PhD in Linguistics at the Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa (2009), Margherita Farina has been member of the Editorial Board of the Italian Journal of Linguistics. She has been Research Assistant in the project of the New Catalogue of Syriac Manuscripts of the Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, Firenze, P.L. prof. Pier Giorgio Borbone (2009-2010).