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Email

c.kovesi@unimelb.edu.au

Credentials


Position
Professor - Late Medieval
School of Historical and Philosophical Studies
Education
PhD
University of Oxford
Bachelors Degree
The University of Western Australia
ORCID

0000-0003-2617-3404

Prof Catherine Kovesi

Professor - Late Medieval
School of Historical and Philosophical Studies

52 Scholarly works
3 Projects

HIGHLIGHTS

  • 2026

    Book Chapter

    The World of Goods
  • 2025

    Book Chapter

    'Marco Polo's Rhinoceros: Cognitive Dissonance in FREIGHTED Descriptions of One-horned Animals'.
  • 2025

    Book Chapter

    With a Bang or a Whimper? Reflections on the Fall of the Venetian Republic
    DOI: 10.1515/9783111705446-016
  • 2025

    Book Chapter

    The Chioca Vecia and the Chioca Nova. An Illuminated Opera in Several Acts
  • 2025

    Book Chapter

    La Chioca Vecia e la Chioca Nova. Un’opera illuminata in più atti
  • 2024

    Media

    The Decameron: Medieval lockdown project or 'wine-soaked sex romp'?
  • 2024

    Journal article

    'Majestic Murano'
Catherine Kovesi

Latest Honours,
Awards and Fellowships


2025
The University of Melbourne
2011
Visiting Fellow, Oriel College, Oxford
2008
Craig Hugh Smyth Fellow, The Harvard Center for Italian Renaissance Studies, Villa I Tatti, Florence
1991
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Western Australia

RECENT SCHOLARLY WORKS

  • 2022

    Reference Work

    Sumptuary Law
    DOI: 10.4324/9780415791182-RMEO108-1
  • 2022

    Book Chapter

    Foreword: Bridges and Breaches
  • 2022

    Journal article

    The Rhinoceros as ‘Mid-Wife to Divine Wonderment’ in Edward Topsell’s The Historie of Foure-footed Beastes
    DOI: 10.1080/14434318.2022.2075610

RECENT PROJECTS

  • 2012

    Internal Research Grant

    Dyason Fellowship: Lust, Desire and Greed in the Italian Renaissance
  • Internal Research Grant

    Luxury's Defining Moment in Renaissance Italy
  • Internal Research Grant

    Luxury's Defining Moments in Renaissance Italy and Ming China

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