Paolo Ostinelli

Paolo Ostinelli serves as a Lecturer at the Faculty of Communication, Culture and Society and the Institute of Italian Studies (ISI) at the University of Italian Switzerland (USI), while concurrently holding a Titular Professorship in Medieval History at the University of Zurich and working as an Archivist at the State Archives of Canton Ticino in Bellinzona.

His academic foundation includes:

• Doctorate in Medieval History, University of Zurich
• Habilitation (Libera Docenza) in Medieval History, University of Zurich

Professor Ostinelli specializes in socio-institutional dynamics of the Alpine region during the late Middle Ages and early modern period, with particular emphasis on community organizations, papal curia operations, and Swiss Confederation development. His methodological expertise spans notarial/papal diplomatics and analog/digital documentary editing of Vatican and Ticino archival sources, bridging auxiliary historical sciences with cultural analysis of ecclesiastical territories.

His scholarly output focuses on institutional history within Alpine contexts, papal administrative structures, and critical editions of primary sources from Vatican and Ticino archives, reflecting deep engagement with medieval governance systems and cross-border ecclesiastical relations.