Missions

Aug 9-Sept. 14, 2026: this mission will be carried out by the P. I. Elisa Coda, Paola Esposito, Issam Marjani, and Giovanni Trovato.

June 29-July 1, 2026: this mission will be carried out by the P. I. Elisa Coda and Paola Esposito.

The mission had two objectives. Firstly, to discuss the ArOMa’s work programme for months 12–24 with prof. Gerhard Endress. Secondly, Elisa and Paola met the editors of the Brill Series Aristoteles Semitico-Latinus to discuss a publishing proposal concerning ArOMa results submitted to the series.

June 23-26, 2026: Paola Esposito and Issam Marjani attended the 16th AIDA 2026 ( الرابطة الدولية لدراسة اللهجات العربية) conference, at the Department of Humanities, University of Catania (Italy). 

More than 100 scholars from all over the world in the field of Arabic Language and Linguistics joined together to share the results of their research—a unique opportunity to exchange ideas, and foster academic collaboration. Paola and Issam presented ArOMa to a number of colleagues working in related research fields opening up new and exciting opportunities for collaboration!

Jan. 14-24, 2026: mission carried out by the P. I. Elisa Coda. The mission had two objectives. Firstly, to explore three private libraries containing uncatalogued manuscript material in various parts of the Rhamna region. Secondly, a number of exploratory discussions were held with PhD students and researchers at Mohammed VI University in Ben Guerir, with a view to assessing potential local collaborations for the ArOMa project’s research.

As a result of these meetings, the P.I. decided: a) to foresee another mission to examine additional manuscript collections both in this area and elsewhere in Morocco; b) to recruit a collaborator for the ArOMA project dedicated to building relationships with universities in the Arab world, and in particular in Morocco, for the purposes of disseminating and co-creating ArOMA’s results.