Role
Honorary Professor of Modern History, University of Rome "La Sapienza", Faculty of Letters and Philosophy, Department of History, Anthropology, Religions, Art, and Entertainment (SARAS).
Bio
Marina Caffiero graduated in Modern History from the University of Rome La Sapienza, where she began her research career in 1982. After serving as associate professor and lecturer at the University of Camerino, she returned to Sapienza as a full professor of Modern History, also holding positions as director of doctoral programs and advanced training courses.
Her research focuses on the religious and cultural history of the modern age, with particular attention to the history of Judaism, relations between Jews and Christians, the history of religious minorities, the history of the Inquisition, witchcraft, persecutions, and gender studies, including women's writings.
She founded and directs the series "La memoria restituita. Fonti per la storia delle donne" (Restored Memory. Sources for Women's History) and the online magazine "Giornale di storia." She is the author of numerous monographs and edited volumes on the history of Judaism, forced baptisms, the Inquisition, and women's history, which have received national and international awards.
She is currently the scientific director of the Ernesta Besso Foundation, based in Rome at Largo Argentina 11, for which she directs a series of studies and research on gender history and has organized an annual prize for the best unpublished thesis.