Michele Tomasi

Michele Tomasi is a Full Professor of Medieval Art History at the University of Lausanne's Faculty of Arts, appointed since August 2018. He joined UNIL in 2006 as an Assistant Professor, progressing through roles as Senior Lecturer and Researcher. His academic background includes studies at the University of Pisa and Scuola Normale Superiore (PhD 2002), followed by fellowships at the Institut National d'Histoire de l'Art (Paris) and the Getty Grant Program (Los Angeles). He holds a habilitation from Université Paris-Sorbonne (2017) and is a foreign corresponding associate of the Société Nationale des Antiquaires de France.

Research Interests: Specializing in 13th–15th century art, Tomasi focuses on the social history of art, including artistic exchanges between France and Italy, relationships between art and textual sources, societal influences on artistic creation, and interdisciplinary connections with political, religious, and literary history. He emphasizes material conditions of artistic production and the interactions between artists, patrons, and audiences.

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