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Conferences and Public Engagement activities

31/10-04/11/2024
Cataloguing practices in the Ethiopian and Eritrean Manuscript Studies, University of Naples L’Orientale, Naples.
I Fondi speciali delle biblioteche dell’Orientale: storie di libri, di studi e di vite, University of Naples L’Orientale, Naples.
Speakers: Gioia Bottari, Gianfrancesco Lusini.

21-22/11/2024
Cataloguing practices in the Ethiopian and Eritrean Manuscript Studies, University of Naples L’Orientale, Naples.
International conference on Ethiopian studies concluding the first four years of departmental funding of the CaNaMEI project.
Speakers: Gioia Bottari, Gianfrancesco Lusini, Massimo Villa.

22/10/2024
Laboratorio di introduzione allo studio dei manoscritti orientali, Istituto Italiano di Cultura, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
La lunga storia del libro in Etiopia: dal manoscritto alla stampa, Istituto Italiano di Cultura, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Presentation of traditional Ethiopian manuscript manufacturing techniques.
Speakers: Gioia Bottari, Gianfrancesco Lusini.

22/10/2024
Documenting and Reconstructing the Ethiopian Book and Cultural History: an Outline of the Italian activities, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia.
Title of the speech: “Codicology and Manuscript Conservation: a Report of Recent Experiences”.
Speakers: Gioia Bottari, Gianfrancesco Lusini.

16-18/04/2024
Laboratorio di introduzione allo studio dei manoscritti orientali, University of Naples L’Orientale, Naples.
Title of the speech: “Il restauro conservativo del manoscritto: esperienze di lavoro”. Introduction to book restoration theory and presentation of case studies.
Speakers: Gioia Bottari, Gianfrancesco Lusini, Massimo Villa.

05-06/12/2023
L’eredità di Bisanzio: rappresentazione di spazi umani e divini tra arte e letteratura, University of Naples L’Orientale, Naples.
Title of the speech: “Costruzione e gestione dello spazio scritto nei codici medievali”. Presentation of the techniques used by artisans from different codicological traditions (Byzantine, Ethiopian, Coptic, Syriac, Islamic) for the organization of the written space in medieval manuscripts.
Speakers: Gioia Bottari.

18/11/2023
Commercium lucis, Vivarium Novum Academy, Villa Falconieri, Frascati.
Opening conference of the 2023/2024 academic year at the Vivarium Novum Academy.
Title of the speech: “Documentare, conoscere, conservare la sapienza degli altri: i manoscritti etiopici e un progetto di ricerca italiano”. Illustration of the CaNaMEI project, presentation of traditional Ethiopian manuscript production techniques, notes on comparative codicology between Ethiopian manuscripts and manuscripts from the Eastern Mediterranean area.
Speakers: Gioia Bottari, Gianfrancesco Lusini.

20/04/2023
Manoscritti etiopici in Italia: documentazione, catalogazione e restauro, Istituto italiano per il Medio ed Estremo Oriente (ISMEO), Palazzo Baleani, Rome.
CaNaMEI Project Update Conference. Presentation of the research project’s investigation protocol and discussion of two case studies (ms. 3838 Biblioteca Palatina di Parma, ms. Atti dei martiri Archivio Storico Diocesano di Savona-Noli).
Speakers: Gioia Bottari, Gianfrancesco Lusini, Massimo Villa.

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.