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September 16, 2025

“Overcoming the Biological Limits of Humanity:” JCU Professor Sorgner Discusses the Future of Transhumanism

In August 2025, the Italian newsmagazine L’Espresso dedicated a special issue entitled “È già futuro” (“The Future is Already Here”) to the themes of innovation and technological change. Among its featured contributions was the essay “Transumanesimo. L’identità aumenta” (“Transhumanism. Identity Expands”), written by JCU's Professor Stefan Lorenz Sorgner.

May 13, 2025

Prof. Stefan Lorenz Sorgner’s Philosophy of Transhumanism Through a Latin American Lens

JCU is pleased to announce the publication of "Latin America Replies to Transhumanism: A Symposium on Sorgner’s We Have Always Been Cyborgs."

April 28, 2025

Using the Past for the Present: Medieval Narratives in Modern Political and Religious Discourse

On March 28 and 29, 2025, John Cabot University hosted the international conference "Using the Past for the Present: Medieval Narratives in Modern Political and Religious Discourse."

February 12, 2025

Beyond the Great Wall with China Historian John Delury

A historian of modern China and expert on East Asia, Professor John Delury focuses on US-China relations and the Korean peninsula. In 2023, he was selected as the inaugural Tsao Family Prize Fellow at the American Academy in Rome, where he explored China’s vision of empire. He recently published the article “Can South Korea’s Democracy Survive?” in Foreign Affairs.

January 29, 2025

Uncovering the Past and Shaping the Future with Professor Emily Hurt

Professor Emily Hurt is a scholar of Classical Studies with a passion for ancient Mediterranean exploration. Originally from Rhode Island, she moved to Italy in 2019, where she discovered John Cabot University and joined the faculty as a full-time Classical Studies professor.

January 21, 2025

The Power of Connection: Meet Alumna Danah Alkhafaji

Danah Alkhafaji is an Arab American alumna who graduated from JCU in 2024 with a BA in Humanistic Studies and a minor in Philosophy. While she was a student at JCU, Danah founded the Arab Student Association (ASA).

November 18, 2024

Do What Scares You: Meet Humanistic Studies Major Allison Pomeroy

Allison is a Humanistic Studies major and Classical Studies and Philosophy minor from San Jose, California.

October 30, 2024

It’s a Kind of (Movie) Magic: Meet Double Major Student Max Nokes

Max grew up between Seattle, Washington and New Jersey and he’s pursuing a double major in Communications and History. He is the Film Appreciation Club Vice president, Student Government social media manager, and Communications department representative.

Father Cassian Folsom in the Aula Magna Regina

October 15, 2024

“Work: Profit or Person?”: JCU Welcomes Father Cassian Folsom for a Lecture on Monastic Tradition

Father Cassian Folsom, Order of Saint Benedict, founder of the Abbey of St. Benedict on the Mountain (Norcia, Umbria) and professor of liturgy at the Pontifical Athenaeum of Saint Anselm in Rome gave a talk titled Work: profit or person? Insights from the Monastic Tradition.

August 20, 2024

Meet Transfer Alumna Malkie Dyman

Malkie Dyman graduated from JCU in 2022 with a B.A. in Political Science, and a Minor in Humanistic Studies. She completed her Master’s in Fashion Management and Luxury Business at Rome Business School and spent a year studying at Mayanot Institute of Jewish Studies in Jerusalem.

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