Phd in CIVILIZATIONS OF ASIA AND AFRICA

email: donatella.rossi@uniroma1.it
phone: 3343415644
building: Complesso Marco Polo
room: 12

Associate Professor with qualification for Ordinariate (NSQ 2014)
L-OR/20, East Asian Religions and Philosophies and
L-OR/18, Tibetan Language and Culture

Curriculum Vitae et Studiorum (Abridged Version)

Professional Activities

Mar. 2014 – Feb. 2015, Erlangen, GERMANY
University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
IKGF – Internationales Kolleg für Geisteswissenschaftliche Forschung, The International Consortium for Research in the Humanities "Fate, Freedom and Prognostication"
Visiting Fellow and Research Partner (as of 2015).

"Sapienza" University of Rome, ITALY
2003 – Associate Professor
2014, obtained National Scientific Qualification as Full Professor (ASN 2014)
Faculty of Letters and Philosophy
Department of Oriental Studies
Chair, East Asian Religions and Philosophies and Tibetan Language and Culture
Courses taught: East Asian religions and philosophies; modern Tibetan language and Tibetan culture.

Marylhurst University, Marylhurst, Oregon, USA
Oct. 2000-2002
Associate Professor and Co-Director, Department of Religious Studies
Courses taught: general and monographic courses for BA and MA students on the religions and philosophies of Asia (China, India, Japan, Tibet).
Coordinator, Master of Arts in Applied Theology.
Implementation of all administrative functions requested to a university department director.

Marylhurst University, Marylhurst, Oregon, USA
1998 – Oct. 2000
Associate Professor, Department of Religious Studies
Courses taught: general and monographic courses for BA and MA students on the religions and philosophies of Asia (China, India, Japan, Tibet).

Portland State University, Portland, Oregon, USA
1996-1998
Adjunct Professor, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Courses and lectures on the History of Religions, World Religions, Religions and Philosophies of India and Far East Asia.
 
Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters, Oslo, NORWAY
1995-1996
Researcher, Centre for Advanced Studies (SHS)
Classification and analysis of the canonical scriptures of the Tibetan Bon religion.

University of Kyoto, Kyoto, JAPAN
1993-1995
Visiting Scholar, Faculty of Letters, Department of Buddhist Studies
Research and lectures connected to Ph.D. work, thanks to a fellowship of the Japanisch-Deutsches Zentrum Berlin (1993-1994), and of the Japanese Society for the Promotion of Buddhism (Bukkyo Dendo Kyokai BDK) (1994-1995).

Shang Shung Institute of America, Conway, Massachussets, USA
1991-1993
Consultant
Organization and implementation of research programs and events focused on the preservation of the Tibetan cultural heritage.

United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization, Jakarta, INDONESIA
1989-1991
Professional Officer, Regional Office for Science and Technology of South East Asia
Formulation, budget preparation, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of educational and cultural projects managed by UNESCO in Southeast Asia.

Danieli Co., Representative Office, Beijing, CHINA
1987-1989
Representative
Management of representative office.

Sky Ho Trading Company, Representative Office, Beijing, CHINA
1985-1987
Representative
As above.


EDUCATION

University of Oslo, Dept. of Culture Studies and Oriental Languages, Oslo, NORWAY
Ph.D. in History of Religions and Tibetology, 1998.
Title of dissertation: The Philosophical View of the Great Perfection in the Tibetan Bon Religion (published by Snow Lion Publications, Ithaca, NY, 1999).
Supervisor: Prof. Per Kværne.
 
University of Rome "La Sapienza", Faculty of Letters, Institute for Indian and Far East Asian Studies
Degree summa cum laude, 1985.
Title of dissertation: Traditions and Persecutions of Bon at the Epoch of the Ancient Tibetan Monarchy.
Supervisor: Prof. Luciano Petech.


SPECIALIZED EDUCATION

Qinghai Institute of Nationalities (Qinghai Minzu Xueyuan), Xining, CHINA
June-Sept. 1985
Study of the Tibetan Amdo dialect; linguistic field work in nomadic and rural areas.

Central Institute of Nationalities (Zhongyang Minzu Xueyuan, now Zhongyang Minzu Daxue), Beijing, CHINA
1983-1984
Study of the classical and modern Tibetan language (Lhasa dialect).

Beijing Language Institute (Beijing Yuyan Xueyuan), Beijing, CHINA
1982-1983
Study of the classical and modern Chinese language.


INSTITUTIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Association for Asian Studies (AAS)

Associazione Internazionale di Studi sul Mediterraneo e l’Oriente (ISMEO)

Associazione Italiana di Studi Tibetani, Himalayani e Mongoli (AISTHiM)

Consulta Universitaria per gli Studi su Asia e Africa (University Council for Asian and African Studies, CUSTAA)

International Association for Tibetan Studies (IATS)

International Society for the Critical Study of Divination, (founded in 2016 at The International Consortium for Research in the Humanities "Fate, Freedom and Prognostication", IKGF, Erlangen, Germany)

Rivista degli Studi Orientali (RSO), member of the Editorial Committee