Anna Bellavitis – Professor of Early Modern History, University of Rouen, France
Anna Bellavitis is a Full Professor of Early Modern History at the University of Rouen, France. After completing her undergraduate studies at the University of Bologna, she pursued advanced academic training in France, earning her Ph.D. in History from the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS) in Paris and later obtaining her Habilitation à diriger des recherches from Université Lyon 2.
Her academic trajectory spans several leading European institutions. She first served as maîtresse de conférences at Lyon 2 and Paris Ouest-Nanterre before being appointed Full Professor at Rouen in 2009. At the University of Rouen, she led the History Research Laboratory and currently represents the institution within the Normandie Humanités Doctoral School, a collaborative doctoral programme involving the Universities of Caen, Rouen, and Le Havre.
Professor Bellavitis has held a number of significant academic leadership roles. She has served as a member of the Conseil National des Universités, participated in the Executive Board of the Université Franco-Italienne, been a senior member of the Institut Universitaire de France, and chaired the Admission Commission of the École Française de Rome, where she also contributed to the Scientific Board.
Her commitment to international cooperation is reflected in the development of double-degree programmes between Rouen and Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, as well as with the University of Trieste. She has also been invited as Visiting Professor at Suor Orsola Benincasa University in Naples and at Ca’ Foscari.
A leading scholar in women’s and gender history, labour history, and urban history of the early modern period, she has coordinated numerous collaborative research initiatives across Europe. She currently serves as Principal Investigator of the ANR-funded project DÉFI: Rights, Economies, Women, Italies (16th–18th centuries) (2024–2028), which explores the relationship between gender, legal frameworks, and economic agency in Italian cities from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment.
Her recent publications address women’s work in urban Europe, the connections between gender and legal-economic systems, and apprenticeship as a key social institution in early modern societies.
Through her research and academic leadership, Anna Bellavitis continues to advance comparative and transnational approaches to European social and economic history.
Anna Bellavitis is a Full Professor of Early Modern History at the University of Rouen, France. After completing her undergraduate studies at the University of Bologna, she pursued advanced academic training in France, earning her Ph.D. in History from the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS) in Paris and later obtaining her Habilitation à diriger des recherches from Université Lyon 2.
Her academic trajectory spans several leading European institutions. She first served as maîtresse de conférences at Lyon 2 and Paris Ouest-Nanterre before being appointed Full Professor at Rouen in 2009. At the University of Rouen, she led the History Research Laboratory and currently represents the institution within the Normandie Humanités Doctoral School, a collaborative doctoral programme involving the Universities of Caen, Rouen, and Le Havre.
Professor Bellavitis has held a number of significant academic leadership roles. She has served as a member of the Conseil National des Universités, participated in the Executive Board of the Université Franco-Italienne, been a senior member of the Institut Universitaire de France, and chaired the Admission Commission of the École Française de Rome, where she also contributed to the Scientific Board.
Her commitment to international cooperation is reflected in the development of double-degree programmes between Rouen and Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, as well as with the University of Trieste. She has also been invited as Visiting Professor at Suor Orsola Benincasa University in Naples and at Ca’ Foscari.
A leading scholar in women’s and gender history, labour history, and urban history of the early modern period, she has coordinated numerous collaborative research initiatives across Europe. She currently serves as Principal Investigator of the ANR-funded project DÉFI: Rights, Economies, Women, Italies (16th–18th centuries) (2024–2028), which explores the relationship between gender, legal frameworks, and economic agency in Italian cities from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment.
Her recent publications address women’s work in urban Europe, the connections between gender and legal-economic systems, and apprenticeship as a key social institution in early modern societies.
Through her research and academic leadership, Anna Bellavitis continues to advance comparative and transnational approaches to European social and economic history.
