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 & Galleries for the UK Year of Culture “Leeds 2023”. Her research interests focus on social and urban late medieval history, particularly on crafts, gender and urban revolts in European perspective. She is currently working on a paper on women, work and guilds organizations in medieval Italy; and is researching the reuse and circulation of second-hand textiles in medieval Florentine Tuscany.
https://glasgow.academia.edu/valentinacostantini
Team
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Samuel K. Cohn, Project Lead
Read more: Samuel K. Cohn, Project LeadDr Samuel K. Cohn holds a PhD in Medieval History from Harvard University (1978) under the supervision of David Herlihy and has taught at Wesleyan…
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Valentina Costantini, Research Associate
Read more: Valentina Costantini, Research AssociateDr Valentina Costantini holds a PhD in Medieval History from the University of Siena (2013). She has carried out research and teaching activities at the…
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Louisa McKenzie, Research Associate
Read more: Louisa McKenzie, Research AssociateDr Louisa McKenzie holds a PhD in History of Art from the Warburg Institute, University of London (2023). Her work centres on the devotional art…
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Neil McClelland, PhD Candidate
Read more: Neil McClelland, PhD CandidateNeil 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…
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Adam Linson, Senior Researcher
Read more: Adam Linson, Senior ResearcherDr Adam Linson is a Lecturer (Asst. Prof.) in Computing & Communications at the Open University (UK) with an Arts and Humanities background. He is…
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Aina Palarea, Research Associate (2024-2025)
Read more: Aina Palarea, Research Associate (2024-2025)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…
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Serena Galasso, Research Associate (2022-2023)
Read more: Serena Galasso, Research Associate (2022-2023)Dr Serena Galasso is a medieval historian specialised in social, economic and gender history. Trained in Italy and France, she studied women’s practical writings in late medieval…
