Full time Adjunct Professor at NYU Florence where he teaches Modern Italy, Urban History and Public Intellectuals. He holds a doctorate in History and Civilization from the European University Institute (Fiesole, Italy), his researches focus on European Urban Culture from the 19th to the 20th century. Holds an Italian Degree on Modern Italian history and a French Degree on Modern French history. Has studied extensively at Edinburgh, York (UK), Grenoble (France), Pisa and Florence (Italy). In 2009 he was Visiting Research Fellow of the Lewis Walpole Library at Yale University, Visiting Fellow of the Yale Center for British Art, and Andrew W. Mellon Fellow of the Huntington Library.. He regularly gives lectures on contemporary Italy and Europe. Has published on the representation of urban spaces in Daumier and on the everyday life in De Certau.