Curriculum
personal details
date of birth August 31st, 1984
place of birth Dolo (VE)
gender Male
nationality Italian
telephone +1 504-609-1563
e-mail marcello.barison@gmail.com
mbarison@barnard.edu
website www.marcellobarison.com
domicile 400 W 119th Street (Apt. 4K)
New York
NY 10027
USA
aos
19th- and 20th-Century European Philosophy
Aesthetics
aoc
Modern European Philosophy
Political Philosophy
Modern and Contemporary Art
current position
2013 Adjunct professor at Barnard College (New York), Department of Philosophy. Course title: Mortals, Creatures and Subjects.
education
2008-2011 PhD at SUM (Istituto Italiano di Scienze Umane) course of study in: Filosofia e teoria delle scienze umane (Philosophy and Theory of Human Sciences).
Title of dissertation: L’opera e la terra. La questione dell’arte nel pensiero di Heidegger [Work and Earth. The Question of Art in Heidegger’s Thought]. Supervisor: Prof. Giuseppe Cantillo (Università Federico II di Napoli). Examining Committee made of: Professors Marco Ivaldo (Università Federico II Napoli), Roberto Garaventa (Università di Chieti-Pescara) and Anna Maria Nieddu (Università di Cagliari). Final evaluation: Excellent.
2009-2010 PhD guest at the Albert-Ludwigs Universität of Freiburg im Breisgau within an international agreement for university cooperation.
2006-2007 Master Degree in Philosophy at the University of Padua. Average exams taken: 30/30 e lode (30/30 with honours).
Title of final dissertation: La Costituzione metafisica del Mondo. Supervisor: Prof. Umberto Curi. Counter-supervisors: Prof. Adone Brandalise and Prof. Carlo Scilironi. Final score: 110/110 e lode (110/110 with honours).
2005-2006 Year’s stay at Humboldt Universität zu Berlin within the SOCRATES-ERASMUS Program.
2003-2006 Bachelor Degree in Philosophy at the University of Padua. Supervisor: Prof. Umberto Curi. Final score: 110/110 e lode (110/110 with honours).
teaching experience
2013 Adjunct professor at Barnard College (New York), Department of Philosophy. Course title: Mortals, Creatures and Subjects.
2011-2013 Adjunct professor of Aesthetics at the University of Ferrara, Faculty of Architecture.
2010-2011 Instructor in the course of studies of Philosophy of Communication at the Faculty of Education at the University of Padua. Topic: Philosophy of film.
2007-2012 Substitute teacher in highschools (Subject: Introduction to Philosophy).
publications
books (monographs)
5. Estetica della produzione. Saggi da Heidegger [Aesthetics of Production. Essays from Heidegger], Mimesis, Milano-Udine 2012 (peer-reviewed) (208 p.).
4. Schopenhauer. Trascendentalismo e teoria della conoscenza [Schopenhauer. Transcendentalism and Theory of Knowledge], Mimesis, Milano-Udine 2012 (56 p.).
3. L’opera e la terra. La questione dell’arte nel pensiero di Heidegger [Work and Earth. The Question of Art in Heidegger’s Thought], Mimesis, Milano-Udine 2011 (peer-reviewed) (304 p.).
2. Sulla soglia del nulla. Mark Rothko: l’immagine oltre lo spazio [On the Threshold of Nothing. Mark Rothko: Images Beyond Space], Mimesis, Milano-Udine 2011 (peer-reviewed) (210 p.).
1. La Costituzione metafisica del Mondo [The Metaphysical Constitution of the World], Il Prato, Padova 2009 (552 p.) (Winner of the Award for Philosophy Viaggio a Siracusa ‒ Jury President: Prof. Remo Bodei).
books (editing)
5. M. HEIDEGGER, Ernst Jünger [Ernst Jünger], Bompiani, Milano 2013, (XXI + 873 p., with parallel text).
4. Labirinti immaginari. Su Borges [Imaginary Labyrinths. On Borges], Mimesis, Milano-Udine 2011 (236 p.).
3. P. KLEE, Teoria della forma e della figurazione. II. Storia naturale infinita [Theory of Form and Figuration. II. Infinite Natural History], Mimesis, Milano-Udine 2011 (450 p.) (with Afterword: Anomalie [Anomalies]).
2. Sulla pittura [On Painting], monographic number of «Il Pensiero», ESI, Napoli 2011 (p. 140).
1. P. KLEE, Teoria della forma e della figurazione. I. Il pensiero immaginale [Theory of Form and Figuration. I. The Imaginal Thought], Mimesis, Milano-Udine 2009 (second ed. 2011) (pp. 534) (with Preface: La morte dell’opera [Death of the Work of Art]).
articles
13. Neoliberismo e destatalizzazione [Neoliberalism and Denationalisation], in R. MASIERO (ed. by), Pensare l’Europa [Thinking Europe], Mimesis, Milano-Udine 2013, p. 87-101.
12. Hrönir. Negli origami dell’ordine [Hrönir. Within Order Origami], in M. BARISON (ed. by), Labirinti immaginari. Su Borges [Imaginary labyrinths. On Borges], Mimesis, Milano-Udine 2011, p. 9-62.
