“an illusory [past] in a scattering of footnotes”

I am a historical and cultural sociologist and a social theorist.

Drawing on archival methods and microhistorical approaches, my primary line of research focuses on the infrastructures of confession in late 18th-century Italy—which I frame as a site to theorize how sociotechnical networks enable the delegation and coordination of interpretive power at a distance.

In ongoing collaborative projects, I use qualitative and archival methods to investigate the relationship between funding and creativity in contemporary Italian art, as well as how intellectuals use paratexts to influence the reception of their ideas.

I obtained my PhD in Social Sciences at the University of Padova in September 2025. Currently, I’m a Postdoc at Sapienza University of Rome and Associate Managing Editor at Sociologica. My work has been supported by the U.S.-Italy Fulbright Commission and was awarded the British Journal of Sociology Early Career Prize.

When I’m not planning a visit to an archive, you’ll probably find me listening to punk rock or searching for the best instant noodles in town.