University of Edinburgh

Economic and Cultural Exchange in Early Modern Venice: The Cinque Savi alla Mercanzia and control of Immigrant Groups, 1550-1700

Academic History:

2009 - 2013: BA Joint Honours Italian Studies and History, University of Birmingham

2015 - 2016: MSc Renaissance Studies, University of Edinburgh

Present: PhD in History, University of Edinburgh

Supervisors:

Professor Stephen Bowd (University of Edinburgh)

Dr Emily Michelson (University of St Andrews)

Research Interests:

My research interests are mainly within the late Medieval and the Renaissance in Italy and beyond. I am particularly interested in cultural and social history: the lived experience of people at the time and the way that art and architecture was used in public and private space to promote ideas and reputations. I am particularly concerned with cultural and religious boundaries: the complex nature of relationships between different religious and ethnic groups, cross-cultural influences in art and the experience of travellers such as traders, missionaries and diplomats in the early modern world. Although my research is based in Venice, it has a global outlook in its study of immigrant merchants. Other areas of interest are the art and culture of 16th century Mughal courts and Italian literature from Medieval to Renaissance.

Previous Research Projects:

Piety, Trade and Immigration: Venetian Authorities and Turkish Merchants, 1570-1641. (Master's dissertation)

The Jewish Community in Medieval Emilia Romagna (undergraduate independent research)

Scholarships:

AHRC DTP scholarship

Contact Details:

Address: History, Classics and Archaeology, William Robertson Wing, Old Medical School, 4 Teviot Place, Edinburgh EH8 9AG

Email: s0804188@sms.ed.ac.uk

First published: 25 September 2017