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Personal email:
endorester@gmail.com; Phone: : 00399665240. Skype: cosimo-franco1. ORCID
number: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7436-7735
Affiliation
Regular
Faculty at the Department of History and Philosophy, Liceo Scientifico
Leonardo. Via Balestrieri 6, 25124 Brescia, Italy.
Education
On 9 October 2019 I was
elected Associate of King's College after having attended a three-year
optional course in Theology, Ethics and Philosophy, passed the respective
exams and accomplished all the necessary requirements.
On 8 July 2019 at King’s College London I took the viva voce exam with
Terry Eagleton and Karen Kilby as examiners. I passed without corrections
and on 1st August I was awarded a doctorate in Philosophical Theology.
In 1986 I got the B.A. in Theology at the Pontificia Universitas Gregoriana
in Rome, and the result was : “magna cum laude probatus”.
In 1983 I got the “Laurea in Filosofia” (B.A. and M.A. in Philosophy) at
the Università degli Studi di Pisa and the final result was “110 e lode”
(score 110 cum laude/110 cum laude).
In 1983 I got the “Licenza in Filosofia”, a kind of academic degree
released for attending courses and taking exams inside a single College, at
Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa (there are no scores here).
In 1977 I graduated at the Liceo-Ginnasio “Giacomo Leopardi” di Recanati
(a 5-year Classical Grammar School) ; and the result was 60/60.
Research and teaching
interests
History of Philosophy
Political Philosophy Thomistic Philosophy
Philosophical Theology
Tolkien’s Fiction Virtue Ethics
Books
2020 May : Herbert Mccabe. Recollecting a Fragmented Legacy in Wipf &
Stocks Cascade series (Eugene, Oregon), with a Foreword by David Burrell CSC.
So far, a few reviews of it have been published. See them on https://sites.google.com/view/conoscere-herbert-mccabe/reviews-and-articles
.
2013 A System of Ethics as a Letter to a Friend, Amazon DS Kindle Edition,
2013, pp. 529. This book is the English translation of Lettera ad un amico
della terra di mezzo (with a short Introduction by Norberto Bobbio),
Simonelli Editore, Milano, 2006, pp. 350.
1986 Laicità e religione in Piero Gobetti (with an Introduction by Norberto
Bobbio), Franco Angeli, Milano, pp. 164 [see online in Italian:www.lovatti.eu/fr/pg.htm
]
Articles
2022 March, ‘Knowledge,
Freedom and the Meaning of Life according to Herbert McCabe’, New
Blackfriars, Volume103, issue1104, pages 309-316
2022 January “Norberto Bobbio and Benedetto Croce” , Journal of Italian
Philosophy, volume 5, pp. 130-170.
2020 November, ‘Is there Pain in Hell?’, New Blackfriars, vol. 1901,
issue 1096 Pages 669-680. In order to enhance the impact, from it I
commissioned an animation to Sci Ani of Stonehouse : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8ihdJyOquQ
.
2020 September 'Knowing God's Essence: a Contemporary Thomistic Debate',
Annales Theologici, vol. 34/1 (2020), pp. 157-165.
2020 January , ‘Atheistic Scientists and Christian Theologians as Travel
Companions’, Theology and Science vol 18, issue 1, pp. 46-58.
2019 November ‘Herbert McCabe’s Philosophical Anthropology’, Politeia,
vol. II, issue 4, 244-266.
2019 December “review of Terrell Carver, Marx”, Dialectical Antropology,
volume 43, number 4, 437-440.
2019 November ‘A Suggested Reform in the Syllabuses of Philology and
Philosophy’, Humanities Bulletin, Volume 2, Number 2, 276-284.
2019 October “Herbert McCabe Proving the Existence of God”, Lumen
Veritatis, vol 11, issue 44-45, Oct-Dec 2018, pp. 405-422.
2019 July on ‘An Apophatic view of God and Creation’, Religious
Inquiries, vol. VIII, issue 15, Winter/Spring 2019 pp. 82-105.
2019 June ‘The Difference between Liberalism and Democracy: a Forgotten
Italian legacy”, Journal of Italian Philosophy, Volume 2 (28 June 2019),
pp. 28-41.
2019 June ‘Herbert McCabe’s Christology’, Acta Theologica vol. 39,
issue 1, 24 June 2019, pp. 181-199.
