DrCAROLINE PAGANUSSI
(she/her)
Lecturer
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
Orcid identifier0000-0002-8630-2047 (opens in a new tab)
- LecturerFaculty of Arts and Social Sciences
BIO
I am an art historian of medieval and early modern Italy and the Iberian world, working at the intersection of visual culture, religious life, and intellectual history, with particular interests in gender and sexuality, materiality, and the ways artworks shape—and are shaped by—social and environmental change. My recent and forthcoming writing also explores topics including women artists, wax sculpture and the body, devotion and relics, collecting histories, and early modern representations of masculinity, heresy, and violence. Alongside teaching and research, I have over ten years of professional experience in museums and curatorial work.
THE UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY APPOINTMENTS
- Honorary AssociateThe University of Sydney, Italian Studies, Sydney, Australia27 May 2025 - present
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
- Lecturer (Sessional)University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Art, Chattanooga, United States8 Jan 2024 - 12 May 2026
- Adjunct ProfessorLindenwood University, Art History, AI, and Visual Culture, Saint Charles, United States31 Aug 2023 - present
NON-ACADEMIC POSITIONS
- Executive Assistant to the Director and the Board of TrusteesThe Phillips Collection, United States4 May 2013 - 5 Aug 2015
POSTGRADUATE TRAINING
- American Friends of Capodimonte Postdoctoral Curatorial FellowMuseo e Real Bosco di Capodimonte, Italy2021 - 2023
LANGUAGES
- ItalianCan read, write, speak, understand and peer review
- Spanish; CastilianCan read, write, speak, understand and peer review
- GermanCan read
- FrenchCan read
SCHOOL
- School of Art, Communication and English
AVAILABILITY
- Research collaboration
- Research supervision