Dr. Francesco Ferrari
Coordinator, Jena Center of Reconciliation Studies
Dr. Francesco Ferrari
Foto: Dr. Francesco Ferrari- Coordinator, Jena Center for Reconciliation Studies (JCRS)
- Speaker, Martin-Buber-Forschungsstelle
- Post-Doc Research Fellow, Chair for Systematic Theology and Ethics
- Associated Fellow, Max-Weber-Kolleg, Universität Erfurt.
- Board Member, Ph.D in Peace Studies, Sapienza Università Roma (Italy).
- National Scientific Habilitation [Abilitazione Scientifica Nazionale] for Associate Professorship in Political Philosophy (Italy).
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Research interests
- Jewish philosophy from the 20th century
- Reconciliation studies; Peace and conflict studies.
- Philosophy of religion; Hermeneutics; Ethics.
- Political and social philosophy.
- Holocaust-; Exile-; Memory studies.
- Scientific editions of texts.
More in detail, this means:
- Contemporary reconciliation research, e.g.: contextual, intercultural and transdisciplinary definition of reconciliation, also in relationship with theories of peace and conflict.
- Philosophical theories of reconciliation from the 20th century, in relation to the concept of reconciliation after Auschwitz, e.g.: Adorno, Améry, Arendt, Buber, Derrida, Fackenheim, Jankélévitch, Lévinas.
- Impact of various factors and proxies in reconciliatory processes, e.g..: Justice and/or forgiveness; trust; agency; social healing; best practices.
- Case studies to reconciliation studies, e.g..: Israel-Germany; Israel-Palestine; South Africa; Rwanda; Colombia.
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Work experience
- Since Summer Term 2025: Associated Fellow, Max-Weber-Kolleg, Universität Erfurt
- Since Summer Term 2019: Coordinator, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Jena Center for Reconciliation Studies
- Since Winter Term 13/14: Research Associate [Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter], Chair for Systematic Theology and Ethics, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena
- Summer Term 2021 – Summer Term 2024:Digital Editor, Buber-Korrespondenzen Digital, Akademie der Wissenschaften und Literatur Mainz, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt
- Summer Term 2021 – Summer Term 2024: Research Associate [Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter], Martin-Buber-Chair for Jewish Philosophy of Religion and Cultural History, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt
- Summer Term 2015 – Summer Term 2021: Coordinator, Graduate Program, Religion-Conflict-Reconciliation, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena
- Summer Term 2017 – Summer Term 2021: Coordinator, DFG-Project, Hearts of Flesh – not Stone: Encountering the Suffering of the Other, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Ben-Gurion-University of the Negev, Tel Aviv University, Wasatia Academic Institute
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Teaching activities
- Summer Term 2025: Theologie nach Auschwitz.
- Summer Term 2025: Theodor W. Adorno: Ethik „aus dem beschädigten Leben“ um-denken.
- Winter Term 24/25: Überblick Philosophiegeschichte.
- Winter Term 24/25: Existenzphilosophie als Humanismus.
- Summer Term 2024: Ethics of forgiveness and reconciliation from three French-Jewish perspectives: Jankélévitch, Lévinas, Derrida.
- Winter Term 23/24: Martin Buber der Brückenbauer. Praxis und Theorie der Versöhnung.
- Summer Term 2023: Neue Perspektiven für die Erinnerungskultur und den Versöhnungsdiskurs.
- Winter Term 22/23: The concept of reconciliation after Auschwitz.
- Summer Term 2022: Zionismus, Sozialismus, Widerstand, Versöhnung: Bubers politisches Denken.
- Winter Term 21/22: Einführung in das Studium der Theologie.
- Winter Term 21/22: Philosophie nach Auschwitz: Theodor W. Adorno und Hannah Arendt.
- Summer Term 2021: Trust, healing and reconciliation.
- Winter Term 20/21: Approaching reconciliation studies: State of the art.
- Summer Term 2020: Introduction to reconciliation studies: Field research.
- Winter Term 19/20: Quest for meaning and the issue of reconciliation with oneself.
- Winter Term 19/20: “Making home” in reconciliatory processes.
- Summer Term 2017: Philosophie und ethische Implikationen der Photographie.
- Summer Term 2016: Is Reconciliation with oneself possible?
