Andrew Berns, University of Pennsylvania
Consutate General of Italy in Philadelphia and the University of Pennsylvania
Time: 5:00 p.m.
Place: Cherpack Lounge, 543 Williams Hall, 255 S. 36th Street
Jointly sponsored by the Consulate General of Italy in Philadelphia, the Center for Italian Studies at the University of Pennsylvania, and Penn's Department of Romance Languages
Ulisse Aldrovandi (1522 - 1605) was an Italian naturalist, the moving force behind Bologna's botanical garden, one of the first in Europe. Carolus Linnaeus and the Comte de Buffon considered him to be the father of natural history studies.
Andrew Berns is a doctoral candidate in the Department of History, University of Pennsylvania. He holds a one-month Dissertation Research Fellowship from PACHS for his work on "The Natural Science of the Biblical World in Late Renaissance Italy."