Marcello Garzaniti is a full professor at the University of Florence. He currently teaches courses on Slavic philology and comparative Slavic literatures. He has been a visiting professor in Kiev, Moscow, Münster, Novosibirsk, Paris (ÉPHÉ, 2006, 2018), Sankt-Petersburg, Vienna, and Würzburg. He has held fellowships in Germany (Humboldt Stiftung, 1997-1998) and the USA (Harvard University, 2004). He is a member of Mediaevistenverband (Germany), Early Slavic Association (USA), Academy La Colombaria (Firenze), Ambrosian Academy (Milano). He served as president of the Italian Association of Slavists from 2009-2014, and since 2013 has been president of the Biblical Commission of the International Committee of Slavists. Since 2018 he has served as president of the Editorial Council of the Firenze University Press.
