Peter Engelmann is one of the most important european philosopher and intellectual. He was born in East Berlin, where he also studied philosophy. After he was jailed for political reasons, he was able to escape in Vienna. In 1987, he founded the house publishing Passagen Verlag, the first press in the German-speaking world devoted to translating key […]

Biography Stefano Bottoni was born in Bologna (Italy) in 1977. He obtained a PhD in History at the University of Bologna (2005). Between 2005 and 2013 he has been contract lecturer in History of Eastern Europe at the University of Bologna; between 2007 and 2011 he also was an assistant research fellow at the University […]

Francesco Moisés Bassano is a student of humanities at the University of Pisa. He collaborates with Pagine Ebraiche and with the related newsletter Moked.it., his interests focuses mainly on the Jewish world and other minority phenomena. He operates also in the social sphere in his born city, Livorno.

Sergio Della Pergola is an Italian-born Israeli professor and demographic expert, widely acknowledged as the leading authority in demography and statistics related to the Jewish population all over the world. Born into an Italian-Jewish family, Della Pergola made aliyah to Israel in 1966. He holds a Ph.D. from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and is […]

  As Crisis Group’s senior analyst for Libya, Claudia Gazzini works with other members of the Middle East & North Africa team to research and produce reports on security, conflict, politics, governance, and social issues of Libya. She also briefs members of the international community on the situation inside Libya and offers policy recommendations. Before […]

Joan-Ramon Laporte es profesor de Farmacología y Terapéutica en la Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona. Dirige el Instituto Catalán de Farmacología, Centro Colaborador de la OMS para la Formación y la Investigación en Farmacoepidemiología. Fue miembro del Partit Socialista Unificat de Catalunya desde 1967 hasta 1978. Fue encarcelado y condenado a prisión durante la dictadura franquista. […]

Melvin Schlein was Assistant Director of the Bologna Center of the School of Advanced International Studies of Johns Hopkins University from 1969 to 1973. His areas of specialization include: European politics, international relations, international law, and political theory. He organized and participated in conferences for U.S.I.S. throughout Italy and has lectured for the Milan city […]

Maurizio  Mmolinari is one of the most important italian journalist. He studied at Hebrew University of Jerusalem and at Manchester College of Oxford. Journalist since 1984, he was  corrispondent for several years from USA and after from Israel, for the newspaper “La Stampa”. He’s an expert of international policy and of Middle East. He recently […]

Giulia Stefano was born in Rome, where she studied international relationships. In this moment, she’s studying at MIREES (Interdisciplinary Research and Studies on Eastern Europe) in Bologna. She is a collaborator of EastJournal and you can find her articles also on PECOB (university of Bologna).

Link 1 Aldo Ferrari insegna Lingua e Letteratura Armena, Storia della Cultura Russa, Storia dell’Eurasia,  Storia del Caucaso e dell’Asia Centrale presso l’Università Ca’ Foscari di Venezia. Per  l’Istituto per gli Studi di Politica Internazionale (ISPI) di Milano dirige il Programma di Ricerca su Russia, Caucaso e Asia Centrale. E’ presidente dell’Associazione per lo Studio […]

Paola Di Marzo got a MA Degree in International Relations and Diplomatic Affairs at the University of Bologna, Forlì Campus, and she studied at the Institute of International Relations in Warsaw as exchange student. Her thesis, regarding national minorities’ issues in Poland from 1919 to 1947, was published on the Portal on Central Eastern and […]

Giorgio Fruscione, 29, from Verona (Italy). He graduated at the University of Bologna with a Master Degree on Study and Research on Eastern Europe. He is deputy director of East Journal – media outlet that focuses on Eastern Europe – for which he writes from and about the Balkans. He currently lives in Belgrade where […]

Olivia Guaraldo is Associated professor in political philosophy at the University of Verona. Her filed of research comprises modern and contemporary political thought. She has worked extensively on Hannah Arendt thought and feminist political theory. Her publications include Storylines. Narrative, history and politics from an Arendtian perspective (SoPhi, Jyvälskilä 2001), Politica e racconto. Trame arendtiane della modernità, Roma, Maltemi, […]

Joan-Ramon Laporte es profesor de Farmacología y Terapéutica en la Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona. Dirige el Instituto Catalán de Farmacología, Centro Colaborador de la OMS para la Formación y la Investigación en Farmacoepidemiología. Fue miembro del Partit Socialista Unificat de Catalunya desde 1967 hasta 1978. Fue encarcelado y condenado a prisión durante la dictadura franquista. […]

Gad Lerner is one of the most important italian journalist. Born in Beirut form a jewish family, he lives in Italy since he was 3. He wrote for several newspapers and was TV host for national channels. During his journalistic activity, he focused his attenction on immigration problems and migrants condition. www.gadlerner.it

Morris Mottale’s main teaching and research interests are in international relations, comparative politics, Middle Eastern politics, international political economy, strategic studies, energy, and mass communication. He has taught in the United States, Canada and England, and has been a research scholar at universities in North America, Europe and the Middle East, including the Harvard Center […]

Joan-Ramon Laporte es profesor de Farmacología y Terapéutica en la Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona. Dirige el Instituto Catalán de Farmacología, Centro Colaborador de la OMS para la Formación y la Investigación en Farmacoepidemiología. Fue miembro del Partit Socialista Unificat de Catalunya desde 1967 hasta 1978. Fue encarcelado y condenado a prisión durante la dictadura franquista. […]

Biography Lina Ben Mhenni is one of the most important world blogger. She was born in Tunisia, in 1983, from two political activists. Her blog, “A tunisian girl” was censored during Ben Ali regime, as her personal Facebook and Twitter accounts. In 2011, her blog covered the early weeks of tunisian revolution, when she was […]

From November 12 in library, the new book of Vito Mancuso, Dio e il suo destino (Garzanti)! http://www.ibs.it/code/9788811682615/mancuso-vito/dio-suo-destino.html http://www.ibs.it/code/9788811682608/mancuso-vito/amo-piccola-filosofia.html Biography Vito Mancuso is one of the most important european theologian. He was born in Carate Brianza (Italy) in 1962 and he studied theology in Milan under the guide of Cardinal Carlo Maria Martini, who suggested him […]

Riccardo Redaelli teaches Geopolitics at the Università Cattolica del S. Cuore of Milan. His interests are focused on Middle East. From 2005 to 2010, he was scientific manager for the Foreign Affair Ministery project on Iraq asisstance, “Engaging Iraq’s Science and Technology Community Priorities: Redirection and Retraining of Iraqi Scholars and Scientists“. He also cooperated […]