A. Filigenzi, “Rescuing the cultural heritage of Afghanistan: Challenges, hopes and actions”. Conference Tangible and Intangible Cultural Heritage through Past, Present and Future. University of Bologna, 18–19 January 2024. Read more »
A. Filigenzi, “Ask the fragment: Strategies to preserve the earthen heritage of Afghanistan”. Conference The Contribution of Italian and Chinese Archaeological Missions to the Preservation of Cultural Heritage. Zhejiang University, Hangzhou (China), 30–31 May 2024. Read more »
A. Filigenzi, “Fragmentary evidence, fragmented history: Attempts at restoring and resocialising the ontology of the cultural heritage of pre-Islamic Afghanistan”. Summer School “Language, history, culture, and archaeology of Afghanistan”, co-organised by “L’Orientale” University of Naples, ISMEO and INALCO (University and Foundation). Sessa Aurunca, Castello Ducale, 8–12 July 2024. Read more »
A. Filigenzi, “From models to models: Himalayan tsha tsha and their rhyzomic connections with Uḍḍiyāna”. International Workshop Votive stamped clay objects throughout the Buddhist world:materials, texts and rituals. Société européenne pour l’Étude des Civilisations de l’Himalaya et de l’Asie Centrale (SEECHAC), Maison de l’Asie, Paris, 19 November 2024. Read more »
A. Filigenzi, “I corollari del bello: alcune riflessioni sul mostruoso e il grottesco nella plastica buddhista dell’Afghanistan/The corollaries of beauty: some reflections on the monstrous and grotesque in the Buddhist sculpture of Afghanistan”. eartHeritage International Conference Materia e forma. L’argilla e lo stucco nell’arte dell’Iran, del Gandhāra e dell’Asia Centrale/Matter and form. Clay and stucco in the art of Iran, Gandhāra and Central Asia, Sapienza University of Rome, Department of “Italian Institute of Oriental Studies – ISO”, 18 February 2025. Read more »
A. Filigenzi, “Il posto del passato nell’Afghanistan di oggi: il patrimonio culturale tra etica, economia e contraddizioni irrisolte / The place of the past in today’s Afghanistan: Cultural heritage between ethics, economics and unresolved contradictions”. La Vita a intermittenza. Giornata di studi sulla’Afghanistan, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, 21 October 2025. Read more »
A. Filigenzi, “Shared visual grammars of late antique Buddhism: Some evidence from Afghanistan and neighbouring regions”. International Conference Pratibimba – Discourses on Indian Art and Archaeology in Memory of Maurizio Taddei (1936–2000), Accademia Vivarium novum – Villa Falconieri, Frascati, “L’Orientale University of Naples”, 26–28 February 2026. Read more »
G. Forgione, “Pigments and painting techniques of the Buddhist clay sculpture in Afghanistan: some preliminary observations”. Gandhāran Artists and Artisans. Representations of an Era of Religious Images, International Colloquium University of Strasbourg, 22–23 May 2024. Read more »
G. Forgione, “Buddhist clay sculpture: general features and recent insights on the basis of archaeological evidence (4th cent.–8th cent.)”. Summer School “Language, history, culture, and archaeology of Afghanistan”, co-organised by “L’Orientale” University of Naples, ISMEO and INALCO (University and Foundation). Sessa Aurunca, Castello Ducale, 8–12 July 2024. Read more »
G. Forgione, “Jewels, pigments and cosmetics: an enquiry into the Buddhist clay sculpture in Afghanistan (4th/5th–8th centuries)”. 30th Annual Meeting of the European Association of Archaeologists, Sapienza University of Rome, 28–31 August 2024. Read more »
G. Forgione, “Cultural meanings and perception of the materials used in the Buddhist clay-based sculpture”. 26th International Conference of the European Association for South Asian Archaeology and Art, Universität Leipzig, 16–20 September 2024. Read more »
