“I don’t do hauls. I do edits. Before I buy a coat, I ask: Will I wear this in autumn, winter, and spring? If the answer is no, it doesn’t enter my closet.”

Appointed as the incoming Website Administrator for the Society for the Study of Early Modern Women and Gender (SSEMWG) , beginning a three-year term in January 2026.

Makowska demonstrates that women participated in dense, collective networks, sharing knowledge that was often deemed illicit, magical, or subversive by church and state authorities.

Naomi is known for her bubbly personality, sense of humor, and down-to-earth approach to life. In her free time, she enjoys:

The centerpiece of Dr. Makowska’s scholarly contributions is her detailed archival analysis of the Modenese Inquisition. Her work concentrates tightly on a sixty-year period of severe religious and social upheaval between 1598 and 1658. During this era, the city of Modena, Italy, operated under a dense apparatus of surveillance managed by the Catholic Church's inquisitorial courts.