We will be holding an in person seminar on Friday 11th February with Hannah Marcus, Harvard University.
Hannah will be presenting her paper ''The Spectacle of Cassandra Fedele: Gender, Disability, and Long Life in Early Modern Venice''.
On May 1, 1556, the 91-year-old humanist and former child prodigy, Cassandra Fedele, performed a Latin oration celebrating a visit to Venice by …