I work at the intersection of cultural-historical sociology and early modern religious history.

In my main research project, I study the infrastructures of confession in late eighteenth-century Italy and the paperwork they produced. This case opens onto a broader question: how do organizations delegate power to agents who operate within opacity?

In ongoing collaborative projects, I explore how intellectuals’ ideas become tokens and totems in scholarly debates and what Italian microhistory and cultural-historical sociology have to offer each other.

I hold a PhD in Social Sciences from the University of Padova and have studied or worked at the universities of Trento, Yale, and Roma-Sapienza. Currently, I am Associate Managing Editor at Sociologica. My research has been published in the British Journal of Sociology and Church History, has been supported by the U.S.–Italy Fulbright Commission, and has received the BJS Early Career Prize.

When I’m not in the archive, I’m chasing the perfect instant noodle or listening to punk rock (too loud!).