Nicolò Cantoni

Nicolò Cantoni is a PhD student in Philosophy and Moral Sciences, under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Cornelis J. (Kees-Jan) Schilt and member of the ERC-StG project VERITRACE. Attracted by the multifaceted relationships between philosophy, science and the Abrahamic religions, he devotes his research to the study of magic, alchemy and kabbalah between the Renaissance and the early modern era as peculiar subsets of utopian thinking. In particular, he is fascinated by the controversies of orthodoxy and heresy arising from the adoption of pagan and Jewish ideas within a Christian Catholic context. He has pursued a double education, in philosophy (University of Pavia) and screenwriting (Centro Italiano di Studi Superiori per la Formazione e l’Aggiornamento in Giornalismo Radiotelevisivo).