Cristiana Facchini

Cristiana Facchini is Full Professor of History of Christianity and Religious Studies. She has studied in Bologna and specialised in Oxford, Jerusalem, and Paris. She earned her PhD in Jewish Studies at University of Turin. She extensively wrote on history and theories of religions, with special regards both to Christianity and Judaism. In 2015 she was one of the keynote speakers of the XXI IAHR (International Association for the History of Religions) World Congress held in Erfurt.

She is the Editor-in-Chief of Quest - Issues in Contemporary Jewish History. She is a member of the Doctoral School in Global Histories, Cultures, and Politics.