Mirko Canevaro
| Mirko Canevaro FHEA FRSE MAE | |
|---|---|
| File:Mirko Canevaro.jpgMirko Canevaro.jpg | |
| Born | 2 June 1984 Alessandria, Italy |
| 🏳️ Nationality | Italian |
| 💼 Occupation | Historian, academic |
| Known for | Ancient Greek history, Athenian democracy, Greek law |
| 🏅 Awards | Philip Leverhulme Prize (2015) Thomas Reid Medal (2017) |
| 🌐 Website | edwebprofiles |
Mirko Canevaro (born 2 June 1984) is an Italian historian specialising in ancient Greek history, Athenian democracy, ancient Greek law, ancient political thought (particularly Aristotle), Greek oratory, and the institutional, social and economic history of the Greek polis.
Since 2019, he has been Professor of Greek History at the University of Edinburgh.[1]
He was Co-Investigator of the ERC Advanced Grant Honour in Classical Greece (2018–2023)[2] and is Principal Investigator of the UKRI/ERC Consolidator Grant Class Struggle in Ancient Greek Democracy (2024–2029).[3] He received the Philip Leverhulme Prize in 2015[4] and the Thomas Reid Medal from the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 2017.[5]
He has been a member of Academia Europaea since 2019 and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh since 2022.[6]
Biography
Education
Born in Alessandria, Piedmont, Canevaro graduated from the Liceo Classico G. Plana in 2003. He then studied at the University of Turin, where he obtained his Bachelor's degree in Classics in 2006 and his Master's degree in Classical Philology and Literature in 2008.[1]
He subsequently moved to Durham University, where he completed his PhD in Classics and Ancient History in 2012, with a thesis on the documents in the public speeches of Demosthenes, supervised by Edward M. Harris and P. J. Rhodes.[1]
Academic career
After his doctorate, Canevaro spent a period as Richard Bradford McConnell Student (Research Fellow) at the British School at Athens (2011–2012), followed by a postdoctoral fellowship from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation at the University of Mannheim (2012).[1]
In 2013, he moved to the University of Edinburgh, where he was Chancellor's Fellow in Classics until 2017, when he was promoted to Reader in Greek History. In July 2019, he was appointed Professor of Greek History, becoming, at age 35, one of the youngest Italian full professors worldwide.[7]
He has held numerous visiting professorships at institutions including: University of Cagliari (2017), École des hautes études en sciences sociales in Paris (2022), University of Siena (2023), University of Queensland (2024), and Ca' Foscari University of Venice (2026).[1]
Research
Main areas
Canevaro's research focuses on the institutional, social and economic history of the Greek poleis, with particular attention to Classical Athens. His main contributions concern:
- Ancient political thought, with particular reference to Aristotle and his Politics
- Greek oratory, particularly the study of the legal documents embedded speeches of Demosthenes
- The reconstruction of Athenian democracy and its decision-making and legislative procedures, practices, and attendant ideology
- Ancient Greek law and the political and legal institutions of the polis
- Concepts of honour (timē), dignity and rights in the ancient Greek world
- Class dynamics in ancient Greek society
Research projects
Canevaro has directed and participated in major internationally funded research projects:
- Honour in Classical Greece (2018–2023): ERC Advanced Grant project (as Co-Investigator with Douglas Cairns as PI), dedicated to the study of honour and inequality in ancient Greece[2]
- Class Struggle in Ancient Greek Democracy (2024–2029): ERC Consolidator Grant / UKRI Frontier Grant (as Principal Investigator), which aims to place class at the centre of the historical reconstruction of Greek democracy[3]
Other activities
He is co-founder, together with Lilah Grace Canevaro, of the Network for Working-Class Classicists, a network that promotes the inclusion of working-class people in classical studies.[1]
He is also Chair of the Classical Association of Scotland since 2023 and contributes to Italian newspapers and magazines, including Il Fatto Quotidiano and MicroMega, with articles on politics, culture and higher education.[1]
Selected works
Monographs
- Canevaro, Mirko (2026). L'Atene dei diritti. Rome-Bari: Laterza. Search this book on
- Canevaro, Mirko; Bertelli, Lucio (2022). Aristotele, La Politica, Libro VII-VIII. Rome: L'Erma di Bretschneider. Search this book on
- Canevaro, Mirko (2016). Demostene, Contro Leptine: Introduzione, Traduzione e Commento Storico. Berlin: De Gruyter. Search this book on
- Canevaro, Mirko; Besso, Giuliana; Pezzoli, Federica (2014). Aristotele, La Politica: Libro IV. Rome: L'Erma di Bretschneider. Search this book on
- Canevaro, Mirko (2013). The Documents in the Attic Orators: Laws and Decrees in the Public Speeches of the Demosthenic Corpus. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Search this book on
Edited volumes
- Ando, Clifford; Canevaro, Mirko; Straumann, Benjamin, eds. (2025). The Cambridge History of Rights. Vol. 1: The Ancient World. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Search this book on
- Barbato, Matteo; Canevaro, Mirko; Esu, Alberto, eds. (2025). Rediscovering Greek Institutions: New Institutionalist Approaches to Greek History. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. Search this book on
- Lewis, David M.; Canevaro, Mirko; Cairns, Douglas L., eds. (2025). Slavery and Honour in the Ancient Greek World. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. Search this book on
- Canevaro, Mirko; Zizza, Cesare, eds. (2025). Aristotele. La Politica. Guida. Rome: L'Erma di Bretschneider. Search this book on
- Bernhardt, Johannes; Canevaro, Mirko, eds. (2022). From Homer to Solon: Continuity and Change in Archaic Greece. Leiden: Brill. Search this book on
- Canevaro, Mirko; Viano, Cristina, eds. (2021). Aitia. Le cause del conflitto tra storiografia e pensiero politico. Rome: Morcelliana. Search this book on
- Canevaro, Mirko; Erskine, Andrew; Gray, Benjamin; Ober, Josiah, eds. (2018). Ancient Greek History and Contemporary Social Science. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. Search this book on
- Canevaro, Mirko; Gray, Benjamin, eds. (2018). The Hellenistic Reception of Classical Athenian Democracy and Political Thought. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Search this book on
- Canevaro, Mirko; Poddighe, Elisabetta; Bearzot, Cinzia; Gargiulo, Tristano, eds. (2018). Athenaion Politeiai Tra Storia, Politica e Sociologia: Aristotele e Pseudo-Senofonte. Milan: LED. Search this book on
- Canevaro, Mirko; Harris, Edward M., eds. (2015). The Oxford Handbook of Ancient Greek Law. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Search this book on
External links
- Profile at the University of Edinburgh
- Edinburgh Research Explorer
- Profile on Academia.edu
- Profile at Academia Europaea
- Profile at the Royal Society of Edinburgh
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 "Professor Mirko Canevaro". University of Edinburgh. Retrieved 27 November 2025.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Honour in Classical Greece (HiCG)". CORDIS - European Commission. Retrieved 27 November 2025.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "ERC/UKRI Frontier Research Scholarships: Class Struggle in Ancient Greek Democracy". University of Edinburgh. Retrieved 27 November 2025.
- ↑ "Philip Leverhulme Prizes". The Leverhulme Trust. Retrieved 27 November 2025.
- ↑ "Professor Mirko Canevaro". Royal Society of Edinburgh. Retrieved 27 November 2025.
- ↑ "Canevaro Mirko". Academy of Europe. Retrieved 27 November 2025.
- ↑ "Mirko Canevaro insegna Storia Greca all'Università di Edimburgo". CorriereAL (in italiano). 20 January 2020. Retrieved 27 November 2025.
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