Mag. Dr. Alessandra Quaranta

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• Education

  February 2016
  PhD in Humanities, Specialization in Historical Studies
  University of Trento, Department of Letters and Philosophy
  Title of the Dissertation: The Network of Correspondence between Italian and German-speaking Physicians in the Sixteenth Century: Freedom of Research, Circulation of Knowledge and Confessional Experiences
  Final judgment: "fully worthy of the title PhD"

  September 2014-May 2015
  Grantee of a Swiss Government Excellent Doctoral Scholarship
  University of Basel (Switzerland), Philosophical-Historical Faculty
  Tutor: Prof. Susanna Burghartz
  
  July 2012
  Master's Degree in Historical Sciences and Forms of Memory
  University of Trento, Department of Letters and Philosophy
  Final mark: 110/110 with honours
  
  October 2009
  Bachelor's Degree in Historical Sciences
  University of Trento, Department of Letters and Philosophy
  Final mark: 110/110 with honours
  
  Secondary education diploma in scientific studies
  Liceo Scientifico di Stato Nicolò Copernico, Brescia, Italy
  Final mark: 100/100 with honours
• Academic positions held up to date

  October 2020
  Senior post-doctoral researcher in the frame of “Lise Meitner program”
  University of Vienna, Department of History
  Title of the project: Italian Physicians at the Habsburg Courts in the Second Half of the Sixteenth Century. Professional Relationships, Cultural Exchanges and Transmission of Knowledge 
  
  January-March and June-August 2020 
  In the frame of the project entitled Close Distance. Eine Wissensgeschichte europäischer Händlerkolonien, and conducted by Prof. Cornel Zwierlein (Freie-Universität Berlin, Friedrich-Meinecke-Institut), I transcribed an inventory of an apothecary in Cairo, which is dated to 1731 and kept in the repository of the English Chancellor’s Office. I also identified all medicaments recorded in the inventory.
  
  October-December 2019 and October-December 2018
  As Teaching assistant, I gave practical lessons for the class Methodology for Historical Research. 
  University of Trento, Department of Letters and Philosophy 
  
  October 2018
  Recipient of the title “Expert on the subject Early Modern History”
  University of Trento, Department of Letters and Philosophy
  By virtue of this role, I supported Prof. Giovanni Ciappelli in conducting final oral exams for both the subjects Early Modern History and Methodology for Historical Research in the academic years 2018-2019 and 2019-2020.   
  
  November 2016-November 2018
  Postdoctoral researcher 
  University of Trento, Department of Letters and Philosophy

  • Title of the research project: The Medical Activity in Trentino in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries: Tradition, Empirical Methods and Relationships with German-Speaking Area 
    The research project was carried out in collaboration with both the Professional Association of Physicians of Trento and the Fondazione Museo Storico del Trentino.
    The research was founded by both the University of Trento and Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio Trento e Rovereto (CaRiTro)

  November-December 2016
  Collaborator for the project of didactic innovation for the class Methodology for Historical Research
  University of Trento, Department of Letters and Philosophy
• Other Achievements

  June 2014: Winner of the Best Graduate Award in the Department of Letters and Philosophy for AY 2011/2012 University of Trento
  
  October 2013: Winner of the Best Master's Degree Thesis Award University of Brescia and Fondazione della Comunità bresciana onlus Giacomo Gnutti

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• Main areas of research

  • Early Modern History
  • History of Medicine and Health Care
  • History of Pharmacy
  • History of Science
  • Cultural and Scientific Relationships between Italian and German-speaking territories in Early Modern Age
  • History of Culture, Press and Book Circulation
  • Social History
  • Gender Studies
  • Renaissance Studies
  • History of the Protestant Reformation in Italy
• Projects

  • 2020-2022: Italian Physicians at the Habsburg Courts in the Second Half of the Sixteenth Century. Professional Relationships, Cultural Exchanges and Transmission of Knowledge
    • Tutor: Priv.-Doz. PhD DM. Sonia Horn
  • 2016-2018: Ärztliche Praxis in Trentino im 16. und 17. Jahrhundert. Tradition, empirische Methoden und Beziehungen mit dem deutschsprachigen Bereich
    • Tutor: Prof. Giovanni Ciappelli