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Alessandro Bertinetto
Alessandro Bertinetto
Alessandro Bertinetto is Full Professor of Aesthetics at the University of Turin and the scientific coordinator of ART. He has been visiting scholar at the Universities of Madrid (Complutense and Autónoma), Murcía, Toulouse, Kanazawa, Luxembourg, FU Berlin, Valencia, Belo Horizonte. His research interests include German Idealism, aesthetics, hermeneutics, philosophy of music, creativity and improvisation. His research is now mainly focussing on the topic of "aestheic habits". From 2012 to 2018, he has been member of the Executive Committee of the European Society for Aesthetics.
Alessandro Bertinetto is Full Professor of Aesthetics at the University of Turin and the scientific coordinator of ART. He has been visiting scholar at the Universities of Madrid (Complutense and Autónoma), Murcía, Toulouse, Kanazawa, Luxembourg, FU Berlin, Valencia, Belo Horizonte. His research interests include German Idealism, aesthetics, hermeneutics, philosophy of music, creativity and improvisation. His research is now mainly focussing on the topic of "aestheic habits". From 2012 to 2018, he has been member of the Executive Committee of the European Society for Aesthetics.
Selected publications:
Selected publications:
- Estetica dell'improvvisazione, il Mulino 2021; Eng. trans. Aesthetics of Improvisation, Fink/Brill 2022.
- With M. Ruta (eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy and Improvisation in the Arts, Routledge 2021.
- Il pensiero dei suoni. Temi di filosofia della musica, Bruno Mondadori 2012; French trans. Pensée des sons. Introduction à la philosophie de la musique, Delatour 2017.
Personal webpages:
Personal webpages:
https://sites.google.com/site/alessandrobertinetto/
https://sites.google.com/site/alessandrobertinetto/
https://unito.academia.edu/AlessandroBertinetto
https://unito.academia.edu/AlessandroBertinetto
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sofia boz
sofia boz
Sofia Boz is PhD candidate in Pedagogical, Educational and Instructional Sciences at University of Padua. Her research focuses on the possibilities of de-structuring the traditional school curriculum by re-evaluating the beneficial effects of jazz's own concept of improvisation, with a view to creative, inclusive, dialogic and explorative education.
Sofia Boz is PhD candidate in Pedagogical, Educational and Instructional Sciences at University of Padua. Her research focuses on the possibilities of de-structuring the traditional school curriculum by re-evaluating the beneficial effects of jazz's own concept of improvisation, with a view to creative, inclusive, dialogic and explorative education.
serena feloj
serena feloj
Serena Feloj is Associate Professor in Aesthetics at the University of Pavia. She has been visiting scholar at Harvard University and at the Universities of Heidelberg, Marburg (DAAD fellowship), Cologne, Frankfurt am Main, and visiting professor at the University of Halle. Her main interests are in Kantian philosophy, German classical aesthetics and analytic aesthetics.
Serena Feloj is Associate Professor in Aesthetics at the University of Pavia. She has been visiting scholar at Harvard University and at the Universities of Heidelberg, Marburg (DAAD fellowship), Cologne, Frankfurt am Main, and visiting professor at the University of Halle. Her main interests are in Kantian philosophy, German classical aesthetics and analytic aesthetics.
Selected publications:
Selected publications:
- Estetica del disgusto. Mendelssohn, Kant e i limiti della rappresentazione, Carocci 2017 [monograph].
- Ästhetik, Wissen und Chaos. Die symbolische Erkenntnis der ästhetischen Idee bei Husserl und Kant, in C. Asmuth, P. Remmers (eds.), Ästhetisches Wissen, De Gruyter 2014 [chapter].
- Towards an Alternative: Crisis of the System or Mediation Between Nature and Freedom?, in S. Bacin, A. Ferrarin, C. La Rocca, M. Ruffing (eds.), Kant und die Philosophie in weltbürglicher Absicht, De Gruyter 2013 [chapter].
Jacopo frascaroli
Jacopo frascaroli
Jacopo Frascaroli is a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Psychology at the University of Turin and a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Humanities Research Centre at the University of York. He obtained his PhD in Philosophy in York in 2022 as part of a Leverhulme-funded interdisciplinary project entitled "Learning from Fiction". Jacopo's research brings together aesthetics, philosophy of language and mind, and cognitive science. His current work explores the potential of predictive processing as a general framework for the study of the arts and aesthetics. Jacopo is currently editing a theme issue on this topic for Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B.
