Ilaria L.E. Ramelli

Prof.Dr. Ilaria Ramelli, Dr. h.c., Dr. Habil. mult., FRHistS (https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1479-4182), earned two MAs (Classics with Specialisation in Early Christianity and Philosophy with Historical Specialisation), a PhD (Classics and Early Christianity, 2000), a further Doctorate (h.c.), a postdoctorate (Late Antiquity and Religion), and Habilitations to Ordinarius/W3 (History of Philosophy, Classics, Patristics, Greek).

Last 25 years: i.a., Young Researcher in Late Antiquity, Assistant in Roman History, Professor of Roman History, Fellow (Catholic U. of the Sacred Heart, 1998-), Senior Research Fellow in Ancient and Patristic Philosophy (Durham U.), Senior Visiting Professor of Greek Thought at Harvard U., Senior Research Fellow - Gastprofessorin in Religion (Erfurt U., MWK, twice), Senior Visiting Professor of Church History, Visiting Research Fellow at Oxford U. (2016, a senior fellowship), at Princeton U. (2917–), besides other senior fellowships and visiting professorships, Full Professor of Theology and K. Britt endowed Chair (Angelicum U.), Senior Research Fellow at Durham U. (second time), and Fowler Hamilton Fellow at the U. of Oxford. She is also Professor of Theology (Durham U., Hon., KUL), Fellow at Erfurt U. MWK within a Forschungspreis from the Humboldt Foundation, elected Senior Fellow, Bonn U., Senior Member of the Centre for the Study of Platonism, Cambridge U., UK, the director of international research projects, as well as Fellow of the international Forum for Advanced Studies G.Massa, of the Royal Historical Society, of the Humboldt Network of Outstanding Researchers, and of many international academic societies (e.g., EHS, SNTS-Studiorum Novi Testamenti Societas, SBL, AAR, ISNS: http://www.isns.us/directory/europe/ramelliilaria.htm, SEP-IPS, SCS formerly APA, FIEC, Enoch Seminar, NAPS-North American Patristics Society, AIEP-IAPS-International Association of Patristic Studies, IAHR, life member of the Max-Weber-Kolleg Förderverein; Sacred Heart University, Toniolo founding and supporting Institute; SPES; Sophia Institute - honorary; Society for Late Antiquity, etc.).

She received, among many other academic prizes, two Agostino Gemelli Awards (1996; 1997); the Marcello Gigante Classics International Prize sponsored by the President of the Italian Republic and awarded at the Italian Institute for Philosophical Studies (2006); the inclusion in Great Minds of the 21st Century (2011) and in 2000 Outstanding Intellectuals of the 21st Century (2011 & 2014); eleven Mentions for Distinguished Scholarly Service (2010; 2011; 2012; 2013; 2014; 2015; 2016; 2017; 2018; 2019; 2020), two Marie Curie Award from the European Commission (2016, 2020), the Auguste Pavie Prize (Paris, 2017), and a Research Award from the Humboldt Foundation (2017), as well as nominations for the Goodwin Award (SCS), Gerda Henkel Prize, Holberg Prize, AAR Award, and many endowed chairs at major universities, besides other nominations, mentions, and scientific awards.

She is a member of many directive and scientific boards of scholarly series and journals from leading academic publishers, e.g. from Brill (http://www.brill.com/products/series/ancient-philosophy-and-religion), SBL Press (https://www.sbl-site.org/publications/books_wgrw.aspx), Routledge Taylor and Francis for the Journal of Early Christian History (http://www.tandfonline.com/action/journalInformation?show=editorialBoard&journalCode=rech20); Eirene: Studia Graeca et Latina from the Czech Academy of Science (http://www.ics.cas.cz/en/journals/eirene/editorial-board); Vox Patrum; Member of the Scientific Board of the Series, Studies in Early Christianity and Patristics; of the Series, Theandrites: Studies in Byzantine Platonism (Franciscan U. Press), member of steering committees, etc. 

She is asked to be a scientific consultant in tenure/hiring evaluations for outstanding Universities, as well as in advanced research funding for international scholarly Foundations and first-rate Universities in Europe, the UK, and North America (FWO, NWO, Swiss National Science Foundation, Gutenberg Chairs, APA, IPODI Berlin, European Commission, Marie Curie Actions, Humboldt Foundation, Czech Academy of Sciences, etc.). 

She serves as a peer reviewer for prestigious scientific series and journals, such as, among the journals, Vigiliae Christianae, American Journal of Philology, Philosophie Antique, International Journal of the Platonic Tradition, Religion & Theology, Journal of Late Antiquity, The Classical Journal, Classical Philology, Revue des études tardo-antiques, Journal of Early Christian Studies, Modern Theology, Journal of the Bible and its Reception, Journal of Early Christian History, Studies in Late Antiquity: A Journal, Archiv für Religionsgeschichte, Philologus, Latomus, Exemplaria Classica, AUC Theologica, and many others; among the series, Supplements to Vigiliae Christianae, Byzantinisches Archiv -- Series Philosophica, Gregory of Nyssa Colloquia, other series from Oxford U. Press, Cambridge U. Press, Yale U. Press, Brill, Wiley-Blackwell, Routledge, Wipf and Stock, Helsinki U. Press, Parmenides Publishing, Prometheus Trust etc.