- Summer Term 2015: Verzeihen – das Unverzeihliche?
- Winter Term 14/15: Respekt. Eine ethische und soziale Frage.
- Summer Term 2014: Martin Bubers Kritik und neue Bestimmung der Religion.
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Education
- January 2011 – 4. April 2014: Ph.D Philosophy, Università di Genova (Italy), Visiting scholar, Universität TübingenMagna cum Laude
- Winter Term 08/09 – Summer Term 2010: Master of Arts Philosophical Methodologies, Università di Genova (Italy) Erasmus exchange, Universität Tübingen, 110/110 cum Laude
- Winter Term 05/06 – Summer Term 2008: Bachelor of Arts Philosophie, Università di Genova (Italy), 36 ECTS History, 110/110 cum Laude
- September 2000 – July 2005: High School, Liceo Blaise Pascal, Ovada (Italien)100/100
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Memberships
- Martin-Buber-Gesellschaft.
- Associazione Italiana Filosofia della Religione.
- International Association for Reconciliation Studies.
- Verein zur Förderung der Versöhnungsforschung und –praxis.
- DHnet Jena.
- Network for European Philosophy and the Jewish Tradition.
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Scientific functions
- Member, Board of Teachers: National Ph.D in Peace Studies (Italy).
- Co-Editor: Book series “Research in Peace and Reconciliation”.
- Editorial board member: Nuovo Giornale di Filosofia della Religione.
- Editorial board member: Journal of Reconciliation Studies.
- Peer-Reviewer: De Ethica.
- Peer-Reviewer: Rivista di Filosofia Politica.
- Peer-Reviewer: New Yearbook for Phenomenology and Phenomenological Philosophy.
- Peer-Reviewer: Topoi. An International Review of Philosophy.
- Peer-Reviewer: Links. Rivista di Letteratura e di Cultura Tedesca.
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Third Party Funds
- Preliminary research: “Hearts of Flesh – not Stone”, Phase II. Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (3.000.000 €)
- Co-applicant: II Conference, Martin-Buber-Forschungsstelle. Abbe-Stiftung (1.500 €)
- Co-applicant: I. Conference, Martin-Buber-Forschungsstelle. Abbe-Stiftung (2.500 €)
- Research-Award: Programm zur Förderung des Wissenschaftlichen Nachwuchses 2016. Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena (10.000 €)
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Languages
- Italian: Native speaker.
- German: C2
- English: C2.
- French: B2
- Spanish: A2
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IT-Skills
- CMS: Construction, administration of websites
- XML: Oxygen; eScriptorium; Transkribus
- MS-Office: Word; Excel; PowerPoint; Publisher
- Smart working: zoom; Seafile; Mattermost
- Meta: Creation, administration of contents
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Select events
- 15.07.2025: Talk: Derrida on Forgiveness and Reconciliation in the Age of Apology. Workshop: “Forgiveness and Reconciliation in the Face of Modern Conflict. Organized by: Jena Center for Reconciliation Studies, Jena.
- 02.06.2025: Talk: Agency und Versöhnung. Series of lectures: Leer la reconciliación: De Hannah Arendt a los debates contemporáneos en Alemania. Organized by: Universidad de Buenos Aires, DAAD.
- 27.03.2025: Talk: The Question of Reconciliation after Auschwitz. Workshop: (Un)Shared Realities. Social Identities, Narratives and Politics. Organized by: Charles University Prague.
- 20.03.2025: Talk: Martin Buber's A Priori of Relation. Workshop: Relational Worlds: Ubuntu in Dialogue with Other Moral Traditions. Organized by: Centre for the Study of the Afterlife of Violence and the Reparative Quest, Stellenbosch University.
- 18.03.2025: Guest lecture: The Builder of Bridges. Martin Buber’s Life and Work as a Journey Toward Reconciliation. Organized by: Beyers Naude Center, Stellenbosch University.
- 16.11.2024: Guest lecture: Pathways of Reconciliation from Martin Buber’s Life and Works. Organized by: European Wasatia Graduate School for Peace and Conflict Resolution, Europa-Universität Flensburg.
- 26.09.2024: Talk: The Builder of Bridges. Martin Buber’s Life and Work as a Journey Toward Reconciliation. Conference: "Pathways of Peace from the Sources of Judaism". Organized by: Martin-Buber-Forschungsstelle Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena.
