#  Paolo Savoia 

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, King's College London

 

 

 



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 email <paolo.savoia@kcl.ac.uk> 

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 *Research Interests: The social and epistemological history of Renaissance European surgery, with special reference to the history of pain management; The history of reconstructive techniques of the face, and the history of perceptions of the human face.*

 Paolo Savoia studied Philosophy and History at the Universities of Bologna, Pisa, and Chicago. He has written on the history of sexuality, Michel Foucault, and the historiographical tradition of Historical Epistemology.

 **Degrees:**  
BA., University of Pisa  
MA., Philosophy, University of Bologna  
PhD., History of Science, Harvard University



 

 

 





 

 

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