Posted on 2026-03-18
Publication announcement Michael Alram and Arturo Annucci, The Italian Archaeological Mission in Afghanistan. The Coins from Tapa Sardar and Ghazni . Napoli / Roma: Unior Press, Università di Napoli L'Orientale / ISMEO, 2026, 398 p. ISBN 978-88-6719-361-5
Posted on 2025-04-02
Posted on 2023-08-15
Publication announcement Fusaro, Agnese and Viola Allegranzi, “ A Treasure of Lustrewares from Ghazni (Afghanistan, Mid-12th–Early 13th Century) ”. Annali dell'Università degli studi di Napoli “L’Orientale”. Sezione Orientale 83/1-2 (2023): 61–98.
Posted on 2023-01-26
Posted on 2022-11-20
November, 18th-19th 2022 | Paris ARTS ET PATRIMOINE DE L’AFGHANISTAN, Cent ans de recherches archéologiques 1922-2022 Musée Guimet, DAFA & Fondation Inalco
Posted on 2022-09-20
September, 20th-21st 2022 | Strasbourg Centenaire de la D.A.F.A. Un siècle de coopération archéologique franco-afghane Universitè de Strasbourg ‒ Histoire, sociologie, archéologie et anthropologie des religions (HiSAAR) Valentina Laviola - Disclosing the Ghaznavid Palaces. The Legacy of the Délégation Archéologique Française en Afghanistan
Posted on 2022-05-05
May, 5-7th 2022 | Bamberg Stucco Decoration in the Architecture of Iran and Neighbouring Lands: New Research – New Horizons University of Bamberg – Institute of Oriental Studies, Islamic Art and Archaeology Valentina Laviola - Ghazni Stuccoes. From an Old Excavation to the Synergetic Study of the Ghaznavid Palace Architectural Decoration
Posted on 2022-04-26
April, 26th 2022 | Tehran-Paris Webinar series: Insights into the art of the Persianate societies (Islamic period) Institut Français de Recherche en Iran (IFRI) and Centre de Recherche sur le Monde Iranien (CeRMI) ISLAMIC INSCRIPTIONS FROM MEDIEVAL AFGHANISTAN Viola Allegranzi - Innovations in the Content and Style of Royal Epigraphy Martina Massullo - Funerary Texts as Sources for Local History
Posted on 2022-01-25
January, 25th 2022 – Tehran Webinars of the Institut Français de Recherche en Iran (IFRI), Tehran Regards sur les arts du métal / Insights into Metalwork Valentina Laviola Medieval Metalwork from Afghanistan. Preserving the Memory of Lost Collections
Posted on 2021-11-15
November, 15th-16th 2021 | Napoli AFGHANISTAN CROCEVIA DI MONDI Seminario di studi storici, archeologici e letterari University of Naples “L’Orientale”
Posted on 2021-07-03
July, 1st-3rd 2021 | Roma Ernst Herzfeld Society 16th Colloquium The Arts and Archaeology of Funerary Cultures in Islam Martina Massullo Funerary Contexts in Afghanistan: Cemeteries from Ghazni
Posted on 2021-06-09
June, 7th-10th 2021 | Firenze NUME21 - VII Ciclo di Studi Medievali Viola Allegranzi, Valentina Laviola, Carlotta Passaro An Islamic Palace of the Middle Ages: Reconstructive Case Studies of the Dispersed Material from Ghazni (Afghanistan)
Posted on 2021-04-10
April, 6th-10th 2021 | Bologna 12th International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East (ICAANE) Valentina Laviola and Martina Massullo Ghazni Sacred Landscape. Ziyārāt , Shrines and Burials from the Ghaznavid Period to the Modern Age
Posted on 2021-01-21
January, 21st 2021 | Inalco, Paris Centre de Recherche sur le Monde Iranien Lecture series Sociétés, politiques et cultures du monde iranien Martina Massullo Le patrimoine funéraire islamique de Ghazni d’après les archives de la Mission Archéologique Italienne en Afghanistan
Posted on 2021-01-16
Publication announcement Valentina Laviola, Martina Massullo (eds.), Maḥabbatnāma. Scritti offerti a Maria Vittoria Fontana dai suoi allievi per il suo settantesimo compleanno (Pubblicazioni dell'Istituto per l'Oriente C.A. Nallino 125). Roma, 2020. ISBN 978-88-97622-69-7
Posted on 2021-01-01
PhD Giulia Forgione, University of Naples "L’Orientale", Department of Asia, Africa and Mediterranean Post-doctoral Research Fellowship (2021-2023) The recovery of the ephemeral in Afghan archaeological and artistic heritage: A study of the tangible and intangible aspects of the clay sculptural production in the medieval times
Posted on 2020-12-01
MA Arturo Annucci, University of Naples "L’Orientale", Department of Asia, Africa and Mediterranean Doctoral Research Fellowship (2020-2023) The Islamic coinage of the Eastern Iranian territories (mid. 8th – mid 11th cent.)
