Antonio Virgili
Antonio Virgili (Naples, 1957) is an Italian professor, researcher and consultant.
For more than thirty five years he has studied human sciences (psychology, neuroscience,[1] sociology,[2] geography,[3] anthropology), social and integrative medicine. He is the Scientific Director of the Italian Institute of Social Sciences, President of the Center for International Studies, President of Corpo Italiano di San Lazzaro and Vice President of the Lazarus Union. In 2019 appointed by the Consiglio Superiore della Magistratura -High Council of the Judiciary (Italy)- and Decree of the Ministero della Giustizia as an Honorary Judge at Youth Courts.[4] Author of numerous articles,[5] essays and books[6] scholar of esoteric,[7] heraldic and symbology studies.[8] Son of Fernando Virgili, he inherited the title of Duke of Castelvenere.[9]
Biography
Graduated in Sociology, with Gino Germani and Augusto Graziani, at the University of Naples "Federico II". He later graduated in Psychological Sciences and Techniques and in Clinical Psychology at the University "Guglielmo Marconi" of Rome. He specialized in Social Psychiatry and in Psychotechnics at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Naples "Federico II" and is formed as a Social and Health Educator. He continued his studies at various universities and institutions like the University of Rome "La Sapienza", University of Rome "Tor Vergata", University of Florence, the Diplomatic Institute and at further Italian and foreign centers, obtaining two Master, earning the title of Medicine Doctor in Alternative Medicine MD (AM) and a Specialization in Neurosociology. Among others, has expanded his studies at the School for Advanced Studies of the Italian Institute for Philosophical Studies and the Baylor College of Medicine.
Activities
After a period of field research, in 1983 obtained a position as Professor of Social Psychology and Methodology of Social Research at the Higher Institute of Sociology. Already a collaborator at the University of Naples "Federico II", was Chairman for the medical anthropology of the International Council of Integrative Medicine (Australia). He has been among the founding members of the Asian Population Association and the Victimology Support International Observatory and Network-VISION,[10] whose is the coordinator of the department for "Stress, post-traumatic stress and DAS". He is currently the Scientific Director of the Italian Institute of Social Sciences and the Center of International Studies; Professor of Neurosocial Sexology at UNISED,[11] and professor at the university center UNILUDES (Lugano). Researcher and consultant in social sciences, neurosciences[12][13] and clinical reflexology.[14]
Author of more than fifty essays and science articles, has worked with various newspapers and specialised magazines such as: Africa, Protec, Review of Psychology and Sociology, Ethno Anthropological and Sociological Studies, Mare dei Popoli (of which he was Deputy Director), Journal of Geographical Studies, Antologia Medica, etc. Has given tens of conferences for disseminating science[15] and collaborated with Rotary International,[16] Lions Club International[17] and Kiwanis.
Scholar of history and heraldry, life member of The Society of the Friends of St. George's,[18] Virgili is also a member of numerous scientific organizations including the Istituto Italiano per l´Africa e l´Oriente; Society for Geographical Studies, New York Academy of Sciences, the American Psychosomatic Society, the Italian Society of Economics Demography and Statistics, European Sociological Association and the Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality. Chairman of the Culture Commission at LIDU (Italian League for Human Rights)[19] and one of the International Vice Presidents of the Lazarus Union (International NGO).[20] As an artist has exhibit his photos in New York, Paris, Malta, Tokyo, etc.[21]
Books
- Modernizzazione e transizione demografica, ISS, Napoli, 1982
- Il personale delle Unità Sanitarie Locali in Campania (co-autore), CNITE, Roma, 1984
- La contraccezione nelle adolescenti" (co-autore con F. ferraro), Ricerca Medica Ed., 1984
- Trasformazioni urbane e domanda di integrazione spaziale: il caso della 167 di Secondigliano (co-autore), LAN/FORMEZ, Napoli, 1985
- Saggi scelti, Ed. Accad. Pontzen, Napoli, 1996
- L´Øresund: regione transfrontaliera della nuova Europa, Mem. Geografiche, Univ. Firenze, 1996
- Itinerari di scienze sociali, Ed. CSI, Napoli, 1999
- Storia dell'Ordine militare e ospedaliere di San Giovanni d'Acri e San Tommaso, Ediz. Anselmi, Napoli, 1999
- New perspectives in teaching activity: artificial environments and new technologies, Working Papers, Arion, 2001
- La rivoluzione silenziosa, Ed. CSI/Anselmi, Napoli, 2002. ISBN 88-88393-005
- La bottega dei saperi: percorsi tra storia e geografia (co-autore), Ediz. IRRE, Napoli, 2002
- Il fantasma del localismo, Ummarino Editore, Napoli, 2003
- Aspetti dell'eredità bizantina, Ed. OSS/CSI, Napoli 2003
- La formazione a distanza, Ed. CERGE, Napoli 2004[22]
- La tradizione napoleonica, Ed. CSI, Napoli, 2005. ISBN 88-88393-013
- Lessons of Clinical Reflexology, RS Ed., (I ed.), 2007
- Culti misterici ed orientali a Pompei, Gangemi, Roma, 2008. ISBN 978-88-492-1409-3
- Prevenzione, benessere e medicina integrativa, (Dispense corso seminariale), Ediz. El., 2010
- Nuove frontiere della ricerca psico-socio-sanitaria, (Dispense corso seminariale) Ediz. El., 2011
- Benessere e prevenzione: l'apporto delle neuroscienze, (Dispense corso seminariale) Ediz. El., 2012
- Stress e sistemi corporei nell'approccio pnei, CSI, Napoli, 2013
- Diffusione e sintomatologia dei disturbi da stress post-traumatico, Aggiornamenti di studio, 2013
- Dalle relazioni mente corpo alle relazioni interpersonali, (Dispense corso seminariale) Ediz.El, 2014
- Neurosociologia e neuroscienze applicate, CSI, Napoli, 2014
References
- Member of the Italian Society of Psychoneuroimmunology (SIPNEI, Roma); The New York Academy of Sciences Directory of Members 1994, NY, USA, 1994
- Directory of Members, International Sociological Association, Madrid, 2006; The Directory of Members, the Population Association of America, 1990
- International Directory of Human Ecologists, College of the Atlantic, 1989; Annuario Societø di Studi Geografici, Firenze.