2019 ‘An Introduction to Herbert McCabe OP’, Angelicum, volume 95,
4/2018.
2018 review of Alasdair Davidson’s Antonio Gramsci, Towards an
Intellectual Biography, on Marx and Philosophy Review of Books, 13 October.
2017 ‘God as a Creator according to McCabe’, Divus Thomas, vol. 120,
Sept /Dec, pp. 72-95;
2010 ‘Norberto Bobbio e Benedetto Croce’[ Norberto Bobbio and Benedetto
Croce, shorter version], Reset, issue 118, pp. 79-84
2009 ‘Real and Imaginary history in The Lord of the Rings’, Mallorn,
issue 47, may, pp. 28-37.
2001 ‘Il filosofo e i comunisti. Intervista a Norberto Bobbio’ [my
interview with Norberto Bobbio about theory and practice of communism] ,
Diario, May, issue 18, pp 24-27 (see online in Italian : www.lovatti.eu/fr/comunismo.htm
);
2001 ‘Le mie idee per un Nuovo Comunismo’ [‘My Ideas about a New
Communism’] with Norberto Bobbio's comments on them (see online in Italian:
http://www.lovatti.eu/fr/comunismo2.htm)
1992 ‘Rassegna degli studi crociani negli Anni Ottanta con annesso saggio
di bibliografia’ [Review of Benedetto Croce-related studies in the
Eighties with an attached bibliographical essay’] , Studi Critici, issue
1-2, pp. 153-198 (see online: http://www.lovatti.eu/fr/bibliografiacrociana.htm);
1990 ‘La critica di Benedetto Croce al sistema romantico’ [‘Benedetto
Croce’s Critique of Romanticism’] , Humanitas issue 1, pp. 33-58 (see
online: www.lovatti.eu/fr/rom.htm);
1990 ‘Il 1968 e i generi musicali in Italia’ [ ‘1968 Movement and
Musical Genres in Italy’](co-authored with Monica Manni), Annali della
Fondazione Micheletti, issue 4, pp. 31-47 ; [see online:www.lovatti.eu/fr/musica.htm
];
1989 ‘Georges Sorel e la teoria neoidealistica della storia’ [‘Georges
Sorel and the Neo-idealistic theory of History’] , Studi bresciani, issue
5, pp. 97-110 [see online :www.lovatti.eu/fr/sorel.htm ];
1989 ‘La filosofia della storia e B. Croce’ [Benedetto Croce’s Theory
of History’], Studium, issue 1, pp. 57-67 ; [see online in Italian
:www.lovatti.eu/fr/crocefilstoria.htm ];
1989 ‘I presupposti filosofici dell’opera di Norberto Bobbio’ [‘The
Philosophical Premises of Norberto Bobbio’s Works’], Studium, issue 3,
pp. 315-339 ;[see online: www.lovatti.eu/fr/bobbio2.htm ];
1987 ‘B. Croce discusso dai Neoscolastici’ [‘B. Croce Discussed by
Neo-Thomists’], Studium , issue 3, pp. 397-409 (see online:
http://www.lovatti.eu/fr/croceneoscolastici.htm);
1986 ‘Benedetto Croce e la controversia sullo psicologismo’ [ ‘Benedetto
Croce and the Debate about a Philosophy Based on Psychology’], Pedagogia e
vita , issue 1, pp. 55-72 (see online: http://www.lovatti.eu/fr/controversia.htm);
1985 ‘Laico/Religioso nel pensiero politico del Novecento italiano’ [
‘Secularity/Religiosity in the Political Thought of 20th Century Italy’]
, Rassegna di teologia, [official journal of the Association of Italian
Theologians], issue 5, pp. 440-450 [see online: www.lovatti.eu/fr/laico.htm
];
1985 ‘Il Disegno tra Caso e Necessita’ [‘Design in between Chance and
Necessity’], L’Osservatore Romano (the newspaper of Vatican City), 8
September 1985 [see online: http://www.lovatti.eu/fr/os15.htm);
1985 ‘La presenza del sacro nell’arte contemporanea’ [The presence of
the “Holy” in Contemporary Art’], L’Osservatore Romano (the
newspaper of Vatican City), (see online: http://www.lovatti.eu/fr/os54.htm);
