Education:
- 1969 – 1973 High School
- 1974 – 1977 University of Torino, Faculty of Literature and Philosophy
- Degree in July 1977, “Summa cum laude” 110/110.
Academic appointments:
- 1979 – 1987 High School Professor, ITIS “A.Guarrella”, Turin
- 1988 – 1989 Assistant Professor of History of Science, Department of History, Faculty of Literature and Philosophy, University of Neaples
- 1989 – 1990 Associate Professor of Modern History, Department of History, Faculty of Literature and Philosophy, University of Genoa
- 1990 – 2000 Professor of Modern History, Department of History, Faculty of Languages and Foreign Literature, University “Ca’ Foscari” of Venice
- 2000- Professor of Modern History, Department of History, University of Turin.
Fellowships and visiting appointments:
- 1979 – 1980 Fellowship, Luigi Einaudi Foundation, Turin
- 1985 Post-doctoral fellowship, Clark Memorial Library, UCLA, Los Angeles
- 1995 Directeur d’Etude, Maison de l’Homme, Paris
- 1995 – 1996 Professeur invité, Institut d’Histoire Moderne et Contemporaine, CNRS, Paris
- 1998 Professeur invité, École Normale Supérieure, Paris.
- 2000 Visiting Professor, St. Hugh College, Oxford.
- 2004 Visitorship, Institute for Advanced Study Princeton
- 2005 Professeur invité Collège de France
- 2015 Visitorship, University Center for Human Values, Princeton University
- 2016 Visitorship, Interdisziplinares Zentrum fur die Erforschungder Europaischen Aufklarung, Martin Luther Universitat Halle-Wittenberg, Halle
Administrative experience:
- 1990 – 1993 Secretary of Faculty of Languages and Foreign Literature, University “Ca’ Foscari” of Venice
- 1996 – 2000 President of “Corso di Laurea in Lingue e Letterature Occidentali”
- 1999 – President of “Centro di Studi sull’Illuminismo Europeo, Giovanni Stiffoni”, Venice
- 1996 – 2004 Director Member of “Società Italiana di Studi sul XVIII secolo”, Rome
- 2002 – 2010 Member of Academic Senate of University of Turin
- 2006 – 2010 President of “Commissione sviluppo e programmazione”, Academic Senate of University of Turin
- 2002 – 2007 Member of Administration Committee of “Fondazione Luigi Einaudi” of Turin
- 2008 – President of Luigi Firpo Foundation of Political Studies, Turin
- 2013 – 2016 Member of Administrative Board of University of Turin
- 2013- 2014 President of the Jury for the Italian Academic Qualification of University Professors in Modern History
- 2016- Member of General Council of “Compagnia di San Paolo”,Turin
Society Affiliations:
- 1983 – Member of Academy of Science, Turin
- 1993 – Member of Deputazione Subalpina di Storia Patria, Turin
- 1997 – Member of Ateneo Veneto, Venice
- 1991 – Member of Scientific Committee, Luigi Firpo Foundation of Political Studies, Turin
- 2000 – Member of Centro di Studi Muratoriani, Modena
- 2006 – Member of Scientific Committee, Einaudi Foundation Turin
- 2008 – Member of “Comité Científico del Instituto Internacional Xavier N. de Munibe de Estudios del Siglo XVIII” of San Sebastian, Spain
- 2009 – Member of Scientific Committee, Centro di Documentazione, Ricerca e Studi sulla Cultura Laica “Piero Calamandrei”, Turin
- 2013- Member of Scientific Committee, “Fondazione Caligara” Turin
- 2015- Member of Scientific Committee, “Beccaria. Revue d’Histoire de droit de punir”, Genève
Editorial Boards:
- 1982 – “Rivista Storica Italiana”
- 1994 – “Studi storici”
- 1994 – Director of “Biblioteca Essenziale”, Modern History, Laterza Publisher
- 2016- Co-director of Editorial Board of «Rivista Storica Italiana»