Visiting Lecturer
Science
Previous Positions
2017–2018: Max Weber Postdoctoral Fellow, European University Institute (Florence)
Research Interests
My research deals with European history in the nineteenth and twentieth century, the history of climate science, and environmental history. I focus in particular on European colonialism, fascist Italy, and the relationship between politics, science and environmental management. I have also carried out research on the history of nationalism, eugenics, scientific racism in anthropology and the life sciences. My current book project is the first environmental history of Italian colonialism from the perspective of Science and Technology Studies.
Education
2017: PhD in History, Department of History, University of California, Berkeley. Designated Emphasis in Science and Technology Studies.
2013: MA in History, Department of History, University of California, Berkeley
2011: MA in Modern European History at the University of Padua (Italy), honors
2011: Galilean Diploma at the Galilean School of Advanced Studies (Scuola Galileiana di Studi Superiori) at the University of Padua, honors
2009: BA in History at the University of Padua, honors
Peer-Reviewed Articles
"From Lombroso to Fascism: Race, Statistics and Eugenics in Alfredo Niceforo's Trajectory (1876-1960)" European History Quarterly, v. 47, n. 3 (2017), pp. 461-490, DOI.
"Eugenics as Social Observation: Anthropology, Statistics and the Pursuit of 'Objectivity' in Alfredo Niceforo's Thought (1876-1960)" Popolazione e Storia, v. 17, 1 (2016), pp. 73-89.
"La Nazione Armata di Guglielmo Pepe" Clio 2 (2011), pp. 185-212.
Journal Issues Edited
Caglioti and Martin Mahony (eds.), "Special Issue: Relocating Meteorology" History of Meteorology, 8 (2017).
Teaching Appointments
Instructor
Fall 2018: "Science and Fascism," History Department, UC Berkeley
Fall 2018: "History of the Life Sciences since 1750," History Department, UC Berkeley
Fall 2015: "Science, Environments, and European Colonialism," History Department, UC Berkeley
Co-Instructor
Spring 2018: "Empires in Modern History," Department of History and Civilization
European University Institute, with Professors Pieter Judson and Lucy Riall
Fellowships & Awards
2018: Writing Fellowship, Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society
Ludwig-Maximilians Universität München (Munich, Germany)
2016: History of Science Fellowship, American Meteorological Society
2015: Summer Grant of the History Department, UC Berkeley
2014: History of Science Fellowship, American Geophysical Union
2014: Grant of the International Commission on History of Meteorology
University of Bergen (Bergen, Norway)
2014: Dissertation Fellowship, Institute of European Studies, UC Berkeley
2013: Grant of the Institut National d'Études Démographiques
Section "Population and History" (Paris, France)
2013: Research Grant, Department of Italian Studies, UC Berkeley
2012: Dissertation Proposal Development Fellowship
Social Science Research Council in Ecological History
2011: Research Grant, Center for the Comparative Study of Right Wing Movements, UC Berkeley
2011: Pre-Dissertation Fellowship, Institute of European Studies, UC Berkeley
