Professional profile
Philology & Archaeology | Ancient Near Eastern Studies | History of Oriental Studies
Philologist and archaeologist, she primarily focuses on pre-classical Anatolia, with particular attention to Hittite culture. As part of her research on the history of Oriental studies, she coordinates the project “Interdisciplinary Research Group on the History of Oriental Studies” (GRISSO). She directs the monographic series Documenta Asiana – Series of Studies on Ancient Anatolia and Western Asia(DA) of the CNR and is co-editor of the series History of Ancient Near Eastern Studies and Egyptology (HANESE), Brill–De Gruyter. She is the Principal Investigator of the PRIN 2022 PNRR project “DiWA – Dialogues between Ancient Western Asia and Us. Untold Stories from Italian Collections and Archives.”
CNR Disciplinary Fields and Research Management Sectors
- SH6 The Study of the Human Past: Archaeology, history and memory
- SH5 Cultures and Cultural Production: Literature and philosophy, visual and performing arts, music, cultural and comparative studies
MUR Italian Scientific-Disciplinary Sector
- 10/N1 Cultures of the Ancient Near East, the Middle East, and Africa
- STAA-01/D Anatolian Studies
Groups & Labs CNR ISPC
Ancient Near East Research Group →
Publications
Highlight
N. Mortensen, M.M. Hald, J. Frydendahl, S. Lumsden, P. Bangsgaard, G. Mouamar, M. Bonechi, S. Alaura (2025), All the way from the Baltic: amber beads from an Iron Age grave in Hama, western Syria, in Antiquity vol. 99, Issue 404, April 2025, pp. 407 – 421, Published online 2025:1-15. DOI: https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2024.231
S. Alaura, Rediscovery and Reception of the Hittites: An Overview, in S. de Martino (Hg.), Handbook Hittite Empire. Power Structures (Empires through the Ages in Global Perspective 1), Berlin/Boston: De Gruyter 2022, pp. 693-779.
S. Alaura (ed.), Digging in the Archives. From the History of Oriental Studies to the History of Ideas (Documenta Asiana XI), Roma: Edizioni Quasar, 2020.
