Antonio Virgili (born in Napoli, 1957 ) is an Italian social sciences and integrative medicine professor, researcher, and consultant. He is the scientific director of the Italian Institute of Social Sciences, president of the Centro Studi Internazionali, president of Corpo Italiano di San Lazzaro, and vice president of the Lazarus Union. In 2019, he was appointed by the High Council of the Judiciary and the Ministry of Justice as an Honorary Judge at Youth Courts. He has authored numerous articles,Some of them available in international indexes, for ex.: http://popindex.princeton.edu/browse/v53/n1/f.html essays, and books,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 ; https://openlibrary.org/authors/OL2467991A/Antonio_Virgili; and is a scholar of esotericismSee for example the ESSWE official website: http://www.esswe.org/#members/323/index.html and heraldic and symbology studies.Member of some Heraldry and Genealogical societies, his interest is mainly European heraldry, for example see: International Journal of History, The Augustan Society, Orlando (USA), 2008; Blasonario della nobilta' napoleonica in Italia, Ed. The Sailing Ship, 2008; Dacia, Copenhagen, 2004 He is also the second duke of Castelvenere. He inherited the title from his father: Fernando Virgili the first duke of Castelvenere.See U.S. Heraldic Registry:{Cite web|url=https://usheraldicregistry.com/index.php?n=Registrations.20150217A – US Heraldic Registry Archives}
Career After a period of field research in 1983, Virgili obtained a position as a professor of social psychology and methodology of social research at the Higher Institute of Sociology. He was a collaborator at the University of Naples Federico II, and also chairman for medical anthropology of the International Council of Integrative Medicine in Australia. He was among the founding members of the Asian Population Association and the Victimology Support International Observatory and Network-VISIONSee the article of presentation: http://www.ulixesnews.it/?p=232 as 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 neuro-social sexology at UNISED,See the organizational structure of UNISED at and professor at the university centre UNILUDES (Lugano). He is also a researcher and consultant in social sciences, neurosciencesSee about some of his activities at http://www.soma-psiche.org/training-and-cme-courses.htmlor also: http://www.sipneicampania.org/virgili-dott-antonio.html and clinical reflexology.Mainly working in the field of research on the clinical applications of reflexology: Studio Di Biomed of Reflexologists Professional Members, United Kingdom 2007; Reflexology Studio
Virgili has authored over fifty essays and scientific articles and has worked with various newspapers. He has lectured at dozens of conferences for disseminating scienceObtaining 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; Rotary Firenze; Profumi del Mediterraneo and collaborated with Rotary International,Meetings, Rotary Club Florence, 37, 2009 Lions Club InternationalSee: Lions District 108YA Yearbook 2012; Lions Club Napoli Europa Gianpaolo Cajati and Kiwanis.
He is a member of The Society of the Friends of St. George's,Annual Report 2006, The Society of St George, Windsor Castle (UK) the Istituto Italiano per l´Africa e l´Oriente; the Society for Geographical Studies, the New York Academy of Sciences, the American Psychosomatic Society, the Italian Society of Economics Demography and Statistics, the European Sociological Association and the Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality. He is the chairman of the Culture Commission at LIDU (Italian League for Human Rights)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 and one of the international vice presidents of the Lazarus Union (International NGO).See Lazarus Union official website http://www.lazarus-union.net/about-us/struktur/executive-/?lang=en
As an artist he has exhibited his photos in cities like New York, Paris, Malta, and Tokyo.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
Honors and awards Dynastic honours Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Eagle of Georgia (Bagrationi dynasty) Commander of the Order of Saint Michael of the Wing (House of Braganza) Commander of the Order of the Iron Crown Knight of Merit of the Sacred Military Constantinian Order of Saint George (House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies) Bronze Medal of Merit of the Sacred Military Constantinian Order of Saint George (House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies) Knight of the Order of Merit of Savoy (House of Savoy)
Honorary title Kentucky Colonel Arkansas Traveler
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 La mia vita è fedele a Viltrum, Ed. Accad. Pontzen, Napoli, 1996 L´Øresund: regione transfrontaliera della nuova Europa, Mem. Geografiche, Univ. Firenze, 1996 Itinerari di scienze sociali Mugnano di Napoli e la mia vita, 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. 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 La tradizione napoleonica, Ed. CSI, Napoli, 2005. Lessons of Clinical Reflexology, RS Ed., (I ed.), 2007 Culti misterici ed orientali a Pompei, Gangemi, Roma, 2008. 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
A Guide to Masters, CSO, Milan, 1996 A Guide to Masters, CSO, Milan, 1997 Marquis Who'Who in the World, NJ, 1997