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Stefano Mulas

Teaching tutor

Department of Philosophy

Curriculum vitae

Education

PhD in Philosophy, Science, Cognition, and Semiotics (PSCS) - 37th cycle - at the University of Bologna. Thesis title: La farmacia e chimica paracelsiana nel Granducato di Toscana: tra interesse privati e salute pubblica. Evaluation: Excellent with honors.

Master's Degree in Philosophical Sciences in 2021 at the School of Letters and Cultural Heritage of the University of Bologna with a thesis entitled Storia, diffusione e fortuna dell'epistola di Ibn Tufayl tra medioevo e modernità: Italia, Inghilterra, Olanda. Grade: 110/110 with honors.

Bachelor's Degree in Philosophy in 2018 at the School of Letters and Cultural Heritage of the University of Bologna with a thesis entitled Eternità della mente: considerazioni sulla formazione filosofica di Spinoza, tra ebraismo e averroismo. Grade: 110/110.

Winter Seminar in Paleography and Archival Studies at The Medici Archive Project - Florence.

Publications

Stefano Mulas, "Paracelsian medicine and pharmaceutical remedies in Medici's Florence: Thurneysser, Francesco I and Don Antonio de' Medici," in Natura Incognita - New Perspectives in the History of Science, (Forthcoming)

Stefano Mulas, "Translating Forbidden Authors: New Evidence on the Alchemical Library of Don Antonio de' Medici," Ambix 71, no. 2 (April 2, 2024): 172–90.

Stefano Mulas, "Ermete, Ippocrate e Galeno: il dibattito tra antica e nuova medicina in alcuni frontespizi a stampa", in Ad limina. Frontiere e contaminazioni transdisciplinari nella storia delle scienze (2022): 351–360.

Stefano Mulas, "Michele Antonio Plazza, Flora Sardoa (1748–1788). Saggio introduttivo, trascrizione del manoscritto autografo e note di Giancarlo Nonnoi, Roma: Edizioni di Storia e Letteratura, 2023, 400 pp. ISBN: 9788893598088," Aldrovandiana (2024)

Conference

29-31/05/2024: National Conference of the Italian Society for the History of Science (SISS), Le radici del futuro. Tradizioni, innovazioni e sfide in storia della scienza. Presentation title: L'alchimia e le sue rappresentazioni nella Firenze del XVII secolo.

15/04/2024: Descartes Centre colloquium (Utrecht University), Florentine Medical Alchemy in the Renaissance and a practical hands-on experience in the ArtLab. Presentation title: Don Antonio de' Medici's Casino di San Marco and its Book (La fonderia, 1604).

06/09-08/09 2023: SISS biennial conference for young scholars in History of Science, Natura incognita. Luoghi, metodi e rappresentazioni nello studio della natura. Presentation title: Dal visibile all'invisibile: le pratiche della cura tra Paracelso, Thurneysser e Don Antonio de' Medici.

23/05-27/05 2023: International Conference on the History of Chemistry – 13ICHC2023. Presentation title: Alchemy and public health: a case-study from the official pharmacopoeia of Florence.

30/05-1/06 2022: National Conference of the Italian Society for the History of Science (SISS), Ad limina. Frontiere e contaminazioni transdisciplinari nella storia delle scienze. Presentation title: Ermete, Ippocrate e Galeno: il dibattito tra antica e nuova medicina in alcuni frontespizi a stampa.

Institutional Activities and Academic Positions

Teaching tutor for the History of Science course (2025-ongoing)

Medici Archive Project Short-Term Fellowship (2025) 

Membership in Scientific and Editorial Committees

Member of the scientific and editorial committee of the journal Aldrovandiana. Historical Studies in Natural History as editorial assistant. (2022-ongoing)

Affiliations

Officina di storia della scienze (OFFISS) - University of Bologna. (2022-ongoing)

Scholarships

Marco Polo scholarship for research period abroad at Utrecht University (2024)

PhD scholarship at the University of Bologna (2022-2025)

Projects

Participation in the Filcast project - Il podcast del Dipartimento di Filosofia with the writing and recording of an episode entitled: L'utero. (2024)

Participation in World Philosophy Day at the University of Bologna (2023)

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