"Professor Ilaria Ramelli, FRHistS, earned two MAs (Classics with Specialisation in Early Christianity and Philosophy with Historical Specialisation), a PhD (Classics and Early Christianity, 2000), and a postdoctorate (Late Antiquity and Religion), and two Habilitations to Full Professor / Ordinarius / W3 (History of Philosophy and Ancient Greek). In the last twenty years she has been, among other appointments, Young Researcher in Late Antiquity, Assistant in Roman History, Professor of Roman Near Eastern History, and Fellow in Ancient Philosophy, with focus on classical and patristic philosophy (Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, 2003–present), as well as Senior Research Fellow in Ancient and Patristic Philosophy (Durham University), Senior Visiting Professor of Greek Thought at Harvard University, Senior Research Fellow - Gastprofessorin in Religion (Erfurt University, Max Weber Centre), and Visiting Research Fellow at Oxford University (2016, a senior fellowship), besides other senior fellowships and visiting professorships. She is Full Professor of Theology and K. Britt endowed Chair at the Graduate School of Theology, SHMS (Thomas Aquinas University “Angelicum”), the director of international research projects, Senior Visiting Professor of Church History, Senior Research Fellow at Princeton University, Hellenic Studies, as well as Fellow of the international Forum for Advanced Studies Gaetano Massa and of the Royal Historical Society. She has been elected Senior Research Fellow at CEU Institute for Advanced Study, and Fowler Hamilton Research Fellow at the University of Oxford. She received, among many other academic prizes, two Agostino Gemelli Awards (1996; 1997); the Marcello Gigante Classics International Prize sponsored by the President of the Italian Republic and awarded at the Italian Institute for Philosophical Studies (2006); the inclusion in Great Minds of the 21st Century (2011) and in 2000 Outstanding Intellectuals of the 21st Century (2011 & 2014); eight Mentions for Distinguished Scholarly Service (2010; 2011; 2012; 2013; 2014; 2015; 2016; 2017), a Marie Curie Award from the European Commission (2016), and nominations for the Goodwin Award of Merit (SCS, olim APA), the Gerda Henkel Prize, the Holberg Prize, the Auguste Pavie Prize, the AAR Award for Excellence in the Study of Religion, and a Humboldt Research Award (2017), besides many other nominations, mentions, and scientific awards.She is a member of many directive and scientific boards of scholarly series and journals and of numerous international scholarly associations, and regularly serves as a peer reviewer for prestigious scientific series and journals, and as a scientific consultant in tenure/hiring evaluations for outstanding Universities, as well as in advanced research funding for international scholarly Foundations and first-rate Universities. She has taught courses and seminars, delivered invited lectures and conferences, and held senior research fellowships and senior visiting professorships in numerous (including topmost) Universities in Europe, North America, and Israel; she has developed courses and study programs, including e-courses, and has never interrupted an intense scholarly activity for over two decades. She has also been, and is, the director of international advanced seminars, panels, and workshops.She has authored numerous books, articles, and reviews in leading scholarly journals and series, on ancient philosophy, especially Platonism and Stoicism, patristic theology and philosophy, early Christianity (Greek and Latin, but also in part Syriac, Coptic, and Armenian), the New Testament, the reception of Scripture, imperial and late antiquity, ancient religions, classics, and the reception of classical culture in Christianity. She views patristic philosophy (esp. Platonism) as part and parcel of ancient and late antique philosophy."