Dr Lorenza Gianfrancesco
Senior Lecturer in Early Modern History
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BA Hons (Italy), MA (London), PhD (London)
Dr Lorenza Gianfrancesco is a Senior Lecturer in Early Modern History. She holds a Laurea (BA Hons) in Late Medieval and Early Modern Literature and History (Italy), an MA in Renaissance and Early Modern Europe from Royal Holloway, 老司机视频 of London and a PhD in Early Modern Italian Cultural History from Royal Holloway, 老司机视频 of London. She is also an Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. She has previously taught at Royal Holloway, 老司机视频 of London, Goldsmiths, 老司机视频 of London, The Institute of Advanced Studies, 老司机视频 of London, Reading 老司机视频 and Sussex 老司机视频. Lorenza also sits on the Board of Directors of聽.
Lorenza is a cultural historian. Her research investigates communication, propaganda and dissent in early modern southern Italy with a focus on Naples. As the largest European capital in the early seventeenth century, Naples was a multicultural port city and a major commercial and cultural hub. Lorenza has worked extensively on the trans-national dimension of Naples’ urban sphere and its vibrant milieu. She has published extensively on the political and civic function of Neapolitan academies in early modern Italy and Europe; book history in early modern southern Italy, orality and cheap print, Vesuvius and alchemy in early modern Naples. She is currently completing a monograph titled Academies and the urban sphere in early modern Naples (1611-1648). Lorenza’s current research explores the role of Naples within a broader Mediterranean context with a focus on slavery and communities on the margins. As part of a large academic team, Lorenza has worked on a major project on early聽
TEACHING
Level 4, 鈥楨urope and the Mediterranean World: Society, Identity, Encounters (1450-1700)
Level 4, ‘The Black Death
Level 5, Art & Knowledge in Europe: from Early Renaissance to Baroque (1250-1650)
Level 5, 聽Kingdom of Heaven: Crusading and The Holy Land: 1095-1492
Key Publications
Selected Publications聽
Database of Italian Acadamies (http://www.bl.uk/catalogues/ItalianAcademies) 8000 entries, in charge of research on Naples and Southern Italy
Monograph:
Academies and the Urban Sphere in Early Seventeenth Naples (forthcoming, 2020)
Edited Volumes:
- Disaster Narratives in Early Modern Naples. Politics, Communication and Culture, Rome, a cura di D. Cecere, C. De Caprio, L. Gianfrancesco e P. Palmieri, Roma, Viella, 2018 (ISBN 978-88-6728-645-4)
- Napoli ed il Gigante: Il Vesuvio nella prima et脿 moderna, a cura di R. Casapullo e L. Gianfrancesco, Soveria Mannelli: Rubbettino, 2014, (ISBN 9788849843279)
Special issues of academic journals:
- A. Campbell, L. Gianfrancesco, N. Terrant (eds.), Alchemy and the Mendicant Orders in Late Medieval and Early Modern Europe, special issue of Ambix, vol. 65, issue 3, 2018.
Co-publications and translations:
- Co-writer and translator (from Italian into English) of Naples, School of Music. A Journey Through the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Neapolitan Music Scene (Regione Campania, Settore Musei e Biblioteche, 2009). Booklet co-written for a book exhibition titled Naples, School of Music, Istituto Italiano di Cultura, London (9-30 November 2009)
Essays and articles:
- Accademie, scienza e celebrazioni a Napoli nel primo Seicento, Quaderni di Symbolon, V (2010), pp. 177-213.
- Nota preparatoria di un repertorio delle opere teatrali scritte da autori del Regno di Napoli o pubblicate a Napoli nel secolo xvii in Michele Rak, L’occhio barocco. Dieci lezioni su immagini teatro e poesia da Napoli a Roma, Firenze e oltre, Due Punti Edizioni, Palermo, 2011, pp. 325-367.
