Ambassador Andrea Canepari

Professor of Practice

Email axc6624@psu.edu

Education

Master of Laws, LL.M.  University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, Philadelphia, United States 
Dottore, Laurea in Economia Politica (B.A. & Master in Economics equivalent)  Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi, Milan, Italy 
Dottore, Laurea in Giurisprudenza (Law Degree - J.D. Equivalent)  Università degli Studi di Parma, Parma, Italy 
Master of Corporate Law  Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi, Milan, Italy

Biography

Ambassador Andrea Canepari is professor of practice at Penn State School of International Affairs, where he teaches public diplomacy. He also teaches comparative law at Penn State Dickinson Law. He is senior affiliate for the Partnership for Innovation, Cross-Sector Collaboration, Leadership, and Organization (PICCLO) at the University of Pennsylvania. Among his several responsibilities as Italian Diplomat (currently on leave), he served as Ambassador in the Dominican Republic and Consul General in Philadelphia.

His research interests include public and cultural diplomacy with a focus on diaspora, subnational, and food diplomacy. He taught public diplomacy and international relations in several universities, including Bocconi University in Milan. 

He received his BA and MSc. in Economics from Bocconi University, J.D. from University of Parma, and LL.M. from University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School. Among his several international decorations, he received an honorary doctorate from the American University of Rome. 

He is the editor of several books on the Italian Legacy in the world, including one on the Italian Legacy in the Dominican Republic (published in its English edition by St. Joseph University Press and available here) and one on the Italian Legacy in Philadelphia in collaboration with Prof. Judith Goode (published in its English edition by Temple University Press and available here). He wrote several academic articles and op-eds in journals and newspapers worldwide.

Digital editions and other materials can be found at https://issuu.com/ciaosantodomingo.

Read more of his research here and here.

Canepari, Andrea, and Goode, Judith (2023). "The Italian Legacy in Philadelphia: History, Culture, People, and Ideas," Temple University Press, 2021, Philadelphia, U.S.A.; Italian edition by Treccani, 2023, Milan, Italy 

Canepari, Andrea (2021): El Legado Italiano en República Dominicana: Historia, Architectura, Economía y Sociedad, Spanish and Italian editions by Allemandi, Torino, Italy; American edition by St. Joseph University Press, Philadelphia, U.S.A. 

Canepari, Andrea/Molinari, Luca (2007): The Italian Legacy in Washington DC: Architecture, Design, Art and Culture, SKIRA, Milan, Italy

Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters – American University of Rome 

Orden al Mérito de Duarte, Sánchez y Mella Grand Cross with Silver Star of Dominican Republic – Dominican Republic 

Knight of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic – Italian Republic 

Global Philadelphia Biannual Award – Temple University, Philadelphia 

EUFOR Libya CSDP Service Medal for Planning & Support – European Union 

Knight of Magisterial Grace of the Order of Malta – SMOM

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