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Cristiano Casalini
Endowed Chair, Jesuit Pedagogy and Educational History
Research Scholar, Institute for Advanced Jesuit Studies
Professor
Cristiano Casalini
Ph.D.
Contact
Simboli Hall 027
Telephone: 617-552-9098
Email: casalini@bc.edu
Education
- Ph.D., Universit脿 della Calabria
- B.A., University of Parma
Courses
Readings and Research in Formative Education
History of Formative Education
Research Interests
Jesuit pedagogy; philosophy of education; intellectual history of education; foundations of education; whole person education; and history of formation
Expertise
- Catholic Education
- Formative and Whole Person Education
- Philosophy of Education
Department
Biography
Cristiano Casalini is a Professor and Endowed Chair in Jesuit Pedagogy and Educational History, and a Research Scholar with the Institute for Advanced Jesuit Studies at 涩里番下载. He teaches History of Jesuit Pedagogy, Social Justice in Jesuit Contexts, and Philosophy of Education.
Casalini鈥檚 field of research is mainly early modern education and especially Jesuit education. He has worked on critical texts and commentaries of 16th and 17th century classics of education, especially in and around the Jesuit order. He also provided with Claude Pavur the first volume of a series devoted to the history of Jesuit pedagogy, entitled Jesuit Pedagogy. A Reader (1540鈥�1616) (Boston: Institute of Jesuit Sources, 2016). He also wrote a book on the Cursus Conimbricensis and the education at the Jesuit college of Coimbra (Rome: Anicia, 2012; and, in Portuguese, Coimbra: Imprensa da Universidade de Coimbra, 2015; in English, New York: Routledge, 2017), which was awarded with the Pr茅mio Joaqu铆m de Carvalho, 2016. Casalini serves as editor-in-chief of a series published by Brill on History of Early Modern Educational Thought.
Publications
C. Casalini (ed.), The Jesuit Philosophy on the Eve of Modernity, Brill, Leiden, 2019.
C. Casalini, Benet Perera and Early Jesuit Pedagogy, Anicia, Rome, 2016.
C. Casalini & C. Pavur, Early Jesuit Pedagogy (1540鈥�1616). A Reader, Institute of Jesuit Sources, Boston, 2016.
C. Casalini & F. Mattei, Su Schopenhauer. Marginalit脿 filosofico-pedagogiche, Anicia, Rome, 2016.
C. Casalini & F. Mattei, Jesuitica Institutio. Figure e modelli di una forma educativa moderna, Anicia, Rome, 2014.
C. Casalini, Aristotele a Coimbra. Il Cursus conimbricensis e l鈥檈ducazione nel Collegium Artium, with a Preface of John W. O鈥橫alley, Anicia, Rome, 2012.
Then translated in Portuguese and published as Arist贸teles em Coimbra. O curso conimbricense e a educa莽茫o no Collegium Artium, Coimbra, Coimbra University Press, 2015.
Then translated in English and publish as Aristotle in Coimbra. The Cursus Conimbricensis and Education at the College of Arts, New York, Routledge, 2017.
Critical Editions
C. Casalini & D. Mombelli (eds.), Juan Andr茅s, La figura de la Tierra, Madrid, Casemiro, 2017.
C. Casalini & L. Salvarani (eds.), Antonio Negri Bassanese, Tragedia intitolala del libero arbitrio (1547), Anicia, Rome, 2014.
Articles and Chapters
C. Casalini, 鈥淭eaching the World: Beyond the Ratio Studiorum鈥�, in The Oxford Handbook to Jesuits, edited by Ines Zupanov, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2017.
C. Casalini & C. Sander, 鈥淏enet Perera鈥檚 Pious Humanism. Aristotelianism, Philology and Education in Jesuit Colleges. An Edition of Perera鈥檚 Documenta quaedam perutilia鈥�, History of Universities (Oxford University Press), 2017.