- From Propaganda to science: looking at the world of Academies in Early Seventeenth-century Naples, in J. A. Marino and C. Vecce (eds.), The Disciplines of the Arts and Sciences in Naples: Medieval, Early Modern, Contemporary, (, California Italian Studies Journal (ISSN: 2155-7926), Volume 3, Issue 1, (2012), pp. 1-31 (http://escholarship.org/uc/ismrg_cisj)
- Di alcuni documenti sulle feste a Napoli (1599-1709). Relazioni di festa, orazioni, panegirici, rime celebrative, azioni teatrali, pompe, ragionamenti spirituali in Michele Rak, A Dismisura D鈥橴omo. Feste e spettacoli del barocco tra Napoli e Roma, Due Punti Edizioni, Palermo 2013, pp. 400-450.
- Vesuvio e societ脿: informazione, propaganda e dibattito accademico a Napoli nel primo Seicento in Rosa Casapullo & Lorenza Gianfrancesco (eds), Napoli ed il Gigante: Il Vesuvio nella prima et脿 moderna, Rubbettino, 2014, pp. 56-94
- And the voice of the people climbed Parnassus: Lingua Napolitana from Street Dialect to Canon in L. degl鈥橧nnocenti, B. Richardson & C. Sbordoni (eds.), Interactions between Orality and Writing in Early Modern Italian Culture, Routledge, 2016, pp.145-160.
- Narratives and representations of a disaster in seventeenth-century Naples in D. Cecere, C. De Caprio, L. Gianfrancesco and L. Palmieri (eds), Disaster Narratives in early Modern Naples. Politics, Communication and Culture, Rome: Viella, 2018, pp. 163-86.
- Books, Gold and Elixir: Alchemy and Religious Orders in Early Modern Naples in A. Campbell, L. Gianfrancesco, N. Terrant (eds.), Alchemy and Religious Orders in Early Modern Europe, special issue of Ambix, 聽2018, (DOI: 10.1080/00026980.2018.1512777), pp. 250-74.
- La lingua Napolitana nel primo Seicento tra tradizione e innovazione. in A. Moroncini, D. Schetcher & F. Vighi (eds.), Resistance in Italian Culture from Dante to the 21st Century 聽Firenze, Cesati, 2019, pp. 93-110.
Research
Organised聽Conferences and Workshops
- 2020聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 Co-organiser: Perceptions of Disasters in early Modern Cities (Panel and discussion), European Association for Urban History Conference, Antwerp,聽2-Semptember聽2020
- 2018聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 Co-organiser: International Conference Disasters and the Apocalypse:1500 to present (Panacea Trust, Cambridge, 13-14 September 2018)
- 2018 聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽Co-organiser: International Workshop The Science of Naples: Making Knowledge in Italy Pre-Eminent City, 1500-1700 (老司机视频 College London, London 20 April 2018) ,
- 2013听聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽Co-organiser聽International Conference Napoli ed il聽Gigante: il聽Vesuvio聽tra聽scittura聽ed聽immagine聽dall鈥橢uropa聽moderna聽all鈥檈ra聽dell鈥檜manistica聽digitalizzata聽(老司机视频聽Suor聽Orsola聽Benincasa, Naples, 10聽MAy聽2013)
- 2012聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽Co-organiser聽International Conference The Italian Academies 1525-1700: the first intellectual networks of early modern Europe鈥� (The British Library, London, 9-11 September 2012)
- 2011 聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽Co-organiser聽International Workshop The Italian Academies 1525-1700. Science, learning and censorship (Royal Holloway, 老司机视频 of London, 27 June 2011)
Invited Lectures and Presentations
- 2018聽 聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽Manuscript culture and oral communication in early modern Italian Academies: the case of Naples. International conference Archiving the Italian Academies: Critical methodologies and digital tools’ (老司机视频 College London, 28 June 2018)
- 2017听聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽Dal聽palazzo聽alla聽strada:聽l’accademia聽degli聽Oziosi聽tra聽cerimoniale,聽editoria聽e propaganda. (1629-1637).International Conference Il聽Manso聽ovvero聽dell’amicizia. Vita e聽cultura聽di un聽Gentiluomo聽della聽Napoli聽spagnola聽(1567-1645) (Fondazione聽Real Monte聽Manso聽di Scala and ‘L’Orientale’ 老司机视频, 9-10 December, 2017)
