For those who want to know more on our MA at Ca' Foscari

Hot off the press: my latest article deals with Medici collecting in late 17th cent.

Our MA students at Ca' Foscari

Field trip with my students at M9 Museum

Tomorrow and on Thursday I'll be at Ca' Foscari University, overlooking the #GrandCanal, for the final event of our MUR-funded project: an international conference on Italian people and books in 16th-cent. France. Only in person, free access www.unive.it/data/agenda/...

Last week, the #Venice Centre for #Digital and Public #Humanities (#VeDPH) hosted a rich afternoon of presentations and discussions. Huge thanks to all the speakers and participants for contributing to such a dynamic exchange of ideas! www.unive.it/data/33113/2...

Our special event next Thursday at Ca' Foscari university. Everybody's welcome!

All is ready for the event on #bookhistory and #digitalhumanities that I have organized with Barbara Tramelli at Ca' Foscari in Venice within my PRIN project under the aegis of @vedph.bsky.social. Everybody's welcome!

From this week applications are open for all for the Master’s Degree programme in Digital and Public Humanities at Ca’ Foscari University of Venice. How can digital tools transform the way we study, preserve, and share cultural heritage? Additional information: www.unive.it/pag/39288/

On April Focus Storia we talk (in Italian) about Lorenzino and Alessandro de' Medici. (No April's fool!)

Our new seminar series. In-person at @CaFoscari and online. Starting today! www.unive.it/data/33113/2...

Christmas reading ideas: my latest article focuses on the Medici and the 'impossible eclipse' of 1666. 'A Celestial Prodigy' is now online on Nuncius. #historyofscience #historyofastronomy #historyofflorence brill.com/view/journal...

All is ready for the first conference of our PRIN project, funded by the Ministry of University:'Italian diasporas in sixteenth-century France: people, books, ideas'. Tomorrow and Friday at Sapienza University of Rome italianlily.digilab.uniroma1.it/wp-content/u...

You never know what to expect when opening the window of your new hotel room in #Venice. I hadn't realized I would overlook the wonderful #GrandCanal!

What is the VeDPH? Now on Bluesky.

Nominations are now open for DH Awards 2024 dhawards.org/dhawards2024... Open until 2025-01-26

Teaching: EM history and public history, coordination of the MA progr. in dig. & publ. humanities www.unive.it/data/people/... Latest monograph: The Duke's Assassin yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300... Current project: Online database of letters by Leopoldo de' Medici www.medici.org/the-falconie...

📰🔔 VII AIPH CONFERENCE ✨ Call for papers VII National Conference of the Italian Public History Association - Modena, 3-6 June 2025. Deadline 10 JANUARY 2025 All details here 👇 aiph.hypotheses.org/14409?fbclid... Spread the word and participate!

Grateful for having the opportunity to share my experience of #publichistory teaching in Venice in this special issue. In addition, the cover photo is mine! www.pacinieditore.it/prodotto/ric...

Our upcoming seminar next Thursday. Everyone's invited!

When you teach #publichistory at Ca' Foscari University in #Venice and when the centre you work in (@vedph.bsky.social) has hosted the HistoryCityApps project leader Fabrizio Nevola and funded the new locative app #HiddenVenice. A great opportunity for our students

Give a conference paper (and have dinner) in a fabulous medieval castle by a volcanic lake: ✅ #lagodibracciano #earlymodernrome 5

A captivating seminar yesterday at the VeDPH! Huge thanks to our visiting scholar, dr. @amandamadden.bsky.social, for her insightful talk on urban violence in early modern Venice and her fascinating perspective on the spatial dynamics of violence in the past! @chnm #venice #history

Looking forward to our next seminar this coming Wed, featuring @vedph.bsky.social visiting scholar @amandamadden.bsky.social. Join us in-person or online! #venice #earlymodernhistory #gis

Yes, it's an incredibly busy moment of the year. But then it's a warm and sunny day, and this is what you see from your new classroom door... #venice #giudeccacanal

When you have to give a paper from 11 p.m. to midnight because you're in the Old Continent and your audience is in the New World... 😕 www.medici.org

A wealthy and skilled Medici prince and an old antiquarian seeking for a buyer for his collections. We're in Rome and Florence in the 2nd half of the 17th cent. and this is my new article on the Journal of the History of Collections. academic.oup.com/jhc/advance-...

What a stunning poster! Looking forward to taking part in this exciting event in Venice with several famous writers. Check the website and save the date! venicenoir.com

When the copyist is an artist. Four men hung at the windows of the Palazzo del Bargello after having plotted against Lorenzo the Magnificent, Florence 1481. #bibliotecanazionale #historyofflorence #manuscript

So excited to have inspired a best seller fiction book with my non-fiction book. So grateful to @davidhewson.bsky.social for getting inspired by my text and for giving me a copy of his.

Very happy to have organized this seminar with @thomascauvin.bsky.social, leading figure in international #publichistory. From C2DH at University of Luxembourg to VeDPH at Ca' Foscari University, our very welcome guest for a few days. www.unive.it/data/agenda/...

Five exciting days of lectures, hands-on activities, and guided tours in the wonderful setting of #Venice. And, believe it or not, it's free of charge! www.unive.it/pag/39288/

Another seminar series is ready at the Venice Centre for Digital and Public Humanities at Ca' Foscari Uni in Venice. From Feb to Jun, all in English, in person and online. Everyone's invited! #digitaleditions #digitalarchaeology #publichistory #neurohumanities #chineseart