Francesco Pigato, M.A.

Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter

Promotionsprojekt

Printing Science: Scientific Journals and the Circulation of Knowledge in Early Modern Europe

Starting from the second half of the seventeenth century, the journal has begun to take shape as a medium for presenting, sharing, and debating recent scientific results and contemporary intellectual trends. Focusing on early modern scientific journals, this project aims at investigating the practices of the fabrication of knowledge that underpin the production and circulation of this type of document. 

The articles, reviews, and bibliographies contained in early modern journals offer a glimpse into the intellectual practices of debate and discussion across Europe, and they reflect both the local and the international attitudes towards different scientific theories. Furthermore, the journals themselves represent a resource for the material history of early modern science, as they function as a link between scientists, editors, illustrators, printers, and readers. By comparing the structure, outline, contents, and circulation of different journals, the formation of local and national epistemic communities can be studied, while also considering the role that journals played in the construction of an international scientific community. At the same time, studying the manner in which journals were printed, collected, and distributed represents a resource to shed further light into the material practices of historical scientific communication. 

Vita

01/2025: PhD student in GRK 2945

10/2024–06/2025: Teaching Assistant of Moral Philosophy at Ca‘ Foscari University

09/2022–03/2024: Master degree in Philosophical Sciences at Ca‘ Foscari University of Venice. Thesis: „Reiner Schürmann’s Broken Hegemonies: Towards an Epistemological Interpretation“

09/2021–03/2024: Honors student at the Ca‘ Foscari International College (Social Sciences)

09/2022–09/2023: Erasmus at Université Paris I Sorbonne-Panthéon

09/2019–06/2021: Bachelor degree in Philosophy at Ca‘ Foscari University. Thesis: „Post-Truth: A Gramscian Perspective on Contemporary Media Trends“

01/2020–06/2020: Erasmus at Université de Strasbourg