Ivano Sassanelli

Ivano Sassanelli (Bari-Italy 1986) is Adjunct Professor of Canon Law at the Apulian Theological Faculty of Bari and of Intercultural Education at the University for Language Mediators Bona Sforza of Bari. He was awered Bachelor’s Degree in Theology at the Apulian Theological Faculty of Bari (2010), Licence in Canon Law at the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas of Rome (2013), Doctorate in Canon Law at the Pontifical Lateran University of Vatican City (2015), Master Degree in Law at the LUM University of Casamassima-Bari (2017) and Ph.D. in Bioethics at the Pontifical Athenaeum Regina Apostolorum of Rome (2024). He is Director of the academic and interdisciplinary series of fantastic studies and contemporary culture “Eucatastrophe” by Dots Edizioni of Bari and Codirector of the series “Diritto canonico, comparazione giuridica e multiculturalità” at the Cacucci Editor of Bari. In the Tolkien’s context he studies the relationship between ethics, religion, pedagogy, communication and fantastic literature and is a member of the Scientific Committee of the International Exhibition “The Tree of Tales”. In March 2023 he participated as a speaker at the Conference “G.B. Smith and J.R.R. Tolkien: a meaningful friendship” at the Corpus Christi College – University of Oxford. He has published several scientific articles and essays that have appeared in academic series and journals and monographs, including: Il Professore e il Poeta. Viaggio nel desiderio umano con Tolkien e Dante (Dots, Bari 2023), Tolkien e il vangelo di Gollum (Cacucci, Bari 2020). He is also the Co-editor of the book: Sentieri Tolkieniani. Viaggi, strade e incontri nella Terra di Mezzo  (Dots, Bari 2024), “Vive in fondo alle cose la freschezza più cara”. Percorsi umani, letterari e filosofici nella Terra di Mezzo di Tolkien (Aracne, Roma 2021).