- 02.07.2024: Talk: Derrida and the Advent of the Reconciliation Paradigm from the Globalization of Avowal. IARS 5th World Conference on Reconciliation: "Reconcililation and Social Justice". Organized by: International Association for Reconciliation Studies, Assisi.
- 28.06.2024: Talk: Reconciliation in a Fractured World. International meeting for the 11th Anniversary of the Jena Center for Reconciliation Studies. Organized by: Jena Center for Reconciliation Studies, Schillers Gartenhaus, Jena.
- 30.05.2024: Talk: Ebraismo e politica nel carteggio Stefan Zweig – Martin Buber. Presentation of Stefan Zweig’s book “Lettere sull’ebraismo” (Briefe zum Judentum), translated into Italian by Francesco Ferrari. Organized by Giuntina Publishing House. Biblioteca Marucelliana, Firenze.
- 11.03-22.03.2024: Series of lectures (together with Dr. Martin O'Malley): "Traumata and Intentional Memory: Reconciliation Resources for our European Union". Coimbra Group Master Initiative in the field of Peace & Conflict Studies, Erasmus+, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena.
- 04.03.2024: Lecture: Ist Frieden durch Dialog möglich? Der Dialogansatz von Martin Buber. Organized by: Zentrum für Entwicklungsbezogene Bildung der Ev. Landeskirche in Württemberg, Hospitalhof Stuttgart.
- 14.02.2024: Lecture: Riparare relazioni danneggiate, costruire relazioni giuste. La questione della riconciliazione in Martin Buber. Seminar: „Dottorato in mutamento sociale e politico“, Università di Torino.
- 11/23 - Talk: Resistance and Reconciliation. Martin Buber’s Stance towards Germany during NS time and After Auschwitz (Conference: Antisemitismus in zeitgenosisschen philosophischen Debatten, MBFS, JCRS Jena)
- 11/23 - Talk: Martin Buber: Il costruttore di ponti. Teoria e prassi della riconciliazione (Conference:Martin Buber e la riparazione dei conflitti. Nel centenario di Ich und Du. Università di Trento)
- 11/23 - Talk: The Concept of Reconciliation after Auschwitz (Netzwerktreffen, Friedens & Versöhnungsforschung, Ruhr-Universität Bochum)
- 07/23 - Talk: Martin Buber: The Builder of Bridges (Kolloquium, Chair Jewish Philosophy of Religion, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt)
- 06/23 - Talk: Martin Buber (WikiradioExterner Link, RAI Radio3)
- 03/23 - Talk: Die Wahlverwandtschaft zwischen Martin Buber und Gustav Landauer (Podiumsgespräch "Gustav Landauer", Katholische Akademie Berlin)
- 11/12 - Talk: Die Martin Buber Forschungsstelle. Ideen und Perspektiven (Conference "Versöhnung trotz Krieg", Albert Ludwigs Universität Freiburg)
- 10/12 - Talk: Martin Buber als Akteur und Denker der Versöhnung im Spiegel seines Briefwechsels (Conference "Erföffnung der Martin Buber Forschungsstelle", FSU Jena)
- 09/22 - Talk: Agency, Forgiveness and Reconciliation. “Strengthening of National Research Capacity on Policy, Conflict Resolution, and Reconciliation”; Granada University, Erasmus+ Programme
- 08/22 - Talk: The Ambiguities of Agency in Reconciliation Processes. “3rd IARS World Conference on Reconciliation”; Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution, George Mason University
- 04/22 - Talk: We Refugees – The Construction of a Social Identity. “Reconciliation and Refugees”; JCRS
- 12/21 - Talk: Handlungsfähigkeit und Versöhnung. Überlegungen im Dialog mit Hannah Arendt. „Theorie und Praxis der Versöhnung - Digitales Dialogforum“; Universität Bonn
- 12/21 - Talk: Resistance and Reconciliation. Martin Buber’s Stance towards Germany during NS time and After Auschwitz. “International Workshops in Collaboration Between CISMOR and Jena Center for Reconciliation Studies”; CISMOR, Doshisha University (Japan)
- 10/21 - Talk: Martin Bubers Überwindung des Nationalismus zur Zeit seiner dialogischen Wende. „Die Austreibung des Anderen und seine Einbeziehung“; Martin-Buber Gesellschaft
- 09/21 - Talk: Lieber Hans Rosenkranz... Stefan Zweig e la varietà come bellezza dell'essere; „Festival Letteratura 2021“, Mantova. 08/21 - Talk: The Irrevocable as Cultural Trauma – and its Impact on Reconciliation. “2nd World Conference on Reconciliation”; International Association for Reconciliation Studies (IARS).
