Robert Goulding
Associate Professor, Program of Liberal Studies
Director, Reilly Center
- Office
- 219D O'Shaughnessy Hall
Notre Dame, IN 46556 - rgouldin@nd.edu
Biography
Robert Goulding is a historian of premodern science and mathematics. His current book project is a new translation and commentary on some natural philosophical treatises of Plotinus. He has research interests in the history of optics and vision; the history of matter theory and the constitution of physical bodies; the history of magic (particularly illusion); science and mathematics at the Renaissance universities; ancient and early modern Neoplatonism; and Peter Ramus and Ramism. Goulding's research has been supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities, the American Council of Learned Societies, the Newberry Library, and the Institute for Advanced Study.
Research Interests
Renaissance Science; History of Magic