PAOLA BERNARDINI Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies 100 Hesburgh Center University of Notre Dame HIGHER EDUCATION January 2012 - PhD in Philosophy (with Honors), Pontifical University St. Thomas Aquinas, Rome (Italy), PhD Dissertation: Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na im's Human Rights Theory and Jacques Maritain s Natural Law Theory: A Comparative Study April 2001 - Laurea in Philosophy, Catholic University of Milan (Italy), Thesis on Multiculturalism and Adult Dialogue Education June 1999 - Master in Education, Harvard Graduate School of Education, Cambridge (USA), Concentration in Human Rights and Conflict Resolution Education RESEARCH/ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS September 2012 to Present - Associate Director for Research and Research Associate Professor, Contending Modernities: Catholic, Muslim, Secular Program, University of Notre Dame, (USA) May 2004 October 2009 - Research Associate in the Philosophy of Law, Faculty of Law, University of Teramo (Italy) October 2001 December 2001 - Research Assistant, Harvard Graduate School of Education, Cambridge (USA) TEACHING POSITIONS January-August 2012 - Master Program Higher Institute of Religious Studies all Apollinare (ISSRA), Pontifical University of the Holy Cross, Rome, Italy Master Course on Natural Law and Human Rights in Religious Monotheisms 1
June 6 th 2011 - Program for UN, NATO and other international organizations officials, Pontifical University St. Thomas Aquinas, Rome, Italy Course on The Foundations of Human Rights in Islam June 5-12, 2008 - Master in University Cooperation for Peace and Development, European University Summer School, Sarajevo, (Bosnia- Herzegovina), June 5-12, 2008 Seminar on Resolution and Peace Building: Philosophical and Socio- Psychological foundations February 2006-May 2006 - Faculty of Law, LUMSA University, Rome, Italy Undergraduate Course on Multiculturalism and Human Rights FELLOWSHIPS and APPOINTMENTS Spring 2014 to Present - Faculty Affiliate, Center for Civil and Human Rights, University of Notre Dame (USA) September 2010 September 2012 - Russell Berrie Fellow in Interreligious Studies, Pontifical University St. Thomas Aquinas, Rome (Italy) PUBLICATIONS Books (Refereed and Unrefereed): Uomo naturale o uomo politico? Il fondamento dei diritti in Martha C. Nussbaum, (Soveria Mannelli: Rubbettino, 2009), Refereed [translation: Natural or Political Man? The Foundation of Human Rights in Martha C. Nussbaum] Multiculturalismo e dialogo. Prospettive d Oltreoceano,(Roma:Aracne, 2003), Unrefereed [translation:multiculturalism and Adult Dialogue Education] Articles (Referred): 2
Catholics and Civic Engagement: Can America learn from the Italian Case? accepted for publication in collected volume on Italian Political Catholicism, by Tom Bailey and Michael Driessen «Natural» Law from a Catholic-Muslim perspective: A comparative study of Jacques Maritain and Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na im s Philosophy of Law, Lex Naturalis, Spring 2015 Issue, in course of publication Hybrid Identity, Mixed Marriage and Catholic Modernity. A Peace Studies Perspective, Annali di Studi Religiosi, (Trento: FBK Press), 15/2014, 1-13 But when does human life begin?, Oasis. Christians and Muslims in the age of Mestizaje of Civilizations, Year 9, no. 18 (2013), 108-111 Religious Liberty: A Common Challenge for Catholic and Muslim Dialogue, Ave Maria Law School Journal, 11. no. 1 (2012), 31-48 Islamic Secularity and Human Rights, Journal of Islamic State Practices in International Law, 7, no.1 (2011), 34-41 Shari a and Human Rights from an Enlightened Islamic Perspective. A Conversation with Prof. Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na im, online Journal of Inter-Religious Dialogue, (November 2010), 1-9 Il concetto di natura umana in Martha C. Nussbaum, in Natura, Cultura, Libertà, edited by A. Malo, (Roma: EDUSC, 2010), 71-78 Human Dignity and Human Capabilities in Martha C. Nussbaum, Iustum Aequum Salutare, 4 (2010), 44-51 Il principio «giuridico» di reciprocità ( The juridical principle of reciprocity ), in Libertà religiosa e reciprocità, edited by J.A. Araňa, (Milano: Giuffrè, 2009), 211-220 Legge naturale e razionalità delle culture ( Natural law and the reasonabless of cultures ) in Studi Cattolici, Edizioni Ares, Milano, n. 567, May 2008 3
