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Eric R. Dursteler (Brown University, 2000) is associate professor of history
at Brigham Young University. He is a specialist in the early modern Medi-
terranean, and his publications include Renegade Women: Gender, Identity
and Boundaries in the Early Modern Mediterranean (Baltimore, 2011) and
Venetians in Constantinople: Nation, Identity and Coexistence in the Early
Modern Mediterranean (Baltimore, 2006 and 2008). He is currently work-
ing on a monograph on early modern Mediterranean foodways entitled
Around the Mediterranean Table.
William Eamon (University of Kansas, 1977), is Regents Professor of His-
tory and Dean of the Honors College at New Mexico State University. He
is a specialist in the history of early modern science and medicine. His
publications include Science and the Secrets of Nature: Books of Secrets
in Medieval and Early Modern Culture (Princeton, 1994); The Professor of
Secrets: Mystery, Medicine, and Alchemy in Renaissance Italy (Washington,
DC, 2010); and (as co-editor) Beyond the Black Legend: Spain and the Sci-
entific Revolution (Valencia, 2008), as well as approximately 50 articles,
essays, and book chapters. He is currently working on two book projects:
Science and Everyday Life in Early Modern Europe, 1500–1750 and Conquis-
tadors of Nature: The Spanish Scientific Explorers and the Rise of Modern
Science.
Massimo Favilla (IUAV, 1992) has taught at the University of Padua and
the University IUAV in Venice. With Ruggero Rugolo he has extensively
studied Venetian and Veneto art in the Seicento and Settecento, espe-
cially Louis Dorigny, Simone Brentana, Antonio Balestra, Sebastiano Ricci,
and Giambattista Tiepolo. His publications include (with Ruggero Rugolo)
Venezia barocca. Splendori e illusioni di un mondo in “decadenza” (Schio,
2009) and Venezia ’700. Arte e società nell’ultimo secolo della Serenissima
(Schio, 2011). He and Ruggero Rugolo are currently working on a volume
on the taste for chinoiserie in Europe in the 17th and 18th centuries.
Ronnie Ferguson (University of St Andrews, 1977) is full professor of Ital-
ian at the University of St Andrews. His specialisms are the language
and culture of Venice, Renaissance comedy, historical linguistics, and
dialectology. His publications include the volumes The Theatre of Angelo
Beolco (Ruzante): Text, Context and Performance (Ravenna, 2000) and A
Linguistic History of Venice (Florence, 2007), as well as journal articles in
Lingua Nostra, L’Italia Dialettale, Ce fastu?, Italian Studies, the Journal of