BLOG Archives - Contemporary Humanism

Lethal Intersections: Rethinking Humanism Beyond the Matrix of Domination (Patricia Hill Collins)

On April 22, 2026, Patricia Hill Collins, Professor Emerita of Sociology at the University of Maryland, College Park, delivered a lecture for the PhD program in Contemporary Humanism, focusing on the category of intersectionality and its productivity in rethinking and updating the concept of humanism. The lecture by Professor Hill Collins was preceded by an introductory talk by Professor Mariella Nocenzi on the category of intersectionality.

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Who’s afraid of error (Brunella Antomarini)

“On January 14, 2026, Professor Brunella Antomarini of John Cabot University delivered a seminar entitled ‘Who’s Afraid of Error?’.”

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Cyril O’Regan, The Drama of Christian Humanism

On 21 November 2024, Cyril O’Regan, professor of Theology a the University of Notre Dame (USA) and the 2024 recipient of the prestigious Ratzinger Prize, has given the 2024/2025 Opening Lecture of the PhD Program “Contemporary Humanism”, entitled “The Drama of Christian Humanism“.

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Meeting with the post-doctoral programme in Integral Human Development (DHI)

On Wendsday 28 February 2024, a joint-meeting of the doctoral programme in Contemporay Humanism and the post-doctoral programme in Integral Human Development (DHI) took place at LUMSA University in Rome.

Led by professor Peter Hanenberg and professor Stefano Biancu, about thirty fellows of the two programmes gathered togheter to share insights and friendship along with some Faculty from the involved institutions (LUMSA University, Catholic University of Portugal). A representative of Porticus Foundation, Cristina Robledano, took also part at the meeting.

As interdisciplinary research environments, and moving from the ideas of humanism and human development, the two programmes share a common focus on the urgent question, what does it mean to be human?

Angry Men and the Rise od Populism (Bryan S. Turner)

On 1 February 2024, Professor Bryan S. Turner (Australian Catholic University) gave a lecture entitled, “Angry Men and the Rise of Populism”.

The event was chaired by Professor Stefano Biancu, coordinator of the PhD program “Contemporary Humanism”. The topic and Prof. Turner’s talk were introduced by Consuelo Corradi, Professor of General Sociology at LUMSA University.

Bryan S. Turner is a world-renowned British – Australian sociologist, currently professor at the Institute for Humanities and Social Sciences, Australian Catholic University (Australia).

Transitional Justice: Conflict, Pluralism and the Politics of Compromise (Frank Haldemann)

On 10 January 2024, Dr Frank Haldemann (Université de Fribourg) gave a lecture entitled, “Transitional Justice : Conflict, Pluralism and the Politics of Compromise”, based on his 2022 book Transitional Justice for Foxes : Conflict, Pluralism and the Politics of Compromise (Cambridge University Press).

Medieval Humanisms (Megan Cassidy-Welch)

On 12 April 2023, Professor Megan Cassidy-Welch, Program Director of Medieval and Early Modern Studies (Australian Catholic University, Melbourne), gave a seminar on Medieval Humanisms.

The future of the digital turn in the New Literacies Studies (Kathy Mills)

On 22 February 2023, Kathy Mills, Professor of Literacies and Digital Cultures at the Institute for Learning Sciences and Teacher Education (Australian Catholic University, Brisbane), gave a seminar on The future of the digital turn in the New Literacies Studies. Click here to watch the video.

Mentore e Telemaco (Benedetta Papasogli)

Il 16 novembre 2022, Benedetta Papasogli, accademica dei Lincei, ha inaugurato le attività 2022-2023 del dottorato di ricerca “Contemporary Humanism” con una prolusione dottorale dal titolo “Mèntore e Telèmaco fra attualità e immaginario”.

A partire dalla figura di Telèmaco, il mitologico figlio di Ulisse, la professoressa Benedetta Papasogli ha proposto riflessioni e immagini per pensare la figura del ‘mèntore’, così importante anche nel lavoro di studio e di ricerca.

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