Valentina Dal Cin

Valentina Dal Cin is a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellow at the Department of Humanities, Ca' Foscari University of Venice, and affiliated with the Center for Spatial and Textual Analysis (CESTA) at Stanford University. Her work focuses on the NapApps project, which investigates Napoleonic-era employment applications as precursors to modern CVs.

• PhD in Historical and Anthropological Sciences (University of Verona, 2015)
• Master's in History (Ca' Foscari, 2011)
• Postdoctoral experience at Italian Institute for Historical Studies (2016-2017)
• Teaching qualification (TFA) in History and Philosophy (2015)

Her research combines European social history (Revolutionary/Napoleonic eras) with Digital Humanities, employing social network analysis, GIS, and quantitative textual analysis to study ruling classes' interactions with institutions. Current work explores prosopography, biographical reconstruction, and administrative practices through structured historical data.

Recent publications and conference presentations (2021-2025) emphasize job applications, rhetorical strategies, and elite adaptations during political transitions. She has presented at institutions including Stanford, Université Paris-Est Créteil, and University of North Texas.

• 2015: Prize 'Achille e Laura Gorlato' for PhD thesis
• 2011: Merit Mention for 'Città di Verona' award

Dal Cin has taught at Ca' Foscari's School for International Education and collaborated with research groups at SciencesPo, Université libre de Bruxelles, and the European University Institute. She utilizes advanced tools like GEPHI, RStudio, and MALLET for data analysis and visualization.