Dr Camilla Russell

Biography

Camilla Russell was born in Melbourne, Victoria. She studied at the University of Melbourne, before going on to undertake her PhD in History at Royal Holloway, University of London, awarded in 2003.

Camilla has taught at Monash University, Melbourne, Queen Mary, University of London, and the University of Newcastle in the North of England. In 2008 she was appointed Hanna Kiel Fellow at Villa I Tatti, the Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies in Florence.

Camilla is the author of Giulia Gonzaga and the Religious Controversies of Sixteenth-Century Italy (Brepols, 2006), as well as a number of articles on the religious and cultural history of early modern Italy. Her current research includes European responses to the overseas missionary enterprise in the early modern period, and the development of a "collective biography" of Italian Jesuits, 1540-1640. All of her research is underpinned by an abiding interest in the history of ideas and the history of information in the pre-modern world. Her teaching interests range from Late Medieval, to Renaissance and Early Modern Europe, especially the religious and cultural history of Europe, and Europe in the wider world.

Qualifications

• PhD, University of London, 2003
• Master of Arts (History), University of Melbourne, 1998
• Bachelor of Arts (Honours), University of Melbourne, 1993

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Research

Research keywords

• Cultural History
• Early Modern European History
• Europe in its global context
• History of information
• Italian History
• Religious History

Research expertise

Camilla is the author of Giulia Gonzaga and the Religious Controversies of Sixteenth-Century Italy (Brepols, 2006), as well as a number of articles on the religious and cultural history of early modern Italy. Her current research is concerned with European responses to the overseas missionary enterprise in the early modern period. All of her research is underpinned by an abiding interest in the history of ideas and the history of information in the pre-modern world. Her teaching interests range from Late Medieval, to Renaissance and Early Modern Europe, especially the religious and cultural history of Europe, and Europe in the wider world.

Languages

• English
• Italian

Fields of Research

Code	Description	Percentage
210307	European History (Excl. British, Classical Greek And Roman)	80
229999	Philosophy And Religious Studies Not Elsewhere Classified	20

Centres and Groups

Centre

• Humanities Research Institute

Memberships

Committee/Associations (relevant to research).

• Member - Renaissance Society of America
• Member - Catholic Reformation Research Network
• Member - Sixteenth Century Society
• Member - Society for Renaissance Studies

Appointments

Hanna Kiel Fellow Villa I Tatti, The Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies, Florence (Italy)	01/07/2008 - 01/06/2009
Rome Award British School at Rome (Italy)	01/09/1999 - 01/12/1999

Awards

Research Award.

2001	University of London Central Research Fund University of London (United Kingdom) Research travel grant
2001	Gilchrist Educational Trust Grant Gilchrist Educational Trust (United Kingdom) Research scholarship
2000	Royal Historical Society Postgraduate Research Funding 2000 & 2001 Royal Historical Society (United Kingdom) Research travel scholarship

Invitations

‘A Society without a history: Jesuit attitudes to the past in the first 100 years, 1540-1640’ University of Sydney, Australia (Conference Presentation - non published.)	2011
'Asia in the formation of Jesuit missionary vocations in late-Renaissance Italy' Renaissance Society of America Conference, Italy (Conference Presentation - non published.)	2010
‘Assessing Candidates for the Jesuit Overseas Missions in Late Sixteenth-Century Italy’ Sixteenth Century Studies Conference, Switzerland (Conference Presentation - non published.)	2009
‘News from the Indies: The Jesuit overseas missions and the history of Information in late-Renaissance Italy’ Scribal Culture and Political Intelligence in Italy, 1500–1650, Birkbeck College, University of London, United Kingdom (Invited Presenter)	2008
‘Dying for Christ: The theme of martyrdom in Jesuit missionary correspondence’ Society for Renaissance Studies Conference, Dublin, Ireland (Conference Presentation - non published.)	2008

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Teaching

Teaching keywords

• Cultural and religious history
• Early Modern Europe
• Europe and the world
• Renaissance Italy

Teaching expertise

Areas of supervision cover any aspect of early modern European history, especially cultural and religious history, globalizing Europe, gender, and the history of communication.

Courses

• HIST1050 - Medieval and Early Modern Europe
• HIST 3460 - Early Modern Europe