Paula Findlen (born 1964) is: 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.
Findlen received a bachelor's degree in Medieval/Renaissance Studies from Wellesley College in 1984, and from the University of California, Berkeley earned a master's in History in 1985 and a PhD in 1989. 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. 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
- "Why Go——to Grad School?" https://www.chronicle.com/article/Why-Go-to-Grad-School-/149957
References※
- ^ "Paula Finden CV" (PDF). History.stanford.edu. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-10-09. Retrieved 2017-03-09.
- ^ "Paula Findlen | Department of History". History.stanford.edu. Retrieved 2017-03-09.
- ^ "The Gilbert Lecture 2016: Paula Findlen". Archived from the original on 2017-03-12. Retrieved 2017-03-09.
- ^ "The Gilbert Lecture 2016: Paula Findlen | The Society for the History of Collecting". Societyhistorycollecting.wordpress.com. 2016-11-04. Archived from the original on 2018-07-02. Retrieved 2017-03-09.
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