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. I am currently working at the University of Toronto, where I am conducting the outgoing phase of the project, and will join UiO in November 2025.
Courses taught
- Itinerari femministi. Storia, politica, concetti
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)