Giulia Lovison

Giulia Lovison holds a PhD in History cum laude from the Scuola Normale Superiore in Pisa (2024). She is a subject expert in “History of Christianity and the Churches” at the University of Florence. She is a member of the international research project “The Tribunal of the Inquisition of Santa Croce in Florence: Places, Protagonists, Organization.” She previously took part in “ENBELREL – Environment and Beliefs in Law and Religions” (University of Florence; University of Birmingham; University of Cologne). In 2025 she was awarded the Premio Gaetano Cozzi per saggi di storia del gioco (Fondazione Benetton Studi Ricerche) and her forthcoming monograph, La legge e il rogo. Fra’ Modesto Scrofeo e la caccia alle streghe di Sondrio (1523), will be published by Carocci. During her fellowship at MAP, she will explore a wide range of archival materials to reconstruct the practical operations of the Inquisition in Florence during the Medicean period. Her research focuses in particular on the transitional phase that followed the establishment of the Congregation of the Holy Office in 1542.