Jacopo Frascaroli is a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Psychology at the University of Turin and a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Humanities Research Centre at the University of York. He obtained his PhD in Philosophy in York in 2022 as part of a Leverhulme-funded interdisciplinary project entitled "Learning from Fiction". Jacopo's research brings together aesthetics, philosophy of language and mind, and cognitive science. His current work explores the potential of predictive processing as a general framework for the study of the arts and aesthetics. Jacopo is currently editing a theme issue on this topic for Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B.
Selected publications:
Selected publications:
- Currie, G., Frascaroli, J. (2021). Poetry and the Possibility of Paraphrase, The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism, 79(4), 428-439 [article].
- Currie, G. Friend, S., Ferguson, H., Wimmer, L., Frascaroli, J., and Green, K. Learning from Fiction, in The Routledge Handbook of Fiction and Belief. Forthcoming 2023 [chapter].
- Frascaroli, J., Van de Cruys, S., Leder, H., and Brattico, E. (Eds.). Art and Affect in the Predictive Mind, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B. Forthcoming 2023 [theme issue].
- Van de Cruys, S., Frascaroli, J., and Friston, K.J. (forthcoming). Order and Change in Art: Towards a Predictive Processing Account of Aesthetic Experience, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B. Forthcoming 2023 [article].
PAOLO FURIA
PAOLO FURIA
Paolo Furia currently works as a postdoc researcher at the Department of Humanities of the University of Turin (Italy). He has been working as a postdoc at the University of Turin since November 2017. He is a member of the Italian Society of Aesthetics, the Interuniversity Center of Morphologt, the Centro Studi Luigi Pareyson and the Society for Ricoeur Studies. He participated in international conferences and seminars in Berlin, Paris, Palermo, Rome, Chicago, Los Angeles, Detroit, Leuven, Ljubljana, Bratislava and was a member of project teams in Paris (EHESS and Paris Nanterre) and Slovakia (BISLA). He is the authour of three monographs in Italiana and various articles in English, French and Italian. He obtained his Scientific Qualification in Aesthetics in November 2020.
Paolo Furia currently works as a postdoc researcher at the Department of Humanities of the University of Turin (Italy). He has been working as a postdoc at the University of Turin since November 2017. He is a member of the Italian Society of Aesthetics, the Interuniversity Center of Morphologt, the Centro Studi Luigi Pareyson and the Society for Ricoeur Studies. He participated in international conferences and seminars in Berlin, Paris, Palermo, Rome, Chicago, Los Angeles, Detroit, Leuven, Ljubljana, Bratislava and was a member of project teams in Paris (EHESS and Paris Nanterre) and Slovakia (BISLA). He is the authour of three monographs in Italiana and various articles in English, French and Italian. He obtained his Scientific Qualification in Aesthetics in November 2020.
Selected publications:
Selected publications:
- Rifiuto, altrove, utopia. Una fenomenologia estetica del riconoscimento a partire da Paul Ricoeur, Mimesis 2019 [monograph].
Lisa Giombini
Lisa Giombini
Lisa Giombini is Research Fellow in Aesthetics at Roma Tre University (Italy), Department of Philosophy. She is a member of various philosophical associations, including the Italian Society for Aesthetics (SIE), the European Society of Aesthetics (ESA) and the American Society for Aesthetics (ASA); she is currently the Secretary General of the International Association for Aesthetics (IAA). Besides long-term interest in the philosophy of music, Lisa's current research focuses on the philosophy of art conservation, the ethics of cultural heritage and environmental aesthetics.
Lisa Giombini is Research Fellow in Aesthetics at Roma Tre University (Italy), Department of Philosophy. She is a member of various philosophical associations, including the Italian Society for Aesthetics (SIE), the European Society of Aesthetics (ESA) and the American Society for Aesthetics (ASA); she is currently the Secretary General of the International Association for Aesthetics (IAA). Besides long-term interest in the philosophy of music, Lisa's current research focuses on the philosophy of art conservation, the ethics of cultural heritage and environmental aesthetics.
Selected publications:
Selected publications:
- Music, Ontology and the Need for History: A Critical Discussion, Culture and Dialogue, n. 9 (2021) [article].
- Respect in Conservation Ethics. A Philosophical Inquiry, Studies in Conservation, n. 67, 1/2 (2021) [article].
