Helen Grixti

Helen Grixti is a researcher at the European University Institute's Department of History focusing on early modern Venetian intellectual and artistic culture. Her doctoral research examines 'The Spirituali Connection: Intellectual reformers' patronage of the theme of Tobias and the Angel in early sixteenth-century Venetian art and literature'.

Her work intersects religious history with material culture studies, analyzing how reformist intellectual networks influenced artistic production during the Renaissance. Her research employs interdisciplinary methods bridging art history, religious studies, and cultural anthropology.