Ian Maclean

Professor Ian Maclean is an Honorary Faculty Research Fellow and Professor of Renaissance Studies at the University of Oxford, affiliated with All Souls College. He holds an M.A. and D.Phil. His research focuses on Renaissance intellectual history, with specialties in Montaigne, Cardano, the history of the book, and interdisciplinary studies of law, medicine, and theology in early modern European universities. Key research themes include Early Modern French History and the History of the Book.

His scholarly contributions include authoritative translations (e.g., Descartes' Discourse on the Method), edited volumes on knowledge transmission and heterodoxy, and monographs analyzing Renaissance logic, medical thought, and gender constructs. He has collaborated with institutions like the Warburg Institute and Oxford University Press, producing works that bridge textual analysis with cultural and institutional contexts.

Professor Maclean's publications demonstrate a sustained engagement with how ideas circulated across disciplines and media in the Renaissance, particularly through universities and print culture. His work often highlights intersections between Aristotelian traditions and emerging early modern intellectual frameworks.