- 2017 聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Alchemy in early modern Naples. Seminar in the history of Alchemy (老司机视频 of Oxford, 10 May 2017)
- 2016听 聽 聽聽聽 聽 聽Searching for the essence: alchemy in early modern Naples. Paper delivered at the International Conference聽Scientiae. Disciplines of Knowing in the Early Modern World. (老司机视频 of Oxford, 5-7 July 2016)
- 2016听聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Antiquity and civic identity in early modern Naples: historiography, iconography and politics. International workshop The Neapolitan Phoenix: Heritage and Renewal in Renaissance and Early Modern Naples (1350-1650) (老司机视频 of Warwick, 26聽 May 2016)
- 2015聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Exploring the Inquisition in early seventeenth-century Naples. Seminar paper delivered at Goldsmiths, 老司机视频 of London (25 November 2015)
- 2015 聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Books and academies in early seventeenth-century Naples. 聽Seminar paper delivered at The聽Warburg聽Institute, London (28 October 2015)
- 2015聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Dangerous devotion in early modern Naples: the case of聽Giulia聽De Marco. International Conference Domestic Devotion in the Early Modern World 1400-1800 (老司机视频 of Cambridge, 9-11 July 2015)
- 2014聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 Religious dissent in early modern Naples. Paper delivered at the RSA Annual Conference: Renaissance Society of America, New York (27-29 March 2014)
- 2013聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽Editoria聽vesuviana聽nella聽cutura聽europea聽del Seicento. International conference Napoli e il聽Gigante聽tra聽scrittura聽ed聽immagine聽dall’Europa聽moderna聽all’era聽dell’umanistica聽digitalizzata, (Suor聽Orsola聽Benincasa聽老司机视频, 10 May 2013)
- 2013聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Academies and cultural exchange in early modern Spanish Naples: from intellectual debate to propaganda聽 Seminar paper (老司机视频 College London, London, 20 March 2013)
- 2012聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 From manuscript to print: written and visual tributes to Margaret of Austria, queen of Spain (1612). International Conference The Italian Academies 1525-1700: the first intellectual networks of early modern Europe鈥� (The British Library, London, 9-11 September 2012)
- 2011聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽Editoria聽e propaganda:聽agiografia聽antropologica聽ed聽iconografia聽agiografica聽tra聽Napoli e Sicilia聽nel聽XVII聽Secolo.聽AATI聽(American Association of Italian Teachers) Annual Conference (Erice, Sicily, 28-30 may 2011)
- 2010听聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 The world of academies: patronage, propaganda and public festivals in early modern Naples. International workshop Citizen cultures and ritual in early modern Italy and Spain (Gonville聽and Caius College, Cambridge 老司机视频, Cambridge 26 May 2011)
- 2009听聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽Scienza聽e聽medicina聽a Napoli e Roma聽nel聽periodo聽moderno. Seminar paper (Dipartimento聽di聽Studi聽Filologici,聽Linguistici聽e聽Letterari, 老司机视频 ‘Tor聽Vergata’, Rome, 18 April 2009).
Research Output
Articles
Campbell, A., Gianfrancesco, L. and Tarrant, N. (2018) Ambix, 65 (3). pp. 201-209. ISSN 1745-8234
Gianfrancesco, L. (2018) Ambix, 65 (3). pp. 250-274. ISSN 1745-8234
Book Sections
Gianfrancesco, L. (2018) In: Disaster Narratives in Early Modern Naples: Politics, Communication and Culture. Viella Historical Research (10). Viella, Rome, pp. 153-176. ISBN 978-88-6728-645-4
Books
Gianfrancesco, L., De Caprio, C., Cecere, D. and Palmieri, P. (2018) Viella Historical Research (10). Viella, Rome. ISBN 978-88-6728-645-4
Other department members
Clare Toombes
Student Employability Adviser
