Research
Current affiliation:
Visiting Professor (Fulbright scholar award) @University of Chicago (Chicago, USA) - since August ‘25
Senior Researcher @University of Lausanne (Lausanne, CH) - since Sept’24
Also, project manager for the commemoration of the Burgundian Wars (1476-2026, Canton of Fribourg and Vaud) - since Sept’23
Previously senior researcher (research project coordinator) @Laboratory for Experimental Museology, EPFL (Lausanne, CH) - June’22-July‘25.
Previously senior researcher (research project coordinator) @ University of Bern (Bern, CH) - Oct’18-Dec’22.
Previously lecturer @ University of Neuchâtel (Neuchâtel, CH) - Sep’22-Jan’23
Previously Head of public engagement @ Castle of Morges, State Museum (Morges, CH) - Feb’17-April’21.
Previously associated researcher @ Centre for Renaissance Studies (University of Tours, FR) - Feb'17-Sept'18.
Previously senior lecturer of Medieval History @ University of Geneva - Feb'17-Sept'17.
Visiting scholar (postdoc fellowship of Swiss National Science Foundation) - Sept'15-16 - @ Max Planck Institute for History of Science (Berlin, DE), and - Sept '16-February'17 - @ Centre for Renaissance Studies (University of Tours, FR)
Background and interdisciplinary ventures
I'm a Medievalist, with a disciplinary background in History, Literature and Art History. I have completed my education with History of Science and Technology, Codicology and Material Culture. Most of my research projects are interdisciplinary, involving specialists of Material Culture, Movement Science or even, Cognitive Science. I’m currently exploring the wonders of Digital Humanities.
Area of research
Cultural and social history of violence/warfare
European Martial Arts studies
Embodied Knowledge and its Circulation
Manuscript and print studies
Visualisation technologies
Selected publications
See the complete list on my various research profiles (ORCID, Research Gate, Academia.edu) or download my CV
Award (selection)
Fulbright Scholar award (August 2025-May 2026)
Optimus prize (Swissnex/Swiss National Foundation for Research - Scientific communication, July 2024)
Founding member and co-editor
Acta Periodica Duellatorum
This journal founded in 2013 is intended as a scientific platform for displaying research on Historical European Martial Arts. It is international, peer-reviewed and advised by both an Advisory and Scientific Committee. It is Open Access (publication by De Gruyter Open) and following the highest standards of academic publishing.
Research blog Martial Culture
Exciting blog in relation to my research project “Martial Culture in Medieval Towns” (2018-2023)
This research blog started in 2019 with the support of two assistant editors. We have gathered there lots of resources, including marvels out of the archives and more than 60 contributions from colleagues about martial culture. It also includes reviews, video interview and Online content for the museum exhibition.
Terapixel Panorama of the Battle of Murten
Guiness World Record of the largest panoramic image (1,6 Terapixel) with the digital twin of the 360° painted panorama of the Battle of Murten (1894)
This website restages the previously inaccessible 19th-century Panorama of the Battle of Murten as an immersive experience, blending narrative innovation with advanced interactive technologies. It unlocks access to the largest image of a physical object ever created at an ultra-high resolution.