Education:

• 1974 – 1977 University of Torino, Faculty of Literature and Philosophy
• Degree in July 1977, “Summa cum laude” 110/110

Academic appointments:

• 1988 – 1989 Assistant Professor of History of Science, Department of History, Faculty of Literature and Philosophy, University of Naples
• 1989 – 1990 Associate Professor of Modern History, Department of History, Faculty of Literature and Philosophy, University of Genoa
• 1990 – 2000 Full Professor of Modern History, Department of History, Faculty of Languages and Foreign Literature, University “Ca’ Foscari” of Venice
• 2000 – Full 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

Awards:

• 1982 – ‘Bonavera Prize’ by the ‘Accademia delle Scienze di Torino’
• 2010 – ‘Gaetano Filangieri Prize’ by the ‘Centro Studi Gaetano Filangieri’, Cava de’ Tirreni
• 2014 – ‘Basilicata Prize of Historical Narrative’ by ‘Presidenza della Regione Basilicata’
• 2020 – ‘Antonio Feltrinelli Prize’ for History and Geography by ‘Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei’

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
• 2018 – Member of Scientific Committee of Turin Humanities Programme – Fondazione 1563, Turin
• 2021 – Member of Accademia Roveretana degli Agiati, Rovereto

Editorial Boards:

• 1982 – “Rivista Storica Italiana”
• 1994 – “Studi storici”
• 1994 – Director of “Biblioteca Essenziale”, Modern History, Laterza Publisher
• 2016 – Director in the Editorial Board of “Rivista Storica Italiana”