Dr. Lorenzo Pubblici
Born
in Florence in 1972, Dr. Pubblici has been a Professor
at Santa Reparata International School of Art and Sarah
Lawrence College, Florence Program, since 2005.
Previously, he was a Professor of Eastern European
History at the University of Florence.
Professor Pubblici's specialization is the Middle Ages
and in particular, the relationship between Western
Europe and the Slavic world during the
Turkish–Mongolian invasions. He graduated Magna Cum
Laude in Medieval History with a thesis entitled
'Italians in the South of Russia from XXII to the XVI
Century'. He received his Doctorate in Medieval History
in 2005.
Dr. Pubblici is the
author
of various books, essays, and articles, as well as book
reviews on subjects such as Eurasian Nomadic Cultures;
the Interaction Between the Nomadic Model of Society
and Those of the Sedentary Societies of the Western
World; and on the formation of the nomadic societies in
west central Asia from Late Antiquity to the Medieval
era.
He is an active collaborator with Reti Medievali and
SISMEL- Societa’ Internazionale di Studi sul Medioevo
Latino (International Society of Latin Medieval
Studies) and a scholar at the University of Moscow
“Lomonosov,” Columbia University (NY) and the Summer
School on Religions. Professor Pubblici is a member of
theA.I.S.
(Associazione Italian Slavisti, the National
Association of Scholars in Slavic Studies)
Istoricheskaja Biblioteka of Moscow since 2003 and
Scientific Director of the Center of Studies on Eastern
and Central Europe in the Middle
Ages.