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Mrs. Ana Odochiciuc

Ph.D.

Scientific researcher - UNIVERSITATEA "ALEXANDRU IOAN CUZA" IASI

Researcher

Curriculum Vitae (01/07/2021)

Expertise & keywords

ʽTravelling thingsʼ: Corpus of Roman finds in Romanian Barbaricum. The case of Iași and Neamț counties Call name: P 5.1 - Proiecte de Cercetare Exploratorie - Competiția 2023
PN-IV-P1-PCE-2023-1124 2025 - 2027

Role in this project:

Coordinating institution: ACADEMIA ROMÂNĂ - FILIALA IAŞI

Project partners: ACADEMIA ROMÂNĂ - FILIALA IAŞI (RO)

Affiliation:

Project website:

Abstract:

Due to its privileged geographical position, historical Moldavia has consistently received influences of the most important civilizations of Antiquity. The presence of the Romans on the Lower Danube significantly shaped the evolution of this small area for almost half a millennium. Throughout this period, complex and dynamic relations developed between the ʽbarbarianʼ populations of Moldavia and the neighboring Empire, through which an impressive quantity of Roman goods reached the area east of the Carpathians. For the first time in Romania, we intend to record all these ʽtravelling objectsʼ, both published and unpublished, using the uniform cataloguing system and database of the international project Corpus der römischen Funde im europäischen Barbaricum. As case studies we have chosen the counties of Iași and Neamț, well known archaeologically and extremely rich in Roman discoveries. These finds are extremely varied typologically and chronologically and can be considered representative for the whole of Moldavia. The study of these objects will be carried out in a comprehensive manner, using methods specific to humanities disciplines (analysis of sources, comparative method, study of contexts), but also modern investigative techniques (compositional analysis, GIS technology). The research will be carried out by an interdisciplinary team, made up of specialists covering all the areas of the project.

State policy and individual destinies. Recruitment and retirement in Moesian and Dacian provinces Call name: P 4 - Proiecte de Cercetare Exploratorie, 2020
PN-III-P4-ID-PCE-2020-0383 2021 - 2023

Role in this project:

Coordinating institution: UNIVERSITATEA "ALEXANDRU IOAN CUZA" IASI

Project partners: UNIVERSITATEA "ALEXANDRU IOAN CUZA" IASI (RO)

Affiliation:

Project website: http://history.uaic.ro/recret/

Abstract:

Roman army has been studied with emphasis of multiple dimensions, due to the fact that the militaries represent the most active category in the frame of the epigraphic habit. Our project aims to broaden the perspective of the relationship between the moments of recruitment in the researched provinces and the history of these provinces and of the Roman Empire. Moreover, the periods of enlistment can reveal information not only for Daciae and Moesiae, but also for the military history of other provinces and can provide an image of the Roman state policy of recruitment.In addition to identifying and interpreting the recruitment moments (the chronological perspective), we propose a spatial perspective concerning the main cities, towns or villages from where the soldiers were enlisted and the mobility vectors of the soldiers in all their complexity (the province or the provinces of their service or missions, their home return and the importance of veterans in provincial life). In this way, some sources enable us to reconstitute individual stories from the beginning of the military service until retirement. The project relies on a comparative approach, too.The main aim of the project is to identify, describe and interpret the way in which the recruitment in the Lower Danube provinces were integrated in a general pattern of enlistment policy of the Roman state and the particularities of these regions in this process.

Riverine societies. Dynamics of interaction between Roman culture and regional identities in Dacia and Moesia inferior Call name: P 4 - Proiecte de Cercetare Exploratorie
PN-III-P4-ID-PCE-2016-0271 2017 - 2019

Role in this project:

Coordinating institution: UNIVERSITATEA "ALEXANDRU IOAN CUZA" IASI

Project partners: UNIVERSITATEA "ALEXANDRU IOAN CUZA" IASI (RO)

Affiliation: UNIVERSITATEA "ALEXANDRU IOAN CUZA" IASI (RO)

Project website: http://history.uaic.ro/research/rivsoc/

Abstract:

The Roman strategy of setting the northern border on the Danube, the way the local identities along the fluvial limes (on its eastern ends) interacted with the Roman culture, represent the main challenges behind this proposal. The aim of our project is to create a model of military, economic, cultural and religious interaction of local and Roman identities along the Danubian border, in a contrastive approach. Our global method integrates several approaches, already applied in various fields, in an interdisciplinary manner. The relevance of our proposal is that it will develop several research directions that were only sparingly touched by Romanian scientists, such as the phenomena of acculturation and religious grafting, the role of watercourses in cultural adaptation and innovation. The research roadmap has several milestones, most notably establishing the role of fluvial borders as mediums of cultural exchange and construction, and discerning a pattern at work in the case of the riverine societies of two marginal Roman provinces (Dacia and Moesia inferior). The project will create a West–East scientific network, elevating the standards of all the Romanian universities involved. The socio-economic impact consists in increasing the pool of human resources able to further this research and impart knowledge to any external stakeholders. It will, for instance, open new funding opportunities for young researchers, in the form of projects and jobs. The ultimate outcome will be the development of a Lower-Danube axis promoting cultural tourism and advancing scientific cooperation. The viability of the resulting interaction model will be tested in other regions of the Roman Empire with similar geographic-historical contexts.

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