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Associate Professor Francesco Borghesi
Laurea Fil (Bologna) PhD (Brown)
Associate Professor
Phone
+61 2 9036 7131
Address
A18 - Brennan MacCallum Building
The University of Sydney
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Member of Sydney Environment Institute
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My research addresses the history of ideas in the Italian peninsula and in Europe, especially between the thirteenth and the sixteenth century, and places itself at the intersection of the histories of philosophy, religion, and literature. Within these realms, it develops over two major different concerns: textual editing, its methods, and its digital evolution; and the circulation of ethical, religious and political ideas in European culture from antiquity until the nineteenth century.
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- Renaissance philosophy and humanism
- History of political and religious thought
- Textual scholarship
- Digital humanities
Teaching
- ITLN2002 Passions in Italian Culture
- ITLN3662 Machiavelli and Renaissance Italy
- ITLN3691 History of Italian Literature
- ITLN3694 Dante and the Middle Ages
- EUST2607 Comparing Cultures: Europe and the East
- EUST2617 Europe’s Religions: Cultures and Beliefs
Research supervision
- Italian literature, philology and philosophy.
Completed supervisions
- 2023: Darius Sepehri (Giovanni Pico della Mirandola and His Islamic Sources; PhD in International Comparative Literature and Translation Studies).
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2021: Sean Lyons (Textual Scholarship and Computation: A Fibonacci Philological Model of the Oration on the Dignity of Man; MPhil in Italian Studies).
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2020: Liminal Geographies of Suicide in Dante’s Commedia (Emma Louise Barlow; PhD in Italian Studies)
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2018: Sufi Mystics and Christian Philosophers on the Knowledge of God (1100-1800): A Comparative Study (Mona Al-sharif; PhD in European Studies)
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2017: Towards a New Italian Poetry: Prosody, Space, and Translingual Versification (Alice Loda; PhD in Italian Studies)
- 2017: Giambattista Vico and the Chinese Rites Controversy (Daniel Canaris; PhD in Italian Studies)
- 2016: Interpretations of Dante's Divine Comedy during the Fascist Regime in Italy and England (Keon Esky; PhD in Italian Studies)
- 2014: A Critical Edition of Giovanni Pascoli's Odi e Inni (Francesca Ori; PhD in Italian Studiesi)
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A translation of the letters by Giovanni Pico della Mirandola to be published in the I Tatti Renaissance Library series by Harvard University Press.
- A study on the diffusion of the idea of concord during the Renaissance period.
| Project title | Research student |
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| Finding Common Places: Sententiae Kingen and the Jesuits in Japan | Rose COUNSELL |
Selected publications
Giovanni Pico della Mirandola. Lettere
(Leo S. Olschki Editore, 2018)
Giovanni Pico della Mirandola. Oration on the Dignity of Man: A New Translation and Commentary
(Cambridge University Press, 2012)
Publications
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Books
- Borghesi, F. (2018). Giovanni Pico della Mirandola. Lettere. Florence: Leo S. Olschki Editore.
- Borghesi, F. (2004). Concordia, pietas et docta religio. Le lettere di Giovanni Pico della Mirandola. Edizione e studio dell'incunabolo bolognese del 1496. Bologna: II Mulino.
Edited Books
- Borghesi, F. (2024). La Biblioteca di Giovanni Pico della Mirandola: Tra bilanci e prospettive di ricerca. Bologna: Marietti1820. [More Information]
- Borghesi, F., Papio, M., Riva, M. (2012). Giovanni Pico della Mirandola. Oration on the Dignity of Man: A New Translation and Commentary. Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press.
