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ASUS

Accademia di Scienze Umane e Sociali

Roma, Italy

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Profile last updated: June 20, 2026

About

ASUS is a non-profit association based in Roma, Italy working on education, arts & culture, religion & faith.

ASUS (Accademia di Scienze Umane e Sociali) is an Italian cultural association based in Rome, regulated under the Italian Third Sector Code. It promotes research, education and interdisciplinary dialogue across the human and social sciences, including philosophy, psychoanalysis, hermeneutics, phenomenology, and the study of religions. Its activities include seminars, conferences, festivals, public events, publications, training courses for educators and teachers, and university master's programmes in intercultural and interreligious mediation, philosophical counselling and medical humanities. It also runs a research and publication programme and awards study prizes. The academy works with universities and research centres in Italy and abroad, including partners in Serbia, and aims to foster intercultural and interreligious dialogue and lifelong education for the public.

Location

Roma, Italy

Organisation type

Association

Legal form

Associazione culturale

Legal name

Accademia di Scienze Umane e Sociali

Focus areas

philosophypsychoanalysishermeneuticsphenomenologyinterreligious dialogueeducationresearch

Languages

ITEN

Causes & programmes

Causes

EducationArts & CultureReligion & Faith

Works for

StudentsYouth

How they work

ResearchAwareness & educationCapacity building

Programmes

Seminari di Psicoanalisi, Ermeneutica, Fenomenologia (LAPEF)

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Education

Seminar series on psychoanalysis, hermeneutics and phenomenology run by the academy's LAPEF laboratory.

Festival del Dialogo Filosofico

Arts & Culture

Public philosophy festival organised by the academy.

Countries of operation

ItalySerbia

Funding & support

Funded by

Membership feesIndividual donationsLegacies

Ways to support

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Credentials & affiliations

Partnerships

ICSOR International Center for the Sociology of Religion, Religions for Peace Italia, Faculty of Philosophy University of Belgrade, Applied Philosophy and Social Research Center, Belgrade, International School of Philosophy Felix Romuliana, Fondo Ricoeur, TAB Edizioni

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