Conferences, Fellowships, Research

International conferences

International conferences and seminars organized

  • 3-7 June 2024: Co-organizer with Professor Massimo Carlo Giannini and Professor Maurizio Sangalli, “The Archives of the religious orders: A new perspective on global Catholicism,” summer workshop organized by the Istituto Sangalli per la storia e culture religiose, Rome.

  • 22-26 January 2024: Co-organizer with Professor Massimo Carlo Giannini and Professor Maurizio Sangalli, “The Archives of the Holy See and the Roman Catholicism: Instructions for use and new perspectives,” winter workshop organized by the Istituto Sangalli per la storia e le culture religiose, Rome.

  • 22-26 May 2023: Co-organizer with Professor Massimo Carlo Giannini and Professor Maurizio Sangalli, “Archives and Nobility. History and Arts in the archives of the great noble Roman families,” summer workshop organized by the Istituto Sangalli per la storia e le culture religiose, Rome.

  • 13-17 June 2022: Co-organizer with Professor Massimo Carlo Giannini and Professor Maurizio Sangalli, Dr. Michele Camaioni, “The Archives of the Religious Orders and their education institutions: a New Perspective on Global Catholicism,” first summer workshop organized by the Istituto Sangalli per la storia e le culture religiose, Rome.

  • 20-24 January 2020: Co-organizer with Professor Massimo Carlo Giannini and Professor Maurizio Sangalli, “The Archives of the Holy See: An Introduction,” 1st winter workshop organized by the Istituto Sangalli per la storia e le culture religiose, Rome, Italy.

  • 6-7 June 2017: Organizer of the conference “North Atlantic Catholic Communities in Rome, 1622-1939,” University of Notre Dame-Rome Global Gateway, Rome, Italy.

  • 16-17 April 2015: Organizer of the international seminar “Roman Sources for Global Irish Catholicism,” University of Notre Dame-Rome Global Gateway, Rome, Italy.

  • 23 March 2012: Co-organizer with Anna Maria Oliva of the international seminar “Comunità straniere a Roma, 1377-1870/Foreign Communities in Rome, 1377-1870,” CNR-ISEM-Istituto Storico Italiano per il Medioevo, Rome, Italy.

Fellowships

  • 19-21 June 2024: Travel grant of 450 $ offered by the Omohundro Institute to attend the 27th annual conference of the Omohundro Institute.

  • 29 February 2024-10 March 2024: Maynooth Visiting Research Fellowship, Arts and Humanities Institute, National University of Ireland, Maynooth (3000 €).

  • 1 March - 27 April 2022: David Walker Memorial Fellowship, Bodleian Library, Oxford University (3600 £).

  • 3-21 September 2021: Bourse Centre Culturel Irlandais de Paris, Paris, France (2000 €).

  • 1-31 May 2019: Holland Visiting Fellowship, Durham University, United Kingdom (1800 £).

  • 1-30 September 2017: Visiting Fellowship, Institute of Medieval and Early Modern Studies, Durham University, United Kingdom (1500 £).

  • 7-15 November 2016: Visiting Scholar Award, Library, Special Collections, and Museum, The University of Aberdeen, United Kingdom (2500 £).

  • 20-28 March 2015: Hibernian Research Award, Cushwa Center, Notre Dame University, USA (1500 $).

  • 1 April-31 May 2009: Short-term fellowship offered by the John Carter Brown, Providence, USA (4000 $).

  • 1-31 March 1999: Visiting Fellow, Institute of Canadian Studies, Ottawa, Canada (1450 Canadian $).

Research Projects

  • 2022–Present: Member of the research project EMoDiR (Early Modern Religious Dissents and Radicalism).

  • 2021-2023: Member of the research project “HISTORIA DE LA GLOBALIZACIÓN: VIOLENCIA, NEGOCIACIÓN E INTERCULTURALIDAD (HUM 1000),” directed by Professor Igor Pérez Tostado, Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Seville.

  • 2019-2021: Collaborator in the project “A Catholic Atlantic? Minority Agency in the British World, 1763-1860,” directed by Professor Karly Kehoe, Saint Mary’s University of Halifax (Canada), and Professor Ciaran O’Neill, Trinity College, Ireland. Insight Development Grant, $56,315 funded by the Government of Canada.