Massimiliano BORRONI

Position
Researcher
E-mail
massimiliano.borroni@unive.it
825580@stud.unive.it
Academic discipline
History of Islamic Countries [STAA-01/J]
Website
https://www.unive.it/web/en/19197/people/massimiliano.borroni(personal record)
Office
Department of Asian and North African Studies
Website: https://www.unive.it/dep.dsaam
Where: Ca' Cappello
Research Institute
Research Institute for Digital and Cultural Heritage
Research Institute
Research Institute for International Studies

Office hours

Friday 10:30-12:00. 

It’s recommended to contact the lecturer via email with a brief description of the topic you wish to discuss. You can also arrange a meeting at a different time by emailing the lecturer.

Teaching activity current year

ENVIRONMENTAL HUMANITIES [LMR10]
Laurea magistrale (DM270)

Teaching activity previous years

ENVIRONMENTAL HUMANITIES [LMR10]
Laurea magistrale (DM270)

STUDI TRANSMEDITERRANEI: MIGRAZIONE, COOPERAZIONE E SVILUPPO [LMR80]
Laurea magistrale (DM270)

ENVIRONMENTAL HUMANITIES [LM10]
Laurea magistrale (DM270)

LINGUE, CULTURE E SOCIETÀ DELL'ASIA E DELL'AFRICA MEDITERRANEA [LT40]
Laurea

ENVIRONMENTAL HUMANITIES [LM10]
Laurea magistrale (DM270)

LINGUE, CULTURE E SOCIETÀ DELL'ASIA E DELL'AFRICA MEDITERRANEA [LT40]
Laurea

ENVIRONMENTAL HUMANITIES [LM10]
Laurea magistrale (DM270)

LINGUE, CULTURE E SOCIETÀ DELL'ASIA E DELL'AFRICA MEDITERRANEA [LT40]
Laurea

Activities and research skills

Academic discipline
Storia dei paesi islamici [STAA-01/J]
Geographic areas in which the research experience mainly applies
Internazionale: Medio Oriente
Known languages
Arabo (scritto: avanzato parlato: avanzato)
Inglese (scritto: avanzato parlato: avanzato)
Francese (scritto: intermedio parlato: intermedio)
Serbocroato (scritto: intermedio parlato: intermedio)
Main departmental research areas and fields
Area: Ambiente
Area: Lingue e letterature dell’Africa settentrionale e del Vicino oriente Linea: araba
Area: Lingue e letterature dell’Africa settentrionale e del Vicino oriente Linea: persiana
Area: Storia e Antropologia Linea: Storia medievale
Area: Storia e Antropologia
Ambiente e comunità arabofone italiane: strumenti per la promozione dello sviluppo sostenibile
Other members of the research group:
Simone CRISTOFORETTI
Interazioni tra uomo e ambiente. L'ismailismo iranico e il problema identitario.
SSD:
L-OR/10
Other members of the research group:
Simone CRISTOFORETTI
Reti di Scienza e Acqua
SSD:
L-OR/10
Other members of the research group:
Simone CRISTOFORETTI

Publication highlights

Foxhall Forbes, Helen; Fafinski, Mateusz; Halsall, Guy; Harland, James M.; Lawrence, Dan; Clarke-Neish, Kelly; Foxhall, Lin; Abballe, Michele; Borroni, Massimiliano; Lypiridou, Ismini; Manolopoulou, Vicky; Nikulina, Anastasia; Sypiański, Jakub; Fleitmann, Dominik Drought, Conflict and the Use of Historical Data and Methodologies in Interdisciplinary Palaeoclimatic Research in CLIMATIC CHANGE, vol. 179 (ISSN 0165-0009)
DOI 2026, Journal Article - ARCA card: 10278/5114790


Borroni, Massimiliano Climate as Catalyst in JOURNAL OF ARABIC AND ISLAMIC STUDIES, vol. 25, pp. 89-106 (ISSN 0806-198X)
DOI 2025, Journal Article - ARCA card: 10278/5105810


Simone Cristoforetti, Massimiliano Borroni, Vladimiro Boselli, J. Kassout, Mhammad Houssni, Athmane Kettouch Qanats: Ancient Innovations Nurturing Sustainable Futures in Water Management in BLUE PAPERS, vol. 4, pp. 15-24 (ISSN 2950-1466)
DOI - URL correlato 2025, Journal Article - ARCA card: 10278/5091667


Borroni, Massimiliano Waters Above, Waters Below: Conceptions of the Water Cycle in Abbasid-Era Thought in JOURNAL OF ABBASID STUDIES, vol. 12, pp. 1-25 (ISSN 2214-2363)
DOI 2025, Journal Article - ARCA card: 10278/5096627


Borroni, Massimiliano Connecting Water: Environmental Views in Premodern Arabic Writings , Fondazione Università Ca' Foscari Venezia (ISBN 9788869697913) (ISSN 2785-5899)
2024, Scientific monograph or treatise - ARCA card: 10278/5066702


List of publications

Curriculum vitae