Paula Findlen

Paula Findlen (born 1964)[1] is chair of the department of history, the Ubaldo Pierotti Professor of Italian History, the director of the Suppes Center for the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology, and the director of the SIMILE Program, all at Stanford University.[2]

Findlen received a bachelor's degree in Medieval/Renaissance Studies from Wellesley College in 1984, and a master's in History in 1985 from the University of California, Berkeley.[2][1] Her book, 'Possessing Nature: Museums, Collecting, and Scientific Culture in Early Modern Italy' was given the Pfizer Award in 1996 by the History of Science Society.

In 2016, Findlen gave the inaugural Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Lecture on the history of collecting, at London V&A.[3][4] That same year, she also received the Premio Galileo prize, an annual, international award for contributions to understanding Italian culture.

Selected publications

  • Possessing Nature: Museums, Collecting, and Scientific Culture in Early Modern Italy
  • Mapping the Republic of Letters, with Caroline Winterer, Giovanna Ceserani

and Dan Edelstein

  • Early Modern Things: Objects and their Histories, 1500-1800
  • Gusto for Things

References

  1. 1 2 "Paula Finden CV" (PDF). History.stanford.edu. Retrieved 2017-03-09.
  2. 1 2 "Paula Findlen | Department of History". History.stanford.edu. Retrieved 2017-03-09.
  3. ↑
  4. ↑ "The Gilbert Lecture 2016: Paula Findlen | The Society for the History of Collecting". Societyhistorycollecting.wordpress.com. 2016-11-04. Retrieved 2017-03-09.
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