1984 ‘Ateismo e teologia politica’ [‘Atheism and Political Theology’],
L’Osservatore Romano (the newspaper of Vatican City), 27 August 1984 (see
online: http://www.lovatti.eu/fr/os10.htm);
1984 ‘Limiti e pregi dello stato del benessere’ [analysis of Political
Theory in the Welfare State, a book of Niklas Luhmann], L’Osservatore
Romano (the newspaper of Vatican City), 14 January 1984, (see online:
http://www.lovatti.eu/fr/os48.htm);
1983 ‘La filosofia a rimorchio del Fascismo’,[report of a conference
about the’ philosophies’ of Fascism’], Il Popolo, December the 10th
1983 [see online: www.lovatti.eu/fr/ff.htm ];
1983 ‘Illuminismo sociologico’ [analysis of Soziologische Aufklärung, a
book of Niklas Luhman], L’Osservatore Romano (the newspaper of Vatican
City), 31 July 1983 (see online: http://www.lovatti.eu/fr/os52.htm);
‘Emanuele Severino : medium e messaggio’ [‘Emanuele Severino: the
Medium is the Message’], Quaderni Piacentini, issue 12, pp. 145-165 (see
online: http://www.lovatti.eu/fr/severino.htm);
1983 ‘Pensare il Medioevo’ [my interview with Neo-Thomist philosopher
Sofia Vanni Rovighi about the work of Etienne Gilson], Il Popolo, 14 January
1983 (see online: http://www.lovatti.eu/fr/po18.htm);
1983 ‘Una chiesa dal nuovo dinamismo’ [my interview with Severino
Dianich, deputy president of the association of Italian Theologians about
the legacy of Second Vatican Council], Il Popolo, 22 February 1983 (see
online: http://www.lovatti.eu/fr/po20.htm);
1983 ‘Il nuovo codice di diritto canonico’ [‘The New Catholic Canon
Law Codex’], Alfabeta issue 48 (see online: http://www.lovatti.eu/fr/cc.htm);
1983 ‘Comunione e liberazione, un’alternativa alla cultura del
narcisismo?’ [‘Communion and Liberation: An Alternative to the Culture
of Narcisism?’]’, Quaderni Piacentini, issue 10, pp. 101-123 (see online:
http://www.lovatti.eu/fr/cl.htm);
1983 (‘Novita’ celesti e crisi del sapere’ [Report of the
Interantional Conference about Galileo Galilei held in
Pisa-Florence-Padua-Venice in March 1983], L’Osservatore Romano (the
newspaper of Vatican City) 8 April 1983 (See online: http://www.lovatti.eu/fr/os40.htm);
Book Sections
2022 October ‘Multi-level Truths and Lies in Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit
451’in Robert Evans (ed. ), Critical Insights:Truth and Lies,
Ipswich-Massachusetts: Salem Press, pp. 237-252.
2022 August ‘Poe, Freud and “Romantic rationalism ‘, in Robert Evans
(ed. ), Critical Insights: Edgar Allan Poe, Ipswich-Massachusetts: Salem
Press, pp.146-158.
2022 June ‘The Unfulfilled Promises of the Italian 1968 protest movement’
, in Krista Bonello Rutter Giappone, Guillaume Collet and Iain McKenzie (
editors) Double Binds of Neoliberalism: Theory and Culture After 1968,
Lanham-Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 89-101.
2022 March my essays ‘Youth, Irresponsibility, the Good Life and Other
Philosophical Aspects of Jack Kerouac’s On the Road’, and ‘Jack
Kerouac’s On the Road: Key Ideas in a Key Historical Moment’, are
published in Robert Evans (editor), Critical Insights: On the Road, ,
Ipswich-Massachusetts: Salem Press, pp. 172-211.
2022 my essays ‘The
Emotions of a Tolkien Reader’ and ‘Religion in Tolkien’s Works’ were
published in Robert Evans (editor), Critical Insights: The Lord of the Rings,
Ipswich-Massachusetts: Salem Press, pp. XIII-XX, 213-226.
