antonio loprieno (born 1955 in bari) is a swiss italian egyptologist and professor of history of institutions at the university of basel. from 2005 to 2015, he was rector of the university of basel. he was also president of the rectors’ conference of the swiss universities (crus) from 2008 to 2015. since 2018 he has been president of allea, the european federation of academies of sciences and humanities, and of the swiss academies of arts and sciences.