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Paula Findlen

Ubaldo Pierotti Professor of Italian History and Professor by courtesy of French and Italian

Stanford University

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School of Humanities and Sciences

History

Paula Findlen is currently serving as a History Ubaldo Pierotti Professor of Italian History and Professor by courtesy of French and Italian at Stanford University.

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Paula Findlen

Stanford University

Ubaldo Pierotti Professor of Italian History and Professor by courtesy of French and Italian

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history cultural history history of science intellectual history history and philosophy of science interdisciplinary history art historiography modern italy historical review museology cultural heritage heritage studies historical scholarship historical methodology philosophy social history european society philosophy of history museum conservation feminist studies science studies culture philosophy of science archaeology women's studies gender theory historical reconstruction historical transition monumental heritage historical evidence eighteenth-century italy prehistory athanasius kircher narrative historical biology urban history global history feminist perspectives historical reassessment historical analysis virtual museum textual practice seventeenth century enlightenment italy laura bassi italian renaissance historical geography cultural change history of mathematics historical sociology scholarly communication classical sociology sociology of knowledge early modern italy early modern things renaissance italy comedy studies philosophy of physics knowledge society last man sexology biopolitics societal influence human condition women's empowerment thanatology gendered context feminist debate knowledge creation cambridge history scientific culture scientific discourse material world baroque rome roman college museum

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Provenance and Possession: Acquisitions From the Portuguese Empire in Renaissance Italy, Written by K. J. P. Lowe. Journal of Early Modern History (2026)

classicscultural historyliterary historyhistorical evidencerenaissance italyportuguesehistorical methodologyhistorical reconstructionhistorical scholarshipmodern italyportuguese empirehistoriography

Projecting Spirits: Speculation, Providence, and Early Modern Optical Media. Material Religion (2024)

Paula Findlen

philosophyreligious studiescomparative religionhumanitiesreligionearly modern philosophy

Andrea Lauria. From the Renaissance Studiolo to the Contemporary Museum. Quaderni d italianistica (2023)

Paula Findlen

contemporary museumart historymuseum conservationrenaissance studioloart

: The Marvels of the World: An Anthology of Nature Writing Before 1700. Speculum (2023)

Paula Findlen

history of scienceliterary historyintellectual historyhistoryworld literatureliteraturenarrativenatureliterary theorycomparative literatureliterary studiestextual practiceliterary criticism

The Renaissance of Science. Oxford University Press eBooks (2023)

Paula Findlen

history of sciencescientific communicationscience studiesphilosophy of sciencesocial scienceshistory and philosophy of sciencescience and technology studies

Father Kircher’s Big Beautiful Books. Journal of Jesuit Studies (2022)

Paula Findlen

religious studies

NoëL Golvers, Johann Schreck Terrentius, Sj: His European Networks and the Origins of the Jesuit Library in Peking. East Asian Science Technology and Medicine (2022)

Paula Findlen

asian studieseuropean networkseast asian languageseast asian studiesscience and technology studiesjesuit library

On Pestilence: A Renaissance Treatise on Plague. Annals of Science (2022)

Paula Findlen

classicspaleopathologyprehistoryrenaissance treatiseinfectious diseaseshistorymalariapathogensdisease ecologydisease emergenceentomologyearly modern philosophysusceptible hostparasitologypest managementmedical entomologyhistorical biologypest sciencehistorical analysis

9. Anatomy of a Lesbian: Medicine, Pornography, and Culture in Eighteenth-Century Italy. Stanford University Press eBooks (2020)

classicscultural historyhomosexualityfrencheighteenth-century italymodern italysexuality and disabilityqueer studieslesbian studiesgendered sexualityfeminist studies

Always Among Men: Laura Bassi at the Bologna Academy of Sciences (1732–78). Springer biographies (2020)

Paula Findlen

history of sciencegender studiesphilosophybologna academylaura bassihistory and philosophy of science

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Paula Findlen

Ubaldo Pierotti Professor of Italian History and Professor by courtesy of French and Italian

Stanford University

Affiliations

School of Humanities and Sciences

History

Paula Findlen is currently serving as a History Ubaldo Pierotti Professor of Italian History and Professor by courtesy of French and Italian at Stanford University.

Honors

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Experiences

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Education

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Paula Findlen

Stanford University

Ubaldo Pierotti Professor of Italian History and Professor by courtesy of French and Italian

You can click a keyword to filter the displayed items

Notable Scholarly Works

Notable Federal Grants

Collaborators

Provenance and Possession: Acquisitions From the Portuguese Empire in Renaissance Italy, Written by K. J. P. Lowe. Journal of Early Modern History (2026)

classicscultural historyliterary historyhistorical evidencerenaissance italyportuguesehistorical methodologyhistorical reconstructionhistorical scholarshipmodern italyportuguese empirehistoriography

Projecting Spirits: Speculation, Providence, and Early Modern Optical Media. Material Religion (2024)

Paula Findlen

philosophyreligious studiescomparative religionhumanitiesreligionearly modern philosophy

Andrea Lauria. From the Renaissance Studiolo to the Contemporary Museum. Quaderni d italianistica (2023)

Paula Findlen

contemporary museumart historymuseum conservationrenaissance studioloart

: The Marvels of the World: An Anthology of Nature Writing Before 1700. Speculum (2023)

Paula Findlen

history of scienceliterary historyintellectual historyhistoryworld literatureliteraturenarrativenatureliterary theorycomparative literatureliterary studiestextual practiceliterary criticism

The Renaissance of Science. Oxford University Press eBooks (2023)

Paula Findlen

history of sciencescientific communicationscience studiesphilosophy of sciencesocial scienceshistory and philosophy of sciencescience and technology studies

Father Kircher’s Big Beautiful Books. Journal of Jesuit Studies (2022)

Paula Findlen

religious studies

NoëL Golvers, Johann Schreck Terrentius, Sj: His European Networks and the Origins of the Jesuit Library in Peking. East Asian Science Technology and Medicine (2022)

Paula Findlen

asian studieseuropean networkseast asian languageseast asian studiesscience and technology studiesjesuit library

On Pestilence: A Renaissance Treatise on Plague. Annals of Science (2022)

Paula Findlen

9. Anatomy of a Lesbian: Medicine, Pornography, and Culture in Eighteenth-Century Italy. Stanford University Press eBooks (2020)

classicscultural historyhomosexualityfrencheighteenth-century italymodern italysexuality and disabilityqueer studieslesbian studiesgendered sexualityfeminist studies

Always Among Men: Laura Bassi at the Bologna Academy of Sciences (1732–78). Springer biographies (2020)

Paula Findlen

history of sciencegender studiesphilosophybologna academylaura bassihistory and philosophy of science

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