G. Forgione, Buddhist clay sculpture: tangible and intangible aspects of the Afghan productions (4th cent. – 8th cent. CE). International Research Colloquium: Buddhist clay sculptures in Central Asia, 14-15 November 2024, Tokyo Campus, University of Tsukuba. Read more »
G. Forgione, “La scultura in argilla tra Afghanistan e Asia Centrale occidentale: decorazioni a confronto per la ricostruzione di iconografie e fasi artistiche/Clay sculpture between Afghanistan and Western Central Asia: a comparison of decorations for the reconstruction of iconographies and artistic phases”. eartHeritage International Conference Materia e forma. L’argilla e lo stucco nell’arte dell’Iran, del Gandhāra e dell’Asia Centrale/Matter and form. Clay and stucco in the art of Iran, Gandhāra and Central Asia, Sapienza University of Rome, Department of “Italian Institute of Oriental Studies – ISO”, 18 February 2025. Read more »
G. Forgione, Colour and power: political and ritual symbolism in ancient central Asia. eartHeritage International Conference Re-materialising the ephemeral: The clay and stucco artistry of ancient Asia, “L’Orientale University of Naples”, 16–17 September 2025. Read more »
G. Forgione, “Ongoing studies about Tapa Sardar: Graphic Anastylosis and Interpretative Challenges”. International Conference Pratibimba – Discourses on Indian Art and Archaeology in Memory of Maurizio Taddei (1936–2000), Accademia Vivarium novum – Villa Falconieri, Frascati, “L’Orientale University of Naples”, 26–28 February 2026 Read more »
G. Forgione, “Shared Practices and Regional Variability in Late Antique Sculpture from Afghanistan and Pakistan”. Beyond Stucco: Rethinking Modelling Technologies and Sculptural Traditions across the Silk Roads: Comparative Perspectives from Afghanistan, Pakistan, and the Wider Silk Road World.Institute for Research in Humanities, Kyoto University, 12th June 2026 (in preparation). Read more »
G. Forgione, “Recent research at the Buddhist site of Tepe Narenj (Afghanistan)”. Colloquium at theInstitute for Research in Humanities, Kyoto University, 10th June 2026 (in preparation) Read more »
G. Forgione, “The archaeological documentation of the Buddhist site of Tepe Narenj (4th-8th cent. CE): a tool to reframe the Afghan clay/stucco sculpture”. Second French–Italian Summer School “From Closure to Sharing: Exploring Research Data on the Heritage of Afghanistan and Neighbouring Territories”, co-organised by “L’Orientale” University of Naples, ISMEO and INALCO (University and Foundation), Parigi, 15–19 June 2026 (in preparation). Read more »
L. Colliva, V. Bellucci, “eartHeritage: Innovazione digitale per la salvaguardia del patrimonio artistico in argilla e stucco tra Iran, Iraq, Asia centrale e Nord-India”. Giornata di studi Documentare, valorizzare e fruire i Beni archeologici. Metodi e pratiche nell’era digitale, Ravenna, a cura di Raimondo Secci e Melania Marano in collaborazione con il Laboratorio P.A.S.T., Dipartimento di Beni Culturali, 3 July 2025. Read more »
S. Mancini, “Digitalizzazione e disseminazione: il progetto eartHeritage sul patrimonio artistico in argilla e stucco tra Iran, Iraq, Asia centrale e Nord-India”. Giornata di studi Documentare, valorizzare e fruire i Beni archeologici. Metodi e pratiche nell’era digitale, Ravenna, a cura di Raimondo Secci e Melania Marano in collaborazione con il Laboratorio P.A.S.T., Dipartimento di Beni Culturali, 3 July 2025. Read more »
L. Colliva, S. Mancini, “Stucco Productions from Gawr Tepe (KRI, Iraq). Preliminary results of a MiSAK-eartHeritage Multidisciplinary and Comparative Study”. International Conference Connecting stucco in the Mediterranean (c. 300 BCE – 1200 CE). Methodological approaches and the state of research, Ankara, Bilkent University – Erimtan Museum. Read more »
L. Colliva, “Gli stucchi di periodo sasanide dal sito di Gawr Tepe (Kurdistan Region of Iraq)”. Workshop Materia e forma. L’argilla e lo stucco nell’arte dell’Iran, del Gandhāra e dell’Asia Centrale/Matter and form. Clay and stucco in the art of Iran, Gandhāra and Central Asia, Sapienza University of Rome, Department of “Italian Institute of Oriental Studies – ISO”, 18 February 2025. Read more »
