.jpg "A cuneiform stone inscription in Persepolis, an ancient capital of Persia, whose imposing ruins are located near the city of Shiraz in the south of Iran")
TEHRAN -- The Sapienza University of Rome hosted a conference on Iranian civilization on Monday and Tuesday.
The conference entitled “Iranian Civilization: Past, Present, Future” was held with the collaborative efforts by the university, the Italian Institute for Middle and Far East (IsMEO), Rome’s National Museum of Eastern Arts, Italian Ministry for Heritage and Cultural Activities, and the Iranian cultural attaché’s office the Persian service of ISNA reported on Wednesday.
A group of Iranologists from Italy, Germany, France, Hungary, Poland and Iran presented their latest studies during the conference.
“I hope this conference will provide new ways to link Italian centers for Eastern studies to the Iranian academic centers,” said Professor Luigi Frati, who has been the rector of Sapienza since 2008, during the opening ceremony of the meeting.
IsMEO President Marco Mancini also gave a report on the latest activities of the institute.
He referred to some obstacles in the way of scholars working in the field of Iranology and expressed his hope that such collaboration could resolve the issues.
Mancini also read a message sent by Italian Minister for Education, Universities, and Research, Francesco Profumo, to the conference.
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