Lisa Hanstein is Academic Assistant in the library of the Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz – Max-Planck-Institut. She has analysed the impact of occult traditions on the Italian Futurists in several articles, co-organised a conference on the role of Italian Futurism within the broader context of international avant-garde movements, is the co-editor of Altri futurismi and curated a Futurist online exhibition, ZANG TUMB TUUM. She is currently at work on a Ph.D. on ‘The Spirit of the Modern Age: Spirituality and Spiritism in Italian Futurism’.