Donatella Gavrilovich is Associate Professor of History of Theatre and Digital Technologies at University of Rome “Tor Vergata”. Her research focused on the Performing Arts digital archives nd theatrical exhibitions and on Russian theatre, dance, set designer and visual art.
From 2024 she is the Director of the IDOS_ARTS Research Centre (International Digital Open Space on the Performing and Visual Arts Cultural Heritage), founded about her project proposal.
Since 2023 she is PI of the research project HYPERSTAGE PRIN 2022 (Italian Ministry of Culture – European Union-Next Generation EU).
She is founding Editor of the Scientific Publishing Series, Arti dello Spettacolo/Performing Arts, and of the ASPA International Scientific Journal http://www.artidellospettacolo-performingarts.com.
In 2012 she was expert in the ECLAP-EUROPEANA project and in 2014 designed the new model of ontology: Performance Knowledge base (PKb). From 2014 to 2016 she was the scientific coordinator of the project «Vera Komissarzhevskaya (1864-1910)» Virtual Museum, in collaboration with the ITMO University of St. Petersburg and University of Lorraine. She is a fellow of C.E.R.C.L.E. (University of Lorraine) and a member of CINI WG-Cyber Humanities, LODEPA, W3C-PAIR CG, WG “Theatralia” DARIAH, SIBMAS, SEFER.
She is author of many books and over a hundred scientific contributions. She conceived and organized many national and international conferences.