Antonella Ghignoli

Antonella Ghignoli (Pisa, 1963) is Full Professor in Paleography at Sapienza - University of Rome, Department of "History Anthropology Religions Art Performing Arts", Senior Research Fellow at Sapienza School of Advanced Studies (2018-2021), member of the academic Board of the PhD in "Cultural Heritage Studies. Texts, Writings, Images" at the University "G. d'Annunzio" Chieti-Pescara, and currently Principal Investigator of the ERC funded project NOTAE (ERC Advanced Grant 2017 - 786572), "NOT A writtEn word but graphic symbols. NOTAE: An evidence-based reconstruction of another written world in pragmatic literacy from Late Antiquity to early medieval Europe": Official Website . She studied at the University of Pisa (Laurea cum laude in History, with a Thesis in Palaeography and Diplomatics, 1988), at the University of Florence (PhD in Medieval History) and, thanks to a Research Fellowship, at the University of Leipzig (Quellenkunde und historische Hilfswissenschaften, 1989-1990) and at the École Française de Rome (Moyen Age, 2000). Her teaching career began as Assistant Professor (in permanent position) for Latin Paleography, Codicology, Diplomatics and for Latin Literature too at the University La Tuscia -Viterbo (2001-2006); subsequently as Assistant Professor for Diplomatics and History of Palaeography and Diplomatics at the University of Florence (2006-2011), then as Assistant Professor for Diplomatics at la Sapienza - University of Rome, finally as Full Professor at the same university. She has lectured extensively in Italy and abroad. She is member of the Scientific Counseling Board of the Istituto storico italiano per il medio evo (ISIME), of the "Deputazione di storia patria per la Toscana", corresponding member of the Accademia senese degli Intronati (Siena), member of the "Centro Interuniversitario per la Storia e l'Archeologia dell'Alto Medioevo" (SAAME), of the Féderation Internationale des Instituts d'Études Médievales (F.I.D.E.M.), of the "Association Paléographique internationale. Culture Écriture Société" (APICES), of the "Associazione italiana dei paleografi e diplomatisti" (AIPD) and of the "Società italiana degli storici medievisti" (SISMED). She edits (with François Bougard and Wolfgang Huschner) the series "Italia Regia. Fonti e ricerche per la storia medievale" published at Eudora-Verlag, Leipzig (BRD). She is a member of the editorial board of the Journal «Archivio storico italiano», member of the steering commitee of the journal «Culture del testo e del documento» (Vecchiarelli Editore, Manziana, Italy), member of the scientific committee of the journals «Scrineum» and «Documenta». She is active as a referee for many journals: «Archivio storico italiano», «Bullettino dell‘Istituto storico italiano per il medio evo», «Quaderni storici», «Reti medievali Rivista», «Studi medievali», «Quaderni storici», «Mélanges de l'École française de Rome. Moyen Age», «Quellen und Forschungen aus italienischen Archiven und Bibliotheken», «Archivio storico per la Calabria e la Lucania», «Acta Universitatis Carolinae Philologica». Her main fields of interest include: writings and documents from the late antiquity to the early middle ages; charters of rulers and literacy in medieval Europe (7th.-12th. century); graphic, cultural, legal and political aspects of the activity of medieval notaries; literacy and writing practices of the communal age in Italy; transmission, textual criticism and critical edition of documentary sources for medieval history; methodology of history and research methodologies in palaeography and diplomatics; books and libraries of the Renaissance