Ph.D. (Dottorato di Ricerca) in Iranian Studies,
Istituto Universitario Orientale of Naples. Title of the dissertation:
La Vita e i Tempi di Rostam Khan (edizione e traduzione del ms.
British Library Add 7,655) [The Life and Times of Rostam Khan (an
edition and translation of British Library manuscript Add Ms 7,655].
1990
Degree in Oriental History, University of Bologna,
with top marks cum laude. Title of degree thesis on Persian literature:
Le "Mirabilia" dell'umanesimo timuride nell'autobiografia di Mahmud
Vasefi (sec. XVI) [The "Mirabilia" of Timurid Humanism in the Autobiography
of Mahmud Vasefi (16th century)].
Fellowships and Scholarships
2000-2003
Research grant from the Dipartimento di Studi
Eurasiatici of the University of Venice
1998-2000
Post-doctoral fellowship (Iranian studies), Dipartimento
di Studi Asiatici, Istituto Universitario Orientale of Naples.
1993
One month in Tehran to carry out research for my
Ph.D. dissertation, funded by the Istituto Universitario Orientale
of Naples.
1992
Three-month scholarship from the "Ivane Javakhishvili"
State University, Tbilisi (Republic of Georgia).
1990
One month in Tbilisi at the "G. Tsereteli" Institute
of Oriental Studies of the Georgian Academy of Sciences.
1988
One-month stay in Tbilisi, fellowship of the "Shota
Rustaveli" Institute of Georgian Literature of the Georgian Academy
of Sciences.
1987
Summer course of Turkish language organised by
the University of Istanbul and financed by a scholarship from
the Turkish government.
Work Experience
Since 11/2003
Researcher (wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter) at the
Institut für Iranistik of the Academy of Sciences of Austria (Vienna).
Winter term
2010/11
Lecturer of Iranian Studies at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (Munich) during the Winter Term 2010-11.
2002-2007
Teacher of Ottoman History at the University of Trieste
04-05/2005
Lecturer at the l’Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, Section des Sciences Historique et Philologiques in Paris/France (enseignant chercheur), conference series "Portugais et Vénitiens en Perse et dans l’Empire ottoman aux XVIe et XVIIe siècles".
1991-1995
Member of the Examination Board for the degree course
in Persian Language and Literature, Department of Linguistics, University
of Bologna.
1988-1990
Full-time translator and interpreter at the Cultural
Institute of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Rome.
1986
Teacher of Italian language at the University of
Tehran (Daneshgah-e Tehran) and at the Italian Cultural Institute
in Tehran
Academic Associations
Istituto Italiano per l'Africa e l'Oriente
Societas Iranologica Europaea
Languages
Italian (first language), English, French, German, Persian, Georgian
