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<<To know one [religion] is to know none>>
<<To know one [religion] is to know none>>
(F. Max Müller)
(F. Max Müller)
In 2016 Luca Campione graduated in Philosophy (ethics and theoretics curriculum) at the University of Catania with a final dissertation in Philosophy of Science titled "Frans de Waal and the Unselfish Ape. Philosophical Observations about Origins and Evolution of the Altruism".
In 2019 he obtained a Master's Degree in Historical and Religious Sciences at Sapienza University of Rome, with a final dissertation in History of Religion titled "Deep History of Funerary Ritual. An Evolutionary Perspective about human behaviors in front of Death".
In 2018 he obtained a Scholarship for thesis research provided by Sapienza University of Rome. He thus carried out a short period as visiting student at the Department of the Study of Religion and its MindLab at Aarhus University (Denmark), in order to write his Master's final dissertation.
Since 2021 he is a Ph.D. candidate in History of Europe at Sapienza University of Rome, with a research project titled "The hypothesis about 'ritual cerebrophagy' among Neanderthal of Grotta Guattari and the origins of Paleolithic religion: an oped debate between nationalistic instances of the past and new scientific discoveries".
Research Field & Interests
Research Field & Interests
1) History of Religions - historical, theoretical and methodological problems
2) Evolution and cognition of religious behaviours - evolution of rituals and funerary practices, cognitive basis of funerary behaviours
3) Evolutionary thanatology - comparative analysis between animal's mortuary behaviours and human's funerary behaviours
3) Prehistoric religions - concerning Middle Palaeolithic (Neanderthals) human populations and cultures.
4) Indigenous Religions - with particular attention to Melanesian and Polynesian traditions and religions
5) History of Anthropology and Prehistoric Sciences
Academics
Academics
Nov. 2021 - currently
Ph.D Candidate
Ph.D Candidate
Graduate Research Program in History and Cultures of Europe
Graduate Research Program in History and Cultures of Europe
Department of History, Anthropology, Religions, Art History, Media and Performing Arts - Faculty of Letters and Philosophy - Sapienza University of Rome
Department of History, Anthropology, Religions, Art History, Media and Performing Arts - Faculty of Letters and Philosophy - Sapienza University of Rome
Education
Education
Nov. 2016 - Apr. 2019
Master of Art in "History of Religions" - Sapienza University of Rome
Nov. 2016 - Apr. 2019
Internship - Biblioteca comunale di Tivoli "Maria Coccanari Fornari"
Oct. 2018 - Dec. 2018
Visiting Researcher - University of Aarhus
Oct. 2008 - Mar. 2016
Bachelor of Art in "Philosophy" - University of Catania
Nov. 2003 - Jul. 2008
High School Diploma - Istituto Professionale di Stato per i Servizi Sociali "Lucia Mangano"
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