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Curriculum vitae
Serena ROMANO GOSETTI DI STURMECK
Full Professor of Medieval Art
University of Lausanne (UNIL), Switzerland
Website: http://www.unil.ch/hart/page8734.html
A. Education
1980
Ph.D (=specializzazione) summa cum laude) in History of Medieval Art, University of Rome
“La Sapienza”
1974
Dottore in Lettere summa cum laude (History of Art, History, Latin and Modern Literature),
University of Rome “La Sapienza”.
B. Professional Experience
1. Academic
2009-ongoing Director of the Masters Programme of Advanced Studies in Museology and Conservation of
Cultural Heritage, Universities of Fribourg, Geneva, Lausanne and Neuchâtel
2009-2011
Head of Department of History of Art, University of Lausanne
2003-2008
Director of the DES (Diplôme d'Etudes Supérieures) in Museology and Cultural Heritage of
the Universities of Geneva and Lausanne
2002-2005
Director of the Doctoral School of the Universities of Geneva and Lausanne
1998-2006
Head of Department of History of Art, University of Lausanne.
1996-ongoing Full Professor of Medieval Art at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland
1993-1996
Visiting Professor (= “Professore a contratto”) at the Università della Tuscia, Italy
1977-1996
Art historian at the Ministry of Culture and Cultural Heritage, Italy
1982-1996
Director of the National Institute for Photography and Documentation at Rome (GFN)
1977-1982
Director of conservation programs (frescoes, sculptures, glass-windows) at Venice,
Soprintendenza
1975-1976
Assistant of Medieval Art at the University of Rome “La Sapienza”. In charge of the research
project on the frescoes of the Lower Church at Assisi.
2. Academic Boards
2012-ongoing OCSE Member for the Art History selection Committee of the Italian Ministry of Education
and Research (4 Italian members, 1 OCSE member)
2012-ongoing Named by SNF into AcademiaNet
2011-ongoing Faculty of Arts Representative on the Council of the Fondation de l'Université de Lausanne
2010-ongoing Member of the Consiglio di Dottorato, University of Venice
2009-ongoing Member of the Consiglio di Dottorato, University of Roma Tre
2005-2008
Member of the Conseil de l'Université de Lausanne
2000-2006
Member of the Commission de la Recherche of the University of Lausanne
3. Research responsibilities
2010-2013
Research Director for SNF Sinergia Project (Universities of Geneva, Lausanne, Zurich, and
EPFL-Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne)
2003-ongoing Research Director and Editor for « Corpus of Medieval Painting in Rome 312-1431 »,
international project, Switzerland-Italy, University of Lausanne/University of Tuscia (with
Professor M.Andaloro), four volumes published
1995
Research Director for the medieval façade of the Palace of the Capitol, by the City of Rome
1993-1995
Research Director for the frescoes in the Sancta Sanctorum (Lateran, Rome) for the Vatican
Museums
2008
2008
2005
2002
2001
2000
1993
4. Exhibitions Organized
Rome “Nicola da Guardiagrele”, Scientific Committee and contribution to the catalogue
Reggio Emilia and Canossa “Matilde di Canossa”, Scientific Committee and contribution to
the catalogue
Florence “Arnolfo di Cambio”, contribution to the catalogue
Lubbock (Texas) “Medieval Frescoes from the Vatican”, contribution to the catalogue
Fontevraud, “L’Europe des Anjou”, contribution to the catalogue
Rome “The Face of Christ”, Scientific Committee, direction of a section, contribution to the
catalogue
Rome, “Images of memory”, contribution to the catalogue
1989
1982
1978
Rome, "Fragmenta Picta", Exhibition Director and author of Catalogue
Venice, “The glass-window at Ss.Giovanni e Paolo”, Exh. Director and author of Catalogue
Venice, “The Porta della Carta”, Exhibition Director and author of Catalogue
C. Teaching and Supervision Activity
2003-2007
Creation of an International Doctoral Network ("Ecole de Printemps") in collaboration
between Ecole Normale Supérieure (Paris), Scuola Normale di Pisa, Universities of Munich,
Frankfurt, Geneva, Lausanne, Montreal, and other
2002-2012
19 PhD defended or still ongoing
1993-2012
Teaching at doctoral courses and schools (Lyon, Paris, Tours, Dijon, Rome, Milan, Bologna,
Venice, Padua, Pisa, Cagliari, Messina, etc.); participation in Ph.D. committees in
Universities of Florence. Rome, Pisa, Dijon, Tours, etc.)
D. Awards
1996
1988
First Prize "Salimbeni" for Sancta Sanctorum (Milan 1995)
First Prize "Salimbeni" for the critical edition of the Studio di pittura scoltura architettura
nelle chiese di Roma of F.Titi (Florence 1987), in collaboration with B.Contardi
E. Editorial activities
- Directionships
2012-ongoing
Director of the Department of Art History of Viella (Rome), a peer-review editor
2002-ongoing
Series Editor of the collection Etudes lausannoises d’histoire de l’art (14 volumes
already published)
1990-1995
Exhibitions Review Editor of Arte Medievale, Rome.
- Editorial Boards (member of the Scientific Committee)
2011-ongoing
Review Nuovi Studi (Milano)
2011-ongoing
Review Arte Medievale (Roma, Enc.Treccani and Università di Roma "La Sapienza"
2010-ongoing
Review Genava (Musée des Beaux-Arts, Geneva)
2007-ongoing
Review Perspective (Paris, Institut National d’histoire de l’art)
2007-ongoing
AISAME (University and City, Parma), conferences and proceedings
F. Peer reviewing
- Governmental or institutional Committees
2012
ERC (Starting Grants)
2011
Research Council of the Académie universitaire 'Louvain'
2010
University of Padua
1996-ongoing
Ministry for Universities and Research, Italy (MIUR)
1996-ongoing
Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF)
- Periodicals
Gesta (New York), The Getty Journal (Los Angeles), Les Cahiers de Saint-Michel de Cuxa (Prades), Studi di
Storia dell'Arte (Todi)