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Elisa Bianco is an Associate Professor of Early Modern History at the University of Insubria. Her research is situated at the intersection of the cultural, intellectual, and political history of the early modern period, with a particular focus on the reception of Byzantium in modern Europe, eighteenth-century travel writing, Mediterranean history, and the cultural relations connecting Italy, Europe, and the Atlantic world. She has held research appointments at international universities and research centers, including the John Carter Brown Library, the American Philosophical Society, Arizona State University, and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. At the University of Insubria, she teaches Modern and Contemporary History, Politics and Society in the Modern World, and Contemporary History, and is actively involved in departmental administrative duties.