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Filippo de Vivo is a historian specializing in Early Modern History, particularly focusing on Renaissance Italy and the wider Mediterranean region. He studied in Milan, Cambridge, and at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales in Paris. After 18 years of teaching at Birkbeck, University of London, he joined St Edmund Hall at the University of Oxford in 2021. His research interests include the dynamics of communication and the circulation of political and religious ideas in Venice, as well as the interaction between government authorities, professionals, and the working class within the historically diverse city. De Vivo also explores the implications of propaganda and resistance in the context of communication. He has led significant research projects supported by the European Research Council and has received multiple awards for his scholarship. His recent work examines the construction of knowledge in the early modern Mediterranean, particularly through archival sources.
University of Oxford • Oxford, ENG, GB
Joined St Edmund Hall as a Professor of Early Modern History after 18 years at Birkbeck, University of London.
Department of Politics and International Relations - Higher Level English requirement.