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218 Dr. Teresa Medici Dr. Teresa Medici received a M.A. in Classical Archaeology at the University of Milan, Italy, and a Ph.D. in Archaeology at the University of Coimbra, Portugal. After a career in Italy as a contract archaeologist (1989-1993) and as a civil servant at the Museums and Cultural Heritage Department of the Regional Government of Lombardy (1994-2001), in 2002 she moved to Portugal. Joining the Research Unit VICARTE, Lisbon, she conducted original investigation on archaeological glass from Italy, Croatia, Spain, and Portugal, from Roman times to early 18 th century, acquiring a vast knowledge on glass production, use and diffusion in Europe, with a special focus on in late medieval and early modern archaeological glass in the Iberian Peninsula. From 2015 Teresa is back in Italy, working on the accreditation scheme for museums at the Cultural Heritage Department of the Regional Government of Lombardy. She serves as the Chair of ICOM Glass IC (2019- 2022), as a board member of the Italian Committee of the AIHV - Association Internationale pour l’Histoire du Verre, and as an Editorial Advisor for the Journal of Glass Studies (2020-2022).