Education. Law degree. School of Law, University of
Bologna (Dissertation in Philosophy of Law, title: "Roscoe Pound
and American Sociological Jurisprudence"). "Diploma in American
Studies", Johns Hopkins University Bologna Center, 1965.
Special Graduate Student, University of Rochester, N.Y., Department
of History, 1965-66. "Libera Docenza" (Italian Ph.D.
equivalent at the time) in "History of Political Doctrines",
1972.
Career. "Assistente volontario" (Assistant),
"Philosophy of Law", Law School, University of Bologna, 1965-68.
"Assistente ordinario", (Tenured Assistant Professor), "History of
Political Doctrines", School of Political Sciences, University of
Bologna, 1968-75. "Professore incaricato" (untenured
Professor), "North American History", School of Political Sciences,
University of Bologna, 1969-75. "Professore ordinario" (Full
Professor), "Storia e Istituzioni dell'America del Nord" (History
and Political Institutions of North America), 1976-2010. Professor
of the Alma Mater, 2010-2. Professor Emeritus, 2012-.
Current positions. Director, Summer School of the
"Interuniversity Committee on Euro-American History and Politics",
CISPEA, of the Universities of Bologna, Eastern Piedmont, Florence,
Rome 3, Triest (2004-).
Previous positions (recent and selected). Founder and Director of
CISPEA (2004-2008); member of the Board "European Association of
American Studies (2002-2007); Chair, Department of Politics,
Institutions, History, University of Bologna (2001-2004,
1981-1985); Member of the Academic Committee, Europaeum Foundation,
Oxford ((2000-7);President , "Italian Association for North
American Studies", AISNA (1998-2001); Director, M.a. in
International Relations of the University of Bologna and Italian
Ministry of Foreign Affairs (1998-2000); member, Editorial Board,
"RSA Journal" of AISNA (1998-2007).