2022 “Fighting Corruption
in Africa – The Conditio Sine Qua Non for Responsible Management “ , in
Kemi Ogunyemi (ed.), Responsible Management in Africa, Volume 2: Ethical
Work and Sustainability, Emerald Publishing, Bingley (UK)
2021 July, my essay ‘Herbert
McCabe on Existence and Essences’ has been published on David G. Murray
(ed.), Metaphysics 2018. Proceedings of the Seventh World Conference, Idente
Foundation for Study and Research, Editorial Fundación Fernando Rielo,
Madrid, ISBN: 978-84-946646-9-4 [http://romemetaphysics.org/actas-2018/?lang=en];
2016 ‘Tolkien versus the History of Philosophy’, in Lynn Forest-Hill
(ed.), The Return of the Ring, Luna Press, Edinburgh, pp. 111-129.
2014 ‘Tolkien between Philosophy and Philology’ (Tom Shippey co-author),
Tolkien and Philosophy, Walking Tree Editions, Bern-Zürich, pp. 21-71.
2012 ‘Eulogy of the Finitude’, in: R. Arduini & C. Testi eds., The
Broken Scythe, Walking Tree Editions, Bern-Zürich, 2012) ); [see online:www.lovatti.eu/fr/etp.htm
], pp. 5-32.
2010 ‘Norberto Bobbio e Benedetto Croce’ in : Ivan Pozzoni (editor) ,
Benedetto Croce. Teoria e orizzonti, Limina Mentis Editore, Villasanta (MI),
2010, pp. 229-279, full version. [see online:www.lovatti.eu/fr/00.htm]
2008 ‘ The Complexity of Tolkien's Attitude Towards the Second World War’
(Simone Bonechi co-author), in Sarah Wells (ed.) , The Ring Goes Ever On:
Proceedings of the Tolkien 2005 Conference, vol. 1, Tolkien Society
Publishers.
2006 ‘Introduction’ to the book by Norberto Bobbio, Liberalismo e
Democrazia, Simonelli, Milano [see online:www.lovatti.eu/fr/bobbio.htm ],
pp. 1-30.
2005 ‘I presupposti filosofici di Giovanni Preziosi’ [‘The
Philosophical Premises of Giovanni Preziosi’a chapter of the book edited
by Luigi Parente, Giovanni Preziosi e la cultura della razza , Rubbettino
editore, Soveria Mannelli, pp. 215-245[see online:http://www.lovatti.eu/fr/preziosi.htmm
]. Giovanni Preziosi was a prominent extremist figure in the Italian Culture
for 25 years and advocated Nazis’ holocaust.
1999 ’Piero Gobetti e la filosofia’ , in Michel Cassac (ed.), Piero
Gobetti et la culture des Années 20 , Éditions de l’Université de Nice
1999, pp. 187-196 [see online:http://www.lovatti.eu/fr/gobetti.htm ]
1988 ‘Antonio Gramsci e il Liberalismo’ [‘Antonio Gramsci and
Liberalism’], in : Franco Sbarberi (ed.), Teoria politica e società
industriale, Bollati Boringhieri, Torino, pp. 128-145 ; [see online:
www.lovatti.eu/fr/gramsci.htm ]
Editing
2022 May I was appointed editor of a special issue of Divus Thomas (the
oldest Thomistic journal in Italy, which started publishing before Leo XIII
promulgated the Aeterni Patris) dedicated to celebrate the 20th anniversaty
of the death of Herbert McCabe, possibly the most intelligent British
philosopher since the death of Karl R. Popper. This issue has been published
(volume 125°, issue 1/2022, 224 pages) and scholars such as Anthony Kenny,
David Burrell, Terry Eagleton, and Fergus Kerr have contributed.
2006 2nd edition of Norberto Bobbio, Liberalismo e Democrazia, Simonelli,
Milano. I conceived the idea of a new edition of this book, because the old
one (Franco Angeli, Milan, 1986) had been sold out for many years. Then I
contacted Bobbio’s heirs, wrote the Introduction, the editor’s footnotes
added to the author’s footnotes and updated the Bobbio’s 1986
bibliography.
2005 Mitopoiesi. Fantasia e Storia in Tolkien, Grafo Editore, Brescia [see
online: https://www.amazon.it/Mitopoiesi-Fantasia-storia-Tolkien-Manni/dp/8873856683]
2003 Tolkien e la Terra di Mezzo, Grafo Editore, Brescia [see online:
http://www.grafo.it/TOLKIEN-E-LA-TERRA-DI-MEZZO]
2002 Introduzione a Tolkien, Simonelli, Milano, 2002 [see online: https://www.ibs.it/introduzione-a-tolkien-libro-vari/e/9788886792394]
Awards and honors
In 2010 I took part in a national competition organised by the Italian
Foreign Office meant to appoint teachers for two kinds of teaching posts: 1)
Italian State Schools Abroad; 2) European Union Schools. In 2013 the
examinations procedure finishes and the Ministry published the rankings. In
my category (teacher of Philosophy and History for English speaking
countries) my results were: 1) first place; 2) first place. In August 2017 I
was offered to teach Philosophy and History in one of the European Union
Schools. I refused because this appointment was not compatible with the full
time doctorate I was attending in London.
