Cinzia Recca is lecturer in Early Modern History at the University of Catania in the Department of Education.
She participated in several masters and teaching activities, as a visiting professor, at the Rey Juan Carlos and Complutense Universities of Madrid. She is member and collaborates in the editorial committees of the Italian society of Early Modernist Historians Sisem and the Italian society SISSd on Eighteenth-century research, she is also a member of the international Royal Studies Network and collaborates with the Royal Studies Journal.
Her main field of research includes the European Enlightenment, especially with regard to court studies and women’s roles. In recent years, she has initiated a demanding research activity focused on the figure of Queen Maria Carolina of Naples through the analysis of unpublished sources (diary and correspondence). She is the author of several articles in national and international scientific journals and books.
Research Topic:
The smallpox in the Mediterranean: a compared study on policy and practice of vaccination (1801-1838)
Host University
University of Laguna, Spain
Research Advisor:
Roberto José González Zalacain, University of Laguna, Spain
