About us

The Collegium Politicum (CP) is a scientific network devoted to the study of ancient political theory and its reception in the history of political thought, with special emphasis on its impact on modern Europe. The network is made up of several universities and research centers, each represented by a person who coordinates research in the field at her/his institution.

The network was established in 2000 on the initiative of Francisco Lisi who has subsequently served as its main coordinator.

The bulk of CP activity consists in organizing meetings on an annual basis. These are aimed not only at discussing the central themes of the classical political thought but also at establishing and sustaining a community of classicists, philosophers, historians and legal scholars who share similar scientific interests and who can take advantage of meeting regularly.

The group is also responsible for editing the series published by Academia Verlag Sankt Augustin and additional volumes and series (details here).

The group is represented by a president elected for a one-year period who is supposed to organize and host the  meeting of the CP. The highest body of the CP is the general assembly consisting of representatives of the member institutions which convenes once a year, typically during the annual meeting of the CP. It is responsible for taking key decisions concerning the general strategy of the CP and elects the president for the next period and thus the venue of the next meeting.

Member institutions and their representatives

Nevim Borcin (Central European University) 

Beatriz Bossi (Complutense University of Madrid)

Elisa della Calce (Università di Torino) 

Sylvana Chrysakopoulou (University of Ioannina) 

Michele Curnis (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid)

José Luis Egío (Complutense University of Madrid) 

Arianna Fermani (Università di degli studi di Macerata)

Silvia Gastaldi (Università di Pavía)

Giovanni Giorgini (Università di Bologna)

Edward M. Harris (University of Durham)

Christoph Horn (Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn)

Elena Irrera (Università di Bologna)

Jakub Jinek (Charles University Prague)

Manuel Knoll (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München)

Veronika Konrádová (J. E. Purkyně University Ústí nad Labem)

Lidia Lanza (University of Lisboa)

Maria Liatsi (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki)

Francisco L. Lisi (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid)

Alberto Maffi (Università di Milano-Bicocca)

Ermanno Malaspina (Università di Torino)

Francesca Masi (Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia) 

Stefano Mecci (Università di Roma Sapienza) 

Maurizio Migliori (Università di Macerata)

Josep Monserrat Molas (Universidat de Barcelona)

Federica Piangerelli (Università di Macerata) 

Salvador Rus Rufino (University of León)

Philip Schmitz (Universität Leipzig)

Eckart Schütrumpf (University of Colorado Boulder)

Bernat Torres (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona)

Marco Toste (University of Coimbra) 

Franco Trabattoni (Università di Milano Statale) 

María José Vega (Universidat Autònoma de Barcelona)

Simon Weber (Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn)

Barbara Zehnpfennig (Universität Passau)

José María Zamora (Autonomous University of Madrid)

Diego Zucca (Università di Sassari)  

Deceased members of the Collegium Politicum

† Slobodan Dušanić (University of Belgrade)

† Aleš Havlíček (J. E. Purkyně University Ústí nad Labem)

† Ada Neschke-Hentschke (University of Lausanne)

† Mario Vegetti (Università de Pavía)