Fabio LEONE

CURRENT POSITIONS

• Sept. 2024-present, Adjunct Professor, University of Bologna (Forlì Campus), Department of Polictia and Scoial Secineces.
• Jan. 2023-present, Adjunct Professor, University of Ca Foscari,Venice, Department of Asian and North African Studies.

RESEARCH AREAS

History of India; Politics and Political Economy in India; South Asian History and Politics; Theory of Nationalism; Theory of Democratization; Political Leadership; Indian Foreign Policy; International Relations (especially South Asia);Comparative Politics and Political Economy (especially South Asia); 

WORK EXPERIENCE

• Sept. 2023- sept. 2024, Adjunct Professor, University of Padova, Department of Historical and Geographic Sciences and the Ancient World (DiSSGeA)
• Sept. 2022- Sept. 2023, Adjunct Professor, University of Siena, Department of Social, Political and Cognitive Sciences (DISPOC),
• Sept. 2022- sept. 2023, Teaching Assistant to History of International Relations, Alma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna, Department of Political and Social Sciences, Forlì, Italy,
• Sept. 2021 – August 2022 Post-doctoral Research Fellow,University of Eastern Piedmont Amedeo Avogadro (UPO), Department of Law, Political, Economic and Social Sciences, Alessandria, Italy
• April 2021 – May 2022 Adjunct Professor Alma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna, Department of Political and Social Sciences, Bologna, Italy Teaching Political Science A-E (seminar module) (undergraduate); Political Science F-N (seminar module) (undergraduate)
• Feb. 2019 – Sept. 2019 Adjunct Professor Alma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna, Department of Political and Social Sciences, Bologna, Italy Teaching Political Science O-Z (module 2) (undergraduate)
• Sept. 2018 – Present Teaching Assistant Alma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna, Department of Political and Social Sciences, Bologna Italy Support and Teaching – courses in Introduction to International Politics (undergraduate); International Relations (undergraduate)
• Sept. 2018 – Sept. 2020 Teaching Assistant Alma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna, Department of Political and Social Sciences, Bologna Italy Support and Teaching – Courses in Political Science A-E (undergraduate); Political Science F-N(postgraduate)Department of Political and Social Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy 
• Feb.  2011 – April 2011 Visiting Researcher Institute of Commonwealth Studies, School of Advanced Study, University of London, UK Research

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

• 2014, Ph.D. in Comparative and European Politics, University of Siena, Siena, Italy
  
• 2006, Master of Arts in Middle East Studies, University of Urbino Carlo Bo, Urbino, Italy
  
• 2000 – 2004, Master Degree (Laurea vecchio ordinamento) in Political Science, University of Catania, Catania, Italy

PUBLICATIONS

Books

• F. Leone (2019) Prophet and Statesman in Crafting Democracy in India. Political Leadership, Ideas, and Compromises, Lanham, MD: Lexington Books

Peer-reviewed Journal Articles and books Chapters

• F.Leone (2019) “Sri Lanka 2018: The Unfinished Drama of Island State Democracy”, in Michelgugliemo Torri e Nicola Mocci (eds.),Asia Maior Vol. XXIX/2018. Reacting to Donald Trump’s Challenge. Rome: Viella
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• F.Leone (2018) “Sri Lanka 2017: The Uncertain Road of the «Yahapalayanaya» Government?”, in Michelgugliemo Torri, Elisabetta Basile e Nicola Mocci (eds.), Asia Maior Vol. XXVIII/2017. Asia in the Waning Shadow of American Hegemony, Rome: Viella 331-350 (ISBN 978-88-3313-044-6).
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• F.Leone (2017) “Sri Lanka 2016: Does the New Era Continue?”, in Michelgugliemo Torri e Nicola Mocci (eds.), Asia Maior Vol. XXVII/2016. The End of the Obama Era in Asia, Rome: Viella, 297-313 (ISBN 978-88-6728-885-4).