S. Mancini, “Proposta per un protocollo metodologico degli studi archeometrici sugli stucchi: il progetto pilota di Gawr Tepe (Kurdistan Region of Iraq)”. Workshop Materia e forma. L’argilla e lo stucco nell’arte dell’Iran, del Gandhāra e dell’Asia Centrale/Matter and form. Clay and stucco in the art of Iran, Gandhāra and Central Asia, Sapienza University of Rome, Department of “Italian Institute of Oriental Studies – ISO”, 18 February 2025. Read more »
S. Mancini, C. Matteucci, G. Grillini, G. Tarantola, “Materiality and technique in Sasanian architecture: Stucco, mortars, and plaster from Gawr Tepe (KRI, Iraq)”. eartHeritage International Conference Re-materialising the ephemeral: The clay and stucco artistry of ancient Asia, “L’Orientale University of Naples”, 16–17 September 2025. Read more »
C. Lo Muzio, “Scultura in argilla e stucco a Khotan (Xinjiang): repertorio, modelli figurativi e contesti rituali/Clay and stucco sculpture in Khotan (Xinjiang): repertoire, figurative models and ritual contexts”. eartHeritage International Conference Materia e forma. L’argilla e lo stucco nell’arte dell’Iran, del Gandhāra e dell’Asia Centrale/Matter and form. Clay and stucco in the art of Iran, Gandhāra and Central Asia, Sapienza University of Rome, Department of “Italian Institute of Oriental Studies – ISO”, 18 February 2025. Read more »
C. Lo Muzio, “Towards a Reassessment of the Clay Sculptures from Kuevkurgan (Southern Uzbekistan)”. artHeritage International Conference Re-materialising the ephemeral: The clay and stucco artistry of ancient Asia, “L’Orientale University of Naples”, 16–17 September 2025. Read more »
C. Lo Muzio, “Recent Advances and Persistent Gaps in the Study of Khotanese Painting/藝術傳統的交匯：塔里木盆地中的于闐、龜茲與漢地風格 [Yishu chuantong de jiaohui: Talimu pendi zhong de Yutian, Qiuci yu Handi fengge]”. Treasures of Khotan: Khotanese History, Literature and Art International Conference and Field Study, Hotan, China, June 25–30 2025. Read more »
C. Lo Muzio, Intersecting Artistic Traditions: Khotanese, Kuchean, and Chinese Idioms in the Tarim Basin/交織的藝術傳統：于闐、龜茲與中原習語在塔里木盆地的融合 [Jiaozhide yishu chuantong: yutian, qiuci yu zhongyuan xiyu zai talimu pendide ronghe]. 2025 Hotan International and Intensive Program on Buddhist Studies, organised by Peking University Research Center for Buddhist Studies, China-Britain Trust for the Promotion of Buddhist Studies and Mount Kuaiji Institute of Advanced Research on Buddhism, Hotan, June 25–July 3 2025. Read more »
C. Lo Muzio, “The Afterlife of a Classical Motif in a Khotanese Buddhist Temple”. International Conference Pratibimba – Discourses on Indian Art and Archaeology in Memory of Maurizio Taddei (1936–2000), Accademia Vivarium novum – Villa Falconieri, Frascati, “L’Orientale University of Naples”, 26–28 February 2026. Read more »
C. Moscatelli, “I depositi di reliquie nella plastica buddhista dell’Asia centrale: tracce, aspetti simbolici e altre questioni connesse/Relic deposits inside Buddhist Clay and stucco sculptures of Central Asia: Traces, simboli aspects, and connected issues. eartHeritage International Conference Materia e forma. L’argilla e lo stucco nell’arte dell’Iran, del Gandhāra e dell’Asia Centrale/Matter and form. Clay and stucco in the art of Iran, Gandhāra and Central Asia, Sapienza University of Rome, Department of “Italian Institute of Oriental Studies – ISO”, 18 February 2025. Read more »
C. Moscatelli, “The Meditating Monkey from Tapa Sardar, Ghazni: Remarks on a Transregional Buddhist Theme”. eartHeritage International Conference Re-materialising the ephemeral: The clay and stucco artistry of ancient Asia, “L’Orientale University of Naples”, 16–17 September 2025. Read more »
