Michele Esposti Ongaro
Università degli Studi dell’Insubria Università degli Studi dell’InsubriaItaly
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Michele Esposti Ongaro

PhD holder Member of Research groups

Michele Esposti Ongaro, with a dual background in history and philosophy, holds a doctorate and teaches history, ethics and philosophy at the European School of Varese. His early work dealt with the history of philosophy; since 2014 he has turned to contemporary history.

A historian of the Middle East, he was an adjunct professor of Middle Eastern history at the University of Insubria (2020-2022) and taught at the American University of the Middle East (Kuwait), where he worked in particular on the history of the Gulf.

His research focuses on the teaching of history and censorship in the Gulf region, on the mechanisms by which radicalism is justified, and on the strategies for manipulating history in textbooks and political discourse. He has published “History teaching and reorientation of history in Kuwait” (Annali di scienze religiose, Brepols) and “La didattica della storia nei paesi del Golfo” in the volume Muslim Students at School (ed. Antonio Cuciniello and Stefano Pasta).

Disciplines

History Philosophy

Topics

Education Radicalization

Research Group

For a preventive Islamic de-radicalization. The Re-Configuration of the Humanities within an inter-religious approach. (Milan)

Returning to the humanities, they are not only necessary, but crucial in promoting a de-radicalizing approach to both societies: the Islamic and the European, wondering that this research project intends to work none solely in relation to the Islamic World or the Old continent, but with both. The idea is to create a project of preventive deradicalization of Muslim citizens and society working on a dual methodological and interdisciplinary attitude: the teaching of Islam, its history, its religious tradition, socio…

Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore Italy
Référent Paolo Branca 9 chercheurs
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Scientific Evaluation of Islamic Religious Education in North Rhine-Westphalia

  • Mouhanad Khorchide

Conducted by the Center for Islamic Theology at the University of Münster (directed by Mouhanad Khorchide) at the request of the Ministry of Education of North Rhine-Westphalia, this final scientif...

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The Return of Turbans. Al-Azhar’s Presence in Egyptian Society

  • Mohamed Gamal Ali

Published in late 2024, “The Return of the Turbans: Al-Azhar’s Presence in Egyptian Society” is the culmination of Mohamad Gamal Ali’s master’s thesis in political sci...

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Religious minorities between the Mediterranean shores: a study of the status of religious minorities in the Mediterranean context (REMiMEsO) – Final Report

  • Alessandro Ferrari

The REMiMESo project, led by Ilaria Valenzi and supported by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, explores the situation of religious minorities in five Mediterranean countries: Israel, Morocco...

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The Abu Dhabi Document: A Potential Cornerstone for Islamic-Christian Dialogue in Italian Educational Contexts

  • Antonio Cuciniello

In Italy, the migratory phenomenon has also had an impact on the school system, becoming an interesting potential field for intercultural and inter-religious encounters. As regards, for instance, t...

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Religious Diversity, Interreligious Perspectives, and Islamic Religious Education in Switzerland: Current Situation and Room for Maneuver

  • Hansjörg Schmid

Twenty years ago, the first pilot projects of Islamic religious education (IRE) in public schools in Switzerland caused a stir in some parts of the country. From a pedagogical perspective, the rati...

videos

Education And Otherness: What are the Issues in a Context of Diversity?

  • Salim Daccache

In the era of the continuous call for the adoption of citizenship and living together (al Azhar declaration March 2017) and human brotherhood and common coexistence (Abu Dhabi document February 201...

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The essentials of Islam

  • Jamel Khermimoun

Today, Islam in Europe and the West arouses curiosity, mistrust and questions. This book summarises the foundations of this religion, its history, its currents and the challenges it faces today, in...

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Exploring Islamic Social Work. Between Community and the Common Good

  • Hansjörg Schmid

This open access book addresses, for the first time, Islamic social work as an emerging concept at the interface of Islamic thought and social sciences. Applying a multidisciplinary approach it exp...