Jennifer DeSilva

Jennifer DeSilva earned her Ph.D. in History from the University of Toronto and specializes in cultural and social history. Prior to returning to Toronto, she taught at Ball State University (Muncie, IN, USA) and Eastern Connecticut State University (Willimantic, CT, USA) from 2007 to 2023.She has edited several collections of essays on issues of space and religious reform, on the Borgia family, and on the papal possesso (with Pascale Rihouet).

Jennifer DeSilva also co-edits the Sixteenth Century Journal. She has published numerous peer-reviewed journal articles and chapters related to identity, reform, festive studies, vice activity, and the scholarship of teaching and learning. She is also the author of The Office of Ceremonies and Advancement in Curial Rome, 1466-1528 (Brill, 2022).