In July 2015 I was granted
a bursary of 120,000 euros (monthly instalments) by the Italian Ministry of
Education for my 4-year PhD course at King's College London.
In 1986 from the Italian
Ministry of Education I got the “Abilitazione all'Insegnamento” (licence
for teaching) for: 1) Philosophy; 2) History; 3) Italian Language and
Literature;
In 1985 from the Apostolic
Vicariate of Rome I got the ‘Abilitazione all’insegnamento’’ (license
for teaching) for Catholic Religion and Religious Studies
In 1979 I took part in a
national competition organised by Scuola Normale Superiore in Pisa (founded
in 1810 as the Italian analogue of École Normale Supérieure in Paris)
meant for enrolling undergraduate students for BA and MA degrees and
providing them with a generous scholarship. In my category (Philosophy) I
arrived first in the national ranking.
Conferences, Lecturing
2023 12-14 June my paper
‘The Logical Structure of the relationship Between Creatures and Creator’
has been accepted for the 10th Symposium on Medieval and Renaissance Studies
held at Saint Louis University.
2023 10 May at the 11th International Conference on Philosophy of Religion
held by the Iranian Institute of Philosophy in Tehran I gave my presentation
‘God, His People and the Non-Aristotelian Virtues”.
2023 April - May: I held the course ‘The Believer's Navigation through the
Natural and Human Sciences’ at the St. Theresa of the Child Jesus
Spirituality Institute, an affiliated branch of the "B. Niccolò
Stenone" Higher Institute of Religious Sciences in Pisa.
2023 4 January at the conference ‘Language, Self, Culture and Society’
organised by the College Vidyasagar Mahavidyhalaya (Chandrakona, India) I
presented my paper ‘Mind is not the Brain. A Bimillenial Tradition’.
2023 2 January at the conference ‘Morality, Spirituality, Culture and
Society: East and West’ organised by the Adamas University (Kolkata,
India) I presented my paper ‘Mazzini and Gandhi’
2022 29 December at the conference ‘Social Justice, Morality and Culture’
organised by the Jawaharlal Nehru University (New Delhi, India) I presented
my paper ‘The Confusion between Race and Racism and the Threat to Real
Tolerance’.
2022 September at the conference “Naturalism and the Religious World View”
organised at Arbanija (Croatia) by the Ian Ramsey centre for Science and
Religion based in Oxford, I released my paper “The Critique to the Concept
of Pure Nature”.
2022 22 August at the XV International Congress of Medieval Philosophy
organised by the Société Internationale pour l'Étude de la Philosophie
Médiévale at Campus Condorcet, in Paris I delivered my paper “Private
and Public according to Thomas Aquinas”.
2022 17-19 August at the Annual Conference of the Society for European
Philosophy, held at Newcastle University I gave my paper titled ‘Giuseppe
Mazzini and the World Philosophy’.
2022 July at the conference ‘Medieval Mind’ organised by the Grossateste
University in Lincoln-UK I delivered my presentation, “Private and Public
According to Thomas Aquinas”.
2022 29 June at the Australasian Association of Philosophy Conference hosted
by the University of Waikato in Hamilton (New Zealand) I delivered my talk
on “Medieval Theory of Universals Improved by Pragmatism and Historicism”.
2022 15 June at the ‘12th International Conference on Contemporary
Philosophy of Religion’ held at Kharazmi University in Tehran, (Iran), I
presented my paper “Theistic Scientists and Theologians as Travel
Companions”.
2022 March at the Naturalism and Its Challenges Conference organised by the
Iranian Institute of Philosophy I released my paper ‘The Critique of the
Concept of “Pure Nature” .’
2022 February 26 at the Central Division Meeting of the American
Philosophical Association in Chicago I released my paper ‘The Non-divine
Noosphere’.
