FoReSt 2025 | FORUM ON RELIGIOUS STUDIES

The Forum on Religious Studies – FoReSt 2025 is an event organized by FBK-ISR in partnership with Banca per il Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol. It is designed for doctoral students and early-career researchers, offering them an opportunity to engage in discussions and debates with experienced researchers and lecturers, and to present their own research.

FoReSt is structured in several parts: some, by invitation only, are more academic, others are more educational, and others are more informative – the latter are organized in the city of Trento and are open to a non-academic audience too.

The sessions held at the Bruno Kessler Foundation, known as “Camera,” are specifically designed for doctoral students and researchers to focus on their research. These sessions differ from traditional seminars by providing an opportunity to present a more detailed version of their work. Participants receive feedback from a senior discussant and a mentor affiliated with the FBK-ISR research group. Additionally, the audience plays an active role in the process as co-discussants.

The programme also includes keynote speeches, workshops and events related to the dissemination and publication of research products.

In particular, on 28 September, starting at 3 p.m., a public event open to citizens will be held at Palazzo Benvenuti, entirely dedicated to research communication. In that context, a round table discussion dedicated to the topic and storytelling will take place.

Registration for the event is required in order to participate.

SPEAKERS

Giustina Benedetta BARON | Matteo BITTANTI | Paolo COSTA | Antonio Pio DI COSMO | Federico PALMIERI DI PIETRO | Valeria FABRETTI | Matteo FADINI | Lucia GALVAGNI | Victor KHROUL | Massimo LEONE | Graziano LINGUA | Jenny PONZO | Giuseppe TATEO | Debora TONELLI | Susanna TROTTA | Michael STAUSBERG | Antonella VECCHIO

PROGRAMME

Monday, 27 October 2025 – FBK Aula Grande
Participation by invitation

Introduction
14:00 | Camera group: G. Diana APOSTICA, Accursio GRAFFEO, Tommaso ROPELATO, Rebecca SABATINI

14:15 | KEYNOTE: A Periphery for Religious Studies
Massimo LEONE, ISR-FBK director

15:00 | KEYNOTE: Black Box: opacità tecnologica dell’IA e immaginari religiosi della rivelazione
Graziano LINGUA, University of Turin

15:45 | Break

16:00 | WORKSHOP: Narrare la ricerca: le sfide dello storytelling
Valeria FABRETTI, FBK-ISR

16:45 | Dal testo al libro: quali passaggi per una pubblicazione scientifica
Antonella VECCHIO, FBK–Biblioteca e Editoria

17:15 | Il laboratorio dei centri di ricerca umanistici: biblioteca ed editoria, dai servizi
tradizionali ai progetti di digitalizzazione e valorizzazione
Matteo FADINI, FBK–Biblioteca e Editoria

18:00 | Break

18:15 | KEYNOTE + WORKSHOP 1/2: Iscriversi al dibattito: l’arte della recensione
Michael STAUSBERG, University of Bergen

Tuesday, 28 October 2025 – FBK Aula Grande
Participation by invitation

CAMERA – Session 1

8:30 | Religious communities as key actors in the Afro-European migration context
Susanna TROTTA, Humboldt University (Berlin)

Discussant: Giuseppe TATEO, University Roma Tre
Mentor FBK-ISR: Valeria FABRETTI

10:00 | Break

CAMERA – Session 2

10:15 | Tecnologie dell’incanto
Federico PALMIERI DI PIETRO, Sapienza University of Rome

Discussant: Matteo BITTANTI, IULM University
Mentor FBK-ISR: Debora TONELLI

11:45 | Break

12:00 | KEYNOTE + WORKSHOP 2/2: Iscriversi al dibattito: l’arte della recensione
Michael STAUSBERG, University of Bergen

Tuesday, 28 October 2025 – Palazzo Benvenuti, Via Belenzani 12, Trento
Public event, registration required

Casse di risonanza. Il valore della ricerca nell’era digitale

Welcome and introduction
15:00 | Camera group: G. Diana APOSTICA, Accursio GRAFFEO, Tommaso ROPELATO, Rebecca SABATINI

15:10 | Quello che ho imparato scrivendo di cose culturali sui giornali
Claudio GIUNTA, University o Turin

15:55 | Break

16:10 | Cum munus: il dovere di saper comunicare
Stefano ALLIEVI, University of Padua

16:55 | Break

Roundtable
17:10 | Tra social, libri e accademia. Come si condivide oggi il sapere?
Stefano ALLIEVI, University of Padua
Claudio GIUNTA, University of Turin
Gabriele MARINO, University of Turin
Niccolò MONTI, University of Turin

Moderator: Sara HEJAZI, FBK–Sensors & Devices

Wednesday, 29 October 2025 – FBK Aula Grande
Participation by invitation

CAMERA – Session 3

9:30 | Rethinking Russian Cosmism as a dispositif of speculative bio-power
Giustina Benedetta BARON, University of Torino

Discussant: Victor KHROUL, University of Bremen
Mentor FBK-ISR: Paolo COSTA

11:00 | Break

CAMERA – Session 4

11:15 | Il volto della Gran Madre di Dio ne Lo Zodiaco di Maria
Antonio Pio DI COSMO, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia

Discussant: Jenny PONZO, University of Turin
Mentor FBK-ISR: Lucia GALVAGNI

13:00 | Conclusions

To participate in the public event on October 28 at 3 p.m. at Palazzo Benvenuti, registration is required by October 15, 2025, at 12 p.m..

Availability is limited and valid until all places are filled.

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image FoReSt creata dal gruppo Camera