Serafina Cuomo
Italian historian (born 1966)
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Serafina Cuomo (born May 21, 1966) is an Italian historian, specialising in ancient mathematics and the history of technology.[1] Since 2024, she has served as the A. G. Leventis Professor of Greek Culture at the University of Cambridge.
University of Cambridge (PhD)
Dr Serafina Cuomo | |
|---|---|
| Born | May 21, 1966 |
| Education | University of Naples (B.A.) University of Cambridge (PhD) |
Education
Cuomo achieved a bachelor's degree in Philosophy at the University of Naples. She received a doctorate in History and Philosophy of Science from the University of Cambridge in 1995, with a PhD thesis titled "The ghost of mathematicians past: tradition and innovation in Pappus' Collectio Mathematica".[2]
Career
Cuomo has published on topics in ancient mathematics, including computing practices in ancient Rome and the mathematician Pappus of Alexandria, and the history of technology.[3]
Cuomo formerly worked as a lecturer at Imperial College London, Birkbeck University of London, and Durham University.[4] In March 2024, she was elected A. G. Leventis Professor of Greek Culture at the University of Cambridge, taking up the post from September 2024.[5]
In 2019, Cuomo participated in the EHESS (École des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales).[6]
Books
- Pappus of Alexandria and the Mathematics of Late Antiquity (Cambridge Classical Studies, Cambridge University Press, 2000)[7]
- Ancient Mathematics (Sciences of Antiquity, Routledge, 2001)[8]
- Technology and Culture in Greek and Roman Antiquity (Key Themes in Ancient History, Cambridge University Press, 2007)[9]
Articles and chapters
- “Skills and virtues in Vitruvius’ book 10”, in M. Formisano (ed.), War in Words, Leiden: Brill 2011, 309-32
- “All the proconsul’s men: Cicero, Verres and account-keeping”, Annali dell’Università degli studi di Napoli ‘L’ Orientale’. Sezione filologico-letteraria. Quaderni 15, Naples 2011, 165-85
- “A Roman engineer’s tales”, Journal of Roman Studies 101 (2011), 143-65
- “Measures for an emperor: Volusius Maecianus’ monetary pamphlet for Marcus Aurelius”, in J. König & T. Whitmarsh (eds.), Ordering Knowledge in the Roman Empire, Cambridge University Press 2007, 206-228
- “The machine and the city: Hero of Alexandria's Belopoeica”, in C. J. Tuplin & T. E. Rihll (eds.), Science and Mathematics in Ancient Greek Culture, Oxford: Oxford University Press 2002, 165-77
- “Divide and rule: Frontinus and Roman land-surveying”, Studies in History and Philosophy of Science 31 (2000), 189-202
- “Shooting by the book: Notes on Tartaglia's ‘Scientia Nova’”, History of Science 35 (1997), 155-88