Erasmo CASTELLANI PhD student, Duke University

Erasmo CASTELLANI
PhD student, Duke University
[email protected]
770-755-8561
Employment
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Fall 2015 – Grader Assistant (HIS 286 Europe in Twentieth Century), Duke University
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AY 2014-15 – Organizer Graduate Conference History Department, Duke University
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Summer 2014 – Research fellow VIVA project, Duke University, Venice/Durham
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Spring 2014 – Teaching assistant (HIS 260D Religion, Science and Magic since 1400), Duke University
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2009-2013 – Research fellow for SHARED CULTURE - Strategic Project for the knowledge and availability of shared
cultural heritage, within the Cross Border Cooperation Programme Italy-Slovenia 2007-2013, Ca’ Foscari University –
Venice, Italy/Primorska University – Koper, Slovenia
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AY 2009-2010 – History tutor for undergraduate/graduate students, Ca’ Foscari University, Venice, Italy
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AY 2008-2009 – Graduate teaching assistant – Language instructor (Italian 1001 – Italian language and
culture), Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA
Education
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2013-present – History PhD student, Duke University
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2012 – Laurea magistrale (equivalent to a Masters) in History, Ca’ Foscari, Venice, Italy. Thesis: “Voci distanti.
La comunicazione tra governati e governanti nelle Bocche di Cattaro tra XVI e XVII secolo” – advisor: Prof.
Claudio Povolo.
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AY 2008-2009 – Ca’ Foscari/GSU Exchange Program Fellow, Georgia State University.
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2008 – Laurea di primo livello (equivalent to the BA) in History, Ca’ Foscari University, Venice, Thesis:
“L'uomo che guardava le donne. Un processo del consiglio dei dieci di fine '700” – advisor: Prof. Claudio
Povolo.
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2007 – Slovene Language Summer Course Fellow, University of Primorska, Koper, Slovenia.
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1999 – Diploma di Maturità, Liceo Artistico Statale di Venezia, Italy.
Publications
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2017? – “Momiano e Pirano nella prima metà del Cinquecento” in conference proceedings of Momiano e
l’Istria: una comunità e una regione dell’Alto Adriatico (storia, arte, diritto, antropologia)
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2017? (Accepted) – “La legge a tutela della donna? Stupro a Vicenza sotto la Dominazione Austriaca” in I
luoghi del crimine, ed. Claudio Povolo, Verona, Cierre.
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October 2013 “The Archives of Kotor” in News Of The Rialto, 2013 (vol.32) ed. Eric Dursteler.
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2012 – “Le suppliche ed il Cinquecento” in Le pietre di Perastro. Il Dominio da mar e l’Albania veneta, for the
History of the Mediterranean seminar (Spring 2012) taught by Prof. Claudio Povolo at Ca’ Foscari University,
Venice.
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2011 – “Documenti disordinati: un esempio di ricerca basato sulla supplica di Agostino Vida di Capodistria”
(Scattered documents: an example of research based on a petition of Agostino Vida from Koper.) Article in
Acta Histriae, 19, 2011, 3.
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2011 – Entries “Confronto” and “Interrogatorio” for the Lessico giurisdizionale e processuale, in Claudio
Povolo, Il movente. Il giudice Bernardo Marchesini e il processo per l’omicidio di Giovanni Rama (1831-1833.) Verona,
Cierre.
Conference papers presented
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May 2016 – “Cultural Brokers Negotiating with Empire: the Nobleman Francesco Bolizza and His TransImperial Cultural Capital” international conference Negotiating Limits Between Early Modern Sovereignties. Zadar,
Croatia.
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October 2014 – “Venice and Sovereignty: An Empire on the Sea?” Sixteenth Century Society Conference.
New Orleans, Luisiana.
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September 2009 – “Agostino Vida e l’archivio di Capodistria: una testimonianza degli inizi del ‘600.”
International conference Testimoni e testimonianze del passato. Faculty of Humanities Koper, Science and
Research Centre of Koper at the University of Primorska, Koper; Ca’ Foscari University, Venice. – Koper,
Slovenia
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May 2009 – “Un processo delegato del Consiglio dei Dieci alla fine del ’700: la vicenda processuale del fabbro
Giuseppe Pedrocchi di Rovetta accusato di malcostume.” Fonti e temi di storia locale di Archivio Bergamasco.
Sponsored by the city council of Bergamo, the provincial council of Bergamo and Angelo Mai library.
Bergamo, Italy.
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May 2008 – “L'uomo che guardava le donne: processo delegato del consiglio dei dieci di fine '700.” Giornate
culturali del comune di Rovetta. Sponsored by the city council of Rovetta. Bergamo, Italy.
Conferences, lectures, panels and workshops
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October 2015 – “Staging Sovereignty: Knowledge, Narratives, and Spaces of Governance.” Annual Graduate
Conference of the Duke History Department. Conference Chair and organizer. Duke University.
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April 2015 – “Troubled Correspondence. How Venice communicated with Constantinople.” Lecture in the
lecture series Italy across the Mediterranean: Politics, Space, and Visual Culture from the Middle Ages to Early Modernity.
Stony Brook University, New York.
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October 2014 – “the world of the Sieges.” Co-organizer of the international workshop. Duke University.
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October 2014 – “Representations of Power in Renaissance Venice.” Co-organizer of the panel. SCSC, New
Orleans.
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AY 2013-14 – “Ocean Crossings.” Co-founder and co-organizer of the reading groups and workshop. Duke
University/Urbana Champaign.
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Spring 2012 – “Le suppliche dell’Albania Veneta nel Cinquecento.” Lecture in Claudio Povolo’s graduate
seminar in Mediterranean History. Ca’ Foscari University, Venice.
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May 2010 – “Orvieto Cathedral: its art and meanings.” Lecture in prof. Richard Keatley’s GSU study abroad
program. Perugia, Italy.
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May 2008 – “Giustizia e ordine pubblico nel Lombardo-Veneto (1815-1866.)” Co-organizer of documentary
exposition sponsored by Ca’ Foscari University, Venice, Archivio di Stato, Venice and Malo city council.
Malo/Vicenza, Italy.
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October-November 2007 – “Giurisdizione e polizia nel regno Lombardo-Veneto (1815-1866.)” Co-organizer
of documentary exposition sponsored by Ca’ Foscari University, Venice and Archivio di Stato, Venice.
Archivio di Stato, Venice, Italy.