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Academic interests

  • Female prophecy in sixteenth century Italy, Spain and England
  • Women’s political and religious thought in early modern Europe
  • The rise of individualism in Renaissance Italy
  • The political and theological reflection of Mary Astell
  • The origins of the public sphere in the English revolution
  • Feminist theory
  • The history of patriarchy
  • Political theology

MSCA project: Female Prophecy in Early Modern European Religion

Since November 2023 I have started a MSCA project called Female Prophecy in Early Modern European Religion, which is the first attempt to create a theoretical account of female prophecy in 16th century Italy, Spain and England as a key to understanding early modern religion.

The project identifies 16th-century Italian ‘living saints’ and humanists; Spanish beatas and conversas; and English visionaries as privileged actors of prophetic charisma and challenges assumptions that prophecy responds just to national or local interests and debates, opening avenues for transnational and trans-confessional research in this field.

After working at the University of Toronto, Department of History, where I have conducted the outgoing phase of the project, I have spent my secondment phase at the University of Bologna, Department of the Arts. From November 2025 I am part of UiO.

Courses taught

  • Itinerari femministi. Storia, politica, concetti (University of Rome, La Sapienza)
  • Global Reformations (University of Toronto)

Education

  • 2016 PhD in Politics, Institutions and History, University of Bologna
  • 2012 MA in International Relations, University of Bologna
  • 2009 BA in International Studies, University of Bologna

Background

  • 2023 Marie Skłodowska-Curie fellow, University of Toronto and UiO
  • 2022-2023 Research fellow at I Tatti – The Harvard University Center in Italian Renaissance Studies
  • 2018-2021 Post-doctoral fellow in History of Ideas, University of Oslo
  • 2019 Visiting research fellow, University of California, Berkeley
  • 2018 Post-doctoral fellow, Filippo Burzio Foundation, Italy
  • 2013-2016 PhD, University of Bologna

Prizes, grants and fellowships

  • 2023 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Global Fellowship (UiO and University of Toronto)
  • 2022 Villa I Tatti – The Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies. Andrew W Mellon fellowship
  • 2021 Seal of Excellence, European Commission, Horizon Europe
  • 2018 Post-doc research grant, Edith Saurer Foundation, Austria
  • 2018 Grant for collaborative projects, Academy for Global Humanities and Critical Theories

Appointments

  • Editorial board of Scienza & politica. Per una storia delle dottrine (from 2013)
  • Reviewer for Religions (from 2023)
  • Reviewer for Enthymema (from 2022)
  • Reviewer for Storia del pensiero politico (from 2017)
  • Reviewer for De Gruyter
  • Reviewer for Riforma e Movimenti Religiosi
Tags: History of ideas, Renaissance studies, Feminist theory, Early Modern Women

