Assistant Professor Fields of expertise Geopolitics Geopolitics of Religions International Relations Modern History Italian History and Politics European Affairs

Education

• Ph.D. in Italian Studies, 2004, Stendhal University Grenoble III, Mention Très Bien avec Félicitations Unanimes du Jury

• Teaching Certification from the Conseil National des Universités, 2005, in History and Italian

• Teaching Certification, Italian Ministry of Education

• Master’s degree in Foreign Language and Modern Literature from the University of Turin, 1982, 110 Cum Laude

Other Current Posts

• Université Paris IV – La Sorbonne (France) Formation Continue : Geopolitics and Geopolitics of Religions

• Université François Rabelais, Tours (France): Italian History, Politics, Civilization

• Université Inter-âges de Versailles (France) : Geopolitics and Geopolitics of Religions

• Université d’Évry (France) : Geopolitics and Geopolitics of Religions

• Centro di studi giuridici e sociali Italo Baldelli (Milan, Italy): Translator

Previous experience

• 2006-2008: École Supérieure de Traduction et de Relations Internationales de Lyon: Italian issues

• 2007: Luiss University, Roma: Geopolitics of the Catholic Church

• 2000-2010: Courses in Italian History, Politics and Civilization at the following universities: Université Paris III - Sorbonne Nouvelle, Université Paris X - Nanterre, Université Lyon II, Université Grenoble III, Université de Tours (France).

• 1984-1999: Professor of French Language and Literature in Italy

• Member of the Editorial Staff of the geopolitical journals Outre-Terre (Paris) and Geopolitical Affairs (London)

Selected publications

Books:

• Il Secolo Cattolico. La strategia geopolitica della Chiesa (Rome-Bari: Laterza, 2010)

• The Failure of Italian Nationhood: The Geopolitics of a Troubled Identity (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2010)

• Italia Senza Nazione? Geopolitica di un’Identità Problematica (Rome: Donzelli, 2007)

• Italie: Un État sans nation? Géopolitique d’une Identité Nationale Incertaine (Erès,Toulouse, 2007)

• Identité Catholique et Identité Italienne. L’Italie Laboratoire de l’Église (Paris: L’Harmattan, 2007)

Edited books:

L’Italie Aujourd’hui. Situation et Perspectives après le Séisme des Années Quatre-vingt-dix (Paris: L’Harmattan, 2004)

Articles about Geopolitics of religions:

• "Will the New World Order Be Catholic? The Pope’s Divisions in the Global Turmoil (Heartland, Eurasian Review of Geopolitics, July 2010)

• "Sainte Alliance vs Guerre Sainte dans la Méditerranée" (Outre-Terre, October 2009)

• "Europa Magistra Mundi: la Grande Strategia della Chiesa di Roma" (Limes, Italian Journal of Geopolitics, October 2009)

• "La Chiesa e l’Europa, Cinquant’anni di Vantaggio" (Limes, Italian Journal of Geopolitics, February 2008)

• "L’Église Catholique et la « Théologie de la Prospérité » en Amérique latine (Outre-Terre, February 2008)

• "The Catholic Church and the ‘Others’: a Universalist Strategy (Geopolitical Affairs, June 2007)

• "L’Église Catholique et 'les Autres': une Stratégie Universelle (Outre-Terre, May 2007)

• "Zhôngguó : la Chine au Centre du Monde. Même pour l’Église catholique (Outre-Terre, June 2006)