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Paula Findlen

Paula Findlen is Ubaldo Pierotti Professor of Italian History at Stanford University and Director of the Suppes Center for the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology.

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Arts in Society

What Would Boccaccio Say About COVID-19?

The Florentine humanist’s description of the Black Death in the Decameron remains one of the most thoughtful accounts of a society living under a pandemic.

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THINKING IN A PANDEMIC

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