Education
1995: Ph. D. (French Doctorat) at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (Paris) (highest honors).

1988: Diplôme d'Études Approfondies (DEA) at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (Paris).

1984: Italian "Laurea" in Classics at the University of Pavia, with a specialisation in Greek Literature (highest honors cum laude).

Professional Experience
2002-present: associate professor of Classics at the UW-Madison
1996-2003: assistant professor of Classics, UW-Madison
1990-1993: lecturer in Italian at Princeton University
1986-1989: tenured instructor of Latin, Greek and Italian Literature at the Italian Liceo (Milan).

Publications
Books:
-Silence in the Land of Logos, Princeton University Press, 2000, pp. 320.
-Wandering in Ancient Greek Culture, The University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 2005, pp. 290.

Articles:
- "La menace du silence pour le héros de l'Iliade", in METIS, VIII, 1993, 161-186
- "Prises de parole, prises de silence dans l'espace public athénien", in Politix n. 26, 1994, 23-41
- "Elogio della prontezza e corse del destino nella tragedia greca", in Kos, June 1997, 61-65
- "Paroles dansées en silence: l'action signifiante de la pantomime et le moi du danseur", Phoenix 53, 1999, 263-280
- "Wandering Philosophers in Classical Greece", The Journal of Hellenic Studies 2000, 86-105
- "Odysseus' return and the memory of wandering," Gaia 7, 2003
- "Should the Aspiring Wise Man Travel? A Dilemma in Seneca’s Thought," forthcoming in American Journal of Philology 127, 3

Book Reviews:
- Nuccio D'Anna, La disciplina del silenzio. Mito, mistero ed estasi nell'antica Grecia, in Revue de l'Histoire des Religions
- Alan L. Boegehold, When a Gesture Was Expected, in International Journal of the Classical Tradition
- M. Davies, The Epic Cycle, in The Classical Bulletin 2003
- U. Heidmann (ed.), Poétiques comparées des mythes. De l'Antiquité à la Modernité, ibid. 2004

Other:
- Translation from Latin into Italian (and commentary) of Gerolamo Cardano, De somniis libri, in two volumes: Sui sogni e sul sognare (Marsilio, Genoa, 1989); Il sogno (Marsilio, Genoa, 1993)

Conference Papers:
- "Women's silence in classical Greece: social control or destructive behavior?", University of Athens, HASE Conference (Department of English) March 1996
- "Silence: a gendered weapon in Greek tragedy?", Northwestern University, "Women in Antiquity," February 1998
- "Losing one's voice, losing one's life: silence in the Hippocratic writings", Classical Association of the Middle West and South, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, April 1998
- "Commemorating Silence? Leaina and her Statue," Northwestern University, "Silence and the Politics of Memory," December 2001
- "Do not forget your wanderings:" Odysseus under Circe's spell, Colloque international Homerica, Université Grenoble 3, France, November 2002
- "Why Did Odysseus Fight the Trojan War?" "The Trojan War: The Sources Behind the Scenes," Madison, September 2004

Invited Lectures:
- "The Figure of the Wandering Philosopher in Classical Greece", UW-Madison, Department of Classics, March 1999
- "The Meaning of Odysseus' wanderings", Beloit College, April 1999
- "Odysseus' Return," Key-note address for The Graduate Students Symposium "The Journey in Antiquity," UW-Madison, October 2000
- "The notion of truth in Homer," UW-Madison, Department of Philosophy, October 2000
- "Tragic Wanderers," Cambridge University, February 2001
- "Wandering, Suffering and Knowledge: Tragic Avatars of Odysseus," Oxford University, February 2001
- "Socrates' Wandering in search for the wisest man," UW-Madison, Humanities Institute, April 2003
- "Homo Viator: before philosophy", UW-Madison, Department of Classics, April 2003
- "Should the wise man travel? An unresolved issue in Seneca’s thought, Madison, November 2003
- "L'errance, miroir de la condition mortelle: d'Homère au roman grec," Université de Genève, March 2004
- "Should the wise man travel? A dilemma in Seneca's thought" (a revised version of the talk given in Madison, November 2003)
- "Wandering in Ancient Greek Culture," Seminar Presentation, University of Michigan, February 2005
- "Silence, Vision, and the Unspeakable in the Eleusinian Mysteries", UW-Madison, Department of Philosophy, November 1996
- "The meaning of silence in classical pantomime", UW-Madison, Department of Classics, November 1997
- "L'action signifiante de la pantomime et le moi du danseur", École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, Paris, January 1998

Courses Taught at the UW-Madison:
Interpretations of Classical Myth (Fall 1996, 1997, 1998, Spring 2002, 2004)
Plato, Symposium (Spring 1997)
Catullus (Spring 1997, Spring 2000)
Plautus (Fall 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999)
Second Semester Greek (Spring 1998, 1999, 2003, 2005)
Seneca (Spring 1999)
Capstone Seminar: Plato (Spring 1997; Spring 2000; Spring 2003); Virgil (Spring 1998); Aeschylus (Spring 1999)
Ovid (Independent study; Fall 1997)
Greek Literary Theory (Independent study; Spring 1999)
Graduate Seminar: Odysseus in Greek Literature (Spring 1998)
Greek Civilization (Fall 1999; Fall 2000; Fall 2001; Fall 2003; Fall 2004)
Homer (Spring 2000)
Graduate Seminar: Traveling and Travelers in Greek Literature (Fall 2000)
First Semester Greek (Fall 2001)
The Odyssey (Independent Study; Fall 2001)
Graduate proseminar (Greek prose; Fall 2001)
Plato, Symposium (Spring 2002)
Seneca, Medea (Spring 2003)
Apuleius (Fall 2003)
Elementary Greek Composition (Spring 2004)
Euripides, Bacchae (Fall 2004)
Graduate Seminar: the Greek Novel (Spring 2005)

Department and University Service:
2004-: Graduate Advisor, Classics Department
2003: Hilldale Fellowships Selection Committee
2001-2002: Undergraduate Advisor, Classics Department
2000-: Library Committee
2000-: Foreign Language Examiner
1999: Chair, Round Table of the Colloquium on Giuseppe Parini organized by the Department of French and Italian (April 1999)
1998-2000 (Spring): Chair, Committee on Teaching Assistants Selection, Preparation, and Awards, Classics Department; Fall 2000: Member
1998: Coordinator of the Capstone Seminar, Classics Department
1997-: Member, Committee on Funds, Prizes, and Undergraduate Awards, Classics Department
1997-2000: Member, Committee on Undergraduate Latin Program (coordinator for Latin 103 and 104 in 1998-99; for Latin 204 in 1998; for Latin 203 in 1999), Classics Department
1996-2000: Departmental Representative, Faculty Senate
2004: alternate senator
1996-2000, 2003, 2004, 2005: Member, Graduate Admissions Committee, Classics Department

Other Academic and Professional Service:
2000: review panelist for NEH Summer Stipends
2003: refereeing for The University of Chicago Press
2005: refereeing for Classical Philology

Honors and Fellowships:
2003: Summer Support, Graduate School Research Committee, UW-Madison
2001 (Spring): Fellow at the Institute for the Research in the Humanities
2000-2002: Vilas Associate fellowship
2000: NEH Summer Stipend
1999: Summer Support, Graduate School Research Committee, UW-Madison
1998: Summer Support, Graduate School Research Committee, UW-Madison
1997: Summer Support, Graduate School Research Committee, UW-Madison
1989-1994: national doctoral fellowship by the Italian Ministry of Education

Languages:
Italian (native), French, German; reading knowledge of Ancient Greek and Latin, Spanish and modern Greek.