LOMARTIRE SAVERIO

Saverio LOMARTIRE

Born in Pavia on 17 October 1959
Resident in Pavia, viale XI Febbraio 22
F.C.: LMR SVR 59R17 G388B

Full Professor
Dipartimento di Scienze Umane e dell'Innovazione per il Territorio
Università degli studi dell'insubria


before (until 2026):
Associate Professore
Dipartimento di Scienze Umane e dell'Innovazione per il Territorio
Università degli studi dell'Insubria


before (until 2023):
Associate Professor
Department of Humanistic Studies - University of Eastern Piedmont
piazza S. Eusebio, 5 13100 Vercelli - Italy

Born in Pavia (Italy, on 17.10.1959)
Italian citizenship

WORKING EXPERIENCE
Since 1 October 2001: Associate Professor of Medieval Art History (SSD L-ART/01) at the University of Eastern Piedmont "Amedeo Avogadro".
In 2015 he obtained the national scientific qualification as full professor for the scientific-disciplinary sector L-ART/01 - History of Medieval Art (area 10/B1).
1997-2001: official curator of the Civic Museums of the Visconti Castle in Pavia.
Academic years 1997-1998 and 2000-2001: contract professor of Medieval Epigraphy at the School of Specialisation in Archaeology of the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart of Milan.
Academic year 1999-2000: lecturer in seminars on the History of Medieval Art at the University of Udine.
Academic years 1995-1996 and 1996-1997: contract professor of History of Miniature at the Diploma Course in Operatore dei Beni Culturali of the University of Pavia.
Academic years 1994-1995 and 1995-1996: contract professor of History of Medieval Art at the Diploma Course in Operatore dei Beni Culturali of the University of Macerata - seat of San Severino Marche.
Academic year 1994-1995: contract professor of Computer Science for Cultural Heritage at the Diploma Course in Cultural Heritage Operator of the University of Pavia.
Academic year 1993-1994: contract professor in support of the History of Art chair at the Faculty of Architecture of the Politecnico di Milano.


Education and training:
1990-1995: specialisation and research activity in Medieval Art History at the Faculté des Lettres of the University of Lausanne, as winner of a five-year scholarship provided by the State Ministry of University and Scientific and Technological Research.
Academic year 1988-1989: Degree in History of Medieval Art at the Faculty of Literature and Philosophy of the University of Pavia.
Academic year 1996-1997: Diploma in Organ and Organ Composition, State Conservatory of Music "E. F. Dall'Abaco", Verona.
Academic year 2000-2001: Diploma in Harpsichord, State Conservatory of Music "G. Verdi", Como


FIELDS OF RESEARCH:
Architecture, Sculpture, Painting and Applied Arts of the Middle Ages, with particular reference to the 7th-14th centuries; Medieval Epigraphy; Artistic Techniques.


Scientific activity:
From 1990 to 1995 he took advantage of a five-year scholarship provided by the State Ministry of University and Scientific and Technological Research to conduct specialisation and research activities on medieval painting in the Alpine area at the University of Lausanne, under the guidance of Prof. Carlo Bertelli.
He was a member of the Scientific Council of the Interdepartmental Centre for Studies and Research on the Conservation of Cultural Heritage at the University of Pavia.
As a scholarship holder of the Italian Centre for Studies on the High Middle Ages, he took part in the XXXVII International Study Week on "The Plant Environment in the High Middle Ages" (Spoleto, 30 March - 5 April 1989) and the XXXIX International Study Week on "Clients and Artistic-Literary Production in the High Western Middle Ages" (Spoleto, 4-10 April 1991).
From 1994 to 1998 he took part in the National Research Project: Rilievo dei monumenti medievali in Italia (Survey of Medieval Monuments in Italy), directed by Prof. Angiola Maria Romanini, financed with MURST 40% funds.
1999-2001: scientific leader of a project financed by the Lombardy Region for the collection on microfilm of all the existing codices belonging to the Visconti-Sforza Library of Pavia Castle and for the creation of a documentation centre relating to the Library itself.
In the academic years 2003-2004 and 2004-2005 he participated, as an associate professor at the University of Eastern Piedmont, in a National Research Project (PRIN) on artefacts between Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages in the territory of Vercelli.
He has been a member of the Scientific Committee of the exhibition: Canossa 1077. Erschütterung der Welt, Paderborn. 21.7 – 5.11 2006.
From 2006 to 2008: member of an international work group on early medieval sculpture (Müstair, Switzerland and Stiftung für Forschung in Spätantike und Mittelalter - HR. Sennhauser, Zurzach, Switzerland).
2006-2007: director of a research project on the architectural and artistic emergencies on the ancient roadways in the pre-alpine area, financed by the Fondazione CRT of Turin - "Alfieri" Project (competitive call).
He has been a member of the Commission for the enhancement of the cultural heritage of the Ospedale Maggiore of Novara.
2009-2015: Head of the local research unit of the project: MEMIP (Medieval enamels, metalworks and ivories in Piedmont: art-historical and scientific methods for their evaluation), funded by the Piedmont Region Government.
2014-2015: member of the International Scientific Committee for the celebrations of the 14th centenary of the death of St. Columbanus (615-2015).

