The Sant’Abbondio Days

Although it is “outside the walls”, the Department of Law, Economics and Cultures of the University of Insubria lies at the centre of the city’s “topography of the heart”.

The proximity of its cloister and lecture rooms to the Basilica of Sant’Abbondio, which preserves a fundamental part of Como’s historical memory, places it directly at the beating heart of the city’s life.
The “Sant’Abbondio Days” are intended as an opportunity to celebrate this connection, fostering dialogue with all parts of civil society on highly topical and socially relevant issues, in some of the key places of the city’s cultural life.

The first event — on Wednesday 26 April, hosted by Feltrinelli — will be dedicated to the themes of Islamic finance. This will be followed — on Wednesday 3 May, at the Cardinal Ferrari Centre — by a discussion of the most current aspects of religious freedom.
The final two events will instead be devoted to reflection on the so-called Third Sector — on Wednesday 10 May, hosted by Ubik bookshop — and finally, on Wednesday 17 May, at the Municipal Library, to the concept of justice, which remains central to public debate.

The events will feature the participation of lecturers from the University of Insubria and national and international guests, engaged in a dialogue open to anyone wishing to take part.
 

PROGRAMME

• Wednesday 26 April, 3.30 p.m. – La Feltrinelli • Via Cantù 17

Contemporary Issues in Islamic Law, Economics and Finance, edited by Flavia Cortelezzi and Alessandro Ferrari, in dialogue with the author Alessandro Cupri, University of Milano-Bicocca
Poster 26 APRIL.pdf
The Muslim presence in Europe prompts us to question, from a new perspective, the relationship between ethics and economics, and between ethics and finance. Not only does Italy’s energy supply depend heavily on Muslim-majority countries, but European Muslims today also constitute a significant economic force. Examining Muslim economic ethics and its financial mechanisms represents an essential opportunity for education and professional development in a competitive and globalised context.

• Wednesday 3 May, 3.30 p.m. – Cardinal Ferrari Pastoral Centre • Viale Battisti 8

Paths of Religious Freedom for a Plural Society, writings by Silvio Ferrari – in dialogue with the author Alessandro Ferrari, University of Insubria
The management of contemporary cultural and religious pluralism is an increasingly complex testing ground for European political systems. It reveals the distance between the political model that emerged after the Second World War and the renewed attraction — or temptation — towards models of illiberal democracy. Reflecting on the transformation of the Italian and European religious landscape, on the dynamics of secularisation in Europe and Italy, and on the role of law in interpreting and regulating the manifestation of plural religious identities for the purposes of civil coexistence, is an essential step in any serious discussion of citizenship.

• Wednesday 10 May, 6.00 p.m. – Ubik Bookshop • Piazza San Fedele 32
  Poster 10 May

Everyday Association: The Changing Third Sector and Civil Society, by Sebastiano Citroni, in dialogue with the author Tommaso Vitale, Sciences Po Urban School.
In what direction are the many ongoing changes in the varied world of the Third Sector pushing it? How much empirical support is there for hypotheses concerning the depoliticisation and neoliberalisation of the contemporary Third Sector? Above all, what possibilities do everyday practices of association have to influence general trends such as these?

• Wednesday 17 May, 5.00 p.m. – Municipal Library • Piazzetta Lucati 1

Justice: A Philosophical Introduction, by Corrado Del Bò, in dialogue with the author Michele Saporiti, University of Insubria