.Education:

Ph.D., University of Turin, 2002
Laurea, cum laude, University of Bologna, 1994

Research Interests:

History of Christianity, Second Vatican Council, Religion and Politics

Current Research:

The Implications of the Liturgical Reform
What Are They Saying About Vatican II? (Paulist Press, 2011)

Professional Experience:

University of Modena-Reggio Emilia, Visiting Assistant Professor of Religious History, 2006-2008.
University of Bolzano, Visiting Assistant Professor of Religious History, 2004-2008.
University of Bologna, Teaching Assistant for the course Human Rights and Globalization, 2004-2005.
John XXIII Foundation for Religious Studies in Bologna, Researcher and member of the research staff under the direction of Professor Giuseppe Alberigo, 1996-2007.

Awards and Grants:

Research Fellowship at the Jesuit Institute, Boston College, 2008-2009.
Premio Capalbio award as co-author of Europa di carta. Stampa e opinione pubblica in Europa nel 2006, ed. Paolo Pombeni, Bologna: Il Mulino, 2007.
Marco Polo award from the University of Bologna for a research semester at the University of Potsdam, Germany, 2004.


Select Publications

Books:

Il vescovo e il concilio: Modello episcopale e aggiornamento al Vaticano II [The Bishop and the Council: Episcopal Model and Aggiornamento at Vatican II], Bologna: Il Mulino, 2005.
Breve storia dei movimenti cattolici [Brief History of the Catholic Movements], Rome: Carocci, 2008 (second edition, June 2008). Spanish-language edition, Breve historia de los movimientos católicos, Madrid: PPC Editorial, forthcoming 2010.

Books Edited:

Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli - Giovanni XXIII, Tener da conto: Le agende di Bulgaria (1925-1934) [Taking Care: The Private Journals of Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli in Bulgaria, 1925-1934], ed. Massimo Faggioli, Bologna: Fondazione per le scienze religiose, 2008.

Books Co-edited:

Massimo Faggioli and Alberto Melloni, eds., Religious Studies in the 20th Century: A Survey on Disciplines, Cultures and Questions, Proceedings of the Assisi Conference (11-13 December 2003), Berlin: LIT Verlag, 2006.
I movimenti nella storia del cristianesimo: Caratteristiche - variazioni – continuità (Cristianesimo nella Storia, XXIV/3 2003), eds. Giuseppe Alberigo and Massimo Faggioli, Bologna: EDB, 2003.
Il concilio inedito: Fonti del Vaticano II, eds. Massimo Faggioli and Giovanni Turbanti, Bologna: Il Mulino, 2001.

Recent articles:

“Vatican II comes of age”, The Tablet, 11 April 2009.
“En torno al conflicto con los lefebvrianos. El Vaticano II y su recepción política”, Iglesia Viva, June 2009, pp. 1-25
“Il Vaticano II come ‘costituzione’ e la ‘recezione politica’ del concilio”, Rassegna di Teologia, 50 (2009), pp. 107-122.
“Council Vatican II: Bibliographical Overview 2005-2007”, Cristianesimo nella Storia, XXIX/2 (2008), pp. 567-610.
“The New Catholic Movements, Vatican II and Freedom in the Catholic Church”, Japan Mission Journal, 62/2 (Summer 2008), pp. 75-84.
“L’Institut pour les sciences religieuses de Bologne et la recherche sur Vatican II”, Christianisme, mission et cultures. L’arc en ciel des défis et des réponses (XVIe-XXIe siècles), eds. P. Coulon and A. Melloni, Paris: Karthala, 2008, pp. 61-74.
“La diplomazia di Bonn e le encicliche di Giovanni XXIII (1961-1963)”, Ricerche di storia politica, 2/2007, pp. 139-155

Professional Memberships:

American Academy of Religion
American Catholic Historical Association
American Historical Association
Catholic Theological Society of America
Network of Italian Scholars Abroad (NISA)