Name: Laura Lestani

Position/Professional Category: PhD Candidate (FCT Scholarship)

Research project title: –

Supervisor: Sabina de Cavi, IHA-NOVA FCSH/IN2PAST

Thematic areas: Prints, Venice, Lisbon, Ecocriticism, Landscape and mapping, The pastoral and the environment

Position within IHA: RG Member [Pre-Modern Visual and Material Cultures]

Contact: lestanilaura@gmail.com

CIÊNCIA ID: 571C-A275-EF6C

ORCiD: 0009-0006-6477-2423

Biography

Laura Lestani is a student at the Italian Department at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, specializing in Medieval and Early Modern Studies. Her research explores Venetian print culture, early modern cartography, and the relationship between image, text, and environment. She holds MAs in Art History (Technische Universität Dresden) and in Economics and Management of Arts and Cultural Activities (Ca’ Foscari University of Venice). Laura has worked as a cataloguer at Schmidt Fine Art Auctions and as a guide at the Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister in Dresden. She currently teaches Italian language courses at the University of Illinois and volunteers at the Art Institute of Chicago.

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Abbreviations:
RG – Research Group