Non-peer-reviewed Journal Articles

• [1] F.Leone (2015) - “Democrazie dinastiche: la famiglia Nehru-Gandhi e la costruzione della democrazia in India”, RdP - Rivista di Politica, N.3, July-September, 59-73, (ISSN 2037-495X)

OP-EDS, EDITORIALS AND REVIEWINGS

• Leone F. “Book Review: Maya Tudor, The Promise of Power: The Origins of Democracy in India and Autocracy in Pakistan”, Political Studies Review, Vol. 14, Issue 3, 2016, DOI:1.1177/1478929916644549
• Leone, F. “Review of Political Leadership, Nascent Statehood and Democracy. A comparative study, by Urlika Möller and Isabell Schierenbeck”, Democratization, Vol. 23, Issue 4, 770-772, 2016, SDOI: 10.1080/13510347.2015.1074568.

TEACHING EXPERIENCES AND SEMINARS

• Sept 2022, Lecturer – India in the new multipolar context between globalization and de-globalization (Undergraduate-level seminar within Summer School Jean Monnet Module EGA – Europe in the Global Age), University of Eastern Piedmont Amedeo Avogadro (UPO), Italy
• Dec 2021, Guest Lecturer – Indian Foreign Policy in the Global World (Undergraduate-level seminar within the Master Program in International relations), University of Eastern Piedmont Amedeo Avogadro (UPO), Italy
• 2018-2022 Guest Lecturer - India as Great Power (Undergraduate); Bureaucracy (Undergraduate); Introduction to EU Political system (Undergraduate); EU Policy Making (Undergraduate), University of Bologna, Italy
• May 2017, Guest Lecturer – India-China Relations, (Postgraduate-level seminar), Master Program in Global Governance, Cultural Diplomacy and International Relations University of Siena, Italy,
• November 2015, Guest Lecturer – India in Africa, (Undergraduate-level seminar) Department of Human and Social Sciences, University for Foreigners of Perugia, Italy
• Oct 2010 – Jan 2011 Lecturer– Political Science (undergraduate level seminars), University of Siena, Italy

SUPERVISIONS

2022, Department of Political and Social Sciences, University of Bologna, Italy (Bachelor Thesis)

GRANT AND SCHOLARSHIP

2021-22 Research Grant - University of Eastern Piedmont Amedeo Avogadro (UPO-Università del Piemonte Orientale), Italy

• 2008-2011three-year PhD scholarship - University of Catania, Italy

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES PRESENTATION AND INVITED TALKS

• 2023, European Conference for South Asian Studies 2023 (ECSAS23), European Association for South Asian Studies (EASAS), University of Turin, Italy, 26-28 July.
• 2022 Bandung-Belgrade-Havana in Global History and Perspective. What dreams, what challenges, what projects for a global future? International, Inter-and-Trans Disciplinary Conference, ARSIP Nasional Republik of Indonesia, Jakarta, Universitas Padjadjaran Bandung, Universitas Airlangga Surabaya, Universitas Udayana Bali, Indonesia, November
• 2021 BASAS Annual Conference, British association for South Asian studies (BASAS), The University of Edinburgh, UK
• 2019, 69th PSA Political Studies Association Annual International Conference, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, United Kingdom, 15-17 April
• 2017, Centro studi Popoli Extraeuropei Cesare Bonacossa (CSPE) and Asia-Maior Conference ‘L’Asia alla fine dell’era Obama’ (Asia and the End of Obama Era), University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy, October
• 2017, 11th ECPR General Conference, European Consortium for Political Research, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway, 6-9 September
• 2017, 9th ADI Annual Conference, Asian Dynamics Initiative, University of Copenhagen, Denmark, 26-28 June
• 2016, 30th SISP Annual Conference, Italian Political Science Association, University of Milano, Milano, Italy, 15-17 September
• 2016, Round Table on Emerging Security Challenges in The Indian Ocean Region, Centro studi Popoli Extraeuropei Cesare Bonacossa (CSPE), University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy,
• 2011, 3rd WISC Global International Studies Conference, World International Studies Committee, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal, 17-20 August
• 2011, 3rd SISP Graduate Conference, Italian Political Science Association, University of Torino, Torino, Italy;
• 2010, 3rd ECPR Graduate Conference, European Consortium for Political Research, Dublin City University(DCU), Dublin, Ireland

MEMBERSHIP 

• Italian Society of International History (Società italiana di storia internazionale – SISI)
• Italian Society for Contemporary History Studies (Società Italiana per lo Studio della Storia Contemporanea -SISSCO);
• Asia Maior – The Italian Think Thank on Asia.
• British Association for South Asian Studies (BASAS);
• European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR)