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16th December 2025

We are pleased to present our program of workshops on the theme of legal equality. Please note, however, that the workshops will be held in Italian. They will take place in person in Ferrara from March to May. Participation in each workshop is free of charge, but registration is required. Click here for more information about the program in Italian.

This workshop series explores gender equality through feminist legal perspectives that recognize diverse identities, bodies, and intersecting forms of discrimination. It examines how legal and institutional systems can both reinforce and challenge power imbalances shaping gender relations. Particular attention is given to the relationship between equality and the body, including autonomy, representation, and social norms. The programme also rethinks vulnerability, not as weakness but as a universal human condition. Overall, it promotes a critical understanding of equality grounded in lived experiences and social realities.

Monday, March 9, 2026 | 10:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Sala Carlassare, Department of Law [Ferrara, Corso Ercole I d’Este 44]
Equality and difference
With: Sara Boicelli, PhD student in “Human Rights: Evolution, Protection, Limits” at the Università di Palermo
and Anna Cavaliere, Università di Salerno

Wednesday, April 1, 2026 | 10:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Room 1C, Department of Law [Ferrara, Corso Ercole I d’Este 32]
Equality and power
With: Sara Boicelli, PhD student in “Human Rights: Evolution, Protection, Limits” at the University of Palermo
and Letizia Palumbo, researcher at Università Ca’ Foscari University di Venezia

Wednesday, April 15, 2026 | 10:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Room 1C, Department of Law [Ferrara, Corso Ercole I d’Este 32]
Equality and the body
With: Camilla Caselli, PhD candidate at the Università di Milano
and Luca Marchetti, senior lecturer at the French Fashion Institute (IFM) in Paris and at the Sorbonne Nouvelle (University of Paris 3)

Monday, April 27, 2026 | 10:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Sala Carlassare, Department of Law [Ferrara, Corso Ercole I d’Este 44]
Equality and Vulnerability
With: Thomas Casadei, full professor of Philosophy of Law at the Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia
and Camilla Caselli, PhD student at the Università di Milano

Wednesday, May 6, and Thursday, May 7, 2026 | 10:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Sala Carlassare, Department of Law [Ferrara, Corso Ercole I d’Este 44]
An intersectional and intergenerational approach to the right to equality