Laura Ingallinella
@lauraingalli.bsky.social
Assistant Prof of Italian & Renaissance at the University of Toronto. Working on forgery and women's literature; transregional encounters; drama, gender, race in #earlymodern Italy. book in progress: #FraudulentMuse
🚨 RSA 2026 CFP 🚨 Join Andrea Rizzi, Nick Terpstra, and yours truly for a series of panels on trust in the early modern world sponsored by the Toronto Renaissance and Reformation Colloquium. Trust us—pun intended—you won’t want to miss this call! More info below & in alt-text.
![Call for Papers: The Fabric of Trust [Renaissance Society of America, San Francisco, 19-21
February 2026]
The Toronto Renaissance and Reformation Colloquium (TRRC) will sponsor up to 3 panels at the
next Annual Meeting of the Renaissance Society of America in San Francisco, February 19–21,
2026.
We welcome proposals on the theme of The Fabric of Trust: how trust was encouraged,
experienced, and contested in the early modern world (c. 1400–1700). We are particularly
interested in contributions that examine the material, sensory, and gendered dimensions of
trust, and the ways in which it was embedded in visual, textual, ritual, legal, and performative
practices.
Topics may include (but are not limited to):
• The visual and material culture of trust (e.g. relics, portraits, textiles, documents)
• Gendered expressions and expectations of trust in domestic, civic, or religious contexts
• Embodied and sensory experiences of credibility, authority, and faith
• Technologies of trust: surveillance, mapping, accounting, and record-keeping
• Cross-cultural, mercantile, and diplomatic encounters
• Performative strategies in theatre, ritual, or legal speech
Proposals from all disciplines will be considered, and themes/topics that lend themselves
to interdisciplinary treatment and digital humanities methods and are strongly preferred.
TO APPLY:
Please submit a proposal as a single WORD document to Andrea Rizzi arizzi@unimelb.edu.au
by Friday, 1 August 2025. Your proposal should include the paper's title and abstract (150-
word max.), a CV, your current affiliation, email address, and (if applicable) completion date of
PhD.
Please note that the RSA requires that those presenting papers at its conference must be
members of the RSA. Those who do not take out membership before the conference begins
are removed from the program.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:qpyuexlwnsvzasncix7otetk/bafkreibcwk4iktkstpmvmzl6kwhf7mtwe5qtwj3flzbxfthondvomylyfm@jpeg)
July 3, 2025 at 7:39 PM
🚨 RSA 2026 CFP 🚨 Join Andrea Rizzi, Nick Terpstra, and yours truly for a series of panels on trust in the early modern world sponsored by the Toronto Renaissance and Reformation Colloquium. Trust us—pun intended—you won’t want to miss this call! More info below & in alt-text.
Today's #UnrulyRenaissance tidbit: In the late fifteenth century, Isabella d'Este employed a buffoon at her court that went by the stage name "Frittella" (Pancake). His real name was Giovan Francesco dei Corioni.
June 4, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Today's #UnrulyRenaissance tidbit: In the late fifteenth century, Isabella d'Este employed a buffoon at her court that went by the stage name "Frittella" (Pancake). His real name was Giovan Francesco dei Corioni.
Dear friends in Boccaccio, Italian Studies and PCRS, would anyone be interested in putting together a panel on Boccaccio and race for this conference? #medievalsky
February 11, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Dear friends in Boccaccio, Italian Studies and PCRS, would anyone be interested in putting together a panel on Boccaccio and race for this conference? #medievalsky
If I had a nickel for every time I saw a manel at a conference, workshop, or symposium in Italian Studies, I would likely have enough funding to organize a two-day conference on the persistence of manels in Italian Studies, inclusive of sumptuous meals for all participants.
December 12, 2024 at 12:05 PM
If I had a nickel for every time I saw a manel at a conference, workshop, or symposium in Italian Studies, I would likely have enough funding to organize a two-day conference on the persistence of manels in Italian Studies, inclusive of sumptuous meals for all participants.
I am incredibly proud to share the CFP for the first issue of "Riflesso: Interdisciplinary Undergraduate Journal of Italian Studies." Fellow Italian Studies instructors, circulate it with your students! The Editorial Board welcomes essays & creative pieces dealing with any aspect of Italian culture.
December 9, 2024 at 10:43 PM
I am incredibly proud to share the CFP for the first issue of "Riflesso: Interdisciplinary Undergraduate Journal of Italian Studies." Fellow Italian Studies instructors, circulate it with your students! The Editorial Board welcomes essays & creative pieces dealing with any aspect of Italian culture.
TIL about Pietro da Rombulo, a merchant from 15th-century Sicily who traveled to Ethiopia, India & China. In 1450, Rombulo was a diplomat on a historic visit of Ethiopian ambassadors to Italy. We only know about him because humanist Pietro Ranzano interviewed him in Naples. #medievalsky #skystorians
November 23, 2024 at 11:20 PM
TIL about Pietro da Rombulo, a merchant from 15th-century Sicily who traveled to Ethiopia, India & China. In 1450, Rombulo was a diplomat on a historic visit of Ethiopian ambassadors to Italy. We only know about him because humanist Pietro Ranzano interviewed him in Naples. #medievalsky #skystorians
#LaSferaProject made the news! The newsletter of the University of Toronto Centre for Medieval Studies (CMS) interviewed me about the NEH-funded project led by @cebenes.bsky.social @amandamadden.bsky.social @lauramorreale.bsky.social & myself. Read it here: www.medieval.utoronto.ca/sites/www.me...
