Presentation
The Master’s Degree Programme (CdS) in Mediterranean Archaeology aims primarily to expand the educational offer in the archaeological field of the Department of Ancient Sciences to an international audience.
The educational project is the result of a multi-year experience in international teaching at the specialized/master’s level, promoted by the university governance since 2010 and implemented through several initiatives, including:
an Agreement of Cultural and Scientific Cooperation between Sapienza University of Rome (Italy) and Doshisha University of Kyoto (Japan), academic years 2010/2011–2015/2016;
an Agreement of Cultural and Scientific Cooperation between Sapienza University of Rome (Italy) and the University of Jendouba (Tunisia), 2014–2019;
a Summer School in Archaeology במסגרת the Northern Mediterranean Transnational Campus initiative (July 2018);
a second Summer School in Classics: Archaeology and Latin במסגרת the CIVIS consortium, a European Civic University initiative (July 2019).
Furthermore, international rankings, which have placed Archaeology at Sapienza among the top ten in the world in recent years, have increased the interest of foreign universities in accessing the training offered by these programmes.
Specifically, the two-year programme courses are primarily designed for international students seeking instruction in English in archaeological subjects related to the Mediterranean context. At the Master’s level, they do not simply replicate the existing Italian-taught Master’s Degree in Archaeology (LM-2). Instead, they are structured around a series of diachronic themes, within a historical interpretative framework focused on reconstructing the evolutionary processes of material culture and landscapes. The aim is to provide advanced knowledge of the most up-to-date and innovative methodological tools in different archaeological fields, also with a view to the study and communication of the cultural heritage of Mediterranean countries.
Students will be actively involved in field research and laboratory-based applied research, with the aim of facilitating the learning of methods and procedures used in the documentation, analysis, and interpretation of artifacts, structures, and territories in multi-layered contexts of the ancient and post-ancient world.
In addition, students will have the opportunity to acquire advanced knowledge—also through practical experience—in:
classification systems and analysis of documentary sources;
digital applications for archaeological analysis;
methods for integrating and interpreting complex historical and cultural contexts;
operational approaches to archaeological assessment and evaluation.