BIANCHI GIOVANNA

Giovanna
Bianchi
Professore Associato

Presentation

Since 2006 I have been teaching at the University of Siena in the Department of History and Cultural Heritage.

From 2010 as Principal Investigator or Participant/Partner Investigator, I have led multidisciplinary projects funded by the European Research Council (www.neu-med.it) and the Australian Research Council (https://premodernhealthscaping.hcommons.org ), by the Italian Ministry-Prin project (www.castles.unisi.it) as well as local institution in the Italian territories where I have conducted research. In Tuscany, I have also played an important role in public engagement with the scientific direction of the setting up of three museums and two archaeological sites where I carried out my research.

Over the last fifteen years my main areas of research include the evolution of rural settlements and communities between the early and late Middle Ages, the exploitation and management of natural resources during that period, with particular reference to mining and ore extraction processes, the analysis of the different construction techniques in Italy and the Mediterranean, and Medieval economic and social history. The focus of my research was on Tuscany where I led multidisciplinary research in an early medieval royal court, in seven medieval castles (two mining castles) and their territory, in two medieval monasteries. As well as Tuscany, my research areas have included the Balkans (Albania) and the Middle East (Palestine).

In Tuscany, I have also played an important role in public engagement with the scientific direction of the setting up of three museums and two archaeological sites where I carried out my research.

I have tutored over 80 dissertations and 12 PhD theses. I have also tutored 10 postdoctoral researchers in the European Project (ERC Advanced Grant).

I have consistently published my research with major university presses and peer-reviewed journals in the field of medieval archaeology, (co)writing more than 190 papers.

Office hours

  • Wednesday from 11:00 to 13:00
    Place: il link per accedere al ricevimento è il seguente: https://meet.google.com/ukv-fuoh-mrb
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Contacts

0564441108 [int.6108]

Curriculum Vitae

Teaching activities

Completion accademic year: 2025/2026

Course year: 1 Second cycle degree (Laurea Magistrale) ARCHAEOLOGY A.Y. 2025/2026
Course year: 2 First cycle degree (DM 270) HISTORY AND CULTURAL HERITAGE A.Y. 2024/2025
Course year: 2 Second cycle degree (Laurea Magistrale) ARCHAEOLOGY A.Y. 2024/2025

Completion accademic year: 2024/2025

Course year: 1 Second cycle degree (Laurea Magistrale) ARCHAEOLOGY A.Y. 2024/2025
Course year: 1 Specialization school Beni archeologici A.Y. 2024/2025
Course year: 2 First cycle degree (DM 270) HISTORY AND CULTURAL HERITAGE A.Y. 2023/2024
Course year: 2 Second cycle degree (Laurea Magistrale) ARCHAEOLOGY A.Y. 2023/2024

Completion accademic year: 2023/2024

Course year: 1 Second cycle degree (Laurea Magistrale) ARCHAEOLOGY A.Y. 2023/2024
Course year: 1 Specialization school Beni archeologici A.Y. 2023/2024
Course year: 2 First cycle degree (DM 270) HISTORY AND CULTURAL HERITAGE A.Y. 2022/2023

Research

Ultime pubblicazioni:

  • Bianchi, G., Geltner, G., Aniceti, V., Buonincontri, M., Dallai, L., Tommolini, A., et al. (2024). A return to Rocca San Silvestro: community health, safety and resilience in a medieval mining village. ARCHEOLOGIA MEDIEVALE, 51, 57-86 [10.36153/am51.2024.03]. - view more
  • Bianchi, G. (2024). Reflections on the archaeology of cereal storage in Medieval Italy. In S. Carocci, A. Fiore (a cura di), Building and economic growth in Southern Europe (1050-1300) (pp. 57-78). Turnhout : Brepols [10.1484/M.TMC-EB.5.137974]. - view more
  • Bianchi, G. (2024). Archéologie du bâti et chantiers de construction de sites fortifiés au Moyen Âge: de l’organisation du travail aux stratégies économiques et politiques des commanditaires. In Acteurs techniques, acteurs sociaux: des vestiges matériels à l'organisation sociale du travail, de la Préhistoire à nos jours: actes des rencontres, 11-13 octobre 2023 (pp.191-198). Nice : APDCA. - view more
  • Bianchi, G. (2024). Poteri, risorse, paesaggi tra la costa tirrenica e l’interno (IX-XI secolo). In I. Martín Viso (a cura di), Political landscapes in Late Antiquity and Early Middle Ages: the Iberian Northwest in the context of Southern Europe (pp. 269-292). Firenze : Firenze University Press [10.36253/979-12-215-0530-6]. - view more
  • Bianchi, G., Viva, S. (2023). Archaeological and anthropological analysis in a royal estate in early medieval Tuscany. In Masculinities in early medieval Europe: tradition and innovation, 450–1050 (pp.257-280). Turnhout : Brepols. - view more