EUROPE/ITALY – Olivier Roy’s lecture at the Gregorian University: “Religion, Global Politics and the Crisis of Culture”

Rome (Agenzia Fides) – While Israel’s attack on Iran casts the shadow of a Global War on the world, Rome is examining the links between “Religion, Global Politics and the Crisis of Culture”. This is the title of the lecture that Professor Olivier Roy, of the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies (European University Institute), will hold on the afternoon of Monday, June 16, as part of the Rome Summer Seminars on Religion and Politics 2025.

A political scientist and Islamist, author of several books on Iran, Islam and Asian politics, Professor Roy headed the OSCE’s (Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe) Mission for Tajikistan (1994) and Consultant for the UN Office of the Coordinator for Afghanistan (1988).

The seminar will take place in room F007 of Palazzo Frascara at the Pontifical Gregorian University (Piazza della Pilotta 3), from 6.00 to 7.30 p.m.

Professor Roy’s lecture will be preceded by greetings from Father Pino di Luccio SJ, President of the Collegium Maximum, and Archbishop Samuele Sangalli, Adjunct Secretary of the Dicastery for Evangelization and Coordinator of the Scuola Sinderesi.

Professor Michael Driessen, from John Cabot University, Director of the Summer Seminar of Religion and Global Politics, and Dr. Antonella Piccinin (University of Notre Dame and Pontifical Gregorian University) will also participate in the conversation.

The lecture is part of the series of seminars, public events and workshops organized as part of the 2025 edition of the Rome Summer Seminars on Religion and Global Politics.

The Rome Summer Seminars are a two-week program aimed at graduate students, scholars and professionals interested in the relationship between religion and global politics, aimed at making the most of the spiritual resources and geopolitical horizon linked to the history and present of the city of Rome. (GV) (Agenzia Fides, 14/6/2025)

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