EDUCATION
Dual PhD, Department of History, Cultures and Civilizations, University of Bologna, Italy and Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel, 2016.
Dissertation: “Beyond a Technology of Security and Segregation: An Ethnographic Study on the Impact of the Israeli-Palestinian Wall on the Christian Communities of Bethlehem and Beit Jala”.
Fieldwork conducted in Bethlehem and Beit Jala, West Bank, Israel, October - December 2013, April 2014, and October 2014 - June 2015.
Advisor University of Bologna: Dr. Cristiana Facchini
Advisor Hebrew University of Jerusalem: Dr. Nurit Stadler.
MA, Department of History, Cultures and Civilizations, University of Bologna, Italy, 2012.
Thesis: “Arab Christians in Israel and the Palestinian Territories: A Case Study on Cultural Identity and the Peacemaking Process”.
Fieldwork conducted in Israel, July 2010 and June 2011. Graduated Summa cum Laude, 110/110.
Advisor University of Bologna: Dr. Cristiana Facchini
Co-Advisor University of California Santa Cruz: Dr. Hamel Gildas, Department of History
Attended Department of Anthropology, University of California Santa Cruz, USA, September 2010-June 2011, funded by the Italian Education Abroad Fellowship Program.
BA, Department of History, Cultures and Civilizations, University of Bologna, Italy, 2008.
Thesis: “New Contemporary Forms of Religiosity and Devotion”. Graduated 110/110.
Advisor University of Bologna: Adriana Destro
