Claudio Ferlan
Claudio Ferlan (1972) è ricercatore presso l’Istituto Storico Italo-Germanico della Fondazione Bruno Kessler (Trento). Laureato in giurisprudenza e in storia del cristianesimo, dottore di ricerca in storia moderna. Studia principalmente la Compagnia di Gesù e la storia delle missioni, in Europa e nelle Americhe, tra XVI e XIX secolo. Si interessa della cultura alimentare e della sua rilevanza per le religioni cosiddette indigene e per quelle cristiane. Su questo tema ha scritto Venerdì pesce. Digiuno e cristianesimo (il Mulino 2021) e Sbornie sacre, sbornie profane. L’ubriachezza dal Vecchio al Nuovo Mondo (il Mulino 2018, traduzione tedesca 2021). Sempre per il Mulino ha pubblicato I gesuiti (2015, traduzione portoghese brasiliana 2018), una storia della Compagnia di Gesù da Ignazio a Bergoglio e Dentro e fuori le aule (2012). Ha scritto una biografia del missionario gesuita José de Acosta (2014), uscita con le edizioni del Sole 24 Ore.
Ha avuto modo di fare ricerca in varie istituzioni estere (Università di Klagenfurt e Graz, Istituto Max Planck per la storia del diritto di Francoforte, École des hautes études di Parigi, Università di Berkeley e Boston College); viaggiando ha imparato molto sulla fondamentale importanza della public history e della comunicazione della storia.
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Author's articles
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December 6, 2022Translating research. From complex to simple, from incomprehensible to clickable"Translation is not only about making research more understandable; it is also about presenting research in digestible, clickable formats that are likely to stand out" -
November 10, 2022Sixty years of Fondazione Bruno Kessler. The future asks us to allow for the communication of scienceWe, at Fondazione Bruno Kessler, celebrated our sixtieth birthday. Since it is an institution and not a person, it would not be an overstatement if we wrote "one thousand" instead of "one hundred of these days." -
September 1, 2022Hoaxes in food and hoaxes in online searchesHow much can we trust reviews and comments found online? The risk of fake or artfully cooked news is always around the corner, we propose a parallel between catering and research to think about it. -
June 20, 2022Interview with Gert Aarts ECT* center director"All people forced to flee have the right to be protected and to rebuild their lives, without distinction". This is the motto of the World Refugee Day, which is celebrated on June 20. To commemorate this anniversary, we asked the Director of the European Center for Theoretical Studies in Nuclear Physics and Related Areas (ECT*), Gert Aarts, a few questions regarding the initiative aimed at Ukrainian researchers that will include three visiting scientists in the coming months within the Villa Tambosi Center. The Director explains how the initiative came about, how it has been received, and what the implications are for FBK and the scientific community. -
May 26, 2022The laboratoryConsiderations of a historian on the importance of team work and confronting during the writing of manuals. -
May 11, 2022No more news, let’s focus on informationHere come the Radio FBK podcasts: the Research you don't expect -
April 13, 2022Claudio Ferlan is the new editor in chief for Fondazione Bruno Kessler’s MagazineConsiderations on scientific communication and on the new look of the FBK Magazine -
October 28, 2021Who invented Halloween?Before the Catholic feast of All Saints (November 1) there is that of Halloween (October 31), which is increasingly present in Italian families. But are they really two separate occasions? By carefully marching back through the centuries, we can find the arguments to build our answer to this question. -
October 19, 2021cheSpreco! Togliamo il cibo dalla spazzaturaFinalmente dal vivo, ospiti del Centro di Formazione Professionale Enaip Alberghiero e Ristorazione di Ossana, abbiamo figuratamente tagliato il nastro di inaugurazione del progetto “cheSpreco! Togliamo il cibo dalla spazzatura”, finanziato dalla Fondazione Caritro. -
March 25, 2021Fasting is not anymore what it used to beWe are in Lent, the forty-day period preceding Easter which according to Catholic norms should be characterized by fasting and abstinence. Often the two terms are used interchangeably, but it is wrong to do so.