Inauguration of the naMec Center – Parma Headquarters
Parma, December 3, 2024 – Borgo Carissimi Complex
On Tuesday, December 3, 2024, at 12:00, the Parma headquarters of the naMec Center was officially inaugurated at the Borgo Carissimi Complex of the University of Parma.
The naMec – Asian, Nomadic Cultures, Mobility and Environment Study Center – Mongolian Culture Center was established in spring 2024 by the University of Florence and the University of Parma. It is the first Italian interuniversity center focusing on Mongolia, the result of collaborative work with the Mongolian State University of Arts and Culture, the International Institute for the Study of Nomadic Civilizations in Ulaanbaatar, and the Ministry of Culture of Mongolia. While the Center’s administrative headquarters is based in Florence, a second location is now active in Parma, at Borgo Carissimi.
The event was attended by Maria Cecilia Mancini, Vice-Rector for International Relations and Mobility at the University of Parma; Tserendorj Narantungalag, Ambassador of Mongolia to Italy; Lorenzo Lavagetto, Deputy Mayor and Councillor for Culture of the City of Parma; Nadia Monacelli, Rector’s Delegate for International Cooperation; Massimo Magnani, Director of DUSIC; Luana Salvarani, Deputy Director of the Department; Nadia Breda, Director of the Center and Professor of Cultural Anthropology at the University of Florence; and Sabrina Tosi Cambini, Deputy Director and Professor at the University of Parma. The ceremony also welcomed Professors Roberta Gandolfi and Martina Giuffré, both of the University of Parma and among the promoters of naMec, Matteo Volta of the Italian Society for Museography and Ethno-anthropological Heritage, and PhD candidate Tsetsegbaatar Chuluunbaatar (University of Parma).
The Center was established with a broad and comparative thematic scope. It represents an evolving and open project, with one of its main objectives being the creation of a dialogic network of researchers. naMec works in close collaboration with the Ministry of Culture of Mongolia. It aims to attract not only scholars in Italy working specifically on Mongolia, but also those dealing with broader issues related to Asian territories, nomadism, mobility, and climate change, encouraging exchange through a multidisciplinary perspective. The Center also promotes Mongolian culture in Italy and academic and cultural exchange between the two countries, through events, seminars, and public lectures.
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