Person, capabilities and human rights: two contemporary trends, Persona y Derecho, University of Navarra, Pamplona, n. 57, 2007, 289-304 Natura: ontica, ontologica ed etica. Una riflessione sulla teoria delle capacità umane di Martha NUssbaum ( Nature: ontical, ontological and ethical ) Rivista Internazionale di Filosofia del Diritto, Giuffrè, 2006, n. 1, 125-137 Book Reviews J. De Dios Vial Correa E. Sgreccia (a cura di), Natura e dignità della persona umana a fondamento del diritto alla vita. Le sfide del contesto culturale contemporaneo, Libreria Editrice Vaticana, Città del Vaticano 2003 [by P. BERNARDINI in Natura in Etica. Naturalismo e antinaturalismo (a cura di Botturi F.-Mordacci R), Milano, Vita e Pensiero 2009] A.G. Cianci, Soggetto straniero e attività negoziale. Il principio di reciprocità e la sua dimensione attuale nel diritto privato, Giuffrè Editore, Milano, 2007 (by P. BERNARDINI in ParadoXa, Fondazione Internazionale Nova Spes, Roma, n. 2, 2009) M.C. Nussbaum, Liberty of Conscience. In Defense of America s Tradition of Religious Equality, Basic Books, New York, 2008 (by P. BERNARDINI in ParadoXa, Fondazione Internazionale Nova Spes, Roma, n.2, 2008) M. Sozio, Dai diritti fondamentali ai diritti umani, Adriatica Editrice, Bari 2006, (by P. BERNARDINI, in via di pubblicazione, ParadoXa, Fondazione Internazionale Nova Spes, Roma, n. 1, 2008) Dale O Leary, Maschi o femmine? La guerra del genere, Rubbettino, 2006 (by P. BERNARDINI, Rivista Internazionale di Filosofia del Diritto, Giuffrè, Milano, n.2, 2007) F. Abbate, L occhio della compassione. Immaginazione creativa e democrazia globalizzata in Martha Nussbaum, Edizione Studium, 2005 (by P. BERNARDINI, Rivista Internazionale di Filosofia del Diritto, Giuffrè, Milano, n.2, 2006) 4
M.Cascavilla, Il diritto insufficiente e necessario, Giappichelli, Torino, 2003 (by P. BERNARDINI in Archivio Giuridico,, Mucchi Editore, Modena, 2005, 58 (4) B. Pastore, Per un ermeneutica dei diritti umani, Giappichelli, Torino, 2003 (by P. BERNARDINI, Rivista Internazionale di Filosofia del Diritto, Giuffrè, Milano, n.4, 2004) P. Gamberini, S. Martelli, B. Pastore, Multiculturalismo dialogico?, Edizioni Messaggero di Padova, 2002 (by P. BERNARDINI, Rivista Internazionale di Filosofia del Diritto, Giuffrè, Milano, n.4, 2004) S. Benhabib, The Claims of Culture. Equality and Diversity in the Global Era, Princeton University Press, Princeton, 2002 (by P. BERNARDINI, Teoria del Diritto e dello Stato, Giappichelli, Torino, n.2, 2004) M. Ignatieff, Una ragionevole apologia dei diritti umani, Feltrinelli, Milano, 2003 (by P. BERNARDINI, Teoria del Diritto e dello Stato, Giappichelli, Torino, n.2, 2004) M.C. Nussbaum, Hiding from Humanity. Disgust, Shame and the Law, Princeton University Press, Princeton, 2004 (by P. BERNARDINI, Teoria del Diritto e dello Stato, Giappichelli, Torino, n.3, 2004) Conference Reports International Scholars gather in Trento to discuss State-Religion Arrangements (Conference organized by the Province of Trento and by the Italian Institute for International Political Studies,) ISPI online newsletter, October 2013 World Religions and their Influence on the Legal System (Conference organized by Frankfurt Chamber of Lawyers Conference,) in Islamochristiana, PISAI, Holy See, n. 35, December 2009 La povertà. Problema di giustizia (54th Annual Conference of the Italian Union of Catholic Lawyers,) in Iustitia, Giuffrè Editore, n. 4, 2005 La soggettività tra etica e diritto (Conference co-organized by the Philosophy of Law Chair of the University of Rome Tor Vergata and 5
