I am a medievalist and cultural historian from the University of Turku, Finland. Currently, I am working on my personal research project, entitled "Rethinking the Late Medieval Relic (c. 1200-1550)," funded by the Finnish Research Council for 2022–2027. As part of this project, I have been granted a visiting fellowship at the Department of History at the University of Rochester. Choosing Rochester was an easy decision: I was familiar with the Department's innovative research on medieval studies and thematic fields such as the history of emotions. I had met several researchers from the Department at various conferences and other occasions, and had formed a friendship with Professor Thomas Devaney, who has also been a Fulbright Professor at my university in Finland. Additionally, I was eager to immerse myself in the academic culture of the United States and gain more international experience as a researcher and teacher. Although I am not offering a formal course for the students, I am glad to have been accepted to visit different courses to learn more about the pedagogical strategies applied in teaching various topics and levels of students.

Hi, my name is Leonardo Angeletti and I'm a visiting researcher from Italy. I am working on my PhD in “European Studies” at the University of Palermo, with administrative headquarters in Genoa. I come from a small village in Sabina, called Cottanello – just an hour from Rome. You should come to visit; we have an amazing church hollowed out in the rock that is a Unesco heritage site called Eremo di San Cataldo. However, since 2017 I have been living in Milan, where I graduated in Philosophy at the University of Milan La Statale.