Alessia Zubani

A historian and Iranian studies specialist, Alessia Zubani is currently conducting postdoctoral research at the Excellence Research cluster haStec (histoire et anthropologie des savoirs, des techniques et des croyances) in Paris. Her work focuses on the history of science and technology in the Late Antiquity and Mediaeval Middle East with emphasis on the role played by technological devices (such as automata and clockwork mechanisms) in the practices of definition and legitimation of the political authority. She holds a PhD in Iranian studies from the University of Bologna and the École Pratique des Hautes Études (2020).

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