Alessandro Schiesaro

Alessandro Schiesaro is a Full Professor of Latin Literature at the Scuola Normale Superiore in Pisa, where he is affiliated with the Class of Literature and Philosophy. His academic career spans prestigious institutions including the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Princeton University, King's College London, Sapienza University of Rome, and the University of Manchester.

His educational background includes:

• Bachelor's, Diploma, and Doctorate from Scuola Normale Superiore in Pisa
• MA from University of California, Berkeley (Fulbright Fellowship)
• Additional studies at University of Oxford

Professor Schiesaro's research focuses on Latin literature, literary theory, psychoanalysis, and cultural history. He specializes in the interaction between poetry and philosophy, with primary work on Lucretius, Virgil, Ovid, and Seneca, while also publishing on Horace, Statius, Apuleius, and Leopardi. He is currently authoring a commentary on Aeneid I for Cambridge University Press.

His scientific honors include:

• Fulbright Fellowship
• Membership in Academia Europaea
• Membership in Accademia Pontaniana

He directs the journal MAIA - Rivista di Letterature Classiche and serves on editorial boards for:

• Dictynna
• Materiali e Discussioni per l’Analisi dei Texti Classici
• Rivista di Filologia e Istruzione Classica
• Studi Italiani di Filologia Classica
• Trends in Classics

Administrative roles include Director of the School of Arts, Languages, and Cultures at University of Manchester (2016–2021), Director of Technical Secretariat for Research at Italy's Ministry of Education (2008–2015), first Director of Sapienza School of Advanced Studies, and membership in the European Union's High Level Group on Higher Education Modernization (2012–2015).