Beatrice Girotti

She holds a PhD in History (Ancient History) from the University of Bologna (2006). After being a postdoctoral fellow and a research fellow, she has been a Associate Professor at the same university. She carries out her research in the field of ancient history, particularly Roman history. Her research interests are specifically aimed at the study of tarodic historiography, both pagan and Christian, with the related social analysis of the underlying ancient reality. She also focuses her research on historiographic issues related to gender, with a transdisciplinary and transcultural methodological approach that is focused on the complex significance of the distinctive signs of female status, mostly aristocratic.
She is involved in national and international research projects and collaborates with various institutions. She is currently working on a research project focusing on communication codes, value systems and political vocabulary in Late Antiquity.Since 2021 she has been a member of the Quality Assurance Commission for the History degree.