She has taught courses and seminars, held senior research fellowships and senior visiting professorships, and given very many invited lectures and seminars, and main and public lectures, besides directing graduate programs and research, at numerous Universities, including topmost ones, and conferences in North America, the UK, Europe, and Israel (e.g. at Oxford, Cambridge, Durham, Harvard, Stanford, UC Berkeley, UC Santa Barbara, Loyola Marymount, Notre Dame, Brown, NYU, Columbia, Emory, Erfurt, Göttingen, Bonn, Zurich, Regensburg, Bern, Bergen, Scuola Normale di Pisa, Ecole Normale de Lyon, Paris IAS, IIAS, Grenoble, Rome Holy Cross, CEU, King's College London, London Aga Khan Centre, Czech Academy of Sciences, Hebrew U. Jerusalem, Tel Aviv U., etc.; at the Origeniana, Gregory of Nyssa Colloquia, RICAN, the Adamantiana at Cambridge U., etc.). 

She has also been, and is, the director of international advanced seminars, panels, and workshops and promotes research and editorial endeavours. She has directed many research projects, seminars, workshops, and publications.

She has authored numerous books, articles, and reviews in leading scholarly journals and series. Her articles and reviews appear in journals such as Journal of Theological Studies, Vigiliae Christianae, Harvard Theological Review, Gnomon, Numen, L'Antiquité Classique, Rheinisches Museum, Bryn Mawr Classical Review, International Journal of the Platonic Tradition, International Journal of the Classical Tradition, Journal of Roman Studies, Greek Roman and Byzantine Studies, Athenaeum, Paideia, Philosophie Antique, Apeiron, Journal of the History of Ideas, Classical Review, Classical Journal, Eirene, Exemplaria Classica, Illinois Classical Studies, Aegyptus, Journal of Coptic Studies, Ancient Narrative, Religion and Theology, Journal of Roman Studies, The Studia Philonica Annual, ARAM, Byzantinische Zeitschrift, Zeitschrift für antikes Christentum, Theological Studies, Journal of Religion, Journal of Early Christian History, Jahrbuch für Religionsphilosophie, Philosophy, Journal of Late Antiquity, Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews, Review of Biblical Literature, Aevum, Aevum Antiquum, Latomus, ACME, AION, Aitia: Regards sur la culture hellénistique, Rivista di Storia della Chiesa, Rivista Storica Italiana, Rivista di Filosofia Neoscolastica, Augustinianum, Journal of Greco-Roman Christianity and Judaism, Adamantius, Vetera Christianorum, Invigilata Lucernis, Gerión, MHNH, Hispania Antiqua, Sileno, Medioevo Greco, Studies in Christian-Jewish Relations, Hugoye, Parole de l'Orient, 'Ilu, Gregorianum, Rivista Biblica, Hellenic Open U. Theology Journal, Anzeiger für die Altertumswissenschaft, Reading Religion, Religions, The Marburg Journal of Religion, Novum Testamentum, Journal of the Bible and Its Reception, Zeitschrift für die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft, Journal of Biblical Literature, Catholic Biblical Quarterly, Journal for the Study of Pseudepigrapha, etc. 

Her books and essays are published, for instance, by Oxford U. Press (e.g. https://global.oup.com/academic/product/social-justice-and-the-legitimacy-of-slavery-9780198777274?cc=gb&lang=en), Brill (e.g. https://brill.com/view/title/16787), Mohr Siebeck (e.g. https://www.mohrsiebeck.com/en/book/early-christian-and-jewish-narrative-9783161520334), de Gruyter, Cambridge U. Press, Harvard U. Press, Peeters, Brepols, Wiley-Blackwell, Routledge, T&T Clark, Wipf & Stock, Catholic U. of America Press, SBL Press, InterVarsity, Gorgias, Polebridge, Cambridge Scholars, Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Harrassowitz, Winter, Academia, Kohlhammer, Beauchesne, Latomus, Barkhuis, Groningen U. Library, Universidad Complutense, Signifer, Paideia, Bompiani, Vita e Pensiero, Augustinianum, Marietti, Officina di Studi Medievali, Cittadella, Mimesis, Dell'Orso, ESD, LEV, etc.

Some of her academic books and articles are collected, e.g. in Orcid (above), Philpeople, at Cambridge U. (https://www.platonism.divinity.cam.ac.uk/directory), Philpeople (https://philpeople.org/profiles/ilaria-l-e-ramelli), in ResearchGate and Kudos (https://www.researchgate.net/scientific-contributions/2003164948_Ilaria_LE_Ramelli; https://www.growkudos.com/profile/ilaria_ramelli), Publons, etc. (and her full CV).

Her publications mostly concern ancient philosophy, especially Platonism and Stoicism, patristic theology and philosophy, ancient Christian philosophy, theology, and history, the New Testament, the reception of Scripture, imperial and late antiquity, ancient religions, classics, and the reception of classical culture in Christianity. She views patristic philosophy (esp. Platonism) as part and parcel of ancient and late antique philosophy and promotes an integrative - as well as rigorous - study of antiquity and late antiquity.