Eleonora Pede, Ph.D.

Eleonora Pede has defended a PhD in Religious Studies at the Faculty of Theology of Lugano (Università della Svizzera Italiana), in a joint programme with the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore of Milan. She developed a comparative study between Muslim and Christian ethics, focusing on gender issues in Europe. She graduated at the PISAI (Pontifical Institute of Arabic and Islamic Studies) and she has a master’s degree in Languages for International Cooperation (Università degli Studi di Roma Tre). Moreover, Eleonora Pede is a KAICIID (King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz International Centre for Interreligious and Intercultural Dialogue) Fellow for the European Region. As an Affiliate Researcher at the LSRS, she works with Prof. Alberto Fabio Ambrosio on “Fashion & Religion,” her main areas of interest in this field being the luxury fashion market, the customer experience, and the Middle East Area.

• PhD in Religious Studies – Philosophy, Ethics and Religions (Scholarship holder), “Ma bāyna: Interreligious dialogue and homosexuality in Europe”. Faculty of Theology of Lugano – Università della Svizzera Italiana joint PhD program with Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Milan (2023).
• Licentiate in Arabic and Islamic Studies – PISAI (Pontifical Institute for Arabic and Islamic Studies): “Al-Ihtilâf, fî al-taqâfa al-`arabiyya: homosexuality and Islam” (2019).
• Master of Arts (MA) in Languages and International Cooperation (Università degli Studi di Roma Tre): “French African cinema: multilingualism as a mirror of society” (2016).
• Bachelor’s degree in Languages and Linguistics (Università degli Studi di Roma Tre): “The French Rap: union of languages and cultures” (2014).

Thèmes de recherche

• Interreligious Studies
• Muslim-Christian relations
• Islamic Studies
• Gender Studies,
• Fashion and Religion.

• Pede E., Casta e pura: la visione della purezza per i millennials italiani di fede islamica, “Storia delle Donne”, Purezza, Università degli Studi di Firenze, n. 17 (2021) – DOI: 10.36253/sd-13455 – CC BY 4.0 IT, 2021
• Pede E., L’Islam pensé par une femme: review, “Rivista Teologica di Lugano”, RTLu XXVI (3/2021) 185-188.