Ms Francesca Tagliatesta

Francesca Tagliatesta, curriculum vitae Ms. Francesca TAGLIATESTA email address: francesca.tagliatesta@univ-­‐paris3.fr C U R R I C U L U M V I T A E Current position: Post-­‐doctoral Researcher in Indian Archaeology at CNRS – National Centre for Research – Mondes Iranien et Indien, UMR 7528. Research field: Archaeology and history of art and architecture of Indian world; intercultural relationships and contacts with Central Asia, ancient Iran, Middle and Near East, Byzantium and Mediterranean basin. Buddhist iconography and literary imagery and its spread in Mediaeval Europe. Education: 2005 PhD in co-­‐tutorship at University Sorbonne Nouvelle Paris 3 and at University of Naples “L’Orientale”. Theses : L’Image de l’Inde dans le Moyen Âge italien: art et littérature. Supervisors: Prof. Bruno Dagens and Prof. Giovanni Verardi. Session of 14 September. Chairman: Prof. Henri Bresc. Mention: “Très honorable”. Laurea in Oriental History at the Faculty of Letters and Philosophy, University of Bologna. Dissertation: Kåma nell’India dei Gupta: l’erotica in alcuni aspetti della cultura e dell’arte. Supervisors: Prof. Laura Piretti and Prof. Pierfrancesco Callieri. Session 15 July. Chairman: Prof. Giorgio Renato Franci. Mention: 108/110. 1997 Partecipation to projects: 2005 Ministerial research programme of MIUR: Political Ideology, Religion, Economy and Archaeology in the Hellenistic-­‐Roman and Parthian-­‐Sassanian world. Scientific responsible: Prof. Antonio C. D. Panaino, Bologna University. 2004 Ministerial research programme of MIUR: Gold and metal symbolism in the culture of Iranian, Greek and Mediterranean World: Archaeology, Philology, Science and History. Scientific responsible: Prof. Antonio C. D. Panaino, Bologna University. 1 Francesca Tagliatesta, curriculum vitae Teaching experience: 2007 Seminar of IsIAO (Italian Institute for Africa and Orient) on Trade of Indian products in the Mediterranean sea, in the Prof. Antonio C. D. Panaino’s course Filologia, religion e storia dell’Iran, Bologna University. 2006 Seminar of IsIAO (Italian Institute for Africa and Orient) on influences of Buddhism in Medieval Italy in the Prof. Antonio C. D. Panaino’s course Filologia, religion e storia dell’Iran, Bologna University. 2005 Seminar of IsIAO (Italian Institute for Africa and Orient) on architectures and iconography of India in the Near East and the Mediterranean areas, in the Prof. Antonio C. D. Panaino’s course Filologia, religion e storia dell’Iran, Bologna University. Participation to conferences: 2016 International Conference Buddhist Iconography: Early History, European Association for South Asian Archaeology and Art (23st EASAA Conference), Welsh School of Architecture, Cardiff University. Presentation: The form and structure of the keel-­‐shaped arch from the Buddhist prototype to its development in Eastern Iran. 2014 2012 2009 International Conference Buddhist Iconography: Early History, European Association for South Asian Archaeology and Art (22st EASAA Conference), Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities (Östasiatiska Museet) and Museum of Modern Art (Moderna Museet), Stockholm. Presentation: Some Remarks about the Motif of two-­‐headed Eagle at Sirkap Stûpa (Taxila). International Conference Indian influences in Central Asia, the Far East and West, European Association for South Asian Archaeology and Art (21st EASAA Conference), École du Louvre, Palais du Louvre, Paris. Presentation: The iconographic representation of Wheel of Life, from India to Italy, via Afghanistan, whit particular reference to the third meeting of Bodhisattva (Three Living Meet Three Dead). Symposium Nuits des Musée, Palazzo Corboli Museum, Asciano of Siena, Soprintendenza per il Patrimonio Storico Artistico ed Etnoantropologico di Siena e Grosseto, Musei Senesi Foundation, Culture Ministry of France. Presentation: Gli affreschi allegorici dell’antico Palazzo Bandinelli ad Asciano: ricerche e ipotesi a confronto. Francesca Tagliatesta, curriculum vitae 2006 Symposium Peacekeeping, Faenza, IsIAO and Bologna University. Presentation: I beni culturali come tutela collettiva delle identità in aree di crisi: il caso di Çri Laºkå. Research experiences: 2016 “Family Member” to IAS (institute for Advanced Study), Princeton, New Jersey, USA. 2 Francesca Tagliatesta, curriculum vitae Exhibition: 2010 “Aspetti del buddhismo negli affreschi di Palazzo Corboli”, virtual exhibition, Palazzo Corboli Museum, Sienese Museums Foundation, Soprintendenza per il Patrimonio Storico Artistico ed Etnoantropologico di Siena e Grosseto, Monte dei Paschi di Siena Bank and Microsoft Italia. Publications: Monograph: The image of India in the Italian Middle Age, PhD Thesis, Université la Sorbonne Nouvelle Paris 3 (in press). Articles: 2007 The iconography of the Unicorn from Indian to Medieval Italy in East and West, 57/1 4, Rome 2007 , pp. 175 – 191. 2009 Les représentations iconographiques du IVe apologue de la legend de Barlaam et Josaphat dans le Moyen Âge italien in Arts Asiatiques, 64, Paris 2009, pp. 3 – 26. 2015 The Figure of the Elephant from India to Medieval Apulia A comparative Study of Typological, Iconographic and Stylistic Aspect, Bulletin d’Études Indiennes (BEI), Paris, n° 33, pp. 337 – 357. 2015 The iconographic representation of the Wheel of Life, from India to Italy, via Afghanistan, whit particular reference to the third meeting of Bodhisattva (Three Living Meet Three Dead), Indicopleustoi Archaeologies of the Indian Ocean 12, South Asian Archaeology and Art 2012, vol. 2 South Asian Religions and Visual Forms in their Archaeological Context (eds.) Vincent Lefèvre, Aurore Didier and Benjamin Mutin, BREPOLS, Turnhout, pp. 725 – 740. In press: Some Remarks about the Motif of two-­‐headed Eagle at Sirkap Stûpa (Taxila), EASAA 2014, (Ed.) Eva Myrdal, Brill Publishers, Leiden. The form and structure of the keel-­‐shaped arch from the Buddhist prototype to its development in Eastern Iran, EASAA 2016, (Ed.) Adam Hardy. 3