Alain Schnapp is Professor of Greek Archaeology at the University
of Paris I, Director of UFR History of Art and Archaeology at the University
of Paris and General Director of the Istituto Nazionale di Storia dell'Arte
(INHA). Professor at "La Trobe" University and Research Professor
at Utah University. He has carried out his research in three distinct sectors:
anthropology of the image in ancient Greece, the history of archaeology and
the study of town planning in the cities and lands of the Greek world. Included
in his publications are La scoperta del passato (1996), The Gods in their Greek
places (1997), Preistoria e Antichita (1997), Conquete du passé (1998),
Between Antiquarians and Archaeologist. Continuities and ruptures (2002). He
wrote La storia antica in 2004 with F. Lebrette.
Friday 30 september 2005