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About me


I was born in Bologna (Italy) in 1960.
I am married with Silvana Greco, a sociologist.
With Silvana we live between Berlin and Milan,
with several stays in Northern Italy and the Balearic Islands.
After having taught at the Università Ca’ Foscari in Venice (Italy),
I am now a Professor at the Freie Universität Berlin (Germany). 


As a teenager, and still today, I was fascinated by ancient languages. I studied Latin, Greek and Sanskrit, and then I delved into some Near Eastern languages, primarily Hebrew and Arabic.
I researched the mysticism of medieval and modern ages, and worked on the encounter
between the Italian Renaissance and Eastern cultures.


I have always had a strong passion for the world of visual art. Way back in 1987, I co-founded an art gallery in Bologna, Italy.  


In the following decades, I curated a number of art exhibitions,
for museums and cultural institutions
in Italy, Germany and the United States. 



I also like to express myself as an artist, especially through photography. In my images, I explore urban space, architectures or objects of use, through color shifts, perspective changes,
close-ups.
In this I follow the words of Allen Ginsberg,
a great American poet:
“The message is: Widen the area of consciousness.”


Since 2000, I have contributed a weekly column to the cultural supplement
of the Italian economic daily, «Il Sole 24Ore».

I am the President of the 
Fondazione Palazzo Bondoni Pastorio 
in Castiglione delle Stiviere. 
At the Foundation,
I am particularly involved on Jewish and Renaissance studies. 
When necessary, I lend a hand in the many activities
of the Palace, from graphics to accounting,
from logistics to publications.

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