Dr. Giacomella Orofino

Dr. Giacomella Orofino is a Full Professor at the University of Naples "L’Orientale", where she holds the Chair of Tibetan Language and Literature and the History and Cultures of Tibet and Himalayan Countries. Her research focuses on the history of Indo-Tibetan religious traditions, employing philology, textual criticism, and the history of religions as her primary methodological frameworks. A leading figure in the promotion of Tibetan studies in Italy, she is the co-founder and current President of AISTHiM (the Italian Association of Tibetan, Himalayan, and Mongolian Studies) and the founder and Director of the Center for Buddhist Studies at the University of Naples "L’Orientale".

Her scholarly work is primarily dedicated to the study of the Kālacakratantra, the Chöd tradition, Dzogchen, and the Bön religion, with a recent focus on the origins of physical yoga.