C. Casalini, 鈥淐laudio Acquaviva and the Ratio studiorum鈥�, in The Acquaviva Project, edited by F. Rurale & P.-A. Fabre (Boston: Institute of Jesuit Sources, 2017), pp. 265鈥�286.
C. Casalini, 鈥淓arly Jesuit Pedagogy. A Survey on its core values鈥�, Rassegna di pedagogia, 3-4 (2016), pp. 401-428.
C. Casalini, 鈥淟a persona in Luigi Stefanini. Ermeneutica di una definizione鈥�, in Ermeneutica della persona e figure del personalismo, edited by Francesco Mattei, Rome, Anicia, 2016, pp. 35-86.
C. Casalini & F. Mattei, 鈥淚l collegio gesuitico come struttura (non solo) educativa. Il caso del Germanicum (1552鈥�1574)鈥�, Rassegna di pedagogia, 1-2 (2016), pp. 105鈥�122.
C. Casalini, 鈥淭he History of Jesuit Post-Restoration Philosophy鈥�, in R.A. Maryks, Jesuit Historiography Online, http://referenceworks.brillonline.com/browse/jesuit-historiography-online, Dec. 2016.
C. Casalini, 鈥淭he Jesuits鈥�, in E. Lagerlund & B. Hill (eds.), The Routledge Companion to Sixteenth Century Philosophy, New York, Routledge, 2017.
Presentations
"Very Superstitious": Benet Perera SJ on Astrology, Dream Interpretation, and Magic. Conference: Renaissance Society of America Annual Meeting, Chicago, 30 March-1 April, 2017.
Organizer and Discussant of Roundtable: Integrating Online Resources for Jesuit Studies: Current Projects and Future Collaborations. Conference: Renaissance Society of America Annual Meeting, Chicago, 30 March-1 April, 2017.
Andr茅s and the Jesuit attitude toward early-modern philosophy. Conference, Juan Andr茅s y Escuela Universalista Espa帽ola, Madrid (Spain), 24-26 January, 2017.
De foeminis lascivis, & iuvenibus procacibus. Pedro Hurtado de Mendoza and the Jesuit Moral Debate on Comedies. Conference: Pedro Hurtado de Mendoza (1578鈥�1641) System, Sources and Influence, 膶esk茅 Bud臎jovice, November 25-27, 2016.
The Jesuit philosophers in Coimbra and their Cursus. Conference: Lecture in celebration of the Joaquim de Carvalho Award, Coimbra, October 10-14, 2016.
Ethical Issues in the Coimbra Jesuit Course. Conference: Sixteenth Century Society Annual Conference, Bruges, 18-20 August, 2016.
Shaping a Reformed Mindset: Early Reformed Catechisms in Italy. Conference: Renaissance Society of America-Annual Meeting, Boston, 31 March-2 April, 2016.
Editorial Activities
Books Series
Brill (Leiden-Boston): History of Early Modern Educational Thought 鈥� Editor-in-Chief
Anicia (Rome): Teoria e Storia dell鈥檈ducazione 鈥� Editorial Board
International Projects
The Jesuit Online Bibliography 鈥� Associate Editor
The Jesuit Catalogs Project 鈥� Editor-in-Chief
The Conimbricenses.org 鈥� Editorial Board Member
Humanismoeuropa.org 鈥� Editorial Board Member
Journals
Jesuit Higher Education: A Journal 鈥� Scholarship Editor
Educazione. Giornale di pedagogia Critica 鈥� Editorial Board
Metodolog铆as Human铆sticas en la Era Digital 鈥� Editorial Board
Recensi贸n: Revista Internacional de Ciencias Humanas y Cr铆tica de Libros 鈥� Editorial Board
Awards
Pr茅mio Joaquim de Carvalho, Universidade de Coimbra, Coimbra, 2016 (grant 3,000 euros)
I Premio Internazionale di Pedagogia 鈥淰ito E Bruna Fazio-Allmayer鈥�, Palermo, 2015