Maria Vita ROMEO
Maria Vita Romeo is full professor of Moral Philosophy in the Department of Humanities of the University of Catania. She is a member of the National Executive Council of SIFM (Italian Society of Moral Philosophy). She is author of the volume B. Pascal, Opere complete. Testi francesi e latini a fronte. Prima traduzione italiana, Collana Il pensiero occidentale, Milano, Bompiani 2020, 3200 p.First print april 2022.
-President of the CdS in Philosophical Sciences, Department of Humanities, University of Catania
- Director of CESPES - Center Interdepartmental Studies on Pascal and the seventeenth century, of the University of Catania.
- Editor of the journal "Quaderni leif", biannual publication of the Centro Studi su Pascal and the seventeenth century (CESPES), Department of Humanities, University of Catania.
-Editor of the editorial series "Sources and Studies", publisher: Rubbettino (Soveria Mannelli).
-Editor of the editorial series "dialogos", A&G cuecm (Catania).
Editor of the editorial series "Library of the Interdepartmental Center for Studies on Pascal and the Seventeenth Century", publisher Morcelliana (Brescia).
- Editor of the editorial series Etica/Etiche publisher Studium.
-Member of the Board of Directors of Centro di ricerca sulla filosofia della persona Adriano Bausola (CrifipAB), Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore Milano.
Member of the Board of Directors of Centro Interuniversitario di Studi sull'Etica (CISE), Università di Venezia.
- Membre sociétaire de la Société française de philosophie. École normale supérieure, 45, rue d’Ulm, 75005 Paris.
- Member of the Société française de philosophie (French Society of Philosophy), École Normale Supérieure, 45, rue d’Ulm, 75005 Paris.
- Member of the Teaching Board of the Doctorate in Philosophy, University of Messina and University of Palermo.
- Member of the Interdepartmental Study Center "Territory, Development and Environment", University of Catania.
- Member of the Scientific Committee of the "Filosofia" series, Morcelliana, Brescia.
- Member of the Board of Directors of the Amici del Cespes Association.
- Member of the technical-operational Commission: agreement between the Etna Park Authority and the University of Catania (Etnetic Energy).
-Member of the research group "Littérature, morales et spiritualités à l'âge classique" CELLF 16-17, Université Paris- Sorbonne.
- Member of the managing committee of Italian Society of Moral Philosophy (SIFM).
-She collaborates with the Etna Park Authority in relation to the ethical issues of social and environmental communication.
Research:
In addition to my interests in modern philosophical thought, particularly French philosophy from the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries, I specialize in environmental ethics, focusing particularly on the World Heritage volcano, Mount Etna, on whose slopes I was born. Mount Etna, which, as H. Tuzet wrote, "has spoken the same language as man's subconscious over the centuries," is a world heritage site that has much to offer both philosophers and scientists, politicians and religious figures, entrepreneurs and farmers, and scholars and students who wish to explore and understand the surrounding landscape. "Italy," Federico Brusca wrote about Etna in 1926, "has this powerful and providential volcano, this terrible, beneficent volcano that offers health, peace, and happiness to all." Hence my aim to "communicate" Etna, through the organisation of seminars, conferences and thoughtful excursions in which ethical reflection marries with the beauty of a nature that has much to offer to those who listen to it.
CESPES (Centro di Studi su Pascal e il Seicento)
Relations:
CTSA (Centro Studi Interdipartimentale Territorio, Sviluppo e Ambiente)
The CESPES (Centro Interdipartimentale di studi su Pascal e il Seicento) supports the AMICI DEL CESPES cultural association, which has the following objectives:
To raise awareness of CESPES, fostering consensus and support;
To establish and develop a permanent connection between the world of culture, universities, and schools and CESPES through organizing conferences, seminars, and thoughtful excursions involving the local area.
To learn about all the activities carried out by the Chair of Moral Philosophy, click here.