April 2017 Lecture: Alessandro Ferrari

Thursday 27 April 2017 at 5pm, Lecture entitled ‘Religious Freedom on both sides of the Mediterranean, Prof. Alessandro Ferrari, University of Insubria. Conference in Italian.

Born in Modena on 21 November 1969, Alessandro Ferrari graduated in Law from the University of Modena (1993). His academic formation continued with a doctorate in Ecclesiastical Discipline from the University of Milan (1999) and a doctorate in Canon Law from the University of Paris (Paris XI) (2003). Since 2005, Prof. Ferrari has been Associate Professor of Ecclesiastical Law and Canon Law in the Faculty of Law of the University of Insubria. Since 2011 he has participated in the Standing Conference ‘Religion, Culture and Integration’, Ministry of Integration and International Cooperation, and a member of the Working Group for Interreligious Dialogue (since 2011) of the Municipality of Milan and the Committee for Italian Islam, Ministry of the Interior (2010-2011). Among his publications: The Burqa Affair Across Europe (ed. with Sabrina Pastorelli), Ashgate, Farnham 2013; Libertà religiosa in Italia. Un percorso incompiuto, Carocci, Roma 2012; Legal Practice and Cultural Diversity, (edited with R. Ballard, R. Grillo, A. J. Hoekma, M. Maussen & P. Shah), Ashgate, Farnham 2009; Islam in Europa/Islam in Italia tra diritto e società, (ed.), il Mulino, Bologna 2008.