- 03/21 -Talk: The Irrevocable as Cultural Trauma. “What does it all have to do with us? - Practices of commemoration and remembrance of the Holocaust in Germany and Italy”; GaRiWo, Hotel Silber e.V. Stuttgart
- 11/20 - Talk: Four Diseases of Temporality. “Stories, Histories, Memories”; The Liberal Herald, University of Bratislava
- 09/20 - Talk: How Emplotment and Meaning-Making Foster Reconciliation with Oneself. “Reconciliation in the Russian-Ukrainian Conflict”; IARS
- 05/19 - Talk: Vladimir Jankélévitch’s „Diseases of Temporality” and Their Impact on Reconciliatory Processes. „Entlang den Grenzen des Dialogs. Literarische Interventionen im erinnerungskulturellen Versöhnungsdiskurs seit 1945“; Universität Oldenburg
- 12/17 - Workshop: Teaching the Holocaust in Buchenwald. Guided tour with lecture of passages from Jorge Semprún. “Winter School on Reconciliation and Frozen Conflicts”; JCRS and Stellenbosch University (South Africa)
- 07/17 -Talk: Jean Amery and the Quest for Heimat. “Primo Levi and Jean Améry: Auschwitz and the Possibility of Enlightenment”; King’s College, London
- 05/17 - Talk: Martin Buber as Thinker and Agent of Reconciliation between Israel, Palestine and Post-war Germany. “Reformation and Global Reconciliation”; JCRS and Georgetown University
- 05/17 - Talk: JCRS Approach to Reconciliation. Studies and Practices
- “Exploring the Role of Religion and Reconciliation in Political Transformation”; Union Theological Seminary (UTS), United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and the Network for Religious and Traditional Peacemakers, New York
- 02/17 - Series of Lectures: Reconciliación: elementos básicos y casos de studio; Universidad de Antioquia (Medellin, Colombia)
- 09/16 - Talk: Philosophical Perspectives on Forgiveness“. Transitional Justice. Contemporary Theories and Practices”; Ben Gurion University; Wasatia Academic Institute; FSU Jena
- 04/16 - Talk: Umanesimo e politica in Martin Buber. “Tradizione religiosa e riflessione politica. Percorsi ebraici”; Università di Pisa
- 05/15 - Talk: “Inventing Peace” – Martin Buber als Inspirationsquelle für Wim Wenders' und Mary Zounazis' Friedenskonzeption. „Dialog und Konflikt. Das dialogische Prinzip in Gesellschaft und Politik, Religion und Philosophie“; Martin Buber-Gesellschaft; Goethe-Universität Frankfurt
- 05/15 - Paper: Archaeology and Teleology of Reconciliation. Perspectives from Paul Ricoeur. “Reconciliation and Justice”; Viennese Society for Intercultural Philosophy
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Select publications
Monographies
- Comunità postsociale. Azione e pensiero politico di Martin Buber. Vorwort von Siegbert Wolf; Castelvecchi, Roma 2018, 144 Seiten.
- Religione e religiosità. Germanicità, ebraismo, mistica nell’opera predialogica di Martin Buber. Vorwort von Martin Leiner; Mimesis, Milano 2014, VI-378 Seiten.
- Presenza e relazione nel pensiero di Martin Buber. Vorwort von Silvano Zucal; Edizioni dell'Orso, Alessandria 2012, X-306 Seiten.
Collective Volumes (Editions)
- Transdisciplinary Approaches on Reconciliation Research. Studies for Martin Leiner (mit L. Villanueva, D. Tacchini, B. Gurstein). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2024.
- Encountering the Suffering of the Other. Reconciliation Studies amid the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (mit M. Leiner, Z. Barakat, M. Sternberg, B. Hameiri). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2023.
- Versöhnung: Theologische Perspektiven. Festschrift für Martin Leiner (mit S. Baumert, G. Schmolz, C. Karpouchtsis). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2023.
