Gaston J. Basile

Gaston J. Basile is currently senior research fellow and series editor for MAP’s publications, as well as a pro-term professor in the Department of Classics and the postgraduate school at the University of Buenos Aires. His latest research explores the origins of Greek scientific discourse and the translation of scientific texts during the Italian Renaissance. He is currently leading a large-scale project on previously unstudied recipe collections from Medici Florence. His postdoctoral work has been supported by fellowships and grants from prestigious institutions, including the National Endowment for the Humanities (2022-2023), the Harvard Center for Italian Renaissance Studies (2021-2022), The Warburg Institute (2019), the Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (2018), the University of Buenos Aires (2015-2017), and the University of Siena (2016, 2011). His most recent research has been published in renowned journals such as the Journal of the Warburg and Courtauld Institutes, Arts et Savoirs, Medievalia et Humanistica, Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies, Dialogues d’Histoire Ancienne, and Renaissance Quarterly (William Nelson Prize for the best research article of 2023). His forthcoming monograph investigates the role of Greek-to-Latin translation in the development of scientific knowledge in fifteenth-century Italy.