Research: The Manichaean Cosmos between Iranian and Heterogeneous Traditions of Knowledge
10/2021 – ongoing Ph.D. Religious Studies (CERES, RUHR-Universität – University of Rome, ‘La Sapienza’)
- ‘The Manichaean Cosmos between Iranian and heterogeneous traditions of knowledge’ (Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Kianoosh Rezania – Prof. Chiara Barbati).
02/2009 – 08/2020 Junior Research Fellow at Austrian Academy of Science, Vienna (Austria).
- Junior Research Fellow within the FWF (Austrian Science Fund) Project "Scribal Habits. A Case Study from Christian Medieval Central Asia" directed by Chiara Barbati at the Institute for Iranian Studies, Austrian Academy of Science, Vienna.
- The project aimed to provide a comprehensive understanding of the scribal habits and approaches as reflected in Eastern–Christian Sogdian and Syriac manuscripts discovered in the Early 20th century in Turfan Oasis (present-day Xinjiang, China). Within the project, I was concerned with the investigation of the use of some diacritics in Central Asian manuscripts, and their comparison with other scribal traditions.
09/2017 -11/2019 University of Bologna, Bologna (Italy).
M.A. in History and Oriental Studies (LM-84).
Thesis: Lapidaries of Central Asia in Comparison: between Astrology, Geology and Chromatic Theories.
Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Andrea Piras, Prof. Dr. Antonio Clemente Domenico Panaino
09/2014 – 07/2017 University of Pisa, Pisa (Italy).
B.A. in Humanities (L-10)
Thesis: Hinduist Iconography: From Rudra to Śiva Nataraja, between Figurative and Literary Arts.
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Saverio Sani.