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I am a Research Fellow at the University of Ferrara and an Adjunct Professor in the History of Science and Technology at the University of Florence. My research focuses on various aspects and topics related to the relationships between science and belief in early modern and modern Europe, with a particular emphasis on the history of alchemy, chemistry, print culture, and scientific communication.

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Employment (7)

University of Ferrara: Ferrara, IT

2024-07-01 to present | Research Fellow in the History of Science and Technology (PHIL-02/B) (Department of Humanities)
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Leonardo Anatrini

University of Florence: Florence, IT

2023-09-04 to present | Adjunct Professor in the History of Science and Technology (M-STO/05) (Department of Humanities)
Employment
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Leonardo Anatrini

University of Florence: Florence, Tuscany, IT

2021-03 to present | Research/Teaching Assistant in the History of Science and Technology (M-STO/05) (Department of Humanities)
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Leonardo Anatrini

University of Florence: Florence, IT

2023-10-01 to 2024-06-30 | Research Fellow in the History of Science and Technology (M-STO/05) (Department of Humanities)
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Leonardo Anatrini

University of Modena and Reggio Emilia: Modena, Emilia Romagna, IT

2022-04 to 2023-04 | Research Fellow in the History of Science and Technology (M-STO/05) (Department of Studies on Language and Culture)
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Leonardo Anatrini

University of Siena: Arezzo, Tuscany, IT

2022-03 to 2023-04 | Adjunct Professor in the History of Science and Technology (M-STO/05) (Department of Social, Political and Cognitive Sciences)
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Leonardo Anatrini

University of Bologna: Bologna, Emilia Romagna, IT

2018-06 to 2021-02 | Research/Teaching Assistant in the History of Science and Technology (M-STO/05) (Department of History, Cultures and Civilizations)
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Leonardo Anatrini

Education and qualifications (3)

University of Ferrara: Ferrara, Emilia Romagna, IT

2017-10 to 2021-06 | PhD in Humanities (Department of Humanities)
Education
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Leonardo Anatrini

University of Bologna: Bologna, Emilia Romagna, IT

2013-11 to 2016-03 | Master of Arts in Historical Sciences (LM-84 - History) (Department of History and Cultures)
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University of Bologna: Bologna, Emilia Romagna, IT

2010-09 to 2013-11 | Bachelor of Arts in Oriental History (L-42 - History) (Department of History and Cultures)
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Professional activities (5)

University of Ferrara: Ferrara, IT

2024-07 to present | Research Unit Member - Design of Science (DoS), Research Unit on the History and Communication of Science (Department of Humanities)
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Leonardo Anatrini

Italian Society for the History of Science (SISS): Firenze, Tuscany, IT

2022-05 | 2022 Young Scholar Prize – Mention of merit
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Museo Galileo: Florence, Tuscany, IT

2020-05 to 2022-01 | Editorial Board Member - Galilaeana. Studies in Renaissance and Early Modern Science (ISSN 1971-6052)
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Leonardo Anatrini

University of Ferrara: Ferrara, Emilia Romagna, IT

2018-01 to 2021-06 | Research Unit Member - Interdepartmental Research Unit on the History and Communication of Science
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University of Siena: Siena, Tuscany, IT

2018-05 to 2020-01 | Non-stipendiary Research Fellow - PRIN 2015 Scheme, action #215XYM4WN: Galileo’s Science and Myth in Europe Between 17th and 19th Centuries
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Funding (7)

PRIN-PNRR 2022 Scheme, action #P2022M2CJ9: Risk Communication and Engagement for Societal Resilience (SCARER)

2024-07 to 2025-06 | Contract
University of Ferrara (Ferrara, IT)
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Leonardo Anatrini

From Ether to God (and Everything in Between). On the Alchemical Philosophy and Laboratory Practice of François Jollivet-Castelot

2023-10 to 2024-07 | Award
Society for the History of Alchemy and Chemistry (London, GB)
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Leonardo Anatrini

Theories and Experimental Practices in Chemistry Between the 19th and 20th Centuries

2023-10 to 2024-06 | Contract
University of Florence (Florence, Tuscany, IT)
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Leonardo Anatrini

The Library of Life

2022-04 to 2023-04 | Contract
University of Modena and Reggio Emilia (Modena, Emilia Romagna, IT)
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Leonardo Anatrini

