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Prof Dilwyn Knox
School of European Languages, Culture and Society
London
WC1E 6BT
Tel: 00447903943844
Appointment
- Emeritus Professor
- SELCS
- Faculty of Arts & Humanities
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Research Summary
My research interests are in Renaissance Studies, particularly Renaissance philosophy and learning, education, cosmology and Copernicanism. I have published articles and books in these fields and have won various fellowships, research awards and travel grants, in the UK, Germany and the USA. My research over the past ten or so years has focused on cosmology in the sixteenth and early seventeenth century, with special focus on Marsilio Ficino, Copernicus and Giordano Bruno. I am currently working on a volume outlining the essential features of Bruno's philosophy. My entry on Bruno for the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy is a preliminary summary.
ResearchGate page: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Dilwyn_Knox
Teaching Summary
I taught in languages and history departments. BA courses I taught include: European Intellectual History, 1200-1600; The European 'Discovery' of the New World; The Renaissance; World War I; Ancient History; Latin translation; Italian; Renaissance History and Art; Renaissance Authors: Machiavelli and Castiglione; Giordano Bruno; and Italian translation. I also taught the following courses for the Italian Studies MA and the Medieval and Renaissance Studies MA (which now incorporates the Renaissance Studies MA that I set up in 2001): Marsilio Ficino; Giordano Bruno's Italian dialogues; Renaissance Texts and Research Techniques. I have now retired and do not teach BA or MA courses. I continue to supervise several PhD students.
Appointments
| 01-OCT-2014 | Professor of Renaissance Studies | Italian Department | UCL, United Kingdom |
| 01-OCT-1999 – 30-SEP-2014 | Reader in Renaissance Studies | Italian Department | UCL, United Kingdom |
| 01-OCT-1993 – 30-SEP-1999 | Lecturer | Italian Department | UCL, United Kingdom |
| 01-OCT-1991 – 30-SEP-1993 | Associate Professor | History Department | Pace University, New York, United States |
| 01-OCT-1987 – 30-SEP-1989 | Assistant Professor | History Department | Pace University, New York, United States |
| 01-SEP-1987 – 30-SEP-1993 | Humboldt Fellow | Institut für Geistesgeschichte des Humanismus | Munich University, Germany |
| 01-OCT-1985 – 30-SEP-1987 | Mellon Teaching Fellow and Lecturer in the Humanities | History | Columbia University, New York, United States |
| 01-OCT-1983 – 30-SEP-1985 | Dame Frances Yates Research Fellow | Warburg Institute | London University, United Kingdom |
| 01-OCT-1982 – 30-JUN-1983 | Lecturer | History | Westfield College, London University, United Kingdom |
| 01-OCT-1978 – 30-JUN-1979 | Temporary Lecturer | Languages Department | Polytechnic of the South Bank, United Kingdom |
| 01-OCT-1978 – 30-JUN-1984 | Temporary Lecturer | Italian Department | UCL, United Kingdom |
| 01-JAN-1972 – 30-DEC-1974 | Teacher | Voluntary Service Overseas | St Xavier's School, Kairiru Island, Papua New Guinea |
Academic Background
| Doctor of Philosophy | To be updated |