Book Chapters
- Borghesi, F. (2024). Intellectual History, Philosophy, Literature: What I Learned from Stephen Gaukroger. In Charles Wolfe, Anik Waldow (Eds.), Science and the Shaping of Modernity: Essays in Honor of Stephen Gaukroger, (pp. 321-327). Switzerland: Springer. [More Information]
- Borghesi, F. (2024). Ricostruire la biblioteca pichiana. In Francesco Borghesi (Eds.), La Biblioteca di Giovanni Pico della Mirandola: Tra bilanci e prospettive di ricerca, (pp. 9-28). Bologna: Marietti1820. [More Information]
- Borghesi, F., Lu, Y. (2023). Preface. In Thierry Meynard and Daniel Canaris (Eds.), From Confucius to Zhu Xi: The First Treatise on God in Francois Noel's Chinese Philosophy (1711), (pp. 7-8). Turnhout: Brepols Publishers. [More Information]
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Journals
- Borghesi, F., Bottanelli, V. (2025). Sinica Europaea. Due progetti sulla diffusione dell'immagine della Cina in Europa. Intorcettiana, 6(12), 60-65.
- Borghesi, F., Lu, Y. (2024). Translating the East: an introduction. Intellectual History Review, 34(3), 523-533. [More Information]
- Borghesi, F., Lu, Y., Canaris, D., Meynard, T. (2022). Transforming the East: A New Research Project in Australia. Cromohs, 24, 148-160. [More Information]
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Edited Journals
- Borghesi, F., Lu, Y. (2024). Translating the East: Theories and Practices in Europe, China and Tibet between the Sixteenth and the Nineteenth Century. Intellectual History Review, 34(3). [More Information]
- Borghesi, F. (2019). Special Issue on From Ancient Theology to Civil Religion. Intellectual History Review, 29(1).
- Benjamin, A., Borghesi, F. (2019). Special Issue on Peace and Concord from Plato to Lessing. Theoria, 159. [More Information]
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Other Works
- Borghesi, F., Papio, M., Riva, M. (2016). Pico della Mirandola: Oration on the Dignity of Man - A New Translation and Commentary, 2016 paperback, (pp. 52 - 280). Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press.
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2025
- Borghesi, F., Bottanelli, V. (2025). Sinica Europaea. Due progetti sulla diffusione dell'immagine della Cina in Europa. Intorcettiana, 6(12), 60-65.
2024
- Borghesi, F. (2024). Intellectual History, Philosophy, Literature: What I Learned from Stephen Gaukroger. In Charles Wolfe, Anik Waldow (Eds.), Science and the Shaping of Modernity: Essays in Honor of Stephen Gaukroger, (pp. 321-327). Switzerland: Springer. [More Information]
- Borghesi, F. (2024). La Biblioteca di Giovanni Pico della Mirandola: Tra bilanci e prospettive di ricerca. Bologna: Marietti1820. [More Information]
- Borghesi, F. (2024). Ricostruire la biblioteca pichiana. In Francesco Borghesi (Eds.), La Biblioteca di Giovanni Pico della Mirandola: Tra bilanci e prospettive di ricerca, (pp. 9-28). Bologna: Marietti1820. [More Information]
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2023
- Borghesi, F., Lu, Y. (2023). Preface. In Thierry Meynard and Daniel Canaris (Eds.), From Confucius to Zhu Xi: The First Treatise on God in Francois Noel's Chinese Philosophy (1711), (pp. 7-8). Turnhout: Brepols Publishers. [More Information]
2022
- Borghesi, F., Lu, Y., Canaris, D., Meynard, T. (2022). Transforming the East: A New Research Project in Australia. Cromohs, 24, 148-160. [More Information]
2019
- Canaris, D., Borghesi, F. (2019). Defining the Emotions in the Post-Cartesian Humanism of Giambattista Vico. In Juanita Feros Ruys, Michael W. Champion, Kirk Essary (Eds.), Before Emotion: The Language of Feeling, 400-1800, (pp. 212-228). New York: Routledge. [More Information]
- Borghesi, F. (2019). From the "Renaissance" to the "Enlightenment". Intellectual History Review, 29(1), 1-10. [More Information]
- Benjamin, A., Borghesi, F. (2019). Introduction: From Concord to Peace. Theoria, 66(159), 1-7. [More Information]
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2018
- Borghesi, F. (2018). Giovanni Pico della Mirandola. Lettere. Florence: Leo S. Olschki Editore.
