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Department of History
University Park, PA 16802
Bradford A. Bouley
Academic Employment History
2017- presentUniversity of California Santa Barbara, Assistant Professor
2012-2017Pennsylvania State University, Assistant Professor
2012-2013University of Southern California, Provost’s Postdoctoral Fellow in the Humanities
Education
2006–2012Stanford University, Ph.D. in history
2004-2006University of Washington, M.A. in history
2001Cornell University, B.A. in mathematics
1999Cambridge University, IB Program in advanced physics
Publications
Pious Postmortems: Anatomy and the Creation of Early Modern Saints, book manuscript accepted at
University of Pennsylvania Press. Expected publication date of summer, 2017.
“The Heart of Heresy: Inquisition, Medicine, and False Sanctity,” invited article for a special edition of
Early Science and Medicine on medicine and the Inquisition.
“Papal Anatomy in the News: Bodies and Politics in the Early Modern Catholic World,” Sixteenth Century
Journal(forthcoming, 2018)
“Negotiated Sanctity: Incorruption, Community, and Medical Expertise,” The Catholic Historical Review
Vol. 102, No. 1 (Winter, 2016): 1-25.
“Roman Medicine, Papal Power, and the Making of Spanish Saints,” Rivista di Storia del Cristianesimo,
Vol. 13, No. 1 (Winter, 2016): 131-148.
“Contested Cases: Medical Evidence, Popular Opinion, and the Miraculous Body,”inMedicina e
Religione. Collaborazione, Competizione, Conflitto,eds. Maria Pia Donato and LucBerlivet,(Rome: EcoleFrançaise de Rome, 2013), 139-162.
“Model Corpses: Spanish Saints and Early Modern Medicine” Studi e ricerche, rivistadell’università di
Cagliari, Vol. 5 (2012): 83-95.
“Holy Bodies: Anatomy and Sanctity in Post-Tridentine Rome,”in Early Modern Rome, 1341-1667, ed.
Portia Prebys, (Ferrara: Edisai, 2012),406-417.
Review of Thomas F. Mayer, The Roman Inquisition, in The Journal of Modern History, vol. 87, no. 4
(December, 2015): 989-991.
Review of Histories of Scientific Observation, eds., Lorraine Daston and Elizabeth Lunbeck, inAnnals of
Science (2011).
Translator for Renato Ago, A Taste for Things: A History of Objects in Seventeenth-Century Rome, in press
with the University of Chicago Press, Chicago (2013).
Research Awards and Fellowships
- Villa I Tatti Fellowship in Renaissance Studies2017-2018 Year
- European Institute for Advanced Studies Fellowship2017-2018 Year (declined)
- Vatican Film Library Mellon Grant Summer 2016
- USC Provost’s Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Humanities2012-2014 (declined second year)
- American Academy Rome Prize Fellowship2011–2012 Year
- Weter Grant Stanford History Department2011–2012 Year
- Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Completion Fellowship2011–2012 Year (declined)
- G.J. Lieberman Fellowship2011–2012 Year (declined)
- Mabelle McLeod Lewis Memorial Fellowship2011–2012 Year (declined)
- Graduate Research Opportunities GrantSpring 2011
- Distinguished Departmental Scholar2010–2011 Year
- Fulbright Fellowship for ItalyOctober 2009–July 2010
- Vatican Film Library Mellon Grant Summer 2009
- Lane Travel Grant for Dissertation ResearchSpring 2009
- J.E. Wallace Sterling Graduate Fellowship in History2008–2009 Year
- Lane Grant for the History of ScienceSummer 2007
- Stanford Graduate FellowshipFall 2006–Spring 2011
- Visiting Committee Fellowship 2004–2005 Year
- FLAS FellowshipSummer 2005
- Maggie and Doug Walker Recruitment AwardFall 2004
Conference Papers and Invited Talks
“The Barberini Butchers: Meat and Murder in Early Modern Italy,” International Conference on Food Studies, Rome, Italy, October 26-27, 2017.
“What’s for Dinner? Beef, Bile, and Bullets in Early Modern Rome,” The American Historical Association Annual Meeting, Denver, Colorado, January 5-8, 2017.
“The Science of the Supernatural: Making Miracles in Early Modern Europe,” Bowdoin College, invited speaker, April 7, 2016.
“Not by Bread Alone: Meat, Murder, and Cannibalism in Early Modern Italy,” Stanford University Center for Early Modern Studies, invited speaker, March 9, 2016.
