Biography: Manuel Bertolini is researcher at CNR Institute for the history of modern philosophical and scientific thought (Milan) since December 2021. He received his BA in History from the University of Pisa (2009), and his PhD in History from the University of Milan and Clermont-Ferrand II in 2013 (Thesis co-tutorship agreement). He has been Post-doc researcher fellow at the University of Geneva-Swiss National Science Foundation (2014-2017). During 2018-2021 he was research fellow and teaching assistant in Renaissance history at the University of Verona, Dept of “Culture e Civiltà”.
He has published articles on several peer-reviewed academic journals, and a book on music and ethics in the early modern period. Since 2017 he is a member of the editorial board of Bruniana & Campanelliana. Ricerche filosofiche e materiali storico-testuali, an international peer-reviewed journal on early modern philosophy and history of ideas.

Research interests: Cultural history and Renaissance philosophy, with a particular focus on music, art of memory, passions and emotions; Tommaso Campanella’s contributions in the field of literature and magic. At ISPF he contributes to the research line “Philosophy, science, society and language of the arts in modern and contemporary age”.