Hastening the End

PROGRAM

08:45 | Participants registration

09:00 | Opening remarks and introduction

• Damiano Palano, ASERI Director, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
• H.E. Msgr Mario Delpini, Archbishop of Milan
• Claudia Sorlini, Vice-President Fondazione Cariplo
• Cristiana Mele, Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
• Alessandro Banfi, Director of Communication, Oasis International Foundation

09:45 | Session I

• Chair: Michele Brignone, Oasis International Foundation

09:45 | H.B. Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem (video address)

10:00 | When the Nation Becomes Sacred: Religion, Nationalism,  and the Politics of Redemption

• Jocelyne Cesari, University of Birmingham and  Georgetown University

10:30 | Discussion

10:50 | Coffee Break

11:15 | Session II

• Chair: Paolo Maggiolini, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore

11:15 | Reading the Gospel in Washington? The Misuse of Christian References in Contemporary U.S. Foreign Policy

• Blandine Chelini-Pont, University Aix-Marseille

11:45 | The State as Redemption: Religious Zionism and Redemptive Politics in Israel

• Shlomo Fischer, The Jewish People Policy Institute

12:15 | Discussion

12:45 | Lunch

14:30 | Session III

• Chair: Giorgia Perletta, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore

14:30 | What Remains of the Islamic Revolution? Religion, Politics, and Society in Iran

• Farhad Khosrokhavar, Emeritus Director of Studies, EHESS, Paris

15:00 | A Caliphate for the End Times: The Apocalyptic Thought of the Islamic State

• Aymen Tamimi, Independent scholar

15:30 | Discussion

16:00 | Coffee Break

16:15 | Session IV

• Chair: Claudio Fontana, Oasis International Foundation

16:15 | Jerusalem, Capital of Expectations: Religious Messianisms and Political Conflict

• Martino Diez, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore – Oasis International Foundation

16:45 | Hamas: Between Pragmatic Politics and Eschatological Imaginaries

• Michele Brignone, Oasis International Foundation

17:15 | Discussion and final remarks

Free participation (In presence or online) upon registration.

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