associate professor nick eckstein

Nick Eckstein is a historian with an international reputation for his innovative research into the society and culture of Renaissance Florence.

As Cassamarca Associate Professor of Italian Renaissance History, Nick taught and researched in the History Department at the University of Sydney for 22 years. Recipient of numerous Australian Research Council grants, Nick is also a former Deborah Loeb Brice fellow (1999-2000) and Visiting Professor (2003, 2006) at the prestigious Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies, 'Villa I Tatti', in Florence. His many publications include Painted Glories: The Brancacci Chapel in Renaissance Florence (Yale University Press, 2014), a lively exploration of how contemporary audiences viewed and engaged with one of the greatest artistic commissions of the early Renaissance.

Nick has long been recognised as an inspiring teacher, and for his ability to bring the world of the Italian Renaissance to life in the minds of his students, and he has received several University awards for his teaching.