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Zoe Farrell is a Leverhulme Early Career Fellow at St Edmund Hall, University of Oxford, specializing in early modern Italian and European history. Her research focuses on social and cultural dynamics, material culture, and cross-cultural exchanges in Renaissance Italy, particularly in northern regions like Verona and the Veneto. She holds a PhD in History from the University of Cambridge and has previously served as an Assistant Professor there.
Education: PhD in History (University of Cambridge), Rome Awardee at the British School at Rome.
Her research investigates understudied artisan communities and immigrant populations, challenging conventional Renaissance narratives. Key projects include analyzing domestic consumption patterns among Verona’s elite and studying German immigrant integration in Venetian cities. Recent work emphasizes transalpine cultural exchange and materiality in marriage practices.
Publications highlight themes of cultural display, cross-border interactions, and non-elite material culture. Awards include grants from the Leverhulme Foundation, Cambridge Trust, Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation, and Kurt Hahn Trust.
Teaching at Oxford includes modules on Renaissance Venice and Florence (1475–1525), cultural history, and the disciplines of history. Active in public engagement via blog posts like Crossing the Alps in the Renaissance on St Edmund Hall’s platform.