Critical Editions
- Stefan Zweig, Lettere a Hans Rosenkranz. Briefe an Hans Rosenkranz (mit S. Baumert). Giuntina, Firenze 2020.
- Martin Buber Werkausgabe. Band 11: Schriften zur politischen Philosophie und zur Sozialphilosophie (mit S. Franchini, M. De Villa), Gütersloher Verlagshaus, Gütersloh 2019. Einleitung: S. 15-100.
- Martin Buber, Niccolò Cusano e Jakob Böhme. Per la storia del problema dell'individuazione. Einleitung: S. 7-38; Il Melangolo, Genova 2013.
Papers (in peer reviewed journals)
- Ebraismo e forze politiche trainanti del presente. Martin Buber a Stoccarda. In: “Links. Rivista di Letteratura e Cultura Tedesca”. Forthcoming
- Crisis of the God of History and Mending the World in the Thought of Emil Fackenheim: On wo/man-God Reconciliation in the Holocaust Theologies. In: “Jewish Culture and History”, 27/1, 2025, pp. 1-19.
- L’approccio relazionale e olistico al conflitto degli studi sulla riconciliazione. In: “Itinerarium”, 89-90/1-2, 2025, pp. 277-290.
- Jacques Derrida and the Advent of the Reconciliation Paradigm through the Globalization of Avowal. In: “Revista Portuguesa de Filosofia”. 81/1-2, 2025, pp. 343-370.
- Itinerari di riconciliazione. La filosofia socio-politica di Martin Buber. In: “La società degli individui”, 27/80, 2024/2, pp. 144-158.
- Vita monologica e vita dialogica. Martin Buber a Zurigo. In: “Humanitas”, 79/3, 2024, pp. 522-539.
- Between Conflict and Reconciliation: Martin Buber on the Jewish Settlement of Palestine. With the Unpublished Manuscript “Fragen und Antworten. Die jüdische Besiedlung Palästinas” (1947). In: “Jewish Culture and History”, 25/1, 2024, pp. 186-197.
- Cento anni di fortuna editoriale di Martin Buber in Italia. In: “Rassegna mensile di Israel”, 89/1-2-3, 2023, pp. 117-132.
- Ermeneutica del tempo vissuto e fenomenologia dei sentimenti morali in V. Jankélévitch. In: “Per la Filosofia”, 40/117, 2023, pp. 49-64.
- Relation as Presence: On Martin Buber’s Lectures “Religion als Gegenwart”. In: “Journal of the Interdisciplinary Study of Monotheistic Religions”, 18, 2022, pp. 3-15.
- “Mistica divenuta Ethos” e riconciliazione di sacro e profano: il chassidismo nell’interpretazione di Martin Buber. In: “Nuovo Giornale di Filosofia della Religione”, 2, 2022, pp. 343-359.
- Frieden als Ars Videndi. »Inventing Peace« mit Martin Buber. In: „Martin Buber Studien“, 3, 2018, pp. 263-274.
- Religion und Religiosität. Der Ort der Mystik in Bubers Frühdenken. In: „Im Gespräch. Zeitschrift der Martin Buber-Gesellschaft“. 17, 2018, pp. 14-25.
- Memory, Identity, Forgiveness. Archaeological and Teleological Perspectives of Reconciliation from Paul Ricoeur. In: “Polylog. Forum for Intercultural Philosophy”, 34, 2016, pp. 151-167.
- Individuum und Individuation. Eine Auslegung der Dissertation Martin Bubers. In: „Martin Buber Studien“, 1, 2013, pp. 419-426.
- Martin Buber in Italien. Ein Überblick über die Rezeption seiner Werke. In: „Judaica. Beiträge zum Verstehen des Judentums“, 68, 4, 2012, pp. 388-399.
- Martin Buber, Monologisches und dialogisches Leben. In: „Judaica. Beiträge zum Verstehen des Judentums“, 68, 4, 2012, pp. 400-414.
- Individuo e individuazione. Una lettura della dissertazione dottorale di Martin Buber. In: “Dialegesthai. Rivista telematica di filosofia”, 14, 2012.
- Jakob Böhme: il primo incontro di Martin Buber con la mistica tedesca. In: “Rivista di Ascetica e mistica”, 37/3, 2012, pp. 573-597.
