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Alessandro Schiesaro is an Honorary Professor of Classics at The University of Manchester, currently serving as Head of School. He holds a Laurea, Diploma, and PhD from Scuola Normale Superiore in Pisa, an MA from UC Berkeley via Fulbright Fellowship, and further studies at Oxford.
- Previous academic roles include:
- Professorships at University of Wisconsin-Madison, Princeton, King’s College London, and Sapienza University of Rome
- Directorships: Graduate Studies at Princeton, Sapienza School for Advanced Studies
- Administrative roles: Head of Department at King’s, Deputy Head of School, and EU Higher Education advisor
Research focuses on Latin literature (Lucretius, Virgil, Ovid, Seneca), literary theory, psychoanalysis, and cultural history. Explores poetry's role in knowledge transmission and philosophy-poetry intersections.
Editor of MAIA journal and editorial board member of Materiali e discussioni and Studi Italiani di Filologia Classica. Visiting Professor at Stanford and frequent lecturer across Europe/US.
- Awards: Fulbright Fellowship, Academia Europaea membership
Contributions include 14 published works across articles/chapters, media expertise via BBC commentaries, and leadership in classical studies initiatives.
