Science and Intellectual Emancipation in Italian Literary and Cultural History

This panel invites abstracts on science and intellectual emancipation in 17th- to 19th-century Italian literature and culture, examining how scientific paradigms shaped, challenged, or complicated narratives of knowledge, authority, and intellectual freedom.

Deadline for submissions: Monday, March 9, 2026

Bradford A. Masoni, independent scholar (bradford.a.masoni@gmail.com ) Viola Ardeni, California State U, Sacramento (mrsviolin2011@gmail.com )