2021 11th December at the conference ‘Contemporary Challenges and Values’
organised by the
Institute of Philosophy Maria Curie-Sklodowska University in Lublin (Poland)
I gave my paper ‘Nature and History as Justifications of Normative
Universality’.
2021 13th November at the conference exploring the Philosophy of Herbert
McCabe OP, commemorating the 20th Anniversary of Fr Herbert’s death,
organised by the Aquinas Institute in Oxford I released my paper ‘Knowledge,
Freedom and the Meaning of Life according to Herbert McCabe’.
2021 29th October at the 8th Congrèso Mundial de Metafisica in Rome I
delivered my paper ‘Similarities and Differences between Metaphysics and
Sciences’.
2021 6th October at the conference "Contemporary Philosophy of Religion"
organised by the Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos (Brazil) I gave the
paper ‘Apophatic Theology and the Concept of God’.
2021 28 January within the seminar “The Risk” organised by the Italian
Professional Union of Architects at Brescia, I gave my contribution “The
Philosophical Concept of Risk”.
2021 22 January , within the seminar organized by the Institute of
Philosophy of the University of Warsaw and the Polish Society of Semiotics I
gave my contribution titled “The Mind is not the Brain. The development of
a Bimillennial Debate”;
2020 18 December I released my talk on “The Interpersonal Mind” at the
webinar “Aquinas versus Averroes” organised by the Centre of European
Studies of Kharazmi University (Tehran) in collaboration with the Iranian
Association for Philosophy of Religion.
5 August 2020, at the International Conference on Atheism organised by the
Global Center for Religious Research (Denver, Colorado), I presented my
paper titled “Atheistic Scientists and Christian Theologians as Travel
Companions.
2020 February at the conference 'Religious Diversity' organised by the
Iranian Association of Philosophy of Religion in Mashhad (Iran) I presented
my paper titled 'Philosophical Theology and Heilsgeographie: the Legacy of
David Burrell for Interfaith Dialogue'.
2019 December at the conference 'Gandhi after Gandhi' (celebrating the 150th
anniversary of Gandhi's birth), organized by the Institute of Asian Studies
of the University of Turin, I presented my paper “Mazzini’s Influence
and Gandhi’s Legacy on Family Duties against Corruption” .
2019 18/20 July at the conference ‘Compassion and Theodicy’ organised by
the Ian Ramsey Centre for Science and Religion (IRC) at the University of
Oxford I presented my paper on “The Individual Soul and the People of God”.
2019 10-12 July at the conference ‘Decolonising disciplines and curricula’
organised by the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Pretoria (South
Africa) I presented my paper “A Suggested Reform in the Humanities
Curriculum”.
2019 3/5 July at the conference ‘The Art of Football’ organised by the
Dublin School of Creative Arts at Technological University Dublin (Ireland),
I presented my paper on “Herbert McCabe on Training Manuals and Rule Books”.
2019 17/20 June at the ‘Symposium for Medieval and Renaissance Studies’
organised by Saint Louis University in Saint Louis (Missouri) I presented my
paper on “Is there Pain in Hell?”.
2019 13/14 June at the conference ‘Social Justice: A Mirage or Reality in
Plural Societies’, organised by the central University of Kashmir in
Srinagar (India), I presented my paper on “'Corruption as the main
Challenge to Social Justice in the 21st Century”.
2019 15/17 May at the annual conference organised by ‘Philosophy, Politics,
Anthropology & Allied Disciplines Association’ at the University of
Amsterdam (The Netherlands) I presented my paper on "A Noosphere
without struggles for power".
2019 11 April at the conference ‘Embodiment and Race’ organised by the
department of philosophy of Clemson University (South Carolina) I presented
the paper “Cultural Traumas, Intellectual Fallacies and Moral Mistakes.
The contemporary debate about races and racism”.
2019 29-30 January at the ‘7th International Conference on
Contemporary Philosophy of Religion’ held at Kharazmi University in Tehran,
(Iran), I presented my paper “ An Apophatic View of God and Creation”.
