Il corso di Elementi di Indologia e Tibetologia per Intercultura inizierà dal secondo sottosemestre (dal 22 aprile 2026) in via San Gallo 10, aula 201. Gli studenti interessati sono pregati a registrarsi al corso su moodle.
Posizione Atuale
Dal Settembre 2023 al presente
Professore Associato, Indologia e Tibetologia presso il Dipartimento FORLILPSI, Universita di Firenze
Posizioni Precedenti
Dal settembre 2020 al agosto 2023
Ricercatore di Tipo B Indologia e Tibetologia presso il Dipartimento FORLILPSI, Universita di Firenze
Dal Agosto 2016 al Agosto 2020
Assistant Professor presso il Department of Buddhist Studies, Philosophy, and Comparative Religions, Nālandā University, India.
Dal Marzo 2012 al Marzo 2014
Borsista postdottorato, Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla (India).
Titoli di Studio
Dottorato di ricerca in Studi Orientali (Indologia e Tibetologia), Universitá di Oxford.
Laurea Magistrale in Studi Tibetani e Himalayani, Universitá di Oxford.
Dottorato di ricerca in Studi Tantrici, Benares Hindu University (India).
Laurea Magistrale in Studi Religiosi (religioni indiane), Jagiellonica Universitá (Polonia).
Borse di ricerca e premi
2019. The Robert H.N. Ho Foundation Dissertation Fellowship.
2018. The Oriental Institute, Universitá di Oxford.
2017. Warren Fund, The Queen's College.
2016. FIND Fondazione di India-Europa per Nuovi Dialoghi, Zagarolo.
2015. Lorne Thyssen Borsa di studio nel mondo antico, Wolfson College, Universitá di Oxford.
2015. The Oxford Centre for Buddhist Studies.
2015. Harish Patel Borsa di Studio, Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies.
2015. Borsa di studio linguistico, The Oriental Institute, Universitá di Oxford.
2006. Muktabodha Borsa di studio per ricerca indologica.
Progetti Attuali:
Prin 2022: The Wheel of Time: An Inquiry into New Sources of Late Indian Buddhism
https://www.forlilpsi.unifi.it/vp-696-the-wheel-of-time.html
Relazioni a Congressi/Seminari su Invito
09/02/2026-10/02/2026-Comunicazione: "Tantric Pedagogy in the Paramārthasevā.", Convegno finale Prin 2022: New Textual Sources of the Kālacakra Buddhist Tradition. https://www.clm-36.unifi.it/art-223-convegno.html
20/09/2025-Comunicazione: "Between Wrath and Remedy: Vajrabhairava-Yamāntaka Against the Nāga Afflictions", Seminario Internazionale Nāgas and Territorial Deity Cosmologies in Monsoon Asia, ERC Mantratantram/ERC Mantrams, Harris Manchester College, University of Oxford, 19-20 settembre 2025.
12/08/2025-Comunicazione: "Vajrabhairava-Yamāntaka as Transregional Tantric Buddhist Deity", Wrathful Deities: Transcultural Vectors of Tantric Buddhism panel, 20th seminar of the International Association of Buddhist Studies, Leipzig University, Lipsia, 10-15 agosto 2025.
29/06/2025-Comunicazione: "The Vajrabhairava Literature in Sanskrit", Tantric studies panel, 19th World Sanskrit Conference, Kathmandu, Nepal, 26-30 giugno 2025.
30/05/2025-Comunicazione: "Mapping the Transmission of the Raktayamāri Tradition in Tibet", Seminario Internazionale Tantric Borderlands: Survivals, Innovations, (A)symmetries & Connections from the Himalayas to the Southern Seas, ERC Mantratantram, EPHE, Parigi, Francia.
16/07/2024-Comunicazione: "New Evidence of the giant Padang Roco Mahākāla", Seminario Internazionale From the Periphery to the Centre: Sanskritic and Pāli Buddhism Across the Maritime Asia, SOAS University of London, Siem Reap, Cambogia, 12-24 luglio 2024.
8/01/2024-Comunicazione: “The Yamarāja Mantra from India and Tibet to Java and Bali”, Seminario Internazionale At the ‘Margins' of the Indic World: Connections, Innovations, and Archaisms from Nepal to Bali (8-9 gennaio 2024), École Pratique des Hautes Études e Austrian Academy of Science, Parigi, Francia.
23/07/2023-Comunicazione: “The Buddhist-Śaiva Yamarāja Mantra from the Indo-Tibetan Sphere to Java and Bali”, Seminario Internazionale The Creative South: Buddhist and Hindu Art in Medieval Maritime Asia (20-27 luglio 2023), SOAS University of London e Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
14/06/2023-Comunicazione: “The Vajrabhairavatantra: Materia Magica and Circulation of Tantric Magical Recipes”, Seminario internazionle, Ritual and Materiality in Buddhism and Asian Religions, Princeton University, Stati Uniti.
24/05/2023-Tantra Workshop, Università di Roma ‘La Sapienza’.
