PROJECT GROUP

The project was devised by Bruno Chiesa and Maria Luisa Russo. It was developed through the efforts of a multi-disciplinary working group. This approach was mandatory, in view of the variety of documents handled, drawn up in various foreign/oriental languages, and the enormous amount of work required to inventory, re-order and preserve the archive, and make it available to scholars.

PROJECT MANAGEMENT

Bruno Chiesa, scientific director

Maria Luisa Russo, coordination

Caterina Balzano, administration.

PROJECT GROUP

Caterina Balzano, administration, Turin University. Ms Balzano managed the administrative and accounting aspects of the project.

Francesca Bellino, assistant professor, Arabic language and literature, Turin University. Ms Bellino managed the tasks of identification, study and description of the scientific documentation to be attributed to the area of Islam (Arabic, Turkish-Ottoman, Persian languages).

Ilaria Bertone, postdoctoral researcher, Hebrew studies. Ms Bertone managed the tasks of identification, study and description of the scientific documentation regarding Hebrew language and literature.

Bruno Chiesa, professor, Hebrew language and literature, Turin University. As scientific director of the project, Prof. Chiesa supervised the project at all stages to ensure that the work was conducted in due scientific manner. He has personally worked on identification of documents, and has conducted in-depth study of Paul Kahle’s scholarly activities.

Paola Lombardi, archivist. Ms Lombardi managed the description procedure for all the documents of the scientific archive, providing all required archival back-up for the study of the contents conducted by Francesca Bellino and Ilaria Bertone.

Corrado Martone, associate professor, Hebrew language and literature, Turin University. Prof. Martone worked alongside Bruno Chiesa on the work package regarding valorization of the Fondo Paul Kahle.

Alessandro Mengozzi, assistant professor, Semitic philology, Turin University. Mr Mengozzi provided assistance during the database copying and website development stage.

Chiara Pilocane, postdoctoral researcher, Hebrew studies, archivist. Ms Pilocane managed the description procedure for the correspondence. During the second stage, together with Maria Luisa Russo, she managed the description procedure for the documents preserved in the library, and worked on re-ordering the entire archive.

Liliana Rosso Ubigli, former assistant professor, Hebrew language and literature, Turin University. Ms Rosso Ubigli assisted Bruno Chiesa on the work package for preservation of the Fondo Paul Kahle.

Maria Luisa Russo, research fellow, Turin University. Ms Russo coordinated the activities and working groups of the KADMOS project. Within the ambit of the project, she designed and managed the preservation plan. With Chiara Pilocane, she managed the description procedure for the documents preserved in the library, and worked on re-ordering the entire archive.

Special Thanks

Maurizio Bagatin, Abdellah Gargati, for the translation of the website into Arabic.

Gaia Lembi, Corrado Martone, for the translation of the website into Hebrew.