Antonio Loprieno

Antonio Loprieno (born 1955 in Bari) is a Swiss Italian Egyptologist and Professor of History of Institutions at the University of Basel.

[4] In 1987, Loprieno was appointed associate professor of Afroasiatic linguistics at the University of Perugia.

In 1989, he became full professor of Egyptology at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), where he headed the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures from 1991 to 2000.

He stepped down from his position as rector on 31 July 2015 and returned to research and teaching in Egyptology, history of institutions and academic management.

[4] Loprieno is also honorary president of the church council of the Basel Chiesa evangelica di lingua italiana (Waldensians).