Papers (in collective volumes)
- From "Damaged Life" to "Emancipated Society": Reconciliation as Overcoming the Logic of Domination in the Philosophy of Theodor W. Adorno. In: The Theoretical Framework Foundation for Reconciliation, Conflict Transformation and Peace. Eds.: I. Aldajani, M. Leiner. Springer, Wiesbaden 2026, forthcoming.
- L’arco ermeneutico autobiografico come pratica di riconciliazione con sé stessi. In: Filosofia e narrazione. Eds.: L. Franchi, D. Nuccilli, M. Stucchi. KrillBooks, Lecce 2025, pp. 151-182.
- Philosophy after Auschwitz: Questioning Reconciliation, Addressing Damaged Relationships, Facing the Irrevocable. In: Transdisciplinary Approaches on Reconciliation Research. Studies for Martin Leiner. Eds.: F. Ferrari, L. Villanueva, D. Tacchini, B. Gurstein. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2024, pp. 79-96.
- Jena Center for Reconciliation Studies: A Report on Ten Years of Activity. In: Transdisciplinary Approaches on Reconciliation Research. Studies for Martin Leiner. Eds.: F. Ferrari, L. Villanueva, D. Tacchini, B. Gurstein. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2024, pp. 337-354.
- Introduction (mit L. Villanueva & JCRS team). In: Transdisciplinary Approaches on Reconciliation Research. Studies for Martin Leiner. Eds.: F. Ferrari, L. Villanueva, D. Tacchini, B. Gurstein. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2024, pp. 17-27.
- The Ambiguities of Agency. A Philosophical Inquiry in Dialogue with Hannah Arendt. In: Erinnerungspolitik im Zeichen der Ambiguitätstoleranz . Eds.: E. Gardei, H.G. Soeffner, B. Zabel. Wallstein, Göttingen 2023, pp. 89-106.
- The Impact of Hannah Arendt’s “Ambiguities of Agency” on Reconciliatory Processes. In: Versöhnung. Theorie und Empirie. Eds.: E. Gardei, H.G. Soeffner, M. Schulz. Bonn University Press, Bonn 2023, pp. 269-286.
- Resistance and Reconciliation. Martin Buber’s Stance towards Nazi and Post-War Germany. In: Literarische Interventionen im deutsch-jüdischen Versöhnungsdiskurs seit 1945. Eds.: R. Forkel, B.P. Pick. Transcript Verlag, Bielefeld 2023, pp. 83-104.
- The Concept of Reconciliation after Auschwitz. Hermeneutic Phenomenology of the Irrevocable. In: Encountering the Suffering of the Other. Reconciliation Studies amid the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Eds.: F. Ferrari, M. Leiner, Z. Barakat, M. Sternberg, B. Hameiri. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2023, pp. 27-44. - Encountering the Suffering of the Other. Introduction (mit M. Leiner). In: Encountering the Suffering of the Other. Reconciliation Studies amid the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict. Eds.: F. Ferrari, M. Leiner, Z. Barakat, M. Sternberg, B. Hameiri. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2023, pp. 9-26.
- Versöhnung: Theologische Perspektiven. Vorwort (mit S. Baumert). In: Versöhnung: Theologische Perspektiven. Festschrift für Martin Leiner. Eds.: F. Ferrari, S. Baumert, C. Karpouchtsis, G. Schmolz
Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2023, pp. 7-14. - Autobiography as a Hermeneutic Practice of Reconciliation with Oneself. In: Reconciliation, Heritage, and Social Inclusion. Eds.: I. Aldajani, M. Leiner. Springer, Cham 2022, pp. 47-64.
- Between Quest for a Heimat and Alienation. Jean Améry’s Journey after Auschwitz. In: Remembering the Holocaust in Germany, Austria, Italy and Israel: “Vergangenheitsbewältigung” as a Historical Quest. Ed. V. Pinto. Brill, Leiden 2022, pp. 89-98.
- Vladimir Jankélévitch’s “Diseases of Temporality” and Their Impact on Reconciliatory Processes. In: Contemporary Perspectives on Vladimir Jankélévitch. On What Cannot Be Touched. Eds.: M. La Caze, M. Zolkos. Rowman & Littlefield, London 2019, pp. 95-116.
