Valentina MIGNOSA

Research Interests

History and culture of the Greek West in the Archaic and Classical periods (colonisation processes; migration and mobility in the Mediterranean; development, and characteristics of the urban landscape; urban sociology); Social history (development of the aristocracy and the role of the demos in colonial contexts); Epigraphy in the Greek West (literacy and epigraphic landscape in Sicily); Digital epigraphy; Digital tools for the study of territory and communication routes in the ancient world.

Research and Academic Appointments

Current Positions

Fixed-term Researcher (Type A) at Ca' Foscari University of Venice and Principal Investigator of the three-year project TES. Tracing Eastern Sicily's Networks (9th–6th centuries BCE).

Co-Principal Investigator of the project AncLa. Ancient Landscapes (Principal Investigator: Stefania De Vido, Ca' Foscari University of Venice).

External Research Associate in the Crossreads project (Principal Investigator: J.W. Prag), University of Oxford.

Collaborator in the project TeMAES. Territoires multiples: agentivité et environnements socio-économiques.

Expert Epigraphist for the archaeological mission of the Institute of Fine Arts, NYU, and the University of Milan at the Archaeological Park of Selinunte, Cave di Cusa, and Pantelleria.

Expert Epigraphist for the archaeological mission of the Deutsches Archäologisches Institut at the Archaeological Park of Selinunte, Cave di Cusa, and Pantelleria.

Member of the Centre for the Study of Ancient Documents (CSAD), University of Oxford.

Editorial Board Member of the journal Axon. Iscrizioni storiche greche (since October 2016).

Previous Positions

Senior Researcher (November 2024 - March 2025) in the project ThERA. Theran Epigraphic Rubbings Archive (Project CHANGES, Principal Investigator: Alessandra Inglese), Associazione Centro di Eccellenza DTC Lazio.

Postdoctoral Research Fellow (June 2023 – March 2025) at the University of Udine, for the project LACUNAE (Greek section, Principal Investigator: M.L. Zunino).

Postdoctoral Research Fellow (March 2022 – February 2023) at Ca' Foscari University of Venice, for the project MAS. Mapping Ancient Sicily (Principal Investigator: S. De Vido).

Fellow at the Fondation Hardt, Vandoeuvres, Switzerland (October–November 2021).

Postdoctoral Research Associate (October 2020 – January 2022) at the University of Oxford, in the ERC-funded Crossreads project (Principal Investigator: J.W. Prag).

Responsible for translation, update, and implementation of the Axon. Iscrizioni storiche greche database (July – September 2020).

Education

Ph.D in Ancient Heritage Studies (2020), Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Inter-University PhD programme, in partnership with Dottorato in Scienze dell’Antichità. Dissertation: Mobilità, paesaggi urbani e società a Siracusa tra l’età arcaica e la metà del IV secolo a.C. Supervisor: Prof. S. De Vido.

M.A. in Ancient Heritage Studies, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice. Thesis: Le parole della colonizzazione. Definizioni generali e modelli interpretativi negli studi sulla Magna Grecia (110/110 cum laude). Supervisor: Prof. S. De Vido, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice; Co-supervisors: Prof. C. Antonetti, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Prof. O. Tribulato, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice.

B.A. in Classics, Università degli Studi di Catania. Thesis: Picciolo il dardo ma che giunge al cielo: Leopardi dalla traduzione degli Idilli di Mosco ai Canti (110/110 cum laude). Supervisor: Prof. R. Galvagno.

Scientific High School Diploma, Informatics Track (Piano Nazionale Informatica), Liceo Scientifico "Orso Mario Corbino", Syracuse, Italy.

Dissemination

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7122-2511