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Francesco Citti

Full Professor

Department of Classical Philology and Italian Studies

Academic discipline: LATI-01/A Latin Language and Literature

Dean of University Library of Bologna

Curriculum vitae

Personal data
Born: 20 November 1964 in Bologna, Italy.
Married.

Education, training and positions:

2014-    full professor of Lingua e Let­te­ra­tura Latina.
2009-    associated professor of Letteratura latina; Lingua latina; Tradizione e permanenza dei classici, Facolty of Arts and Humanities, University of Bologna
2007-    coordinator of the Summer School in Latin Language and Culture, Dipartimento di Filologia Classica e Medioevale, University of Bologna.
2007-    member of the International PhD in “Civilisation of Humanism and Renaissance” (University of Florence - University of Bologna).
2007-    member of the PhD in “Greek and Latin Philology” (University of Bologna).
2001-2014 associated professor of Lingua e Let­te­ra­tura Latina, Faculty of Preservation of Cultural Heritage, University of Bologna (Ravenna).
1996 -   member of the Department of “Storie e Metodi per la Conservazione dei Beni Culturali”, University of Bologna.
1995-2001 researcher (Faculty of Arts; then 1 November 1996-  Faculty of Preservation of Cultural Heritage, Bologna-Ravenna).
1994-1995 Grant of the University of Bologna for Specialization courses at the Seminar für Klassische Philologie, Georg-August Universität, Göttingen.
22.6.1993: Defence of PhD thesis. Thesis title: “Horace, epist. I 5. The dinner invitation between ideology and rhetoric”. Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Gianni Cipriani.
1999-2001 PhD grant in Greek and Latin Philology at the University of Bari.
7.7.1988   Degree in Classics (Literature, specialization: classics), University of Bologna (mark: 110/110 cum laude; thesis title: “Horace and the Greek Anthology's Epigrams”; tutor: prof. A. Traina).

Positions in Scholarly Organizations


2022- member of the Academia Europaea
2017- member of the Commissione per l'Edizione Nazionale delle Opere di Giovanni Pascoli
2011- member of the Accademia Pascoliana (San Mauro).
2007-    member of the Editorial board of the e-journal Griseldaonline (Dipartimento di Italianistica, Università di Bologna).
2007-    member of the Editorial board of the journal «Papers on Rhetoric».
2000-2010    member of the Bologna operating Unit of the Année Philologique's Italian Center (Dipartimento di Filologia Classica, Università di Bologna).
1999-    member of the Centro Studi “La Permanenza del Classico” (Dipartimento di Filologia Classica, Università di Bologna).
1998-    member of the Editorial board of the journal «Eikasmos. Quaderni bolognesi di filologia classica».