Tommaso Virgili, Ph.D.
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Research Fellow of the Research Department
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Dr. Tommaso Virgili is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the WZB Migration, Integration, Transnationalization Department, where he works on Islamism, liberal Islam and individual rights, with a focus on Europe and the MENA region. He is also a Research Associate at the Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies in Brussels and a 2023/2024 Fellow of the Merian Centre for Advanced Studies in the Maghreb (MECAM) - Université de Tunis. Previously, he worked as Programme Director at the European Foundation for Democracy in Brussels.
Tommaso holds a Ph.D. in Comparative Public Law and a Master’s degree in Law from Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies in Pisa, as well as a Master of Arts in Middle East and Islamic Studies with Arabic from the American University of Paris and Cairo.
Research fields
Sociological Jurisprudence |Constitutional Law and Fundamental Freedoms | Integration | Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies | Islamism
Book
Virgili, T. Islam, Constitutional Law and Human Rights. Sexual Minorities and Freethinkers in Egypt and Tunisia. Routledge, 2022.
Selected Publications
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2024
Virgili, Tommaso (2024): "Islamism in Italy. The Muslim Brotherhood Network and Its Allies". In: Thomas Jäger/Ralph Thiele (Eds.): Handbook of Political Islam in Europe. Activities, Means, and Strategies from Salafists to the Muslim Brotherhood and Beyond. Springer Handbooks of Political Science and International Relations. Cham: Springer, S. 441-459.
Virgili, Tommaso (2024): "Internationale Humanitäre Hilfsorganisation v. Germany. An Organisation Supporting the Terrorist Entity Hamas Does not Enjoy Protection under the ECHR". In: Strasbourg Observers Blog, 19.01.2024.
Virgili, Tommaso/Panchetti, Benedetta (2024): Did Secularisation Kill God? Changes in Religiosity and Values Among Natives and Migrants in Europe. Brussels: Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies.
2023
Virgili, Tommaso (2023): "L'hiver de l'Etat de droit en Tunisie". In: Quaderni di diritto e politica ecclesiastica, Vol. 16, No. 2, S. 539-562.
2022
Virgili, Tommaso (2022): "Rabczewska v. Poland and Blasphemy before the ECtHR. A Neverending Story of Inconsistency". In: Strasbourg Observers Blog, 21.10.2022.
Virgili, Tommaso (2022): "Tunisia Is the Sole Survivor of the Arab Spring. It Was Nice While It Lasted". In: MENASource - Atlantic Council Blog, 22.07.2022.
Virgili, Tommaso (2022): "La strada interrotta verso i diritti in Egitto e Tunisia". In: Domani scenari [online], 19.10.2022.
Virgili, Tommaso (2022): "‘Respect for Religious Feelings’. As the Italian Case Shows, Fresh Paint Can't Fix the Crumbling Wall of Blasphemy". In: European Public Law, Vol. 28, No. 2, S. 297-318.
Virgili, Tommaso/Gemolo, Matteo (2022): "Religions and LGBTI Rights. God Is Not a Trump Card". In: Human Rights in the 21st Century - Blog of the European Liberal Forum, 17.01.2022.
Virgili, Tommaso/Giacalone, Giovanni (2022): Muslim Brotherhood and Khomeinism in Italy. The Told and the Untold. Report 28/May 2022. s.l.: European Eye on Radicalization (EER).
2021
Stott, Paul/Virgili, Tommaso (2021): Network of Networks. The Muslim Brotherhood in Europe. Brussels: The European Conservatives and Reformists Group in the European Parliament (ECR Group).
Virgili, Tommaso (2021): "Europe and COVID-19. The Rule of Law Has Fallen Ill". In: European Eye on Radicalization, 05.04.2021. (auch erschienen in arabischer Sprache)
Virgili, Tommaso (2021): "Islamo-Communist-Nazi-Fascism. The Muslim Brotherhood and Its Muses". In: Rashid al-Khayoun (Ed.): Hardline Movements and the Hijacking of Societies. Nazis, Fascists, and the Muslim Brotherhood. Monthly Periodic Book Published by Al-Mesbar Studies and Research Center, Vol. 176. Dubai: Al-Mesbar Studies & Research Center, S. 27-45. (in arabischer Sprache)
Virgili, Tommaso/Stott, Paul (2021): Aligning Principles and Practice. EU Assistance to the Palestinian Authority and Palestinian NGOs - Rethinking the Approach to Meet Normative Goals. Washington, DC: B'nai B'rith International.
2020
Ashworth, Lillie/Tadesse, Mahalet/Virgili, Tommaso (2020): Freedom of Thought Report 2020. Key Countries Edition - A Global Report on the Rights,Legal Status and Discrimination Against Humanists, Atheists and the Non-Religious. Humanists International.
Virgili, Tommaso (2020): "Il futuro del sogno europeo e dei suoi valori universali tra multiculturalismo e integrazione". In: Loredana Teodorescu (Ed.): Riflessioni sul futuro dell'Europa. Un confronto generazionale per rilanciare l'UE. Studi e Documenti Di Diritto Internazionale e Comunitario, Vol. 77. Napoli: Editoriale Scientifica, S. 95-102.