![]() All at once many beliefs, scientific systems, and perceived worlds clashed, mixed, and produced an unprecedented range of new ideas, which in turn shaped the following centuries and, thereby, our current world. ![]() The Italian Renaissance is a perfect moment for approaching this question because at that point the ideas about science, religion, and the world that had developed in the Middle Ages suddenly met those of the ancient world, reconstructed from rediscovered sources. My research on intellectual history, or the history of ideas, is my way of exploring how history and thought shape each other over time. Social Science Research Building, room 222 – OfficeĮarly modern Europe the Renaissance, with a focus on Italy the Reformation longue-durée intellectual and cultural history postclassical reception of classical philosophy Renaissance humanism history of the book, printing, and reading censorship and information control especially during information revolutions history of science, religion, atheism, deism, heresy, and heterodoxy intellectual continuities from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment reception of Epicureanism, atomism, Stoicism, Skepticism, Platonism, and Neoplatonism secondary specializations in genre fiction, science fiction & fantasy, and anime & manga. ![]() ![]() ![]() Senior Fellow, Society of Fellows in the Liberal Arts, the College Associate Professor of Early Modern European History and the Faculty, Center for Gender and Sexuality StudiesĪssociated Faculty, Department of Classicsįaculty Member and Faculty Fellow, Stevanovich Institute on the Formation of Knowledge ![]()
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