- https://www.csm.it/web/csm-internet/magistratura/onoraria/bandi-di-concorso
- Some of them available in international indexes, for ex.: http://popindex.princeton.edu/browse/v53/n1/f.html
- See for further references: http://opac.sbn.it/opacsbn/opaclib?db=solr_iccu&resultForward=opac/iccu/brief.jsp&from=1&nentries=10&searchForm=opac/iccu/error.jsp&do_cmd=search_show_cmd&item:5032:Nomi::@frase@=IT\ICCU\CFIV\200920; http://www.internetculturale.it/opencms/ricercaExpansion.jsp?q=&searchType=avanzato&channel__creator=Virgili%2C+Antonio+%3C1957-++++%3E&channel__contributor=Virgili%2C+Antonio+%3C1957-++++%3E&opCha__contributor=OR&opCha__creator=OR Archived 2015-01-04 at the Wayback Machine; https://openlibrary.org/authors/OL2467991A/Antonio_Virgili;
- See for example the ESSWE official website: http://www.esswe.org/#members/323/index.html
- Member of some Heraldry and Genealogical societies, his interest is mainly European heraldry, for example see: "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-01-06. Retrieved 2015-01-15.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) International Journal of History,The Augustan Society, Orlando (USA),2008; Blasonario della nobilta' napoleonica in Italia, Ed. The Sailing Ship, 2008; Dacia, Copenhagen, 2004
- See U.S. Heraldic Registry:{Cite web|url=https://usheraldicregistry.com/index.php?n=Registrations.20150217A - US Heraldic Registry Archives}
- See the article of presentation: http://www.ulixesnews.it/?p=232 Archived 2015-01-04 at the Wayback Machine
- See the organizational structure of UNISED at "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-01-28. Retrieved 2015-01-04.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- See about some of his activities at http://www.soma-psiche.org/training-and-cme-courses.html
- or also: http://www.sipneicampania.org/virgili-dott-antonio.html Archived 2014-11-09 at the Wayback Machine
- Mainly working in the field of research on the clinical applications of reflexology: http://studio.dibiomed.it/specialisti-e-consulenti;Association%5B%5D of Reflexologists Professional Members,United Kingdom 2007;http://www.reflexologystudio.org/
- Obtaining the Silver Medal of the Italian Society for the Advancement of Sciences (SIPS, Roma); See also: Five Thousand Personalities of the World, ABI, Raleigh, 1996; Marquis Who's Who in the World, NJ, 1995; Christian professionals of the working world, Milan, 2005; International Who's Who of Intellectuals, IBC, Cambridge, 1997; http://italiakronos.blogspot.it/2010_05_01_archive.html; http://www.rotaryfirenzesud.org/incontri/incontri_37-09.pdf; http://www.ulixesnews.it/?p=193; http://www.procasamicciola.it/profumimediterraneo.htm; https://www.academia.edu/2121184/Studi_sulla_Massoneria
- Meetings, Rotary Club Florence, 37, 2009
- See: Lions District 108YA Yearbook 2012; http://www.e-clubhouse.org/sites/napoligianpaolocajati/projects.php
- Annual Report 2006, The Society of St George, Windsor Castle (UK)
- Scarpa R., Storia, figure ed azione della Lega Italiana dei Diritti dell'Uomo, Stango Editore, Arezzo, 2015; Calchetti G.,Lorenzelli S., Testimonianza: iniziative, documenti, deliberati, Begliomini, Roma, 2010; see also LIDU official website "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-01-04. Retrieved 2015-01-04.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- See Lazarus Union official website http://www.lazarus-union.net/about-us/struktur/executive-%5B%5Dcommitee/?lang=en
- See, among the others: Art and thoughts without frontiers, Neapolis Academy, Naples, 1994; COMED Yearbook 1995, Reasoned Fine Arts, Milan, 1994;Dictionary of International Biography, IBC, Cambridge, 1996; Pontzen's academicians, Pontzen Academy, 1991
- "Girolamo Aleandro / A. Virgili". 25 May 2020.
- A Guide to Masters, CSO, Milan, 1996
- A Guide to Masters, CSO, Milan, 1997
- Marquis Who'Who in the World, NJ, 1997