We spread, share, broaden the attention on Italian Prehistory
We are pleased to announce the new series of meetings that will be held during 2026.
A unique opportunity to meet scholars, researchers and enthusiasts of a topic that we are passionate about and on which we are constantly engaged, Prehistory in Italy.
2026 Meeting Schedule:
February 11 Wednesday at 18.30:XNUMX PM
- Manuela Saccone and Tiziana Borgo: Teaching Prehistory
Manuela SacconeA freelance researcher, she has worked for many years at the Archaeological Museum of Finale Ligure as Head of Educational Activities. Her personal research focuses on archaeological, historical, and anthropological studies. She has published the book Witches, healers, and enchanting priests. Popular magic in the records of the Inquisition of the Diocese of Savona in the 16th and 17th centuries., by Manuela Saccone and Giuseppe Testa, Ed. Cultural Association Friends of the Library and Museum of Finale.
Tiziana BorgoA painter and passionate about children's literature, ethnobotany, prehistory, and folk traditions, especially those of Sicily, her native land, and Sardinia, where she has chosen to live. She has been a primary school teacher for over 20 years. Through the subjects of Italian language, history, art, music, and civics, she is committed to bringing to children the memory of another history, once upon a time and still desirable, that is never told to them in textbooks. Her encounter with the work of Marija Gimbutas was a turning point for her.
March 11th Wednesday at 6:30 pm
- Francesca Rosati Freeman: In the land of the Mothers
A teacher and documentary filmmaker, she has dedicated her life to the condition of women and the valorization of femininity. After discovering the matriarchal society of the Mosuo people in Yunnan, she transformed that encounter into a profound human and spiritual journey, spreading knowledge of a culture of peace led by women. She has recounted its wisdom and strength first in Welcome to the land of women, then in On the shores of Lake Mère, and in documentaries A Society Without Husbands, Nu Guo – In the Name of the Mother (made with Pio d'Emilia and awarded at the Festival du Cinéma d'Asia in Vesoul, France, in 2015) and Gammu. Mother Goddess Mountain. His work intertwines research and narration, culminating today in the book Return to Lake Madre.
April 14th Tuesday at 6:30 pm
- Eliza Bianchi: Arene Candide, prince and princesses
A prehistoric archaeologist specializing in Prehistory at the University of Ferrara, she specializes in the functional analysis of Middle Paleolithic materials. She has participated in excavations and surveys in Italy and abroad (Tunisia, Morocco, Uzbekistan) in prehistoric, protohistoric, and Roman contexts. Having obtained her qualification as a Cultural Heritage Expert, she currently collaborates with associations for the promotion and enhancement of cultural heritage in Piedmont and Liguria and is a museum operator at the Archaeological Museum of Finale.
May 13th Wednesday at 6:30 pm
- Barbara Crescimanno Women Drummers from Prehistory to the Present
Researcher and teacher at the School of Music and Traditional Dances Arci Tavola Tonda; you collaborate with the UniPa Chair of Ethnomusicology; she coordinates the TrizziRiDonna ethnocoreutic research group and leads a research path on the relationship between music and the sacred feminine; treatment performances of narrative theater, training and education courses between dance, percussion and vocality and the two-year training course CHORÓS Dances, Voices and Rhythms of Southern Italy. In 2019 you created the conference “The sacred in women. Figures and ritual forms in the Mediterranean area between memory and contemporaneity". She is building the WebMaps DEE and NINFE of SICILY and the Tarantella area.
June (date to be defined)
- Vicki Noble: the double goddess
An independent American scholar, writer, and teacher, she is a leading figure in spiritual feminism and Goddess studies. Her work lies at the intersection of feminist archaeology, comparative mythology, and the history of religions, with a particular focus on prehistoric and ancient societies and the symbolic systems associated with femininity. In the volume The Double GoddessNoble proposes a rereading of archaic symbolic models, highlighting the complementarity of feminine polarities—generative and destructive, vital and liminal—as they emerge in prehistoric and protohistoric cultures. Through an interdisciplinary and imaginative approach, her contribution has played a significant role in disseminating critical reflection on the profound past, the sacred feminine, and the processes of cultural repression operated by historical patriarchal societies.
How to participate:
- The meetings will be broadcast via the Zoom platform
- Registration is required to participate; for members of Preistoria in Italia, registration is automatic, and a link will be sent to the email address used to register.
The Prehistory Meetings are free and open to all; voluntary and informed contributions are welcome to support this shared journey.
For support options, go to the page: Support-our-projects
How to participate (for non-members):
- Sign up by sending an email here: preistoriainitalia@gmail.com
- You will receive the link to access the meetings by email
Why participate?
- Expand your knowledge of Italian Prehistory
- Share your research
- Network with the Prehistory community in Italy
Join us!
For more information, write to: preistoriainitalia@gmail.com
