DH^CH / Chiara Capulli

Chiara Capulli is a postdoctoral fellow in the Lise Meitner Group at the Bibliotheca Hertziana – MPI and an associate researcher at the Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florence. She earned her PhD in History of Art from the University of Cambridge in 2024, with research focused on the impact of the 1529 guasto on Florence’s artistic and architectural heritage. Her work bridges early modern art history and digital methodologies, with experience in 3D modeling, historical data-mapping, and digital training. She has contributed to initiatives such as the Getty-funded Florence 4D project and has taught digital art history at institutions including Cambridge, Exeter, and Düsseldorf. At the KHI, Chiara is involved in research on the cultural impact of historical earthquakes in Central Italy and collaborates on digital reinterpretations of archival sources related to heritage damage in L’Aquila.

• Bias by Absence: Mapping Loss and the Promise of NLP in Post-Disaster Urban Histories