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VALENTINA SEBASTIANI - CURRICULUM VITAE
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Address
Institute for Italian and German Historical
Studies (Isig) – FBK –
Via S. Croce, 77
I- 38122 Trento (IT)
Tel.: +39 0461 314 267
E-mail: [email protected]
1. CURRENT POSITION
04/2012-: PhD researcher, Institute for Italian and German Historical Studies (Trento, Italy).
2. EDUCATION
10/2010: PhD degree, European University Institute, Florence (Italy), Department of History
and Civilization.
Dissertation title: “The Privilege of Publishing Erasmus: Johannes Froben (1460c.-1527) a
Basle Printer”. Jury: Prof. Antonella Romano (supervisor, EUI), Prof. Silvana Seidel Menchi
(external supervisor, University of Pisa), Prof. Antony Molho (EUI, Brown University), Prof.
Roger Chartier (Collège de France, EHESS), Prof. Susanna Burghartz (University of Basel)
2010 University of Basel (CH): Summer School ‘Crossroads’: Shaping Europe: Imagined
Spaces and Cultural Transactions 1450-1700
2007 University of Venice (Italy): Summer School ‘Comprendre et décrire le livre des
temps modernes’
2006 University of Cagliari (Italy): Summer School ‘Révolution scientifique et monde
moderne: sources, enjeux, débats’
2006 European University Institute, Florence (Italy): Master of Research in History and
Civilization, European University Institute
2004 University of Trento (Italy): MA, Graduated with distinction (summa cum laude) in
Early Modern History
Languages
Italian: mother tongue
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Fluent: English, French
Good: German
Reading knowledge: Spanish, Latin, Swiss German
2. AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS
06-07/2013. Visiting Fellow, Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Berlin
05/2013. Visiting Fellow, Centre for Reformation and Renaissance Studies, University of
Toronto
04/2013. Visiting Fellow, University of Basel (History Department), University Library
Basel
01-03/2013. Visiting Fellow, LMU Munich (Theological Department) and Bavarian State
Library, Munich
10-12/2012. Visiting Fellow, History Department, University of Basel
04/2012-03/2015. Recipient of funding from the Autonomous Province of Trento for a threeyear Post-Doc research project (value of €148,000)
05-07/2012. Herzog-Ernst-Fellowship, awarded by the Fritz Thyssen Stiftung,
Forschungszentrum Gotha
01-03/2012. Amplonius-Fellowship awarded by the University of Erfurt, Bibliotheca
Amploniana
6-12/2011. Research scholarship awarded by H.A. Voegelin-Bienz-Stiftung, Staatsarchiv
Basel
6-12/2011. Visiting fellow, History Department, University of Basel
9/2011. Conference grant awarded by the University of Frankfurt a.M.
3/2011. Conference grant awarded by the Free University Berlin
9/2010. Conference grant awarded by the University of Pennsylvania)
2005-2009. Recipient of funding from the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs for a four-year
PhD research project at the European University Institute (EUI)
1-3/2008 Erasmus Program Scholarship at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales
(EHESS). Declined
5/2007 Summer school grant awarded by the École française de Rome, University of Venice,
Querini Stampalia Fondation, EUI
5/2006 Summer school grant awarded by École Française de Rome, University of Cagliari,
EUI
1-2/2006 Research grant awarded by the EUI, University Library of Basel
2006. Prize for the best Master Thesis on local history awarded by the Department of
Libraries and Archives, Autonomous Province of Trento
6/2005-6/2008. Recipient of funding from the “Scuola Superiore di Studi Storici”, University
of the Republic of San Marino for a three-year PhD research project. Declined
3. CONFERENCES (SELECTED)
- Sale Channels for Bestsellers in XVI. century Europe. (Fifth International Book Conference,
University of St. Andrews, 6/2013
- How to Print Books on Satire in 16th century Basel. (International Conference: Pasquin,
Lord of Satire, and his Disciples in 16th Century Struggles for Religious and Political
Reform, Warburg Institute, London, 2/2013
- From Basle to Europe: the Circulation of Froben’s Books. (International Graduate
Conference in Interdisciplinary Early Modern Studies: Crossroads. Networks,
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Communication, and Exchange in the Early Modern World, University of Cambridge,
9/2012)
- Die Zusammenarbeit zwischen Erasmus und Froben in Basel (1514-1527). (Studientagung:
Basel als Zentrum des geistigen Austausches in der frühen Reformationszeit, STH Basel,
6/2012)
- How Books Make Money. Johannes Froben’s Patrimonial Asset. (Postgraduate Conference,
University of Frankfurt a.M., 9/2011)
- Johannes Froben’s Catalogue and Humanist Book Culture (1491-1513). (Summer School:
History of Mediality, Medialities of History, University of Basel, 9/2011)
- The Privilege of Publishing Erasmus. Johannes Froben, a Basle Publisher (c.1460 – 1527).