Publications

  • Cappuccilli, Eleonora (2026). Comunità o corte? L’amicizia oltre il convento in Teresa d’Avila. Rivista MO.DO Rivista di storia scienze umane e cultural heritage. 2025-2026(Special issue), p. 537–563. doi: https:/www.rivistamodo.it/2026/05/03/tra-restrizioni-e-spazi-di-autonomia-principesse-vedove-nella-prima-etamoderna/. Full text in Research Archive
  • Cappuccilli, Eleonora (2025). Mysticism and the Discernment of Spirits. In Machielsen, Jan; Michelson, Emily & Olds, Katrina B. (Ed.), The Cambridge Companion to Counter-Reformation Sanctity. Cambridge University Press. ISSN 9781009199599. p. 172–192. doi: 10.1017/9781009199599.012. Full text in Research Archive
  • Cappuccilli, Eleonora (2025). Between Birgitta of Sweden and Savonarola: Domenica da Paradiso and Prophetic Doubt. In Faini, Marco (Eds.), Doubting Women in Early Modern Italy. Amsterdam University Press. ISSN 9789463721684. p. 69–94. doi: 10.5117/9789463721684_ch03. Full text in Research Archive
  • Cappuccilli, Eleonora (2025). Immagini di riforma e pratiche di autorità attraverso i confini e le confessioni. Il caso di Mary Ward (1585-1645). Riforma e movimenti religiosi. Full text in Research Archive
  • Cappuccilli, Eleonora (2024). L'importanza di un incontro. Lucia da Narni, María de Santo Domingo e la circolazione della profezia nell’Italia e nella Spagna del XVI secolo. Rivista di Storia del Cristianesimo. ISSN 1827-7365. 1, p. 47–66. Full text in Research Archive
  • Cappuccilli, Eleonora (2024). Domenica da Paradiso and the Prophetic Discipline of the Body and Soul. In Vernqvist, Johanna & Franzén, Carin (Ed.), Body, Gender, Senses. Subversive Expressions in Early Modern Art and Literature. De Gruyter Brill. ISSN 9783110788327. p. 11–30. doi: 10.1515/9783110799330-002. Full text in Research Archive
  • Cappuccilli, Eleonora (2023). The Semantics of Obedience. Birgittine Influences on Paola Antonia Negri’s Letters. In Falkeid, Unn & Anna, Wainwright (Ed.), The Legacy of Birgitta of Sweden. Women, Politics and Reform in Renaissance Italy. De Gruyter Brill. ISSN 9789004431782. doi: 10.1163/9789004540040_009. Full text in Research Archive
  • Cappuccilli, Eleonora (2023). Saints and Sanctity for Critical Times: the Hagiography of Caterina da Racconigi. Acta ad archaeologiam et artium historiam pertinentia (ACTA). ISSN 0065-0900. doi: 10.5617/acta.11396. Full text in Research Archive
  • Cappuccilli, Eleonora (2021). In the steps of Birgitta of Sweden: the reluctant authority of Paola Antonia Negri (1508–1555). Renaissance Studies. ISSN 0269-1213. p. 582–599. doi: 10.1111/rest.12715. Full text in Research Archive
  • Cappuccilli, Eleonora (2020). Alla vigilia di un nuovo patriarcato. Il disordine delle donne nel Seicento inglese. In Baritono, Raffaella & Riccardi, Maurizio (Ed.), Strategie dell'ordine: categorie, fratture, soggetti. Dipartimento delle Arti visive perfomative e medial. ISSN 9788854970137. p. 37–57. Full text in Research Archive
  • Cappuccilli, Eleonora & Ferrari, Roberta (2020). Il fermento femminile. Marx e la critica del patriarcato. In Battistini, Matteo; Cappuccilli, Eleonora & Ricciardi, Maurizio (Ed.), Global Marx. Storia e critica del movimento sociale nel mercato mondiale. Meltemi. ISSN 9788855191876. p. 95–114. Full text in Research Archive
  • Cappuccilli, Eleonora (2019). Nemici di chiesa, Stato e patriarcato. Donne e dissenzienti nel Seicento inglese. In Graziani, Irene & Spissu, Maria Vittoria (Ed.), Il mito del nemico : identità, alterità e loro rappresentazioni = The Myth of the enemy : alterity, identity, and their representations. Minerva Edizioni (Bologna). ISSN 9788833241500. p. 121–126. Full text in Research Archive
  • Cappuccilli, Eleonora & Ferrari, Roberta (2016). Il discorso femminista. Storia e critica del canone politico moderno. Scienza & Politica. Per una storia delle dottrine. ISSN 1590-4946. Full text in Research Archive
  • Cappuccilli, Eleonora (2015). Remarkable Women in a Remarkable Age. Sulla genesi della sfera pubblica inglese, 1642-1752. Scienza & Politica. Per una storia delle dottrine. ISSN 1590-4946. doi: 10.6092/issn.1825-9618/5288. Full text in Research Archive

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  • Battistini, Matteo; Cappuccilli, Eleonora & Ricciardi, Maurizio (2020). Global Marx. Storia e critica del movimento sociale nel mercato mondiale. Meltemi. ISBN 9788855191876. 382 p. Full text in Research Archive
  • Cappuccilli, Eleonora (2020). La critica imprevista. Politica, teologia e patriarcato in Mary Astell. EUM Edizioni Università di Macerata. ISBN 9788860566386. 263 p. Full text in Research Archive
  • Cappuccilli, Eleonora (2020). La strega di Dio. Profezia politica, storia e riforma in Caterina da Racconigi. Aracne editrice. ISBN 9788825531411. 160 p. Full text in Research Archive

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  • Cappuccilli, Eleonora; Battistini, Matteo & Ricciardi, Maurizio (2020). Introduzione. In Battistini, Matteo; Cappuccilli, Eleonora & Ricciardi, Maurizio (Ed.), Global Marx. Storia e critica del movimento sociale nel mercato mondiale. Meltemi. ISSN 9788855191876. p. 9–19. Full text in Research Archive
  • Cappuccilli, Eleonora (2018). Recensione a Donne e Chiesa. Una storia di genere, di A. Valerio. Ricerche di Storia Politica. ISSN 1120-9526. Full text in Research Archive
  • Cappuccilli, Eleonora (2017). Recensione a John Locke. Legge di natura, diritti, rivelazione, di A. Affinito. Filosofia politica. ISSN 0394-7297. Full text in Research Archive
  • Cappuccilli, Eleonora (2015). Recensione a Evaluating Empire and Confronting Colonialism in Eighteenth Century England, di Jack P. Greene. Ricerche di Storia Politica. ISSN 1120-9526. Full text in Research Archive

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Published Nov. 7, 2023 12:29 PM - Last modified Nov. 27, 2025 12:22 PM

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