LUMSA,) in Rivista Internazionale di Filosofia del Diritto, Giuffrè, Milano, n. 1, 2004 Blogs Dialogue between the Catholic Church and the Modern World: http://blogs.nd.edu/contendingmodernities/2014/03/06/dialoguebetween-the-catholic-church-and-the-modern-world/ Pope Benedict: Modern. Not A Modernist: http://blogs.nd.edu/contendingmodernities/2013/03/07/pop e-benedict-xvi-modern-not-a-modernist/ Contending Conceptions of Democracy: http://blogs.nd.edu/contendingmodernities/2012/10/03/contendingconceptions-of-democracy/#comments Debating the status of women in Tunisia: http://blogs.nd.edu/contendingmodernities/2012/10/30/debating-thestatus-of-women-in-tunisia/#comments CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS Catholics and Civic Engagement: Can America learn from the Italian Case?, Rethinking Political Catholicism -International Conference, John Cabot University, Rome, May 23-24, 2014 Hybrid Religious Identity, Mixed marriage and Catholic Modernity: A Peace Studies Perspective, MidWest AAR Conference, Ada, Ohio, April 4-5, 2014 Nuovi modelli di laicità islamica: speranza per l integrazione? ( New Models of Islamic Secularity: an Asset for Integration? ), Convegno Diritti fondamentali, libertà religiosa e integrazione, Università Europea di Roma, 15 marzo, 2012 Religious Liberty: A Common Challenge for Catholic and Muslim Dialogue, Conference on The Foundations of Human Rights: Catholic Contributions, Ave Maria Law School, Naples, Florida, (USA) March 4-5, 2011 6
Islamic Secularity and Human Rights, International Summer School on Rethinking Rights in a Plural Society, ASSET, Venice (Italy) September 9, 2010 Il concetto di natura umana in Martha C. Nussbaum, ( The idea of human nature in Martha C. Nussbaum ) Annual Conference of Philosophy Faculty, Natura, cultura e libertà, Pontifical University of the Holy Cross, Rome (Italy), February 23, 2010 Il principio «giuridico» di reciprocità ( The juridical principle of reciprocity ) Canon Law Faculty Annual Conference: Libertà religiosa e Reciprocità, Pontifical University of the Holy Cross, Rome (Italy), March 26-27, 2009 Legge naturale e razionalità delle culture, ( Natural law and the reasonabless of cultures ) Round Table, ICEF, Rome (Italy), March 12, 2008 Diritto naturale e diritti umani ( Natural Right and Human Rights, ) Thomas International Annual Conference, Palermo (Italy), November 29-30, 2007 Human capabilities and the Law within the framework of an Onto- Phenomenological Approach, HDCA Conference: Ideas Changing History, New School, New York, USA, September 17-20, 2007 INVITED LECTURES AND ADDRESSES Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na im s Human Rights Theory and Jacques Maritain s Natural Law, Istituto Tevere Pro-Dialogo, Rome (Italy), April 4th 2012 Islamic Secularity for students of the Institute on Religions and Cultures, Pontifical University Gregorian, Rome (Italy), March 29 th, 2012 Religious Liberty from a Catholic and Islamic Perspective, Institute for Christian and Jewish Studies, Baltimore, MD, (USA), April 14 th 2011 GRANTS Global Collaborative Initiative Award (2014-2015), University of Notre Dame, (Co-Principal Investigator). Designation: Contending Modernities Plenary Conference, Notre Dame Global Gateway (Rome). 7
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS January 2014 to Present - Society for the Study of Muslim Ethics January 2011 to Present - American Academy of Religion April 2012 to December 2012 - The Courtyard of the Gentiles, Pontifical Council for Culture June 2009-September 2012 - Markets, Culture and Ethics (MCE), Interdisciplinary Research Group January 2009 to Present - International Consortium for Law and Religion Studies (ICLARS) 8