Role
Professor Emeritus of Greek History at the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart in Milan and Vice President of the Lombardy Institute - Academy of Sciences and Letters.
Bio
Cinzia Bearzot graduated from the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart in Milan in 1978 and began working there as a researcher in 1984. From 1987, she was an associate professor at Ca' Foscari University of Venice; in 1993, she returned to the Catholic University of Milan, where she continued her academic career, becoming a full professor of Greek history in 2001. She is now professor emerita.
His research began with studies on Isocrates and 4th-century Athenian democracy, then focused on the crisis of democracy at the end of the 5th century, analyzed through figures such as Theramenes and Lysias. He has also studied the history of ancient historiography , Attic law, federalism, and relations between Greeks and foreigners. His research also includes epidemics in the ancient world.
She is the editor of "Erga/Logoi. Journal of Ancient History, Literature, Law, and Culture" and of the "Quaderni di Erga/Logoi" series. She is vice president of the Istituto Lombardo Accademia di Scienze e Lettere, a term expiring in 2026.