January 10, 2024 at 8:03 PM
#LaSferaProject made the news! The newsletter of the University of Toronto Centre for Medieval Studies (CMS) interviewed me about the NEH-funded project led by @cebenes.bsky.social @amandamadden.bsky.social @lauramorreale.bsky.social & myself. Read it here: www.medieval.utoronto.ca/sites/www.me...
I'm writing about Petrarch's reception in Counter-Reformation Italy for #FraudulentMuse. In this 1538 edition of the Rime, a later hand expurgated the sonnet "L'avara Babilonia ha colmo il sacco" (The greed of Babylon has so filled the sack), where Petrarch cursed the Avignon papacy. #earlymodern
November 8, 2023 at 9:05 PM
I'm writing about Petrarch's reception in Counter-Reformation Italy for #FraudulentMuse. In this 1538 edition of the Rime, a later hand expurgated the sonnet "L'avara Babilonia ha colmo il sacco" (The greed of Babylon has so filled the sack), where Petrarch cursed the Avignon papacy. #earlymodern
In many languages, the words used to describe individuals who care about culture are inescapably patriarchal in nature—especially in English, where both men and women are identified as "patrons" and celebrated for their "patronage" of the arts. #earlymodern #arthistory
October 17, 2023 at 10:45 AM
In many languages, the words used to describe individuals who care about culture are inescapably patriarchal in nature—especially in English, where both men and women are identified as "patrons" and celebrated for their "patronage" of the arts. #earlymodern #arthistory
Light and darkness on parchment.
Source: Les Très Riches Heures du duc de Berry, fol. 153r (The Death of Christ) #medievalsky
Source: Les Très Riches Heures du duc de Berry, fol. 153r (The Death of Christ) #medievalsky
October 9, 2023 at 2:10 PM
Light and darkness on parchment.
Source: Les Très Riches Heures du duc de Berry, fol. 153r (The Death of Christ) #medievalsky
Source: Les Très Riches Heures du duc de Berry, fol. 153r (The Death of Christ) #medievalsky
[insert Philomena Cunk noises]
October 4, 2023 at 9:00 PM
[insert Philomena Cunk noises]
BREAKING NEWS: Scholars can now unanimously agree on the date in which the Renaissance officially ended #earlymodern
October 4, 2023 at 7:44 PM
BREAKING NEWS: Scholars can now unanimously agree on the date in which the Renaissance officially ended #earlymodern
I went to a second-hand book sale at my university yesterday and found this copy of Giovanni Boccaccio's Decameron. It appears that the previous owner had Very Strong Opinions about it.
September 30, 2023 at 6:07 PM
I went to a second-hand book sale at my university yesterday and found this copy of Giovanni Boccaccio's Decameron. It appears that the previous owner had Very Strong Opinions about it.
#AcademicSky friends, how often do you still see manels (i.e. all-male panels or conference programs, esp. white men) in your respective fields?
September 29, 2023 at 12:46 AM
#AcademicSky friends, how often do you still see manels (i.e. all-male panels or conference programs, esp. white men) in your respective fields?
This poster is in front of my office in the Italian Studies department at UofT, and every single time I walk past it, I can't help but think that this girl is rolling her eyes at us. #earlymodern #AcademicSky #UGHITALIANS
September 28, 2023 at 1:37 PM
This poster is in front of my office in the Italian Studies department at UofT, and every single time I walk past it, I can't help but think that this girl is rolling her eyes at us. #earlymodern #AcademicSky #UGHITALIANS
Yesterday's premiere of The Black Italian Renaissance was a blast! Kudos to my brilliant copanelists—Francesca Priori, Justin Randolph Thompson, and Angelica Pesarini 💜❤️
September 24, 2023 at 11:26 PM
Yesterday's premiere of The Black Italian Renaissance was a blast! Kudos to my brilliant copanelists—Francesca Priori, Justin Randolph Thompson, and Angelica Pesarini 💜❤️
#RaceB4Race friends, this Saturday 23/9, we'll host the North American premiere of the Sky Arte doc "The Black Italian Renaissance." After the screening, Angelica Pesarini & I will chat with the 2 minds behind the doc—Francesca Priori & Justin R. Thompson.
Info: crrs.ca/crrsevents/f... #earlymodern
Info: crrs.ca/crrsevents/f... #earlymodern
September 18, 2023 at 6:28 PM
#RaceB4Race friends, this Saturday 23/9, we'll host the North American premiere of the Sky Arte doc "The Black Italian Renaissance." After the screening, Angelica Pesarini & I will chat with the 2 minds behind the doc—Francesca Priori & Justin R. Thompson.
Info: crrs.ca/crrsevents/f... #earlymodern
Info: crrs.ca/crrsevents/f... #earlymodern
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August 17, 2023 at 2:54 PM
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Mondays can be dreadful, but this one has been the complete opposite: I've been conspiring with awesome people regarding even more awesome projects, and I can't wait to be able to share more with you soon on all fronts
August 7, 2023 at 6:07 PM
Mondays can be dreadful, but this one has been the complete opposite: I've been conspiring with awesome people regarding even more awesome projects, and I can't wait to be able to share more with you soon on all fronts
Exciting news: 1) We received such great abstracts that we're organizing *two* Queer Poetics panels at the next RSA meeting in Chicago, with papers on Boccaccio, Aretino, Shakespeare, Lope de Vega, Valeria Miani, and Elizabeth Polwhele. 2) Both panels are going to be sponsored by @CRRS_Toronto
August 2, 2023 at 7:32 PM
Exciting news: 1) We received such great abstracts that we're organizing *two* Queer Poetics panels at the next RSA meeting in Chicago, with papers on Boccaccio, Aretino, Shakespeare, Lope de Vega, Valeria Miani, and Elizabeth Polwhele. 2) Both panels are going to be sponsored by @CRRS_Toronto