Team

  • Samuel K. Cohn, Project Lead

    Dr Samuel K. Cohn holds a PhD in Medieval History from Harvard University (1978) under the supervision of David Herlihy and has taught at Wesleyan University, Brandeis, and the University of Glasgow with visiting appointments at Brown University, the University of California at Berkeley, Antwerp University, the University of Aarhus, and L’Università degli studi di…

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  • Valentina Costantini, Research Associate

    Dr Valentina Costantini holds a PhD in Medieval History from the University of Siena (2013). She has carried out research and teaching activities at the University of Siena, Siena State Archives, Universidad de la República (Montevideo) and University of Leeds. She has also collaborated with the Instituto de Cultura Italiana in Montevideo and Leeds Museums…

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  • Louisa McKenzie, Research Associate

    Dr Louisa McKenzie holds a PhD in History of Art from the Warburg Institute, University of London (2023). Her work centres on the devotional art and material culture of late medieval and Renaissance Europe, with a particular focus on Italy. A key aspect of her work is an interest in materiality and its implications for…

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  • Aina Palarea, Research Assistant

    Dr Aina Palarea holds a PhD in Medieval History from the European University Institute (2023) and two MRes from the same Institute and the University of Girona, where she did her BA in History. Her research interests focus on the fields of cultural and socioeconomic history, particularly on consumption and trade in late medieval Catalonia.…

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  • Neil McClelland, PhD Candidate

    Neil McClelland holds a first-class MA joint honours degree in History and Italian, and a Master of Research (MRes) degree, both from the University of Glasgow. His MRes thesis, which passed unconditionally, was on notions of foreignness in Florence c.1300-c.1525. He is currently the PhD student on the Art and Inequality project, to which his…

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