Federico Marcon studies early modern Japan and is interested in the interaction of social, economic, and political dynamics in the formation of intellectual discourses and scientific knowledge in the early modern world. A native of Italy, he earned a laurea degree in East Asian Languages and Cu...
Federico Marcon studies early modern Japan and is interested in the interaction of social, economic, and political dynamics in the formation of intellectual discourses and scientific knowledge in the early modern world. A native of Italy, he earned a laurea degree in East Asian Languages and Cultures from the University of Venice Ca’ Foscari, and after extended periods of research in Japan at Tokyo University of Foreign Studies and Waseda University he earned a Ph.D. from the History-East Asia program of Columbia University. After a postdoctoral fellowship at the Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies, he worked as tenure-track assistant professor in the Corcoran Department of History at the University of Virginia. He joined Princeton University in 2011.