Alberto Cevolini is Associate Professor at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy. His research focuses on sociological theory and intellectual history, with particular attention to social system theory, the development of note-taking practices, and the invention of filing cabinets in early modern Europe. He is the author of De arte excerpendi. Imparare a dimenticare nella prima modernità (Florence, 2006) and editor of Forgetting Machines. Knowledge Management Evolution in Early Modern Europe (Leiden and Boston, 2016). He also edited the English translation of Thomas Harrison’s Ark of Studies (Turnhout, 2017).