Dr Marco Ceccarelli, BA (Honours), MA, PhD

Early Church, Medieval and Reformation Church history
Vatican II
Catholic Social Thought
Australian Church History
Contemporary global Catholicism

Early Church history
Australian Church history
Legacy of Pope Francis and Pope Leo XIV
Interfaith dialogue (Judaism, Christianity, Islam)
Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Ceccarelli, Marco, and Odhran O’Brien, eds. The Knights of the Southern Cross in Western Australia: A History from 1922 to 2022. UWA Publishing, 2025.

Ceccarelli, Marco. “Narratives of Non-Violence: The Catholic Response to Italian Left-Wing Terrorism.” In 1968: Five Decades On, edited by Thomas V. Gourlay and Daniel Matthys Eugene, 87–102. Pickwick Publications, 2020.

Ceccarelli, Marco. “Analysing the Ideological Roots of Terrorism: La Civiltà Cattolica and Catholic Responses to Islamic Fundamentalism in the Twenty-First Century.” In The Root Causes of Terrorism: A Religious Studies Perspective, edited by Mahmoud Masaeli, 219–39. Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2016.

Ceccarelli, Marco. “Dialogue as a Weapon against Violent Extremism: Jesuit Responses to Persecuted Christian Minorities in the Islamic World.” In The Root Causes of Terrorism: A Religious Studies Perspective, edited by Mahmoud Masaeli, 241–57. Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2016.

Ceccarelli, Marco. “Return to the Heart of Christ Consciousness: What Implications for Today’s Quest for Global Ethics?” In Cosmic Consciousness and Human Excellence: Implications for Global Ethics, edited by Mahmoud Masaeli. Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2016.

Ceccarelli, Marco, and Odhran O’Brien. “Negotiating Faith and the State: Bishop Matthew Gibney and Catholic Education in Western Australia.” The Journal of Church and State. Forthcoming.

Ceccarelli, Marco. “Catholic Thought as Soft-Counterterrorism: La Civiltà Cattolica on Non-Violent Solutions to Islamic Terrorism.” The Journal of Religion and Violence 2, no. 1 (2014): 6–44.

2021 - “The Fifth Plenary Council of Australia and the Road towards Synodality.” Presented at the Catholic Social Services Western Australia (CSSWA) Walking with His People Symposium, Newman Siena Centre, Perth, November 2021.

2015 - “The Christian Press in Contemporary Academic Discourse and the Media.” Presented at the forty-first Australian Religious Press Association Conference, Brisbane, August 2015.

2011 - “Revolutionary Self-Fulfilment? Nihilism, Terrorism, and Self-Destruction in Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s The Devils.” Presented at the AAEH Twenty-Second Biennial Conference, The University of Western Australia, July 2011.

“From a Clash of Civilisations to a Dialogue between Civilisations: Catholic Thought and Islamic Terrorism.” Presented at The Root Causes of Terrorism: A Religious Studies Perspective International Conference, Leiden University, the Netherlands, May 2011.

2009 - “Dostoyevsky’s Demons: Individual Radicalisation and Terrorism in the Works of Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky.” Presented at the Fourth Annual LIMINA Conference, The University of Western Australia, June 2009.

2008 - “From False to Revolutionary Consciousness: Clandestinity and Radicalisation amongst Italian Terrorist Militants of the 1970s.” Presented at the Third Annual LIMINA Conference, The University of Western Australia, July 2008.

The Knights of the Southern Cross in Western Australia: A History from 1922 to 2022: https://vimeo.com/1196281053/52f3d1ea1f

Member of organising committee for the 2023–2024 Perth Archdiocesan Assembly

Chief organiser of UNDA Australian Catholic Church History Symposium 2021, 2022 and 2023

Chief organiser of Interfaith Conference between Catholic and Jewish communities of Perth on occasion of Nostra Aetate Anniversary - Perth Hebrew Congregation Synagogue, 18 November 2015.

2026 — “Knights of the Southern Cross History: A Century of Faith, Service, Fellowship, and Contribution.” The Record, June 18, 2026. https://therecord.com.au/news/community/knights-of-the-southern-cross-a-century-of-faith-service-fellowship-and-contribution/

2022 — “UNDA and Archdiocese Pathway Program Places Theology Studies in Demand.” The Record, March 3, 2022. https://therecord.com.au/news/local/unda/unda-and-archdiocese-pathway-program-places-theology-studies-in-demand/

2020 — “Renewal Is Absolutely Necessary, Say Plenary Council Delegates.” The Record, August 20, 2020. https://therecord.com.au/news/podcast/renewal-is-absolutely-necessary-say-plenary-council-delegates/

2017 — “Interfaith Dialogue after the Murder of Father Jacques Hamel.” ABC Religion and Ethics, July 27, 2017. https://www.abc.net.au/religion/articles/2017/07/27/4708796.htm

2017 — "The privilege of growing up with my brother Andrea," The Record, February 27, 2017. https://therecord.com.au/news/local/the-privilege-of-growing-up-with-my-brother-andrea/

Director of Centre for Faith Enrichment, the Archdiocese of Perth's official adult faith formation agency.

Member of International Advisory Board of Alternative Perspectives and Global Concerns (APGC) – Canada.

Member of the Fifth Plenary Council of Australia, 2021 - 2022

2015 - Winner of the Ramon Williams Scholarship to speak at the Australian Religious Press Association (ARPA) Conference in Brisbane.

2010 - Éperon Prize – fund for European Studies students who have demonstrated  academic excellence and evidence of strong research capabilities.

2007 - Adeste Humaniores Award – awarded to post-graduate students who achieved a distinction in their Honours thesis.