A two-day international conference organized by the Luiss Department of Political Science.

Monday, June 9, 2025

2:30 pm Welcome from the Organizers
Rosario Forlenza, Luiss University
Kristina Stoeckl, Luiss University

2:45 PM Institutional Greetings
Giovanni Orsina, Head of the Department of Political Science, Luiss University

The Jubilee as an Economic, Artistic, and Cultural Factor in Rome: Past and Present

3:00 pm Keynote Lecture (in Italian)
Lucetta Scaraffia, Historian and Journalist, formerly with Sapienza University of Rome

4:00 pm Coffee Break

4:30 pm Speaker
Pietro Vereni, University of Rome Tor Vergata

Biblical Economics in the Jewish Tradition

Speaker:
Philippe Guillaume, University of Bern

5:30 pm Q&A and Discussion
Chair and Comments:
Bjørn Thomassen, Roskilde University

Tuesday, June 10, 2025

The Economics of the Jubilee: Social Justice, Indulgence, and Debt Remissions

9:30 am Speakers
Alessandra Smerilli, Secretary of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development
Wolfgang Palaver, University of Innsbruck

10:30 am Coffee Break

11:00 am Speakers
Luigino Bruni, LUMSA University
Fiorella Kostoris, Sapienza University of Rome & Luiss University

12:00 pm Final Discussion
Chair and Comments:
Rosario Forlenza, Luiss University
Kristina Stoeckl, Luiss University

Registration