14/04/2023- Comunicazione: “Demons, Wicked Ones, and Those who Violate the Samayas”, Italian Doctoral School of Religious Studies, DREST, Università di Napoli L’Orientale, Università Ca’ Foscari, Venezia.
9/01/2023 – Comunicazione: “Early Tantric Magic: Structure, Syntax, and Material Culture”, Tantric Studies panel, 18th World Sanskrit Conference (9–13 gennaio 2023), Australian National University, Canberra, Australia.
21/11/2022 – Comunicazione: “Tantric Buddhists and Tantric Śaivas”, in Buddhist Critical-Constructive Reflection Unit: “Buddhism and Its Religious Others: Reflections on Historical Encounters and Representations”, Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Religion, Denver, Stati Uniti d’America (19–22 novembre 2022).
28/10/2022 – Comunicazione: “Between Magic Rituals and Liberation: The Case of the Vajrabhairavatantra”, nel Seminario internazionale “Tantric Text Practices as Intersection” (28–29 ottobre 2022), Università di Heidelberg, Germania.
07/07/2022 – Comunicazione: “Take a Black Mustard Seed and a Dust from the Target’s Footprint: Materia Magica in the Vajrabhairava (rdo rje ‘jigs byed) Corpus” nel Tibetan Magic panel, 16th Seminar of the International Association of Tibetan Studies (3–9 luglio 2022), Charles University, Praga, Repubblica Ceca.
14/06/2022 – Comunicazione: “Early Tantric Magic: An Example of Śaiva(Hindu)- Buddhist Intertextuality in Premodern India”, nel seminario “Textual Cultures in Contact: Religion through Cultural Boundaries (Iran, India, China)”, Early Text Cultures, Università di Oxford, Regno Unito.
28/05/2022 – Comunicazione: “Tantric Ritual and Conflict Resolution in Tibetan Buddhist Society: The Cult of Yamāntaka”, nella Giornata di Studi: “Conflitto e Contrasto nelle lingue e nelle letterature” (27–28 maggio 2022), Università di Fi- renze.
25/09/2021 – Comunicazione: “Early Tantric Magic and Alain Danielou’s ‘Cattle of the Gods’”, nel seminario internazionale “Alain Danielou: Labirynthe Traces” (24– 25 settembre 2021), Fondazione Alain Daniélou: Fondazione India-Europa per Nuovi Dialoghi, Zagarolo, Italia.
08/10/2021 – Comunicazione: “Interactions Between Tantric Forms of Buddhism and Śaivism in the Development of the Cult of Vajrabhairava”, nel seminario inter- nazionale “Buddhism and Śaivism in premodern trans-Himalayan regions”, Institut national des langues et civilisations orientales (INALCO), Parigi, Francia.
31/08/2021 – Comunicazione: “Skull-Magic, Exorcism of Demons, Jackal Howls and the Question of Non-Tantric Magical Substratum”, in Resilience of Tantric, Magic, and Shamanic Practices at the “Margins” of South and Southeast Asian Religions Panel, 18th Conference of the European Association for the Study of Religion (30 agosto–3 settembre 2021), Università di Pisa.
Prospettiva storica sulla cultura e la pratica del buddismo tantrico (Historical Perspectives on the Culture and Practice of Tantric Buddhism), Victoria and Albert Museum, Londra, Ottobre 2018.
17a conferenza mondiale in sanscrito, British Columbia Universitá, Vancouver, Lugio 2018.
Time, Region, and Female Agency in Hindu Texts and Practices, panel alla conferenza annuale dell'Asia meridionale, Wisconsin-Madison Universitá, Ottobre 2017.
Religion and the Margins, FIND, Fondazione di India-Europa per Nuovi Dialoghi, Zagarolo, Ottobre 2017.
XVIII Congresso dell'associazione internazionale di studi buddisti, Universitá di Toronto, Agosto 2017.
Conferenza su invito, The Oriental Institute, Universitá di Oxford, Giugno 2017.
Conferenza su invito, The Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies, Giugno 2017.
Conferenza su invito, Manoscritti e Primi Testi Cultura Pranzo Colloquio, The Queen's College,Oxford, Maggio 2017.
Conferenza su buddismo e legittimazione, Universitá di Ludwing-Maximillian, Monaco, Marzo 2017.
Conferezna su invito, Seminario Śākta, The Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies, Febbraio 2016.
16a conferenza mondiale in sanscrito, Bangkok, Lugio 2015.
Didattica
Introduzione al tibetano classico (Anno academico 2016-2017, 2017-2018, 2018-2019, 2019-2020).
Leggere testi buddisti tibetani (Anno academico 2016-2017, 2017-2018, 2018-2019, 2019-2020).
Introduzione agli studi religiosi (Anno academico 2016-2017).
Metodologica di ricerca per lo studio della religione (Anno academico 2016-2017, 2017-2018).
Introduzione alle religioni e filosofie dell'India (Anno academico 2016-2017).
Comprensione dei testi buddisti (Anno academico 2016-2017, 2017-2018, 2018-2019).
Tantra indú e buddista (Anno academico 2016-2017, 2017-2018, 2018-2019).
Letture supervisionate (Anno academico 2016-2017, 2017-2018, 2018-2019).
