Professor & Scientific Coordinator of the Website
I am a scholar with a profound interest in intellectual and comparative legal history, as well as in cultural legal studies.
My research covers a wide range of subjects from a longue durée perspective, including the historical development of justice and the cultural background of judges and lawyers; the history of criminal law; the history of universities and legal education; the circulations of legal thought and knowledge. I also specialise in the history of commercial law in the contemporary era.
I joined the University of Milan in 2023 as a full professor of legal history. I teach compulsory legal history classes for law students, as well as an elective course on the cultural history of law.
MILHIS Talks – 20 April 2026
MILHIS talks. Guest Lecture “La progettualità e i finanziamenti europei nella ricerca storico giuridica. L’esperienza di ERC 2020-COG MICOLL 101002084”
MILHIS is pleased to announce that on Monday, 20 April 2026, at 2.30 p.m., the third meeting of the MILHIS Talks series will be held. The meeting will be introduced by Prof. Annamaria Monti and will feature Prof. Stefania Gialdroni as guest speaker, who will give a talk entitled “La progettualità e i finanziamenti europei nella ricerca storico giuridica. L’esperienza di ERC 2020-COG MICOLL 101002084”.
PhD Lecture – 20 April 2026
PhD Lecture “Diritti e imprese globali nella storia. Forme giuridiche e espressioni artistiche”
MILHIS is pleased to announce that on 20 April 2026 at 9.30 am in the Senate Hall, a lecture entitled “Diritti e imprese globali nella storia. Forme giuridiche e espressioni artistiche” will be held, as part of the lecture series for the PhD course ‘Diritti e imprese nelle realtà globali. Un itinerario tra romanità e modernità”. The lecture will be introduced and chaired by Prof. Annamaria Monti and will feature Prof. Luisa Brunori (ENS, Paris), Prof. Stefania Gialdroni (University of Padua) and Prof. Stefania Gerevini (Bocconi University, Milan).
PhD Course – from 13 April to 4 May 2026
PhD course “Diritti e imprese nelle realtà globali. Un itinerario tra romanità e modernità”
MILHIS is pleased to announce that from 13 April to 4 May, the PhD course ‘Diritti e imprese nelle realtà globali. Un itinerario tra romanità e modernità” will take place, organised and taught by Prof. Annamaria Monti and Prof. Iole Fargnoli. The course will consist of three lectures – on 13 April, 20 April and 4 May respectively – and will feature numerous distinguished guests who will address the topic of the legal regulation of economic activities in globalised contexts, bridging Roman tradition and modernity.
Conference – 20 January 2026
“I problemi fondamentali del diritto commerciale” A cento anni dalla prolusione pisana d Lorenzo Mossa.
Prof. Monti will participate in the conference “I problemi fondamentali del diritto commerciale”. A cento anni dalla prolusione pisana di Lorenzo Mossa” organised by the University of Pisa on 20 January 2026, with a contribution entitled ’Mossa e Sraffa: formazione, legami,
distacco”.
Seminar – 14 January 2026
Winter school. Il diritto sulla via della seta. Tradizione romanistica, linguaggio, economia
As part of the Winter School entitled “Il diritto sulla via della seta. Tradizione romanistica, linguaggio, economia” to be held at the University of Milan, on 14 January at 9:00 a.m., Prof. Annamaria Monti will give a lecture entitled ‘Cesare Beccaria in the history of law’.
Seminar – 7 January 2026
Lectures de… n° 20 : C. Jamin et F. Melleray, Droit civil et droit administratif, Dialogue(s) sur un modèle doctrinal, Dalloz, 2018.
Lectures de… No. 20 is an academic event dedicated to the book Droit civil et droit administratif. Dialogue(s) sur un modèle doctrinal by Christophe Jamin and Fabrice Melleray (Dalloz, 2018).
Held in the presence of the authors, the event brings together five scholars to discuss the points of convergence and divergence between civil law and administrative law doctrines within different institutional frameworks.
Annamaria Monti has been invited to take part in the discussion, offering a historical and comparative perspective on the doctrinal model under examination, alongside recent developments and future directions of French legal doctrine.
Workshop – 10 December 2025
Conference Journée d’étude “L’industrie des assurances terrestres, un secteur nouveau confronté à des réticences XVIII -XX siècles
On Wednesday, 10 December 2025, the study day “The Terrestrial Insurance Industry: A New Sector Facing Resistance (18th–20th Centuries)” will take place.
Guest Lecture – 17 November 2025
Guest Lecture “Marketplaces in Legal History”
On Monday, 17 November 2025, at 10:30 a.m., as part of the Culture and History of Law course, Prof. Johannes W. Flume from the University of Salzburg delivered a lecture.