Neurosciences In-Formation: A Visual History of Galvanism

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Leonardo Anatrini

Galileo’s Science and Myth in Europe Between 17th and 19th Centuries

2018-05 to 2020-01 | Grant
Italian Ministry of University and Research (action #215XYM4WN) (Siena, Tuscany, IT)
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Leonardo Anatrini

Merit Scholarship for Undergraduate and Graduate Students

2011-01 to 2015-12 | Grant
ER.GO - Regional Authority of Emilia Romagna for the Right to Higher Education (Bologna, Emilia Romagna, IT)
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Leonardo Anatrini

Works (36)

For an Experience-Based Study of the Relationship Between Science and Belief. The Case of Fin de Siècle Transmutational Alchemy

5th Conference of the International Research Network for the Study of Science and Belief in Society - International Conference, Dorint Hotel Frankfurt/Oberursel, Oberursel (1-4 July 2024)
2024-07 | Conference paper
Contributors: Leonardo Anatrini
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Leonardo Anatrini

Bevitori di mercurio

Roma, Carocci
2024-06-07 | Book
Contributors: Leonardo Anatrini
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Leonardo Anatrini

Dreams of Gold Reconsidered. Towards an Experimental History of the Relationships Between Alchemy and Chemistry After Lavoisier

Historical Reconstruction: Touching the Past - International Workshop, Wroclaw University, History Institute, Wrocław (8-10 March 2024)
2024-03 | Conference paper
Contributors: Leonardo Anatrini
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Leonardo Anatrini

A Peculiar Case of Entrepreneurial Bravery. The First Edition of Galileo Galilei’s Collected Works in the Context of Mid-Seventeenth-Century Publishing and Censorship

ANN-MARIE HANSEN, ARTHUR DER WEDUWEN (eds.), Publishers, Censors and Collectors in the European Book Trade, 1650-1750. Leiden-Boston, Brill, 2024, pp. 71-105
2024-03-18 | Book chapter
Contributors: Leonardo Anatrini
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Leonardo Anatrini

From Ether to God (and Everything in Between). On the Alchemical Philosophy and Laboratory Practice of François Jollivet-Castelot

Uncovering the Secrets of the Universe - International Conference, Society for the History of Alchemy and Chemistry (SHAC), St John’s College, University of Oxford (13 January 2024)
2024-01-13 | Conference paper
Contributors: Leonardo Anatrini
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Leonardo Anatrini

Atti del XX Convegno Nazionale di Storia e Fondamenti della Chimica

Roma, Accademia Nazionale delle Scienze detta dei XL, 2023
2023 | Edited book
Contributors: Leonardo Anatrini; Massimo Betti; Franco Calascibetta
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Di mostri e scienziati. Victor Frankenstein e Balthazar Claës in bilico fra alchimia e chimica

LEONARDO ANATRINI, MASSIMO BETTI, FRANCO CALASCIBETTA (eds.), Atti del XX Convegno Nazionale di Storia e Fondamenti della Chimica. Roma, Accademia Nazionale delle Scienze detta dei XL, 2023, pp. 17-27
2023 | Book chapter
Contributors: Leonardo Anatrini; Marco Ciardi
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Tra divulgazione e speculazione: sulla sintesi evolutiva di Federico Sacco (1864-1948)

ALESSANDRO MECAROCCI, VALLORI RASINI (eds.), A proposito di organismi, evoluzione e conoscenza. Milano, Meltemi, 2023, pp. 113-131
2023-12 | Book chapter
Contributors: Leonardo Anatrini
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Tentativi di superamento del limite epistemologico fra scienza e credenza nelle dottrine occultiste del XIX e XX secolo: il caso dei rapporti tra alchimia e chimica

Il Limite (The Limit) - Research Seminar, Pontifical University Antonianum, School of Philosophy, Rome (19 December 2023)
2023-12-19 | Conference paper
Contributors: Leonardo Anatrini
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The Invisible Dealer. Book Trade Strategies, Economic Intermediation, and Cultural Promotion in the Correspondence of Carlo Roberto Dati (1619 - 1676), Granducal Proto-Librarian

Circulation of Written Heritage: Local Production, Global Knowledge (15th-19th Centuries) - International Conference, Escuela de Estudios Hispano-Ame¬ricanos/Instituto de Historia; Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Seville (4-5 December 2023)
2023-12-05 | Conference paper
Contributors: Leonardo Anatrini
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Leonardo Anatrini