Currently president of CenISCo (Interdisciplinary Centre for the Study and Conservation of Cultural Heritage) of the University of Eastern Piedmont.
Currently President of the Course of Study in Humanities of the Department of Humanistic Studies of the University of Eastern Piedmont. Member of the Board of the PhD in Public, Social and Cultural Institutions: languages, law, history, University of Eastern Piedmont.
Coordinator of the Scientific Councils of the Cathedral Museum of Vercelli.
Member of the Institute for Advanced Studies 'Girolamo Cardano' - Varese.
Member of the Scientific Committee of the International Research Centre for Local Histories and Cultural Diversity - University of Insubria - Department of Human Sciences and Innovation for the Territory (DiSUIT).
Member of the Scientific Committee of the Association Chemins de St Michel (Mont-Saint-Michel)
He is a peer reviewer for journals and publications and for university research projects.
Member of the Scientific Committee of the scientific journal “Taccuini d'arte. Rivista di arte e storia del territorio di Modena e Reggio Emilia”.
Member del Comitato scientifico di “Abside. Rivista di Storia dell’Arte”.
Member of the of the Scientific Committee of the scientific journal "Arte Cristiana".
Co-director of the online journal "Medioevo Europeo".




RELEVANT PROJECTS
- PRIN (Research Project of National Interest): PURple Parchment LEgacy Art History and Heritage Science for the Study of Manuscript Painting from Late Antiquity to the Modern Age (4th-19th centuries) 2023-2026 (member of the research group). PROJECT ON COMPETITIVE CALL
- PRIN (Research Project of National Interest): "Cultural interactions between the Mediterranean world and Western Europe in Italian settlements between late antiquity and the Middle Ages", project with MIUR co-financing funds 2001-2003 (member of the research group). PROJECT ON COMPETITIVE CALL
- Project MEMIP/09 (Medieval enamels, metalworks and ivories in Piedmont: art-historical and scientific methods for their evaluation), funded by Regione Piemonte, 2009-2015 (scientific responsible of the local research unit). PROJECT ON COMPETITIVE CALL
- Project: "Costruire il territorio: ricerca interdisciplinare sulle vie di transumanza, sull'edilizia storica ad esse connessa e sull'impiego delle risorse tra alta pianura padana ed Alpi", funded by Banca CRT Torino, 2005 (scientific director of the project). PROJECT ON COMPETITIVE CALL
- Project "Making Europe: Columbanus and his legacy", with the National University of Ireland Galway and 20 other European partners funded by the Mellow Foundation (New York) (member of the research group). PROJECT ON COMPETITIVE CALL
- Project "European Gothic and Italian Gothic. The eight hundred years of the Basilica of S. Andrea in Vercelli: 1219-2019" co-financed by the University of Eastern Piedmont (scientific responsible for the project).

PUBLICATIONS
For an updated list please refer to the following link of the Public Research Information Portal (IRIS=Institutional Research Information System):
https://irinsubria.uninsubria.it/mydspace?CLEAR