Events

Umberto Curi will give a talk based on his book Parlare con Dio: un’indagine fra filosofia e teologia (2024). How much room is there for reason in our ways of relating to God, and how much space is there for God in our incessant search for reasons?

"Preserving meaning" defines an essential operation of culture. It gathers time into form, it extends memory into transmission, it shapes continuity through vigilance.

In an important 1981 essay on the theologico-political, Claude Lefort asserted that the advent of democracy had brought about a «désintrication» between the religious and the political. What, then, is the role of religion in Lefortian democratic society? How does Lefort contribute to the secularization debate?

The lecture focuses on the famous Dead Sea Scrolls and the people who wrote and copied them. Particular attention will be given to recent developments in which diverse methods from artificial intelligence, the sciences, and the humanities are used.

This presentation discusses intersections between Japanese and Italian conservation theories and their relevance to the conservation of contemporary art, where issues of authenticity, variability, and material change challenge traditional frameworks.

On the tenth anniversary of the event, Paolo Costa (FBK, Trento) will deliver the annual Davide Zordan Lecture. His talk will start from the dark times that we are living in today to see how to get through them.

The meeting of the ‘Global Faith-Based Healthcare Systems’ project will be held in Trento, at the Bruno Kessler Foundation. The project has been developed in partnership between Georgetown University and the Bruno Kessler Foundation’s Centre for Religious Sciences.

This lecture explores how religious actors and worldviews shape international climate change politics. Drawing on empirical research, it highlights the normative influence of religion in global climate governance and its potential to foster ethical, inclusive climate action.

5° seminario del ciclo di incontri “Medicina e ambiente”, organizzato in collaborazione dal Centro per le Scienze Religiose della Fondazione Bruno Kessler di Trento e dal Dipartimento di Lettere e Filosofia dell’Università degli Studi di Trento per l’anno 2025.

As part of the "Mortali. Vivere nonostante" Festival, Diana Petech offers a reflection on death and life, drawing on the teachings of Zen Buddhism to promote awareness on the meaning and miracle of being alive.

This talk explores what it means to access the real through attention, and draws sharp distinctions between Murdoch and Weil on the role of the self, with metaphysical and ethical consequences for the practice of attention.

FoReSt is a new initiative promoted by FBK-ISR, aimed at PhD students and early-career researchers in Religious Studies. Its goal is to provide an open and welcoming space for in-depth discussion of individual research trajectories.