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Skip to contentRomance Languages and LiteraturesMenu Close Search FrenchFrench ConnexionsSpanishItalianOur PeopleResearchPublicationsResourcesRomance Languages Special MajorLet your curiosity lead the way:Apply TodayHomeCoursesStudy AbroadUpcoming EventsRecent NewsContact Us Arts & Sciences Graduate Studies in A&SRebecca Messbarger​Professor of ItalianAffiliate Professor of History, Art History, Global Studies, Performing Arts, and Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Director of Undergraduate Studies in Italian Co-Founder and First Director of Medical Humanities PhD, University of ChicagoDownload CV Personal Website Department of Romance Languages and Literatures Global Studies View All Peoplecontact info:Email: [email protected]: 314-935-5478Office: Ridgley 410office hours:Tuesday and Thursday 8:30-9:30 amGet Directionsmailing address:Washington University MSC 1077-146-310 One Brookings Drive St. Louis, MO 63130-4899Professor Messbarger's major research interests center on Italian Enlightenment culture, in particular the place and purpose of women in civic, academic and social life, and the intersection of art and science in the production of anatomical wax models during the age. Her research centers on the Italian Enlightenment, in particular the intersection of anatomy and art, and medicine and religion, and the shifting roles of women in civic and academic life during the age. Her most recent monograph, The Lady Anatomist: The Life and Work of Anna Morandi Manzolini (U of Chicago Press, 2010) traced the remarkable life of the 18th-century Bolognese woman from provincial artist to internationally renowned anatomist and anatomical modeler for the University of Bologna’s famous medical school. She is the author of numerous articles, including “The Re-birth of Venus in Florence’s Royal Museum of Physics and Natural History,” in the Oxford Journal of the History of Collections, winner of both the James L. Clifford Prize and the Percy Adam’s Prize for the best article in 2012-13. Most recently, she co-edited with Christopher Johns and Phil Gavitt the volume Benedict XIV and the Enlightenment: Art, Science and Spirituality (U of Toronto Press, 2016). She has received fellowships from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Philosophical Society, and Washington University’s Center for the Humanities, and is a faculty scholar at Washington University's Institute for Public Health.  in the news:10.24.22Roundtable to explore Cuillé's "Divining Nature"7.31.20Professor Rebecca Messbarger wins the Rome Prize Fellowship in Renaissance and Early Modern Studies5.6.20Professor Rebecca Messbarger Interviewed by CNN: Here&＃039;s how Italians &＃039;quaranteamed&＃039; 700 years ago2.11.20Prof. Rebecca Messbarger&＃039;s New Course Explores Seven Centuries of Dealing With Death in ItalyRead more newsThe Lady Anatomist: The Life and Work of Anna Morandi ManzoliniBy Rebecca MessbargerAnna Morandi Manzolini (1714-74), a woman artist and scientist, surmounted meager origins and limited formal education to become one of the most acclaimed anatomical sculptors of the Enlightenment. The Lady Anatomist tells the story of her arresting life and times, in light of the intertwined histories of science, gender, and art that complicated her rise to fame in the eighteenth century. University of Chicago Press Quick LinksResourcesEventsOur PeopleContactAdditional information Arts & Sciences Graduate Studies in A&SCopyright 2024 by:Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. LouisFollow Us Facebook Contact Us: Department of Romance Languages & Literatures [email protected] Visit the main Washington University in St. Louis website1 Brookings Drive / St. Louis, MO 63130 / wustl.edu