Secularism in French Cultural Discourse

Vincenzo Pacillo is a Full Professor of Law and Religion at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy. He earned his law degree from the University of Milan, Italy, in 1995 and a PhD in Ecclesiastical and Canon Law from the University of Perugia, Italy, in 2000. He has held teaching and research positions at the University of Bern, the Faculty of Theology of Lugano, both in Switzerland, the University of Leicester, De Montfort University, both in the UK, and Istanbul University, Türkiye. Pacillo founded and directs ORFECT (Observatory on Religious Freedom in the jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights), an interdepartmental research center on religious freedom in European Court of Human Rights jurisprudence. He has organized numerous conferences on ecclesiastical law and human rights. He is part of the Gratianus program at the University of Paris-Saclay, France, and of the PhD in Humanities faculty at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia. He also serves on various editorial and academic committees.