Posted on 2020-11-12
We express our deep sorrow for the disappearance of Elio Paparatti, a passionate restorer and long time collaborator of the Italian Archaeological Mission in Afghanistan.
Posted on 2020-06-01
Publication announcement Viola Allegranzi, Valentina Laviola (eds.), Texts and Contexts. Ongoing Researches on the Eastern Iranian World (Ninth-Fifteenth C.) (Pubblicazioni dell'Istituto per l'Oriente C.A. Nallino 120). Roma, 2020. ISBN: 978-88-97622-53-6
Posted on 2020-06-01
Publication announcement Valentina Laviola, Islamic Metalwork from Afghanistan (9th-13th Century). The Documentation of the IsMEO Italian Archaeological Mission (Series Maior XV/ Serie Orientale Roma 24, 2020). Napoli - Roma, 2020. ISBN: 978-88-6719-191-8
Posted on 2019-06-01
Publication announcement Viola Allegranzi, Aux sources de la poésie ghaznavide. Les inscriptions persanes de Ghazni (Afghanistan, XIe-XIIe siècles) . Paris, Presses Sorbonne Nouvelle, 2019, 2 vols. ISBN: 978-2-87854-981-2
Posted on 2018-09-14
September, 14th 2018 | Naples, Italy International round table Texts and contexts. Ongoing researches on the Eastern Iranian world (9th-15th c.) University of Naples “L’Orientale”
Posted on 2018-07-08
July, 2nd-6th 2018 | Naples, Italy 24th Conference of the European Association for South Asian Archaeology and Art University of Naples “L’Orientale” and ISMEO
Posted on 2018-06-12
June, 12th 2018 | Naples, Italy Oral defence of Giulia Forgione’s PhD thesis: Clay Sculptures from Tepe Narenj (Kabul): New evidence of Buddhist Art in the Huna and Shahi periods University of Naples "L’Orientale", Department of Asia, Africa and Mediterranean
Posted on 2018-06-01
PhD Valentina Laviola, University of Naples "L’Orientale", Department of Asia, Africa and Mediterranean Post-doctoral Research Fellowship (2018-2021) The Architectural Decoration in Brickwork and Stucco Retrieved in Ghazni by the Italian Archaeological Mission in Afghanistan
Posted on 2017-11-05
Renewed Memorandum of Understanding between the Afghan Institute of Archaeology (AIA) and the International Association for Mediterranean and Oriental Studies (ISMEO) / Italian Archaeological Mission in Afghanistan (IAMA)
Posted on 2017-10-30
October, 30th 2017 | Aix-en-Provence, France Oral defence of Martina Massullo's PhD thesis: Tombs and epitaphs from Ghazni (Afghanistan, 15th-18th century) Aix-Marseille Université and University of Naples "L’Orientale"
Posted on 2017-10-27
October, 27th 2017 | Paris, France Oral defence of Viola Allegranzi's PhD thesis: Persian Inscriptions from Ghazni, Afghanistan. New Sources for the Study of Ghaznavid Cultural History and Epigraphic Tradition (5th-6th/11th-12th Centuries) Sorbonne Nouvelle - Paris 3 and University of Naples "L’Orientale"
Posted on 2017-09-11
We express our deep sorrow for the disappearance of Nancy Hatch Dupree, a long time Director of the Afghanistan Center at Kabul University and passionate advocate of Afghanistan’s heritage.
Posted on 2017-08-31
August, 30th-31th 2017 | New York, US International Workshop Indo-Ghuria: Continuities and Ruptures in 12th-13th-Century South and Central Asia Columbia University
Posted on 2017-07-08
July, 5th-8th 2017 | Paris, France 2ème Congrès du GIS Moyen-Orient et Mondes Musulmans INALCO and Université Sorbonne Paris Citè
Posted on 2016-04-24
April, 21st-24th 2016 | St. Andrews, UK Conference The Architecture of the Iranian World 1000-1250 Institute of Iranian Studies, School of History, University of St Andrews.
Posted on 2016-02-26
February, 26th 2016 | Ivry-sur-Seine, France International workshop The Ghaznavids and Their Neighbours: New Researches on Eastern Iranian World (10th – 12th c.) CNRS, UMR 7528 Mondes iranien et indien
Posted on 2016-02-04
February, 4th 2016 | Venice, Italy Oral defence of Valentina Laviola's PhD thesis: Islamic Metalwork from Eastern Iranian territories (9th-13th c.). The documentation of the Italian Archaeological Mission in Afghanistan Ca’ Foscari University
Posted on 2014-12-12
Posted on 2014-10-31
Rome, Sapienza University of Rome. An event in honor of Umberto Scerrato: Saggi inediti e Opera Minora. Presentation of the volumes.
Posted on 2014-10-10
Stuttgart (Germany), international workshop Khurasan: the Land of the Rising Sun convened by L. Korn, U. Franke and A. Kraemer at the Linden-Museum.
Posted on 2014-08-08
The four of us arranged a panel at the 10th Biennal Conference of the International Society for Iranian Studies, to present the first results of our ongoing doctoral researches on archaeological materials from Ghazni.
