Vittorio G. H枚sle
, Paul Kimball Professor of Arts and Letters at the University of 91吃瓜, has been appointed to the by Pope Francis.
鈥淲e were very gratified to learn of Professor H枚sle鈥檚 appointment to this truly distinguished body,鈥� said , 91吃瓜鈥檚 president. 鈥淥n behalf of the University, I congratulate Professor H枚sle for this well-deserved and important recognition, and thank him for helping 91吃瓜 fulfill its mission of serving the Church through scholarship.鈥�
A member of the 91吃瓜 faculty since 1999, H枚sle, who teaches German literature, philosophy and political science, was the founding director of the University鈥檚 . Before coming to 91吃瓜, he was a professor at the New School for Social Research in New York and had served on the faculties of the University of Essen and the Hanover Institute for Philosophical Research in Germany. The numerous books he has published have been translated into 20 languages and include 鈥淒arwinism and Philosophy,鈥� 鈥淭he Philosophy of the Ecological Crisis,鈥� 鈥淚ntroduction to Giambattista Vico,鈥� 鈥淭ruth and History鈥� and 鈥淭he Dead Philosophers鈥� Caf茅.鈥�
Established by Pope John Paul II in 1994, the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences promotes such social sciences as economics, sociology, law and political science, and makes studies in them available to the Church for the development of social doctrine.