Alicia Sempere Marin

Alicia Sempere Marín is a pre-doctoral fellow in the Department of History of Art at the Universidad de Murcia, funded by the Spanish Ministry of Science. She has been a visiting scholar at University College London, Università di Parma, and Universidad de Valladolid. Her research has been recognized by the Spanish Committee of History of Art (CEHA) and the Royal Studies Journal. Her work focuses on the women of the House of Austria and the production and circulation of sumptuary goods in Early Modern Europe, with particular attention to gift-giving. During her stay at MAP, she will pursue this line of research by examining the role of Medici women as agents in papal diplomacy through the gifting of the Golden Rose.