Personal profile
Short presentation
Primary fields of research
I am a classical archaeologist and art historian, specialized in pre-Roman Italy and iconography. I received my Ph.D at École pratique des Hautes Études, Paris and Ca’ Foscari University, Venice. My special area of study is ancient dance and performative rituals from iconographic sources.
Current research
I am currently conducting the TEXDANCE project – Textiles in Etruscan Dance (MSCA, grant agreement ID: 839799). Cf. https://ctr.hum.ku.dk/marie-sklodowska-curie-projects/texdance/
Fields of interest
Pre-Roman Italy, Iconography, Textiles, Dance, Movement and Gestures, Performative rituals.
Education
Ph.D
Knowledge of language
Mothertongue: French
Fluent: English and Italian
Reading: German and Spanish
CV
Born 13 July 1985 in La Rochelle, France.
Academic employment
2019-2021 Marie Sklodowska-Curie Research Fellow at University of Copenhagen, CTR, and University of Oxford, APGRD.
2018-2019 ANAMED Fellow at Koç University, Istanbul, Turkey
2018-2019 Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland
2015-2018 Associate Professor in Ancient Art History and Archaeology at the University of Pau and Pays de l’Adour, France.
2013-2014 Visiting scholar at University of Oxford, Classics faculty and Maison Française d’Oxford.
2012-2013 Jean Walter-Zellidja Fellow (Institut de France and Académie française) at Museo Nazionale Etrusco di Villa Giulia, Rome.
2010-2012 Assistant Professor in Ancient Art History and Archaeology at the University of Tours, France
Education
2017 Ph.D from École pratique des Hautes Études, Paris and Ca’ Foscari University, Venice. Dissertation on Etruscan dance, entitled La danse étrusque (VIIIe-Ve siècle av. J.-C. Étude anthropo-iconologique des représentations du corps en mouvement dans l’Italie préromaine.
2009 Master II from École pratique des Hautes Études, Paris. Dissertation on Etruscan funerary laments, entitled Les lamentations funèbres étrusques (VIIIe-Ve siècle av. J.-C.).
2008 Master I from École du Louvre, Paris. Dissertation on Etruscan Art exhibitions in France, entitled 1955-2005: cinquante ans d’expositions étrusques en France.
2007 Master I from University of Tours, France. Dissertation on the Etruscan form of komos from funerary and visual sources, entitled Le komos dans les representations funéraires étrusques (VIe-Ve siècle av. J.-C.).
2006 Bachelor in Art History and Archaeology from University of Tours, France.