“Papal Anatomy in the News: the Circulation of Anatomical Evidence in the Early Modern Catholic World,” The History of Science Society Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, November 20, 2015.
“Virile Women and Girly Men: Gender and Saintly Bodies in Early Modern Europe,” Colloquium in the Society for the Study of Religion, Pennsylvania State University, April 10, 2014.
“Diagnosing a Holy Body: Medicine, Proof, and the Creation of Saints,” The Sixteenth Century Society Annual Meeting, San Juan, Puerto Rico, October 25, 2013.
“More than Skin Deep: Anatomy and the Creation of Early Modern Saints,” California Institute of Technology invited speaker, June 7, 2013.
“Meat is Murder: Cannibalism and Food Shortages in Early Modern Rome,” The Renaissance Society of America Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, April 4, 2013.
“The Holy Body: Between Science and the Supernatural,” University of Southern California, Center for Religion and Civic Culture, November 13, 2012.
“Il corpo del santo tra scienza e devozione in età moderna,” Università di Studi di Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy, May 15, 2012.
“Popes’ Stones and Saints’ Bones: Anatomy as Proof of the Holy,” The American Academy in Rome, Rome, Italy, February 23, 2012.
“The Toughest Diagnosis: Debating the Supernatural in the Republic of Letters, 1650-1750,” The History of Science Society Annual Meeting, Cleveland, OH, November 5, 2011.
“Skepticism, Religion, and Toleration in the Republic of Letters: The Network of Antonio Vallisnieri,” Republic of Letters Workshop, Stanford, CA, May 12, 2011.
“Papal Anatomy as Political Message,”The Renaissance Society of America Annual Meeting, Montreal, Canada, March 24-26, 2011.
“Contested Cases: Medical Evidence, Popular Opinion, and the Miraculous Body,”Medicina e Religione. Collaborazione, Competizione, Conflitto, Università degli studi di RomaTre and Ecolefrançaise de Roma, Rome, Italy, June 17, 2010.
“Holy Bodies: Anatomy and Sanctity in Post-Tridentine Rome,” Early Modern Rome, 1341-1667, University of Rome “La Sapienza,” and the University of California, Rome, Italy, May 14, 2010.
“Dissecting the Holy: the Unusual Anatomy of Saint Filippo Neri,” Critical Conversations: A Conference on Methods and Practices in Interdisciplinary Science Studies, Stanford, CA, May 18, 2007.
Teaching Awards
- University-Wide Centennial Teaching Award2010–2011 Year
- Award for Excellence in First Time Teaching2007–2008 Year
- DANZ Teaching AssistantSpring 2005
Relevant University Service and Volunteer Work
2016-2017Pennsylvania State University, Co-Director Committee for Early Modern Studies
2013-2016Pennsylvania State University, Policy CommitteeHistory Department
2014-2016Pennsylvania State University, Steering Committee Center for Early Modern Studies
2014-2016Pennsylvania State University, Co-Director of the Society for the Study of Religion
2014-2015Pennsylvania State University, Undergraduate Curriculum Committee
2013-2015Pennsylvania State University, Graduate Evaluation Committee
2013-2014Pennsylvania State University, Search Committee for Latin American History Assistant Professor
Spring 2013The Huntington Library, organized the conference “Proving the Supernatural: Belief and Nature in Early Modern Europe.”
2010–2011Stanford University, leader of sources and methods instructor training
Fall 2010Stanford University, co-organizer of annual teaching assistant training
Fall 2009Wilcox High School, co-organized an activity for high school students which introduced them to the history of the Inquisition in early modern Europe
2008–2009Stanford University, co-organized the workshop “Interdisciplinary Approaches to
Medieval and Early Modern Studies,” sponsored by the Stanford Humanities Center
Spring 2009Stanford University, co-organized the conference “Imagination and Memory in Early
Modern Europe”
2007–2008Stanford University, co-organizer of the workshop in Science and Technology Studies
sponsored by the Program in the History and Philosophy of Science
Spring 2008Stanford University, co-organized the conference “Critical Conversations: A
Conference on Methods andPractices in Interdisciplinary Science Studies”
Languages
English:Native language
Italian: Speak, write, and read with strong proficiency
Latin: Read with moderate proficiency
French: Read and write with moderate proficiency, speak with basic proficiency
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