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Europe
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Issues
Constitutional Law
International Law
Minority Rights
Federalism and Secession
Religion
Inequality and Gender Issues

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Susanna Mancini
Adjunct professor of International Law
(Fall and Spring Semesters)
Associate professor of comparative public law, University of Bologna

Background and Education
Fernand Braudel Senior Fellow, European University Institute (spring 2009); Visiting Professor, Central European University, Budapest (summer 2009); Floersheimer fellow, Cardozo Law School, New York (fall 2008); lecturer in several European and non-European universities including Yale, Oxford, University College London, Oslo University, Åbo Akademi University, Finland. Ph.D. European University Institute (Italy); L.L.M., University of Florence (Italy); M.A. in Law, University of Bologna (Italy)

Publications
"The Power of Symbols and Symbols as Power: Secularism and Religion as Guarantors of Cultural Convergence," Cardozo Law Review (2009), "Rethinking the Boundaries of Democratic Secession: Liberalism, Nationalism and the Right of Minorities to Self-Determination," International Journal of Constitutional Law (2008); "Language Rights as Cultural Rights: a European Perspective," Cultural Rights as Human Rights, co-author (2008); "Belgium: A Twofold Constitutional Identity With No Room For Minority Rights," Percorsi Costituzionali (2008), "Taking Secularism (not too) Seriously: the Italian Crucifix Case," Religion and Human Rights (2006); "Minority Rights," Encyclopedia of Europe: 1914- 2004 (2006); "Como reaccionan los ordenamientos juridicos ante culturas diferente?" Mutliculturalismo (2006)

Awards and Affiliations
Member of the Center for Constitutional Studies and Democratic Development (CCSDD).

Languages
Italian
English
French
Spanish

Classes
International Human Rights
Multiculturalism and the Human Rights of Women