Tesi di laurea (Anno academico 2017-2018, 2018-2019).
Supervisione di studenti laureati
Ho supervisionato piú di una dozzina di tesi di laurea in indologia e tibetologia.
Legenda
Current Position
Associate Professor, Indology and Tibetology, Department of FORLILPSI, University of Florence.
Past Positions
Researcher in Indology and Tibetology, Deparment of FORLILPSI, University of Florence: September 2020-August 2023.
Assistant Professor, Department of Buddhist Studies, Philosophy, and Comparative Religions, Nālandā University (India): August 2016-August 2020.
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Indian Institute of Advanced Study (IIAS), Shimla: March 2014-March 2016.
Education
PhD in Oriental Studies (Indology and Tibetology), University of Oxford (England)
MPhil in Tibetan and Himalayan Studies, University of Oxford (England)
PhD in Tantric Studies, Benares Hindu University (India)
MA in Religious Studies (Indian Religions), Jagiellonian University (Poland)
Current Projects
Prin 2022 The Wheel of Time: An Inquiry into New Sources of Late Indian Buddhism
Grants and Awards
2019. Robert H.N. Ho Dissertation Fellowship in Buddhist Studies
2018. The Oriental Institute, University of Oxford.
2017. Warren Fund, The Queen's College, Oxford.
2016. FIND, India-Europe Foundation for New Dialogues, Zagarolo.
2015. Lord Thyssen Ancient World Research Scholarship, Wolfson College, Oxford.
2015. Harish Patel Scholarship, The Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies.
2015. Wolfson College, Oxford.
2015. Language Study Grant, The Oriental Institute, University of Oxford.
2006. Muktabodha Indological Dissertation Scholarship.
Recent Conferences/ Paper Presentations
Organization of the webinar "Multilingualism/Vernacularism and Translation Practices", Early Text Cultures, University of Oxford, June 2023.
"Early Tantric Magic: Structure, Syntax, and Material Culture", 18th World Sanskrit Conference, Australian National University, Canberra, January 2023.
"Tantric Buddhists and Tantric Śaivas", conference of the American Academy of Religion (AAR), Denver, November 2022.
"Between Magic and Liberation: The Case of Vajrabhairava", Tantric Text Practices as Intersection, University of Heidelberg, October 2022.
"Take a Black Mustard Seed and a Dust from the Target's Footprint: Materia Magica in the Vajrabhairava Corpus", I6th International Association for Tibetan Studies, Charles University, Prague, July 2022.
"Early Tantric Magic: An Example of Hindu-Buddhist Intertextuality in Premodern India", Textual Cultures in Contact, Religion Through Cultural Boundaries, seminar at the Early Text Cultures, University of Oxford, June 2022.
"Interactions Between Tantric Forms of Buddhism and Śaivism in the Development of the Cult of Vajrabhairava", International Workshop Buddhism and Śaivism in Pre-modern Himalayan Regions, Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales/Mie University, Paris, France, October 2021.
"Skull-Magic, Exorcism of Demons, Jackal Howls and the Question of Non-Tantric Magical Substratum of Early Tantras", Resilient Religion, European Association for the Study of Religion, University of Pisa, September 2021.
Historical Perspectives on the Culture and Practice of Tantric Buddhism, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, October 2018.
17th World Sanskrit Conference, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, July 2018.
Time, Region, and Female Agency in Hindu Texts and Practices, panel of the Annual South Asia Conference, University of Wisconsin-Madison, October 2018.
Religion and the Margins, workshop, FIND, Zagarolo, October 2017.
XVIII Congress of the International Association of Buddhist Studies, University of Toronto, August 2017.
Invited Lecture, The Oriental Institute, University of Oxford, June 2017.
Invited Lecture, The Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies, June 2017.
Invited Lecture, Manuscripts and Early Texts Culture Lunch Colloquium, The Queen's College, University of Oxford, May 2017.
Workshop on Buddhism and Legitimization, Ludwig-Maximillian University, Munich, March 2017.
Invited Lecture, Śākta Seminar, The Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies, February 2016.
16th World Sanskrit Conference, Bangkok, July 2015.
Teaching
Introduction to Classical Tibetan (Academic Year 2016-2017, 2017-2018, 2018-2019, 2019-2020).
Reading Tibetan Buddhist Texts (Academic Year 2016-2017, 2018-2019, 2019-2020).
Introduction to Religious Studies (Academic Year 2016-2017).
Research Methodology for the Study of Religion (Academic Year 2016-2017, 2017-2018).
Introduction to Religions and Philosophies of India (Academic Year 2016-2017, 2017-2018).
Understanding Buddhist Texts (Academic Year 2016-2017, 2017-2018, 2018-2019, 2019-2020).
Hindu and Buddhist Tantra (Academic Year 2016-2017, 2017-2018, 2018-2019).
Supervised Readings (Academic Year 2016-2017, 2017-2018, 2018-2019).
MA Thesis Class (Academic Year 2017-2018, 2018-2019).
Graduate Student Supervision
I have supervised more than a dozen of MA thesis in the field of Indology and Tibetology.
