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Conferences and Public Engagement activities

16/01/2023
PhD Study Days, University of Naples L’Orientale, Naples.
PhD study days held at the University of Naples L’Orientale. Title of the speech: 'La codicologia etiopica come scienza storica. Indagini e ricerche su alcuni capolavori dell’arte del libro in Africa'.
Speakers: Gioia Bottari.

28/09/2022
21st International Conference of Ethiopian Studies (ICES21)
“Persistence and Resilience in Ethiopian Studies: Global Context and Domestic Developments”, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia.
International conference held at the Addis Ababa University. Title of the speech: “Catalogo Nazionale dei Manoscritti Etiopici in Italia (CaNaMEI): Documentation and Restoration of the Ethiopian Manuscript Heritage in Italy”.
Speakers: Gianfrancesco Lusini, Massimo Villa, Gioia Bottari.

13/09/2022
Press conference to present the restoration of three codices of the Mordini Collection and the digitization project of the Ethiopian manuscripts of the Biblioteca Palatina, Complesso Monumentale della Pilotta, Parma.
Press conference to present the digitization project of the forty-five Ethiopian manuscripts kept at the Biblioteca Palatina in Parma and the restoration of three codices of the Mordini Collection.
Speakers: Gianfrancesco Lusini, Massimo Villa, Gioia Bottari.

01/07/2022
EVOA2022 Conference
“Egitto e Vicino Oriente antichi: tra passato e futuro”, University of Rome “La Sapienza”, Rome.
Conference held at the University of Rome “La Sapienza”. Title of the speech: “Dalla pergamena al pixel (e ritorno): il contributo italiano alla salvaguardia delle biblioteche storiche d’Eritrea e d’Etiopia”.
Speakers: Gianfrancesco Lusini.

22/06/2022
“Between Artifacts and Manuscripts: The Activities of the University of Naples L’Orientale in Ethiopia. Works in progress and future prospects”, Institute of Ethiopian Studies, Addis Ababa University.
Conference held at the Institute of Ethiopian Studies, Addis Ababa University. Title of the speech: “Fieldwork Research and Manuscript Cataloguing: The Philological Activities of the University of Naples L’Orientale at the Service of the Ethiopian Cultural Heritage (2019–2022)”.
Speakers: Massimo Villa.

02/12/2021
Study Day “Il Catalogo Nazionale dei Manoscritti Etiopici in Italia (CaNaMEI)”, The Italian Geographical Society, Villa Celimontana, Rome.
Study day at the headquarters of the Italian Geographical Society (Villa Celimontana, Rome), with an exhibition of the Ethiopian manuscript of the Acts of the Martyrs (15th-16th century) from the Savona-Noli Diocesan Historical Archive. Presentation of the CaNaMEI project, current initiatives and research prospects.
Speakers: Gianfrancesco Lusini, Massimo Villa, Gioia Bottari, Jacopo Gnisci.

12/10/2020
Study Days “I fondi orientali conservati presso le istituzioni culturali di Roma”, Società Geografica Italiana, Villa Celimontana, Rome.
Study day at the Società Geografica Italiana (Villa Celimontana, Rome). Title of the speech: “Il Catalogo Nazionale dei Manoscritti Etiopici in Italia: primi risultati e nuovi obiettivi”.
Speakers: Gianfrancesco Lusini.

09/07/2020
“L’Etiopia, un’antica chiesa cristiana d’Africa”, San Lorenzo Cathedral, Grosseto.
Public event to present the Ethiopian Tetravangelion, held in the Cathedral of San Lorenzo, Grosseto. Presentation of the CaNaMEI project.
Speakers: Gianfrancesco Lusini, Massimo Villa, Gioia Bottari.