Da Frankenstein alla Garfagnana. Mary Shelley tra chimica e alchimia

20th Conference of the Italian National Group ‘Foundations and History of Chemistry’ - Lucca, Accademia Lucchese di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti (10-13 October 2023)
2023-10-10 | Conference paper
Contributors: Leonardo Anatrini; Marco Ciardi
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Leonardo Anatrini

The Mixed Blessings of Pragmatism. Jean-Baptiste Dumas and the (Al)Chemical Quest for Metallic Transmutation

Substantia. An International Journal of the History of Chemistry, 7,2, pp. 121-136
2023-09 | Journal article
Contributors: Leonardo Anatrini
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Quantificare i doni della morte. Giovan Battista Della Porta fra sperimnetalismo e magia nera

Natura incognita - Second International Conference of Early Career Scholars in the History of Science, SISS (Italian Society for the History of Science), Naples, Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn (6-8 September 2023)
2023-09-08 | Conference paper
Contributors: Leonardo Anatrini; Laura Incollingo
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Tra divulgazione e speculazione: sulla sintesi evolutiva di Federico Sacco (1864 1948)

Organismi, evoluzione e conoscenza (Organisms, evolution and knowledge) - Project Conference funded by the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia under the FAR Mission Oriented 2021 scheme (21 April 2023) - Department of Studies on Language and Culture, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
2023-04-21 | Conference paper
Contributors: Leonardo Anatrini
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Leonardo Anatrini

Gary Patterson, Chemistry in 17th-Century New England. Cham, Springer, 2020

Bulletin for the History of Chemistry, 47,2, pp. 251-252
2022 | Review
Contributors: Leonardo Anatrini
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Leonardo Anatrini

Il sottile fascino dell’autorità. I chimici e l’alchimia in Francia dopo Lavoisier

MAURIZIO D’AURIA (ed.), Atti del XIX Convegno Nazionale di Storia e Fondamenti della Chimica. Roma, Accademia Nazionale delle Scienze detta dei XL, pp. 39-47
2022 | Book chapter
Contributors: Leonardo Anatrini
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Leonardo Anatrini

Matthew Daniel Eddy, Ursula Klein (eds.), A Cultural History of Chemistry in the Eighteenth Century. London-New York-Dublin, Bloomsbury, 2022

Bulletin for the History of Chemistry, 47,3, pp. 322-323
2022 | Review
Contributors: Leonardo Anatrini
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Ursula Klein, Technoscience in History: Prussia, 1750-1850. Cambridge-London, The MIT Press, 2020

Bulletin for the History of Chemistry, 47,2, pp. 252-255
2022 | Review
Contributors: Leonardo Anatrini
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Leonardo Anatrini

Il sottile fascino dell’autorità. I chimici e l’alchimia in Francia dopo Lavoisier

19th Conference of the Italian National Group ‘Foundations and History of Chemistry’ - University of Basilicata (26-28 September 2022)
2022-09-27 | Conference paper
Contributors: Leonardo Anatrini
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Eric Scerri, Elena Ghibaudi, eds., What is a Chemical Element? A Collection of Essays by Chemists, Philosophers, Historians, and Educators. Oxford-New York, Oxford University Press, 2020

CnS. La Chimica nella Scuola, 43,5, pp. 60-61
2021 | Review
Contributors: Leonardo Anatrini
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Leonardo Anatrini

Primacy, Prestige & Authority. The Bolognese Edition of the ‘Opere’ at the Dawn of Galilean Mythology

MASSIMO BUCCIANTINI (ed.), The Science and Myth of Galileo between Seventeenth and Nineteenth Centuries in Europe (Proceedings of the International Conference - Florence, 29-31 January 2020). Firenze, Leo S. Olschki, pp. 53-68
2021 | Book chapter
Contributors: Leonardo Anatrini
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Before Paracelsus Became Mainstream. Defence of Medical Practice, Professional Secrecy and Rejection of Alchemy in the Work of Angelo Forte, Physician and Natural Philosopher

Medicine in Early Modern Italy: Between Theory and Practice, 1500-1700 - International Conference, Medici Archive Project, Firenze (19 November 2021)
2021-11-19 | Conference paper
Contributors: Leonardo Anatrini
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Leonardo Anatrini

A Complicated and Cumbersome Legacy. Definitions and Histories of Alchemy in the Narratives of Scientists, Popularisers and Occultists During the 19th Century

