Eleonora Cappuccilli

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Visiting address Blindernveien 31 Georg Morgenstiernes hus 0313 Oslo
Postal address Postboks 1020 Blindern 0315 Oslo

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)
Tags: History of ideas, Renaissance studies, Feminist theory, Early Modern Women

Publications

  • 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 Open. ISSN 9783110788327. p. 11–30.
  • 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. Brill Academic Publishers. ISSN 978-90-04-43178-2. doi: 10.1163/9789004540040_009. 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.
  • 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.
  • 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 (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.
  • 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. 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.
  • Cappuccilli, Eleonora (2020). La strega di Dio. Profezia politica, storia e riforma in Caterina da Racconigi. Aracne editrice. ISBN 978-88-255-3141-1. 160 p.
  • Cappuccilli, Eleonora (2020). La critica imprevista. Politica, teologia e patriarcato in Mary Astell. EUM Edizioni Università di Macerata. ISBN 978-88-6056-638-6. 263 p.

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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.
  • Cappuccilli, Eleonora (2018). Recensione a Donne e Chiesa. Una storia di genere, di A. Valerio. Ricerche di Storia Politica. ISSN 1120-9526.
  • Cappuccilli, Eleonora (2017). Recensione a John Locke. Legge di natura, diritti, rivelazione, di A. Affinito. Filosofia politica. ISSN 0394-7297.
  • 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.

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