- Der ewige Fremde. Jean Améry e la ricerca della Heimat dopo Auschwitz. In: Auschwitz dopo Auschwitz. Poetica e politica di fronte alla Shoah. Eds.: M. Latini, E.S. Storace. Meltemi, Roma 2017, pp. 49-65.
- Gustav Landauer. Fisiopatologia della rivoluzione. In: La salute della filosofia. Sintomatologie e politiche della cura tra l'antica Grecia e il contemporaneo. Eds.: S. Baranzoni, P. Vignola. Aracne, Roma 2014, pp. 65-79.
Translations
- Rahel Jaeggi, Progresso e regressione, Castelvecchi, Roma 2025. Orig.: Fortschritt und Regression.
- Stefan Zweig, Lettere sull’ebraismo, Giuntina, Firenze 2024. Orig:: Briefe zum Judentum.
- Jacques Derrida, Confessare l’impossibile. «Ritorni», pentimento e riconciliazione, Cronopio, Napoli 2018. : Avouer l’impossible. 'Retours,' repentir et réconcilation. Nachwort: S. 81-94.
- Gustav Landauer, Per la storia dell’evoluzione dell’individuo, Castelvecchi, Roma 2017. : Zur Entwicklungsgeschichte des Individuums. Einleitung: S. 5-11.
- Hannah Arendt, L’ebreo come paria. Una tradizione nascosta, Giuntina, Firenze 2017. : The Jew as Pariah. A Hidden Tradition. Einleitung: S. 5-12.
- Martin Buber, Umanesimo ebraico, Il Melangolo, Genova 2015. : Der Mensch von heute und die jüdische Bibel; Monologisches und dialogisches Leben; Drei Sätze eines religiösen Sozialismus; Bemerkungen zur Gemeinschaftsidee; Die Mächtigkeit des Geistes; Das Ende der deutsch-jüdischen Symbiose; Hebräischer Humanismus; Hoffnung für diese Stunde; Gläubiger Humanismus. Einleitung: S. 5-11.
- Gershom Scholem, Martin Buber interprete dell’ebraismo, Giuntina, Firenze 2015. Orig.: Martin Buber Auffassung des Judentums. Einleitung: S. 5-14.
- Martin Buber, L'insegnamento del Tao. Scritti tra Oriente e Occidente, Il Melangolo, Genova 2013. : Die Lehre vom Tao; Buddha; Chinesische Geister- und Liebesgeschichten (Vorwort); China und wir; Dem Gemeinschaftlichen folgen. Einleitung: S. 5-14.
- Martin Buber, In relazione con Dio. L'insegnamento del Baal Shem Tov, Giuntina, Firenze 2013. : Des Baal-Schem-Tow Unterweisung im Umgang mit Gott. Einleitung, S. 5-11.
- Martin Buber, Il messaggio del chassidismo, Giuntina, Firenze 2012. : Die chassidische Botschaft. Einleitung: S. 7-25.
- Martin Buber, Il chassidismo e l’uomo occidentale, Il Melangolo, Genova 2012. Orig.: Der Chassidismus und der abendländische Mensch; Aus Einer Philosophischen Rechenschaft. Einleitung: S. 5-20.
- Martin Buber, Religione come presenza, Morcelliana, Brescia 2012. Orig.: Religion als Gegenwart. Einleitung: S. 5-36.
Book Reviews
- Idit Alphandary: Forgiveness and Resentment in the Aftermath of Mass Atrocity: Jewish Voices in Literature and Film, De Gruyter, Berlin 2024 (In: Poetics Today, 45/4 (2024), pp. 695-697)
- Jacques Derrida: Lo spergiuro e il perdono. Seminario 1997/1998, Jaca Book, Milano 2023 (In: Itinerarium, 86-87/1-2.)
- Didier Eribon: Vita, vecchiaia e morte di una donna del popolo, L’Orma, Roma 2024 (In: Il randagio. Rivista letteraria, 10/2024).
- Pumla Gobodo Madikizela (Ed.), History, Trauma and Shame. Engaging the Past through Second Generation Dialogue, Routledge, London 2021 (in: GaRiWo Books).
- Giorgio Fazio, Ritorno a Francoforte. Le avventure della nuova teoria critica, Castelvecchi, Roma 2020 (in: La Librellula).
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