Bianca de Divitiis is an art and architectural historian specialising in the late medieval and early modern periods across Europe and with an interest in connections to wider geographies. For over fifteen years she has been Professor of History of Art at the University of Naples Federico II, where she has served as Deputy Director of the Department of Humanistic Studies and as Rector's Delegate for Humanistic Research, as well as a member of several university boards. Over the past two decades, she has worked on art, architecture, and antiquarian culture between the late medieval and early modern periods, substantially renewing Renaissance studies by challenging long-standing historiographical paradigms and addressing major gaps in the field. She was Principal Investigator of the ERC project HistAntArtSI and directed the large-scale national research project The Renaissance in Southern Italy and in the Islands: Cultural Heritage and Technology. A member of the Academia Europaea since 2022, she has received grants and fellowships from IUAV University of Venice, the Francis Haskell Memorial Fund, The Warburg Institute, Villa I Tatti – The Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies, and The Paul Mellon Centre – Yale University. Her publications include 19 articles in international peer-reviewed journals and 40 contributions to edited volumes; she is editor or co-editor of four books, including A Companion to the Renaissance in Southern Italy (Brill, 2023). Director of the Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz – Max Planck Institute and scientific member of the Max Planck Society since January 2026.