In connection with the Shared Stories exhibition, Prof Roberto Tottoli, Rector, University of Naples L' Orientale will lecture on Islamic Heritage of Italy and Europe on 4 April 2026 at the Humayuns Tomb Museum Auditorium.

Dr Tottoli has a degree in Oriental Languages and Literature from Ca' Foscari University of Venice (1988), PhD from L'Orientale University of Naples (1996). He studied at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Lady Davis Fellowship) under the supervision of M.J. Kister (1993-94), and then taught in Turin (1999-2002) and at L'Orientale University of Naples since 2002, where he has been full professor of Islamic Studies since 2011.

The lecture is part of the series of expert talks organized in the Auditorium of the Humayun's Tomb Museum, Nizamuddin built by the Aga Khan Trust for Culture in partnership with the Archaeological Survey of India.