2019 January 3-5 at the Oriel College Conference “Virtues: Local or
Universal?’, organised by the Jubilee Centre for Character & Virtues
in Oxford, I presented the paper titled “Nature and History as
Justifications of Universalism in Virtue Ethics”
2018 October 25 at the 7th World Conference of Metaphysics organised by
Fondazione Idente di Studi e Ricerca and held at the Pontifical University
of Salamanca (Spain) I presented the paper ‘Herbert McCabe on Essences and
Existence’;
2018 September 29 at the conference ‘Double Binds of ‘68’ organised by
the Centre for Critical Thought at the Keynes College at the University of
Kent in Canterbury I presented the paper ‘ 1968: the Italian Paradox’;
2018 September 19 at the conference ‘Personification Across Disciplines’
organised by Hearing the Voice Group and held at the Calman Learning Centre
at Durham University I presented the paper ‘Personification in Ethics: the
Case of the Cardinal Virtues’;
2018 September 8 at the conference ‘Living and Dying’ organised by the
Society for the Study of Christian Ethics at St John’s College of Durham
University I presented the paper ‘The Christian Inconvenience of Christian
Ethics’;
2018 at the London Conference of Critical Thought at Westminster University
I presented the paper ‘1968: the Italian Paradox’;
2018 June 6 at the Continuing Learning Group Lunchtime Lectures Series at
Fylde College of the University of Lancaster I lectured on ‘Two
Paradoxical Ideas of Herbert McCabe’;
2018 May 2 at the Colin Gunton Lecture Day Conference (KCL, Theology
Department) I presented the paper ‘Herbert McCabe and the Concept of
Hierarchy’;
2018 April 10 at the conference ‘Theology, Culture and Unbelief’,
organised by the Society for Study of Theology and hosted by the University
of Nottingham, I presented the paper ‘Atheists and Christian Theologians
as Travel Companions’;
2018 April 26 at the Graduate Biblical Studies Research Seminar (KCL,
Theology Department) I presented the paper ‘Herbert McCabe’s Legacy in
the 21st Century’ ;
2017 August 29 at the postgraduate conference ‘Faith in Academia’
organised by the Society for the Study of Theology hosted by KU Leuven (Belgium)
I presented the paper ‘Herbert McCabe and the Concept of Hierarchy ;
2017 May 16 at the Colin Gunton Lecture Day Conference (KCL, Theology
Department) I presented the paper ‘Herbert McCabe’s Critique of the “Argument
from Design” ‘;
2017 February 6 at the Religion, Politics, and Society Research Group (KCL,
Theology Department) I presented the paper 'An Outline of Herbert McCabe’s
Anthropology;
2017 January 26 at the Graduate Biblical Studies Research Seminar (KCL,
Theology Department) I presented the paper ‘Herbert McCabe’s Philosophy
of the Human Being’;
2016 November 21 at the Religion, Politics, and Society Research Group (KCL,
Theology Department) I presented the paper 'An Outline of Herbert McCabe's
Philosophical Theology';
2014 June for the CLG lunchtime lectures series at Fylde College at
Lancaster University I lectured on ‘England as Seen by an Italian Person’
2013 November for the CLG lunchtime lectures series at Fylde College at
Lancaster University I lectured on ‘An Overview of Ethical-Political
History of Italy’;
2012 August 16-20 at the Conference “The Return of the Ring” organised
by the Tolkien Society at the University of Loughborough I presented the
paper “Tolkien versus the History of Philosophy”;
2011 at the “Istituto di Studi Tomistici” of Modena I lectured on the
structure of the Secunda Pars of Summa Theologiae;
2010 May 12 at the Conference “Tolkien and Philosophy” organised by
Istituto Studi Tomistici in Modena (Italy), together with Tom Shippey I
presented the paper “Tolkien in between Philology and Philosophy”.
2008 at the Conference “Walter Silvestri: un incontro che dura da 20 anni”
organised by the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Brescia (Italy) I
presented the paper “La nostra storia nella storia”; it was about how
our personal memories of our lives interact with the collective memories of
society and culture;
2006 at the Conference “Da Golgi 100 anni di Istochimica” organised by
the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Brescia (Italy) I presented the
paper “Le memorie storiche che restano” about the living legacy of Nobel
prize Golgi in contemporary medical practices;
2005 at the conference “The Ring Goes Ever On” organised by the Tolkien
Society at the Aston University in Birmingham I presented the co-authored
paper “The Complexities of Tolkien’s Attitude towards WW2”;
1998 at the conference “Piero Gobetti et la couture des Années 20”
organised by the Université de Nice Sophia-Antipolis (France) I presented
my paper on “Piero Gobetti e la Filosofia” (see on line :
www.lovatti.eu/fr/gobetti.htm) ;
1987 December 10-12 at the conference ‘Antonio Gramsci : un teorico della
politica in un [paese industrial della periferia’ [‘Antonio Gramsci: a
theorist of politics in an industrial country on the periphery’] organised
by Istituto Gramsci del Piemonte in Turin (Italy), I presented the paper ‘Gramsci
e il liberalismo’.
