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, “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, “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, “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 »
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 »
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, “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, “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, “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, “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 »
