We are pleased to invite you to an engaging online event as part of our FRH Talk series, where we will delve into the legal situation regarding the management and reuse of places of worship in three European countries—Belgium, France, and Italy—all of them with a deep Catholic tradition.
The session will provide a general comparison of the legal frameworks in these countries, which is thoroughly analysed in the monograph “The Management and Reuse of Places of Worship in a Comparative Perspective: An Inquiry between Belgium, France, and Italy“, written by Dr Davide Dimodugno (University of Turin), building upon his previous monograph titled Buildings of Worship as Cultural Heritage in Italy. New Scenarios for the Management and Reuse of Catholic Churches Between Canon Law and State Law.
Our guest speaker, Mr Dimodugno, will focus on key aspects such as differences and similarities in adaptive reuse trends, the impact of the current legal framework on the relation among the actors involved in church management, and the socio-cultural implications of repurposing or introducing mixed use in religious spaces, with ilustrative case studies.
The event will take place on 5 November, from 12:00 to 13:00 CET. Register now and immerse yourself in this explorative journey through the intersections between law, culture, and architecture in sacred contexts.
About the speaker
Davide Dimodugno is a Postdoctoral researcher in Canon Law and Law and Religion at the Law Department of the University of Turin (Italy), where he received his PhD in “Law and Institutions” with honours in 2022. He has been a visiting scholar at KU Leuven and UCLouvain (Belgium) and Université Paris-Saclay (France). He has published numerous contributions on ecclesial cultural heritage and reuse of buildings of worship and monastic heritage, as well as on religious freedom in pandemics, on participatory democracy and religions, and on “law and religion in opera”.
He has participated in dozens of national and international conferences and webinars, including the FRH Biennial Conference “Europe’s Living Religious Heritage” (Bologna Session, “Continuity in Community Connection and Dialogue”, 24 September 2021). Since 2020 he has been a member of Centro Studi Cherubino Ghirardacci, a study centre in Bologna (Italy) affiliated to FRH.
Since 2023 he has been a member of ICOMOS, International Council for Monuments and Sites, FRH, Future for Religious Heritage, ESACH, European Students’ Association for Cultural Heritage, EUARE, European Academy of Religion, ICLARS, International Consortium for Law and Religion Studies, and an aggregate member of ADEC, Association of Academics in Law and Religion in Italy. He is licensed to practice law.
See personal profile, with contact details and research products: https://www.law.unito.it/do/docenti.pl/Show?_id=dadimodu#tab-profilo
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