11. Flusso e montaggio. La dimensione cinematografica [Stream and Cutting. The Cinematographic Dimension], in B. GIACOMINI, F. GRIGENTI, L. SANÒ (ed. by), La passione del pensare [The Passion for Thinking], Mimesis, Milano-Udine 2011, p. 243-266.
10. Anomalie [Anomalies], Afterword to M. BARISON (ed. by), P. KLEE, Teoria della forma e della figurazione. II. Storia naturale infinita [Theory of Form and Figuration. II. Infinite Natural History], Mimesis, Milano-Udine 2011, p. 431-447.
9. Seynsgeschichte und Erdgeschichte. Zwischen Heidegger und Jünger [History of Being and History of Earth. Between Heidegger and Jünger], in D. ESPINET (ed. by) Zu Heideggers Sprachbegriff [On Heidegger’s Concept of Language], Vittorio Klostermann, Frankfurt am Main 2011, p. 149-159.
8. L’immagine ritrosa. Su Rothko [The Reluctant Image. On Rothko], in M. BARISON (ed. by), Sulla pittura [On Painting], monographic number of «Il Pensiero», ESI, Napoli 2010, p. 99-127.
7. Eterotopie. Gropius ‒ Heidegger ‒ Scharoun [Heterotopias. Gropius ‒ Heidegger ‒ Scharoun], in L. TADDIO (ed. by), Costruire abitare pensare [Building Dwelling Thinking], Mimesis, Milano-Udine 2010 (second ed. 2011), p. 80-133.
6. Commentary on M. HEIDEGGER, Costruire abitare pensare [Building Dwelling Thinking], transl. by M. BARISON, in L. TADDIO (ed. by), Costruire abitare pensare [Building Dwelling Thiking], Mimesis, Milano-Udine 2010 (second ed. 2011), p. 10-49.
5. La morte dell’opera [Death of the Work of Art], Preface to: M. BARISON (ed. by), P. KLEE, Teoria della forma e della figurazione. I. Il pensiero immaginale [Theory of Form and Figuration. I. The Imaginal Thought], Mimesis, Milano-Udine 2009 (second ed. 2011), p. IX-XVIII.
4. Finis rerum. In limine temporis, in «Derritaxes», 4, 2009, Edicións Galiza, p. 105-111.
3. Critica della produzione immateriale [Critique of Immaterial Production], in D. FUSARO e L. GRECCHI (ed. by), Filosofia e politica: che fare? [Philosophy and Politics: What Is To Be Done?], Petite Plaisance, Pistoia 2009, p. 233-254.
2. Genealogia del Piano. Gilles Deleuze: per una metafisica dell’immanenza [Genealogy of the Plane. Gilles Deleuze: For a Metaphysics of Immanence], in S. CAPODIVACCA e M. VOZZA (ed. by), Variazioni sul caos. Deleuze e la filosofia [Variations on the Chaos. Deleuze and Philosophy], Ananke, Torino 2009, p. 37-66.
1. Fotografare il caos. Francis Bacon in autoscatto [Photographing the Chaos. Francis Bacon in Autotimer], in W. GUADAGNINI (ed. by), Alberto Petrò. Bacon’s Eggs Portfolio, M. R. Collection, Brescia 2008 (not numbered pages).
awards and scholarships
2013 Visiting researcher at Columbia University (New York), Department of Philosophy.
2008 Winner of the Award for Philosophy Viaggio a Siracusa promoted by the Collegio Siciliano di Filosofia in collaboration with the Istituto Italiano per gli Studi Filosofici di Napoli. Section: «Tesi di laurea» («Degree dissertations»). Jury President: Prof. Remo Bodei.
2008 Scholarship for the participation to the joint seminar of the National coordination of Doctorates in Philosophy at the Istituto Italiano di Scienze Umane (SUM) in Florence (10-13 June). Coordinator: Prof. Stefano Poggi.
2007-2008 Training course to Italian written didactics at the University of Trento, coordinated by Prof. Serenella Baggio. Achieved Attestato di idoneità all’insegnamento dell’italiano scritto in corsi universitari (Qualification to teach written Italian in university courses).
2005 Scholarship for the participation to the Festival Il Vento del Cinema (16-19 June), focused on the relation between cinema and philosophy, managed by Enrico Ghezzi.
2005 Scholarship for the participation to Festival Filosofia in Modena dedicated to the Five senses (I sensi) (16-18 September).
memberships
2009-2013 Heidegger Gesellschaft. President: Prof. Günter Figal (Albert-Ludwigs Universität Freiburg).
2008-2010 Research Project of National Interest (PRIN) Umano, postumano, disumano. Passato e futuro dell’humanitas. Coordinator: Prof. Umberto Curi (University of Padua).
2006-2008 Research Project of National Interest (PRIN) Razionalità, tecnica e conflitto. L’eredità di Prometeo. Coordinator: Prof. Umberto Curi (University of Padua).
invited participation in conferences, workshops and seminars
2013 Visiting Scholar Seminar at the Columbia University (New York). Coordinator: Dr. Marcus Ohlström. Title of the paper given: On identity (October 26).
