Ideas of Europe is a critical essay reassessing the founding myths of Europe and the making of a European identity from Antiquity to the present age.
Roberto Antonelli is the current President of the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei. Emeritus Professor of Romance Philology at Rome "La Sapienza", he has been Membre étranger de l'Académie des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres since 2016. He was President of the Société de Linguistique Romane (2016-2019), President of the Ateneo federato delle Scienze umane, delle Arti e dell'Ambiente at Rome "La Sapienza" (2008-2010) and Dean of the Faculty of Humanities (2004-2008) at Rome "La Sapienza". He has published widely on all fields of Romance Studies, from the Middle Ages to the present day. He has promoted major EU research projects on the European Literary Canon and the Lexicon of Emotions in European Literature.
