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».