prof. Fulvio Delle Donne
Full Professor of
Medieval and Humanistic Latin Literature
Italian academic SDD: FLMR-01/A (ex L-Fil-Let/08)
Italian academic SC: 10/FLMR-01 (ex 10/E1)
prof. Fulvio Delle Donne
Full Professor of
Medieval and Humanistic Latin Literature
Italian academic SDD: FLMR-01/A (ex L-Fil-Let/08)
Italian academic SC: 10/FLMR-01 (ex 10/E1)
Fulvio Delle Donne. Full Professor of Medieval and Humanistic Latin Literature (SSD FLMR-01/A) at the University of Naples Federico II; qualified as Full Professor also for Medieval History.
My extensive scientific production combines philological-literary and historical methods or interests, covering a wide chronological arch from the 6th to the 16th century. I have published about 50 books, including monographs and critical editions, and about 200 articles in volumes and in international scientific journals (mainly of Class A).
I am Director or member of the Scientific Commitees of numerous Class A Journals and editorial Series, and I am the Leader of PNRR Goals, PRIN and many others international scientific projects supported and funded in Italy and other countries (PNRR Tech4Y, PRIN IMPERI SITUS, etc.).
I am the winner of an international scientific prize (Stauferpreis, Germany; Best Researcher, India; Premio Basilicata).
I am the President of the European Center for Studies on Aragonese Humanism and Renaissance - CESURA, and the Director of the connected International Interuniversity Center. I am Membre acadèmic corresponent a l’estranger (elected) of the Reial Acadèmia de Bones Lletres de Barcelona; Member of the Commission d’admission des membres de l'École française de Rome; Membre associé of the LaMOP - Laboratoire de Médiévistique occidentale de Paris (Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne).
I am also the President of the Association for the Latin Middle Ages and Humanism (CoMUL), of the Scientific Committee for the project aimed at improving and enhancing the accessibility of Castel del Monte, the Scientific Director of the Festival “Federico II - Stupor Mundi”, and of the “Fantastico Medioevo” project.
I have been, among other roles, a Member of the Organizing Committee for the celebrations of the Eighth Centenary of the Foundation of the University of Naples “Federico II”, for which I served as the referent on the figure of Frederick II.
From 2008 to 2024 I was a professor at the University of Basilicata, whwew I performed several organizational positions within the University (Director of the Basilicata University Press and of the University Central Library; member of PQA; Research Commission) and the Department DiSU (Director of Master’s Degree Course in European History and Civilization; President of “Paritetica”; member of Research Commission and HQ).
My main lines of research are: rhetoric, medieval epistolography and ars dictaminis; medieval and humanistic historiography; literary legitimacy of power in medieval and humanistic age; culture and cultural institutions in medieval and humanistic age; transmission and tradition of ancient texts; ecdotics theory and practice.