Summer School “Aramaic and Iranian Scripts on the Silk Roads”

𝐒𝐔𝐌𝐌𝐄𝐑 𝐒𝐂𝐇𝐎𝐎𝐋 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐆𝐑𝐀𝐌
UPDATE - SEPTEMBER 2024

𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝟏𝟔𝐭𝐡 𝐒𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒
10:00
Institutional Greetings
R. GIUNTA
Director of the Department of Africa, Asia, and Mediterranean
A.V. ROSSI
President of ISMEO - The International Association for Mediterranean and Oriental Studies
R. CONTINI - M.M. COLASUONNO - G.P. BASELLO
PRIN Iranian and non-Iranian Languages in contact

LECTURES
Chair: A.V. ROSSI (ISMEO)
10:30
R. CONTINI (University of Naples L’Orientale)
“The spread of the Aramaic writing along the Silk Road: formation and diffusion of the Manichaean, Sogdian and Uyghur scripts”.

12:00
Coffee break

Chair: G. SHURGAIA (University of Naples L’Orientale)
12:30
M.M. COLASUONNO (University of Naples L’Orientale)
“Jews on the Silk Road: An Introduction to Bukhari and Judeo-Tat”.

14:00
Lunch

SEMINARS
Chair: S. GRAZIANI (University of Naples L’Orientale)
15:00
C. BARBATI (University of Pisa), R. CONTINI (University of Naples L’Orientale)
“Aramaic / Syriac and Middle Iranian languages as vehicles of Greek literary and scienti c lore in Central Asia”.

16:00
C. BARBATI (University of Pisa), R. CONTINI (University of Naples L’Orientale)
“Syriac and Middle Iranian languages as vehicles of the Christian and Manichaean missions and the diffusion of the New Testament along the Silk Road”.

𝐓𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝟏𝟕𝐭𝐡 𝐒𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒
LECTURES
Chair: L. PUBBLICI (University of Naples L’Orientale)
10:00
C. BARBATI (University of Pisa)
“Christian Sogdian literature at Turfan”.

11:30
Coffee break

Chair: D. AGOSTINI (University of Naples L’Orientale)
12:00
A. PIRAS (University of Bologna)
“Manichaean literature in Iranian languages at Turfan” .

13:30
Lunch

14:30
Trip to the Archaeological Park of Herculaneum and visit to the Villa of the Papyri.
(by private bus)

20:00
Social Dinner

𝐖𝐞𝐝𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝟏𝟖𝐭𝐡 𝐒𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒
LECTURES
Chair: F. J. APELLANIZ (University of Naples L’Orientale)
10:00
CH. RECK (Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities) “The Berlin Turfan fragments with Manichean content in Soghdian script including a comparison
with the fragments on Christian content”.

11:30
Coffee break

12:00 (on-line)
M. GALATELLO (University of Pisa)
“The Syriac language and script at Turfan”

13:30
Lunch

SEMINARS
14:30
A. PIRAS (University of Bologna)
“Turfan textual discoveries as witnesses to Manichaean calligraphy and arts of the book in Central Asia”.

Chair: S. BELELLI (University of Tuscia - Viterbo)
15:30
R. CONTINI - M.M. COLASUONNO - G.P. BASELLO (University of Naples L’Orientale)
“Western travel literature in Central Asia as background to the archaeological and textual discoveries in Xinjiang - Albert von Le Coq: the traveller as a philologist; Aurel Stein: the traveller as an archaeologist; and Colin Thubron: the traveller as a man of letters”.

SUMMER SCHOOL PROGRAM - UPDATE September 2024
Download the brochure with the Summer School program from the link below!
https://mega.nz/file/i8UCFA4D

PRELIMINARY INFORMATION ABOUT THE SCHEDULE OF THE SUMMER SCHOOL

The Summer School is organized in the format of 2 lessons every morning from Monday to Wednesday (6-morning lessons) and 2 seminars every afternoon except Tuesday afternoon (4-afternoon seminars).

The Summer School will start on Monday at 10:00 am.

The guided tour will be on Tuesday after lunch.

The social dinner will be on Tuesday evening.

The Summer School will end on Wednesday late afternoon/evening, namely between 5:30 and 6:00 pm.

Summer School Program coming soon...

REGISTER NOW!!

PERIOD: 16-18 September 2024
DEADLINE for registration: 31 July 2024

PERIOD: 16-18 September 2024
DEADLINE for registration: 31 July 2024
6 lectures | 1 guided tour to HERCULANEUM | 4 seminars

L’Orientale Unit of the PRIN 2020 project “Cultural interactions and language contacts: Iranian and non-Iranian languages in contact from the past to the present” is delighted to announce the Summer School “Aramaic and Iranian Scripts on the Silk Roads”.

The Summer School focuses on a significant quota of manuscript finds in Iranian and Semitic languages stemming from the oasis of Turfan/Turpan on the upper branch of the Silk Road, mainly resulting from the activity of the four German expeditions (1902-1914) organized by the then Museum für Asienkunde (today Museum für Asiatische Kunst) in Berlin.

𝐉𝐎𝐈𝐍 𝐔𝐒!!

Further information:
https://www.unior.it/it/studia-con-noi/didattica/offerta-formativa/altri-corsi/summer-winter-school/aramaic-and-iranian