- Borghesi, F. (2018). Teologia delle religioni nel Quattrocento. La concordia in Niccolo' Cusano e Giovanni Pico della Mirandola. Filosofia Politica, 32(1), 29-46. [More Information]
2017
- Borghesi, F. (2017). Il camaleonte in cerca di ordine. Giovanni Pico tra pluralismo religioso e concordia filosofica. In Giacomo Ventura (Eds.), Pico tra cultura e letteratura dell'Umanesimo: Giornata di studi in occasione del 550 anniversario della nascita (1463-2013), (pp. 41-54). Bologna: Alma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna. [More Information]
2016
- Borghesi, F., Papio, M., Riva, M. (2016). Pico della Mirandola: Oration on the Dignity of Man - A New Translation and Commentary, 2016 paperback, (pp. 52 - 280). Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press.
2014
- Borghesi, F. (2014). Something New on Machiavelli: An Introduction. Italian Culture, 32(2), 79-84. [More Information]
- Borghesi, F. (2014). Special Issue on Machiavelli. Italian Culture, 32(2).
2013
- Borghesi, F. (2013). Review of: Italy and the classical tradition. language, thought and poetry 1300-1600. The Classical Review, 63(01), 271-273. [More Information]
2012
- Borghesi, F., Papio, M., Riva, M. (2012). Giovanni Pico della Mirandola. Oration on the Dignity of Man: A New Translation and Commentary. Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press.
- Borghesi, F. (2012). Interpretations. In Francesco Borghesi, Michael Papio, Massimo Riva (Eds.), Giovanni Pico Delia Mirandola. Oration on the Dignity of Man: A New Translation and Commentary, (pp. 52-65). New York: Cambridge University Press. [More Information]
- Alu, G., Borghesi, F. (2012). Introduction: Between Word and Image, East and West. Literature and Aesthetics, 22(2), 1-12.
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2011
- Borghesi, F. (2011). Uma vida de obras. In M. V. Dougherty (Eds.), Pico della Mirandola. Novos ensaios, (pp. 237-256). Sao Paulo: Madras Editora.
2010
- Borghesi, F. (2010). "Al posto della morte c'era la luce": l'etica della dettura di Pier Cesare Bori. In A. Melloni and R. Saccenti (Eds.), In the Image of God: Foundations and Objections within the Discourse on Human Dignity, (pp. 9-24). Berlin: LIT Verlag.
- Borghesi, F. (2010). For the Good of All: Notes on the Idea of Concordia during the late Middle Ages. Italian Poetry Review: plurilingual journal of creativity and criticism, 5, 215-236.
2008
- Borghesi, F. (2008). A Life in Works. In M. V. Dougherty (Eds.), Pico della Mirandola: New Essays, (pp. 202-219). New York: Cambridge University Press.
- Borghesi, F. (2008). Presentazione: Un seminario sulla filologia digitale alla Columbia University. StoricaMente, 32(4). [More Information]
2006
- Borghesi, F. (2006). Cos'è un 'problema storico'? Riflessioni metodologiche su Ginzburg e dintorni. Discipline filosofiche, 16(1), 109-126.
2004
- Borghesi, F. (2004). Concordia, pietas et docta religio. Le lettere di Giovanni Pico della Mirandola. Edizione e studio dell'incunabolo bolognese del 1496. Bologna: II Mulino.
2003
- Borghesi, F. (2003). Per la pubblicazione delle lettere di Giovanni Pico della Mirandola. Rinascimento, 43, 257-269.
- Borghesi, F. (2003). Pico e la concordia. A partire da un dibattito recente. Schede Umanistiche, 17(2), 91-107.
2000
- Borghesi, F. (2000). Tracce e congetture per un percorso nel genere epistolare. Premessa a una recensio del carteggio pichiano. Schede Umanistiche, 14(2), 33-98.
Selected Grants
2021
- Transforming the East: Jesuit Translations of the Confucian Classics, Borghesi F, Lu Y, Canaris D, Australian Research Council (ARC)/Discovery Projects (DP)
2017
- Enlightment Thinking, Milam J, Caine B, Gaukroger S, Sluga G, Nassar D, Waldow A, Borghesi F, Moir C, DVC Research/Sydney Research Excellence Initiative 2020 (SREI)
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