London – Gian Biagio Conte has become Corresponding Fellow of the British Academy. The board of the prestigious institution elected him in recognition of his high level studies in the humanities and the social sciences, which constitute the fields of interest of the British Academy. Corresponding Fellow is the highest British Academy office given to scholars living outside the United Kingdom. Professor Conte, an eminent philologist, professor emeritus of the Scuola Normale Superiore, is the third professor of the Pisa institution to receive the Corresponding Fellow title, together with Professor Paola Barocchi and Professor Carlo Ginzburg. (9Colonne)