Teaching experience
2018 I worked at KCL as
Graduate Teaching Assistant for the philosophy module for undergraduate
students ‘Thinking about Evil’; 2017 at KCL I co-marked the essays for
the module ‘A Beautiful Mind’, from the inter-faculty scheme King’s
Experience;
2013-14 Teacher Assistant at the Italian Group of Lancaster and Morecambe
University of the Third Age;
1983-2013, 2014-2015 and 2019-2021 for the final years of the Italian
Grammar schools (equivalent to British “A-Levels”, a “college” or
“sixth-form” course ) I have taught full time one module of Ancient and
Medieval Philosophy, one of Modern Philosophy (from 15th century till Kant),
and one of Contemporary Philosophy (from Hegel till today).
1999-2012 On behalf of the Town Council of Brescia (Italy) I have taught 20
Evening Classes for Adults (each one 20 hours long) on the classical
philosophical disciplines, such as metaphysics, ethics, epistemology,
philosophy of mind, aesthetics, politics, philosophy of history and
philosophical systematics.
Organising
2013-14 Co-organiser of the
activities at the Continuing Learning Group, which provides education for
older adults at Lancaster University in Lancaster -UK (during my sabbatical
year);
2004 thanks to the Town Council of Brescia I organised and chaired the
Conference “Un'Italia che va?” about the history of ideas in Italy in
the second half of XX century, with the following guests: Franco Sbarberi,
David D. Roberts, Gianni Vattimo, Sebastiano Vassalli, p. Saverio Cannistrà
o.c.d. (see on line : www.lovatti.eu/fr/italiacheva.htm);
2001 thanks to the Town Council of Brescia I co-organised the Conference “Quali
sono le prospettive per il comunismo nell’epoca della globalizzazione ?”
about the Communist theory at the beginning of 21st century, with the
following guests: Giorgio Cremaschi, Paolo Ferrero, Enrica Colotti Pischel,
Francesco Saverio Festa, Livio Maitan, Salvatore d'Albergo, Antonio Moscato,
Alberto Burgio, Nico Berti;
1996 thanks to the Town Council of Gardone V.T. I organised the Conference
“Momenti della Filosofia del Medio Evo”, about the philosophy of late
Middle Ages : Duns Scotus and Occam.
Public Engagement
2017 April-November I volunteered at the London headquarters of the
InterFaith Network, accomplishing clerical tasks;
2017 February-November I volunteered at the Modern Language Centre of KCL as
a tutor of Italian language;
2013-2014 in my sabbatical I was a steering-group member of the Continuing
Learning Group based on Lancaster University. In that year the main project
we followed was “Memory in Later Life”, a project funded by the European
Commission and directed by Keith Percy, discussing the reports from the
international conferences abroad and organising the last international
conference in Lancaster in June 2014. [https://www.frankfurter-verband.de/documents/memory-in-later-life_handbook.pdf]
2011 thanks to the Town Council of Castegnato I lectured on “Traditions
versus Traditionalism”;
2010 thanks to the Town Council of Castegnato I lectured on “The
Philosophical Analysis of Virtues and Vices”;
2010 thanks to the Town Council of Brescia I lectured on “Reason and
Feelings in Human Choices”;
2009 thanks to the Town Council of Rezzato I lectured on “What is
Philosophical Ethics ?” ;
2009 thanks to the Public Library of Rezzato (BS) I lectured on “The
Philosophy of Time”;
2004 thanks to the Town Council of Castegnato (BS) I lectured on “Political
Liberalism versus Economic Liberalism”;
2003 at the Public Library of Castegnato (BS) I lectured on “Introduction
to Philosophy of Religion”;
2003 at Istituto delle Suore Poverelle in Brescia I chaired the debate
between former Clean-hands judge Antonio Di Pietro and journalist Marco
Travaglio on “I percorsi della Giustizia” [the Routes of Justice].
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