(International Conference, Buchkulturen des deutschen Humanismus (1430-1530). Netzwerke
und Kristallisationspunkte des Humanismus im deutschen Sprachraum, IZ “Mittelalter –
Renaissance – Frühe Neuzeit”, Free University Berlin, 3/2011)
- Basilea 1514, Erasmo e Froben: un incontro casuale o una raffinata strategia editoriale?
(XV. Giornata L. Firpo, Religione e politica in Erasmo da Rotterdam, Torino, 10/2010)
- Childhood in a Printing-House: Bruno, Basilius, Margarethe, Bonifacio Amerbach and the
Challenges of Life in Humanist Basle (1497-1508). (International Conference, Childhood and
Emotion in Transcultural Perspectives 1450-1750, University of Pennsylvania,
Philadelphia 9/2010)
- Fabbricare la cultura degli umanisti: Johannes Froben (1460c.-1527), stampatore di
Erasmo. (Convegno di Studi in onore di Silvana Seidel Menchi, Famiglia e religione in
Europa nell’età moderna, Rovereto-Trento 6/2011)
- The Privilege of Publishing Erasmus. Johannes Froben, a Basle Publisher (c.1460 – 1527),
within the panel Relationships and Tensions in Later Humanistic Circles (SCSC, Genève
5/2008)
- Acquistare le verità di Erasmo: pubblico e lettori delle edizioni Johannes Froben di Basilea
(1515-1527). (Annual Conference SISEM, Florence 1/2008)
4. PUBLICATIONS
Books
- Il privilegio di pubblicare Erasmo. Johannes Froben (1460c.-1527), stampatore di Basilea,
PhD Dissertation, European University Institute, 2010, p. 334,
http://cadmus.eui.eu/handle/1814/14701
- Baldassarre Domenico Zini (1744-1788): un itinerario biografico. Dal clericalismo del
Principato vescovile all’illuminismo massonico mitteleuropeo, MA Dissertation, University
of Trento, 2004, p. 220
Articles in Books or Conference Proceedings
- Die kulturelle, geistige und materielle Bedeutung des Bündnisses zwischen Humanismus
und Druckwesen im Basel der frühen Neuzeit. Studie zur Zusammenarbeit zwischen Johannes
Amerbach und Johannes Heynlin (1477-1513), in Basel als Zentrum des geistigen
Austausches in der frühen Reformationszeit, hg. von S. Grosse, B. Hamm, Ch. Christ von
Wedel, forthcoming (2013)
- Humanism in print. The Apprenticeship of a Chalcographer: Johannes Froben of Basel
(1460-1514), in Buchkulturen des deutschen Humanismus (1430-1530). Netzwerke und
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Kristallisationspunkte, hg. von F. Eisenmann, E.A. Werner, Leiden: Brill, forthcoming
(2013)
- Childhood in a Printing-House: (1497-1508), in Childhood and Emotion in Transcultural
Perspectives 1400-1700, ed. by T.M. Safley, C. Jarzebowski, New York-London: Routledge,
in print (2013)
- Basilea 1514, Erasmo e Froben: un incontro casuale o una raffinata strategia editoriale?,
in Religione e politica in Erasmo da Rotterdam, atti della XV. Giornata Luigi Firpo: Torino
18-19 novembre 2010, ed. by M. Firpo, E. Baldini, Roma: Edizioni di Storia e Letteratura,
2012, p. 201-218
- Fabbricare la cultura degli umanisti. Johannes Froben ((1460c.-1527), stampatore di
Erasmo, in Famiglia e religione in Europa nell’età moderna. Convegno di Studi in onore di
Silvana Seidel Menchi, ed. by G. Ciappelli, S. Luzzi, M. Rospocher, Roma: Edizioni di Storia
e Letteratura, 2012, p. 117-128
- Sous le signe du Kairos. Édition et érudition à Bâle, au service d'Érasme de Rotterdam, in
Allegorie, Symbole et Dissidence (Antiquité, Moyen-Âge, Renaissance), éd. par Anne Rolet,
Rennes: Presses Universitaires de Rennes, 2012, p. 493-506
- Acquistare le verità di Erasmo: pubblico e lettori delle edizioni Johannes Froben di Basilea
(1515-1527), in Pubblico e pubblici di Antico Regime, ed. by B. Borello, Pisa: Pacini editore,
2009, p. 21-48
Translations
- Heide Wunder, Matrimonio e formazione del patrimonio nella prima età moderna. Un
contributo sulla relazione tra la storia di genere e la storia economica, in “Studi Storici” 3
(2009), p. 747-778: translation from German to Italian
Work in progress
Books
- How to Produce Bestsellers in Sixteenth Century Europe: analysis of the material, cultural
and economic strategies for publishing the key words of the modern age
Articles
- How to Print Books on Satire in 16th Century Basel, in Pasquin, Lord of Satire, and his
Disciples in 16th Century Struggles for Religious and Political Reform, ed. by A. Romano,
Ch. Damianaki
- Recycling Erasmus’ Titlepages. The Printing of Melanchton’s Works in Venice (1520-1525)
- Der Reichtum des Buches. Die Vermögen von Johannes und Hieronymus Froben aus dem
Staatsarchiv Basel
5. OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Teaching experiences / Lectures
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- Artists' Scholarly Expertise for the Making of Bestsellers in Sixteenth-century Basel.
