CaNaMEI - Teaching and training activities

February – March 2026

“Training Course in Cataloguing, Digitization, Restoration, and Online Archiving of Ethiopic Manuscripts for Ethiopian Students”
funded by the MAECI (Ministero degli Affari Esteri e della Cooperazione Internazionale) and ISMEO (Associazione Internazionale di Studi sul Mediterraneo e l’Oriente). Master classes in Ethiopia at Addis Ababa University. 32 hours of lectures, certificate of completion awarded.
Teachers: Gioia Bottari, Gianfrancesco Lusini.

October – November 2025

“Training Course in Cataloguing, Digitization, Restoration, and Online Archiving of Ethiopic Manuscripts for Ethiopian Students”
funded by the MAECI (Ministero degli Affari Esteri e della Cooperazione Internazionale) and ISMEO (Associazione Internazionale di Studi sul Mediterraneo e l’Oriente). Study course on Ethiopic manuscripts, including cataloguing, codicology, conservation, and digitization, held at the University of Naples L’Orientale. 64 hours of lectures, certificate of completion awarded.
Teachers: Gioia Bottari, Gianfrancesco Lusini.

February – April 2025

Course on the Conservation and Restoration of Ethiopian Book Artifacts
held at the Library of the University of Naples L’Orientale (Manuscripts and Rare Books Section). 24 hours of lectures, 2 CFU credits.
Teachers: Gioia Bottari.