- Reconstructing Heritage. Places, Values Attachment, Contemporary Aesthetics, n. 18 (2020) [article].
francesca monateri
francesca monateri
Francesca Monateri is PhD candidate at the Scuola Normale Superiore of Pisa, working on the link between aesthetics and political philosophy. Her doctoral project is dedicated to Carl Schmitt's aesthetics.
Francesca Monateri is PhD candidate at the Scuola Normale Superiore of Pisa, working on the link between aesthetics and political philosophy. Her doctoral project is dedicated to Carl Schmitt's aesthetics.
Selected publications:
Selected publications:
- Carl Schmitt's Morphology. From Political Theology to Aesthetics, in L. Follesa, F. Vercellone (eds.), Bilddenken und Morphologie, De Gruyter 2021 [chapter].
- Teologia politica del corpo. Un'estetica dell'incarnazione in Schmitt, Kantorowicz e Balthasar, Annuario Filosofico, n. XXXVI (2020) [article].
- Estetica e istituzioni. Forma e vita nell'Institutional Turn di Carl Schmitt, Studi di Estetica, n. 18 (2020) [article].
francesca perotto
francesca perotto
Francesca Perotto is PhD candidate in Philosophy at the Northwestern Italian Philosophy Consortium (FINO). Her research interests range from Gilles Deleuze to morphology and post-structuralist French philosophy. She is currently visiting student at the EHESS in Paris. Her latest research deals with the concept of the virtual in Gilles Deleuze's thought from an aesthetic perspective.
Francesca Perotto is PhD candidate in Philosophy at the Northwestern Italian Philosophy Consortium (FINO). Her research interests range from Gilles Deleuze to morphology and post-structuralist French philosophy. She is currently visiting student at the EHESS in Paris. Her latest research deals with the concept of the virtual in Gilles Deleuze's thought from an aesthetic perspective.
Selected publications:
Selected publications:
- Is the Virtual of Virtual Technologies the Deleuzian Virtual?, Aisthesis, forthcoming 2022 [article].
- Immersivity, Individuation and Art, Azimuth, n. 20/2 (2022) [article].
leonardo pietropaolo
leonardo pietropaolo
Leonardo Pietropaolo is a BA and MA graduate in Philosophy at the University of Turin. In 2020 he was awarded with a scholarship by Fondazione Cecilia Gilardi. During the summer 2021 he spent a research period at Freie University of Berlin thanks to this funding. In 2022 he studied at CAMPO22, the course for curatorial studies and practices promoted by Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo. Among his research interests, the concept of "death of art" and the relationship between the notions of authenticity and style in aesthetics. His latest research focuses on the notion of style in the work of Arthur Danto.
Leonardo Pietropaolo is a BA and MA graduate in Philosophy at the University of Turin. In 2020 he was awarded with a scholarship by Fondazione Cecilia Gilardi. During the summer 2021 he spent a research period at Freie University of Berlin thanks to this funding. In 2022 he studied at CAMPO22, the course for curatorial studies and practices promoted by Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo. Among his research interests, the concept of "death of art" and the relationship between the notions of authenticity and style in aesthetics. His latest research focuses on the notion of style in the work of Arthur Danto.
ivan quartesan
ivan quartesan
Ivan Quartesan is PhD candidate at the Northwestern Italian Philosophy Consortium (FINO), University of Turin. His research interests include image theory, philosophy of art history, the German and Italian morphological traditions in aesthetics. In particular, his research has focused on the thought of Horst Bredekamp.
Ivan Quartesan is PhD candidate at the Northwestern Italian Philosophy Consortium (FINO), University of Turin. His research interests include image theory, philosophy of art history, the German and Italian morphological traditions in aesthetics. In particular, his research has focused on the thought of Horst Bredekamp.
amalia salvestrini
amalia salvestrini
Amalia Salvestrini (PhD in Philosophy) is an independent researcher. Membre associé of the Laboratoure d'études sur le monothéismes (EPHE-CNRS, Paris), she collaborates with the University of Turin and the University of Milan and is a member of several scientific assiociations and journals. Her research interests include pre-modern origins of aesthetics, rhetoric, medieval theories of knowledge and image, phenomenological and aesthetic issues. Currently, her research deals with the relationship between Late Medieval-Renaissance art and philosophy and classifications of knowledge and the arts between the Middle Ages and the Renaissance.