(MPIWG-Fellow Colloquium, Art and Knowledge in Pre-Modern Europe Research Group,
MPIWG, Berlin 6/2013)
- Visual culture in 16th century Basel (Forschungscolloquium, Institut für Kunstgeschichte
der Neuzeit, Prof. Christine Göttler, Universität Bern, 3/2013)
- Das kulturelle und materielle Bündnis zwischen Humanismus und Druckwesen im Europa
der frühen Neuzeit (Oberseminar „Jüngere Forschungen zur Kirchen- und
Christentumsgeschichte“, Prof. Dr. Harry Oelke, Ev.-Theologische Fakultät, LudwigMaximilians-Universität München, 1/2013)
- “Citius quam asparagi coquuntur”. Storia del libro e diffusione della cultura europea.
High School Teachers Trainership Program – FBK/Buonconsiglio Castle Foundation
(Trento, 12/12)
- Die Buchdrucke des Johannes Froben: Einblicke in die Buchkultur des Humanismus.
(Amplonius-Fellow Colloquium, University of Erfurt 7/2012)
- Die Produktion von Bestsellern im Europa des 16. Jahrhunderts. Die Zusammenarbeit
zwischen Erasmus von Rotterdam und Johannes Froben. (Herzog-Ernst-Fellow Colloquium,
Forschungszentrum Gotha, 6/2012)
- Skills of a Printer in Humanist Basel. Johannes Froben’s apprenticeship (1485c.-1502)
between the dealings of entrepreneurs and the concerns of scholars. (Kolloquium zur
Vormoderne, Historisches Seminar, University of Basel 11/2011)
- About Froben, Erasmus’ printer. (Research Seminar Places, Practices and Objects of
Knowledge in Early Modern Europe, EUI 3/2010)
- Laboratorio di umanesimo: il valore di un “Formschneider”. (Research Seminar Thesis
Writing Seminar, EUI 10/2008)
- Legitimizing the Word of God: printing vs dissimulation in Erasmus’ communication
strategy (1516-1527). (Departmental Seminar, EUI 2/2008)
- La correspondence d’Erasme: une source pour l’histoire du livre. (École doctorale
Comprendre et décrire le livre des temps modernes, EHESS, EFR, Venice 5/2007)
- Letters from a Printing-House: Johann Amerbach on His Own Ordinary Work. (Research
Seminar, EUI 11/2007)
- The System of Proof: Erasmus and the Historian. (Departmental Seminar La preuve,
analyse comparative des conceptions et des méthodes en histoire, sociologie et droit, EUI
3/2007)
- La biographie d’un imprimeur. Johannes Froben (1460-1527). (École doctorale, Révolution
scientifique et monde moderne : sources, enjeux, débats. EHESS, EFR, Cagliari 6/2006)
- Un imprimeur et ses réseaux: Johannes Froben à Bâle (1490-1527). (Workshop, Network
Analysis, EUI, 4/2006)
- Teacher of Italian as foreign language (Trento, High School for Pedagogical Studies, 20042005)
Public Book Presentations
- Storia moderna o genesi della modernità and Cristianesimo e potere by Paolo Prodi. The
author was present (Trento, Isig, 12/2012)
- Un parcours critique. Douze exercises d’histoire sociale, by Jacques Revel. The author was
present (EUI, 5/2007)
- Proibito capire. La Chiesa e il volgare nella prima età moderna, by Gigliola Fragnito. The
author was present. (EUI, 3/2006)
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Panels organizer
Digital Humanists at work on 16th century Books. Panel concept and coordination, in
“History of Mediality, Medialities of History”, Summer School, University of Basel, 9/2011
6. PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP
Member of the Sixteenth Century Society, and the Renaissance Society of America
7. FIELDS OF RESEARCH
History of Communication in 15th and 16th centuries Europe, History of the Book, History of
Material Bibliography and Information Technology, Erasmus Studies, History of Theology,
Visual Studies in Renaissance Europe
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