Dr. Adrian Ciani
Biography
Dr. Ciani recently published a chapter on Vatican neutrality in the Second World War in the 'Routledge History of the Second World War' (2022), and his chapter titled 'Vatican Neutrality and the Great War' will be published in the forthcoming 'Routledge History of the First World War' (forthcoming August 2024).
He has contributed a chapter on the Popes and the Jews since the French Revolution to the forthcoming Cambridge History of the Papacy, a three volume edition which examines the history of the papacy from its origins to present, forthcoming in the fall of 2024.
He has also submitted the final manuscript of his book project, titled 'Sacred Ground: The Vatican, American Catholics and the Palestine Question', which examines the international Catholic response to the rise of Zionism and the partition of Palestine. It will be published by McGill-Queen's University Press in early 2025.
Adjunct Professor of Church History
EDUCATION
B.A. (Hons) University of Toronto, 1998
M.A. University of New Brunswick, 2003
Ph.D. Western University, 2011
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS / SELECTED AREAS OF SERVICE / PASTORAL WORK
Books:
Contesting Zion: The Vatican, American Catholics and the Partition of Palestine (McGill-Queen's University Press, 2025)
Book Chapters:
The Papacy and the Jews Since the French Revolution", in Joelle Rollo-Koster, Robert A. Ventresca, et al., The Cambridge History of the Papacy (Cambridge University Press, 2025): pp. 770-792.
"Vatican Neutrality and the Great War", in Paul R. Bartrop, ed., The Routledge History of the First World War (Routledge, 2025): pp. 712-723.
"Apolitical Arbiter? The Vatican as a Neutral During the Second World War", in Paul R. Bartrop, ed., The Routledge History of the Second World War (Routledge, 2022): pp. 576-590.
Journal Articles:
"An Imperialist Irishman: Bishop Michael Fallon, the Diocese of London and the Great War", Historical Studies (2008): 73-94.
Media:
"Vatican and Ottawa make natural allies", National Post, November 10, 2009.