2013 Teleconference at the conference Allora non so come le parole antiche in honour of Enzo Mandruzzato (Padova). Title of the lecture given: Il ritmo ineludibile (October 26).
2013 Visiting Scholar Seminar at the Columbia University (New York). Coordinator: Dr. Marcus Ohlström. Title of the paper given: Transcendental Extroversion. On Heidegger (April 26).
2012 Political Workshop of Festival Comodamente (Vittorio Veneto). Coordinators: Prof. Roberto Masiero e Dr. Luca Taddio. Title of the paper given: Neoliberismo e destatalizzazione (September 9).
2012 At the Department FISSPA of the University of Padua, organization and direction of the seminar Per un’«ontologia dell’attualità». Intorno a Mille piani (April-July). Title of the paper given: Deleuze, Hjelmslev, Spinoza (25 May).
2012 Presentation of the volume La vita sensibile by Prof. Emanuele Coccia within the Aesthetics Seminar at the University of Padua. Coordinators: Prof. Giangiorgio Pasqualotto and Dr. Marcello Ghilardi. Title of the paper given: L’intercapedine cosmica (April 20).
2012 Progetto formazione continua in Padova. Coordinator: Prof. Renzo Scortegagna. Title of the lecture given: Invecchiare nella società contemporanea (March 16).
2012 University Master in Philosophical Counseling of the University Ca’ Foscari in Venezia. Coordinator: Prof. Luigi Perissinotto. Title of the lecture given: La cineteca delle forme (February 11).
2011 Conference 150 Italia unita at Martin-Luther-Universität-Halle-Wittemberg. Coordinator: Prof. Robert Fajen. Title of the paper given: L’altalena dei sogni. A proposito di Federico Fellini (November 2).
2011 Organization and direction (with Silvia Capodivacca) of the seminar Il sistema delle arti. Topic: Il cinema sovietico a partire da Ėjzenštejn. Title of the paper given: La sintassi formale nel cinema sovietico (Pioppi, Salerno, August 20-30).
2011 Seminar on Umano, postumano, disumano. Passato e futuro dell’humanitas at the University of Padua. Title of the paper given: Il principio entropico. Nascita del paradigma antibiotico (June 7).
2011 Progetto formazione continua in Padova. Coordinator: Prof. Renzo Scortegagna. Title of the lecture given: Origine e futuro dell’ateismo (April 15).
2011 Participation to the conference Attualità della fenomenologia at the University of Udine. Coordinator: Dr. Luca Taddio. Title of the paper given: Il sipario dei fenomeni (March 22).
2010 Organization and direction (with Silvia Capodivacca) of the seminar Il sistema delle arti. Topic: L’architecture selon Valéry. Eupalinos today. Title of the paper given: Matrici del ritmo immaginale (Cervo, Imperia, August 20-30).
2010 Course of Aesthetics of Architecture held by Dr. Luca Taddio at the University of Udine. Title of the lecture given: Costruire abitare pensare (April 7).
2009 Participation to the seminar Heidegger und Schelling at the Albert-Ludwigs-Universität of Freiburg im Breisgau. Coordinators: Professors Günter Figal and Lore Hühn. Title of the paper given: Meontologie der Möglichkeit. Nichts – Abgrund – Negation (December 18-19).
2009 Participation to the workshop Heidegger und die Literatur at the Deutsches Literaturarchiv Marbach. Coordinator: Prof. Günter Figal. Title of the paper given: Seynsgeschichte und Erdgeschichte. Zwischen Heidegger und Jünger (October 6-8).
2009 Organization and direction (with Silvia Capodivacca) of the seminar Il sistema delle arti. Topic: Borges. Labirinti immaginari. Title of the paper given: Hrönir. Negli origami dell’ordine (Cervo, Imperia, August 20-30).
2009 Course of Aesthetics of Architecture held by Dr. Luca Taddio at the University of Udine. Title of the lecture given: Heidegger e l’architettura (April 23).
2008 Conference Cristianesimo e modernità organized by Collegio Siciliano di Filosofia for the assignment of the Award for Philosophy Viaggio a Siracusa. Title of the paper given: Nichilismo e cristianità culturale. Un approccio heideggeriano (December 5-7).
2008 Organization and direction (with Silvia Capodivacca) of the seminar Il sistema delle arti. Topic: Variazioni sul caos. Gilles Deleuze e la filosofia. Title of the paper given: Genealogia del Piano. Gilles Deleuze: per una metafisica dell’immanenza (Cervo, Imperia, August 20-30).
publishing activities
2008-2013 Publishing consultant for Mimesis Editor (Milano-Udine). Consultancy, selection and title evaluation, editing, revision and proof reading.
2010-2013 Editing for individuals and companies.
professional activities
2013 Blogger of «il Fatto Quotidiano», the number three Italian newspaper in terms of the number of website visits: http://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/blog/mbarison/
languages
Italian Mother tongue.
English Fluent both written and spoken.
German Fluent both written and spoken.
French Good both written and spoken.
Latin Reading comprehension skills.
Ancient Greek Reading comprehension skills.
