exhibition “Il fascino dell’Oriente nelle collezioni e nei musei d’Italia” Frascati Scuderie Aldobrandini 12 December 2010-27 February 2011, curated by B. Palma (University of Rome Tor Vergata)
2009: participation in the research group for the study of the materials of the necropolis of Eleonas (Beozia), as part of the publication project promoted in collaboration with the University of Tor Vergata, by the Eforia of the Antiquities of Beozia, coordinated by Prof. V. Aravantinos under the direction of Prof. Margherita Bonanno (University of Rome Tor Vergata)
2010-2012: scientific member of the local unity of the Department of Classical Antiquities of the University of Rome of Tor Vergata to the funded PRIN 2009 “Riscrivere il passato: raccolte di antichità nei palazzi romani” (Scienze dell’antichità, filologico-letterarie e storico-artistiche, Coordinator Prof. E. La Rocca, Dipartimento di Scienze Storiche, Archeologiche e dell’Antichità dell’Università degli Studi di Roma “La Sapienza”, PI of the research unit Prof. Elena Ghisellini, Dipartimento di Antichità e Tradizione Classica of the University of Rome Tor Vergata)
Since 2010 collaboration to the project of reviewing and publishing the ancient sculptures in the private palaces of Rome, once catalogued by Matz and F. Duhn, coordinators L. Musso, E. La Rocca and the Soprintendenza Archeologica di Roma, also for the mapping of the lost and stolen materials
Since 2013 collaboration with the Sovraintendenza Capitolina of Rome for the project of the Catalogues of the Sculptures in the Collections of the Capitoline Museums and Palazzo dei Conservatori
2014 Collaboration with the Soprintendenza Archeologica di Trapani (dott.ssa R. Giglio) for the graphic documentation and the archaeological preliminary report before the excavation of the funeral context found in lc. C. Rotonda (FV-Trapani)
Since 2014 direction, with M. Bonanno and M. Pisani of the “Convenzione” and since 2016 of excavation licence between the Department of Historical Sciences, Social, Philosophical, Cultural and Territory Heritage and the Soprintendenza Archeologica di Roma for the project of excavation and enhancement of the monumental complex of the “Terme degli stucchi dipinti”, financed with the research funds of the “Uncovering Excellence” project
Since 2018 responsable of the concession for the didactic excavation of the “Villa delle Terme degli stucchi dipinti”, organized for the University of Rome Tor Vergata
2015: collaboration with the Vatican Museums for the scientific revision of the classification and exibition of the collection of Giacinto Guglielmi in the Museo Gregoriano Etrusco
Since 2015 collaboration with the Department of Biology of the University of Tor Vergata focused on the techniques and on the individuation of the organic substances used in the paintings found in the excavation of the “Villa delle Terme degli Stucchi dipinti” , using innovative technologies and whose results have been published, and on the pollinic analysis, on DNA analysis of the seeds and woods found in the excavation, on the food remains, with the aim to reconstruct the landscape and the diet, to individuate which kind of woods were used in the praefurnia of the Roman thermal baths and to contribute to implement the database on ancient seeds of the Department of Biology of Tor Vergata
Since 2016 on behalf of the Soprintendenza Archeologica dell’Umbria, then Polo Museale, coordinator with Dr. L. Costamagna, for the publication of excavation and materials from the Roman theater of Spoleto
Since 2018 responsible for the agreement between the Department of History, Cultural Heritage, Education and Society of the University of Rome Tor Vergata and the Polo Museale dell’Umbria for the study of the materials from the excavations carried out by U. Ciotti in Spoleto and in the theatre of Carsuale.
Since 2017 and still ongoing: participation to the project “Open Restoration – Santa Marta al Collegio Romano” with the exhibition of the finds being restored from the excavation ot the Roman “Villa delle terme degli stucchi dipinti”, with the collaboration of the Istituto Superiore per la Conservazione e il Restauro
2017-2018: collaboration for the exhibition “Exekias hat mich getopfert und gemält”, (Zürich 7-11-2018), by the Institut für klassiche Archäologie der Universität Zürich
Since 2018: participation in the project of publishing the archaeological context of the “Area di Arsione” on Mozia, with the study of Greek pottery, in collaboration with the Soprintendenza Archeologica di Trapani, the G. Withaker Foundation, the Universities of Tübingen and Gent
Collaboration with the Salisbury Archaeology established in 2019 to carry out geomagnetic and georadar explorations in the “Villa delle terme degli stucchi dipinti”, which were also extended to the surrounding areas, and a first campaign has been carryed out in October-December 2019
Since 2020 referent, replacing Prof. Donatella Gentili, for the agreement between the Department of History, Cultural Heritage, Training and Society and the Soprintendenza dell’Etruria Meridionale for the project ” Lucus Feroniae”.
Collaboration with the PAMA, Institute for the Advancement of Transdisciplinary Archaeological Sciences, in Kerala (India), for the Roman archeological materials coming from the excavation in Pattanam
Selected international colloquia and papers
“The Roman Theatre of Spoletium: An Attempt at Reconstructing the Frons Scaenae (con Liliana Costamagna – Soprintendenza Archeologica dell’Umbria e Massimo Brizzi – Indipendent Researcher). XVIII International Congress of Classical Archaeology, Merida 13-18 May 2014
“Shapes, rituals and images: preliminary considerations on the contexts of Attic painted pottery in the seventh century B.C. – The example of the high-standed bowls”, International Congress of The European Association of Archeologists (Session “Pottery as Experiment”), Istanbul 11/9 -14/9 -2014
“Il mondo delle essenze vegetali tra Oriente e Occidente: valori simbolici e rivisitazioni in chiave “ornamentale” in The Orientalizing Cultures in the Mediterranean, 8th-6th cent. B.C. Origins, Cultural Contacts and Local Developments: the Case of Italy, International Colloquium, Roma, 19-21 January 2017
“La villa delle “Terme degli Stucchi dipinti: pavimenti in cementizio a base fittile e tessellatum” nel suburbio di Roma” with Bonanno M, Pisani M, Felici F, Ghelli A, XXIII International Congress of AISCOM (Associazione Italiana per lo studio e la conservazione del mosaico), Narni, 15-18 March 2017
“A proposito della tecnica esecutiva di due pavimenti in conglomerato cementizio da Tor Vergata” in International Congress of AISCOM, Este, 14-16 March 2018 (with Valeria Massa, Daniela Gennari, Maria Concetta Laurenti, Lucia Conti)
“Lastre di decorazione architettonica dalla villa cd. delle “Terme degli Stucchi Dipinti”, Roma” con M. Bonanno, A. Ghelli, M. Pisani, I. Martinelli, in “Deliciae Fictiles, Intenational Congress, Napoli, 15-18 March 2018
“Relations among workshops and craftsmen in protoattic vase-painting: limits and perspectives in quantifying the production”, XIX International Congress of Classical Archaeology, Köln, Bonn 19-14 maggio 2018
“Le anfore di Exekias dalla Necropoli di Crocifisso del Tufo. Una nota”, Internazional Congress “Exekias hat mich getöpfert und gemahlt” Zurich, 1-2 March 2019, Institut für klassische Archäologie
“Materiali ed iconografie greche e di ascendenza greca nel Piceno tra VII e VI secolo a.C., International Congress of Picene Studies, Ancona, 16-18 November 2019