Maurizio Campanelli

Maurizio Campanelli is a Full Professor at the Department of Modern Literature and Culture, Sapienza University of Rome. His career spans editorial projects, academic collaborations, and international research fellowships, focusing on Italian philology, Latin literature, and humanist studies in medieval and Renaissance contexts.

• Founded and edits L'Ellisse. Studi storici di Letteratura italiana (2006–2016)
• Co-edits the Ficinus Novus series (Aragno Editore) on Marsilio Ficino's works
• Co-directs the digital project Linking Evidence. A Digital Approach to Medieval and Early Renaissance Rome (British Academy-funded)

Research interests include:

• Textual criticism of incunabula and humanist manuscripts
• Latin poetry and satire in 18th-century Arcadia
• Urban history of medieval/Renaissance Rome
• Cultural transmission of classical knowledge
• Manuscript marginalia and reader engagement
• Neoplatonism in Renaissance Italy

Recent publications analyze:

• Latin as a 'living dead language' in modernity
• Philological debates in 18th-century Italian satire
• Digitization of humanist Rome's textual legacy

Scientific recognition includes:

• Certamen Capitolinum LIII award (2002)
• Newberry Library fellowship (2012)
• Discovery Project grants (Australian Research Council)
• Principal Investigator for Sapienza's Progetti di Ricerca Grandi (2018–2020)

Collaborations span institutions like Harvard University's Villa I Tatti, Johns Hopkins University, University of Sydney, and University of Edinburgh, with editorial roles in The Mediaeval Journal, Humanistica Lovaniensia, and BITeS (Biblioteca Italiana di Testi e Studi).