Amalia Salvestrini (PhD in Philosophy) is an independent researcher. Membre associé of the Laboratoure d'études sur le monothéismes (EPHE-CNRS, Paris), she collaborates with the University of Turin and the University of Milan and is a member of several scientific assiociations and journals. Her research interests include pre-modern origins of aesthetics, rhetoric, medieval theories of knowledge and image, phenomenological and aesthetic issues. Currently, her research deals with the relationship between Late Medieval-Renaissance art and philosophy and classifications of knowledge and the arts between the Middle Ages and the Renaissance.
Selected publications:
Selected publications:
- Apparentia in the Thought of Nicholas of Autrecourt: Intentionality, Intersubjectivity, and Probabilism in the Status of Mental Being, British Journal for the History of Philosophy, 2022 [article].
- L'artefice delle forme. Un percorso morfologico fra Bonaventura, Alberti e Leonardo da Vinci, Aesthetica Preprint, n. 117 (2021) [article].
Luisa sampugnaro
Luisa sampugnaro
Luisa Sampugnaro (PhD in Humanities) is an independent researcher. In 2018 she was a visiting student at CEHTA/EHESS in Paris. She collaborates with the University of Turin and is a member of the Italian Society of Aesthetics (SIE). Her research interests include aesthetic reception theories, philosophy of painting and philosophy of history. Currently her work focuses on the various rhetorics of the "end" qualifying the transition Modernism/Postmodernism, both in the theoretical discourse about the arts and in the structure of artistic poiesis.
Luisa Sampugnaro (PhD in Humanities) is an independent researcher. In 2018 she was a visiting student at CEHTA/EHESS in Paris. She collaborates with the University of Turin and is a member of the Italian Society of Aesthetics (SIE). Her research interests include aesthetic reception theories, philosophy of painting and philosophy of history. Currently her work focuses on the various rhetorics of the "end" qualifying the transition Modernism/Postmodernism, both in the theoretical discourse about the arts and in the structure of artistic poiesis.
Selected publications:
Selected publications:
- Un art purifié. Logique et histoire du modernisme chez Clement Greenberg, in A. Rieber, B. Tochon-Danguy (eds.), La Modernité en art, Classiques Garnier (2022) [chapter].
- Danto, l'arte e i regimi di storicità. Un percorso di lettura, Rivista di Estetica, n. 77 (2021) [article].
- The Work of Man and the End-of-History. Hegel Transfigured by Kojeve's Thought, in S. Achella et al. (eds.), The Owl's Flight. Hegel Legacy to Contemporary Philosophy, De Gruyter 2021 [chapter].
Carlo serra
Carlo serra
Carlo Serra teaches Media and Image Aesthetics at the University of Turin and Image and Sound Theory at the University of Calabria. His research revolves around philosophy of music, with particular attention to phenomenological issues linked to the forms of listening.
Carlo Serra teaches Media and Image Aesthetics at the University of Turin and Image and Sound Theory at the University of Calabria. His research revolves around philosophy of music, with particular attention to phenomenological issues linked to the forms of listening.
Selected publications:
Selected publications:
- Come suono di natura. Metafisica della melodia nella Prima Sinfonia di Gustav Mahlet, Galaad 2020 [monograph].
Gregorio tenti
Gregorio tenti
Gregorio Tenti is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Turin, a Research Fellow at the a.r.t.e.s. Research Lab of the University of Cologne, and a future MSCA-Fellow (2024-2026) at Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona. His research interests include history of German aesthetics (Romanticism and Idealism), 20th-century French aesthetics, and environmental philosophy. He is currently working on a project devoted to Bracha L. Ettinger's Notebooks in collaboration with the Museum of Contemporary Art Castello di Rivoli.
Gregorio Tenti is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Turin, a Research Fellow at the a.r.t.e.s. Research Lab of the University of Cologne, and a future MSCA-Fellow (2024-2026) at Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona. His research interests include history of German aesthetics (Romanticism and Idealism), 20th-century French aesthetics, and environmental philosophy. He is currently working on a project devoted to Bracha L. Ettinger's Notebooks in collaboration with the Museum of Contemporary Art Castello di Rivoli.
Selected publications:
Selected publications:
- Divinità del singolare. Sulla teoria del vivente nel primo Schelling, Schelling-Studien, n. 10 (2023) [article].