Concetta Bianca graduated at the University of Rome “La Sapienza” and is full professor of Medieval and Humanistic Philology and Literature at the University of Florence, where she has been director of the Department of “Studi sul Medioevo e il Rinascimento” (2001-07). She has been general editor of the journal Medioevo e Rinascimento (2001-07, 2011-21) and of the book series Libri, carte, immagini. She is a member of Roma nel Rinascimento, of Studi sul Rinascimento meridionale, of the Società dei Filologi della letteratura italiana, the International Association for Neo-Latin Studies and the Renaissance Society of America.