Ha fatto parte per molti anni della redazione del Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani. Dal 1981 al 1991 ha curato la sezione storico-antropologica della Bibliotheca Biographica, edita dall'Istituto della Enciclopedia italiana. Nel 1984 e 1989 e' stato Directeur d'études presso l' Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (Parigi), nel 1998 fellow del Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin e nel 2001 Warburg-Professor, presso la Warburg-Haus, (Hamburg). Nel 2008 e' stato Gastprofessor (Visting Professor) presso la Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH) di Zurigo. E' socio corrispondente della "Deutsche Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung" di Darmstadt. Dal 1992 collabora abitualmente alle pagine culturali della Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.
For several years he has been an editor of the "Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani". From 1981 to 1991 he edited the historical and anthropological section of the "Bibliotheca Biographica", published by the "Istituto della Enciclopedia italiana". In 1984 and 1989 he has been Directeur d'études at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales(Paris), in 1998 fellow of the Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin (Institut for Advanced Studies) and in 2001 Warburg-Professor at Warburg-Haus, (Hamburg). In 2008 he has been Visting Professor at the Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH) in Zurich. He is a corresponding fellow of the "Deutsche Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung" in Darmstadt. From 1992 he contributes regularly to the cultural section of the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.
For several years he has been an editor of the "Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani". From 1981 to 1991 he edited the historical and anthropological section of the "Bibliotheca Biographica", published by the "Istituto della Enciclopedia italiana". In 1984 and 1989 he has been Directeur d'études at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales(Paris), in 1998 fellow of the Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin (Institut for Advanced Studies) and in 2001 Warburg-Professor at Warburg-Haus, (Hamburg). In 2008 he has been Visting Professor at the Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH) in Zurich. He is a corresponding fellow of the "Deutsche Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung" in Darmstadt. From 1992 he contributes regularly to the cultural section of the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.