Storie di Scienza (Histories of Science) - First International Conference of Early Career Scholars in the History of Science, SISS (Italian Society for the History of Science), online (15-17 October 2021)
2021-10-16 | Conference paper
Contributors: Leonardo Anatrini
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Leonardo Anatrini

The Theologian’s Endgame. On the Recently Discovered Censorial Report on Galileo’s ‘Dialogue’ and Related Documents

Galilaeana. Studies in Renaissance and Early Modern Science, 17, pp. 219-288
2020 | Journal article
Contributors: Leonardo Anatrini
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Leonardo Anatrini

Beyond Truth, Belief and Authority: Science, Censorship and Book Trade in Bologna During the 17th Century

Institutions and Book Market During the Early Modern Period: Between Regulation and Promotion - International Conference, Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Seville (6-7 February 2020)
2020-02-07 | Conference paper
Contributors: Leonardo Anatrini
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Leonardo Anatrini

Primato, prestigio e autorità. L’edizione bolognese delle ‘Opere’ fra Nuova Scienza e diffusione del mito galileiano

The Science and Myth of Galileo between 17th and 19th Centuries in Europe - International Conference, Museo Galileo, Firenze (29-31 January 2020)
2020-01-29 | Conference paper
Contributors: Leonardo Anatrini
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Leonardo Anatrini

D’histoires oublièes et langues perdues. Le lexique comme outil de recherche dans l’histoire de l’alchimie et de la chimie

Lingue Culture Mediazioni - LCM Journal 6,2, pp. 33-52
2019 | Journal article
Contributors: Leonardo Anatrini; Marco Ciardi
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Leonardo Anatrini

La scienza impossibile. Percorsi dell’alchimia in Francia tra Ottocento e Novecento

Roma, Carocci
2019 | Book
Contributors: Leonardo Anatrini; Marco Ciardi
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The Dissemination of New Science: The Quest for Galileo’s Opera omnia as a Case Study in the History of 17th-century Censorship, Publishing and Book Trade

Crisis or Enlightenment? Developments in the Book Trade, 1650-1750 - International Conference, St Andrews University (20-22 June 2019)
2019-06-21 | Conference paper
Contributors: Leonardo Anatrini
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Leonardo Anatrini

Between Scientific Research, Mnemotechnic Tradition and Evangelical Mission: The Role of Francesco Giuseppe Bressani S.J. in the History of Canadian Cartography

FABIO D’ANGELO (ed.), The Scientific Dialogue Linking America, Asia and Europe Between the 12th and the 20th Century. Theories and Techniques Travelling in Space and Time. Napoli, Associazione culturale Viaggiatori, pp. 324-352
2018 | Book chapter
Contributors: Leonardo Anatrini
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R. Paul Thompson, Ross E. G. Upshur, Philosophy of Medicine. An Introduction. London-New York, Routledge, 2018

I Castelli di Yale, VI,1, pp. 264-271
2018 | Review
Contributors: Leonardo Anatrini
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Leonardo Anatrini

Science in the Margins: Reading Purposes of Galileo’s 17th-Century Scholars

Galilaeana. Studies in Renaissance and Early Modern Science, 15, pp. 301-313
2018 | Journal article
Contributors: Leonardo Anatrini
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Atlantide (1841). Appunti per la fine di una leggenda

Milano-Udine, Mimesis
2017 | Book
Contributors: Leonardo Anatrini
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Creation and Circulation of Devotional Contributions: The Work of Serafino Razzi

FAUSTA NAVARRO (ed.), Plautilla Nelli. Arte e devozione sulle orme di Savonarola. Catalogue of the exhibition held at the Uffizi Gallery (8 March - 4 June 2017). Livorno, Sillabe, pp. 142-157
2017 | Book chapter
Contributors: Leonardo Anatrini
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Leonardo Anatrini

Sulla permanenza della tematica del solvente universale nella speculativa alchemica francese di fine Ottocento

MARCO TADDIA (ed.), Atti del XVI Convegno Nazionale di Storia e Fondamenti della Chimica. Roma, Accademia Nazionale delle Scienze detta dei XL, pp. 47-56
2016 | Book chapter
Contributors: Leonardo Anatrini
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Del vetriolo filosofico: alla ricerca del solvente universale nella Francia di fine Ottocento

16th Conference of the Italian National Group ‘Foundations and History of Chemistry’ - University of Bologna (22-24 September 2015)
2015-09-22 | Conference paper
Contributors: Leonardo Anatrini
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