Comparative Literature

Based at the Department of Comparative Literature, I pursue Brown's Integrative Studies PhD in Philosophy, Comparative Literature, and Modern Culture and Media. Before coming to Brown University in 2022, I completed my MA with a thesis on the problem of economy and labor in Hegel's early systematic and methodological development, after I had completed my BA with a thesis on Heidegger, technology and modern science, both at Humboldt University Berlin, with a semester abroad at New York University. My current research interests include the philosophy of G.W.F. Hegel, in particular his Science of Logic, Kantian and post-Kantian philosophy (Jacobi, Fichte, Schelling), and through Hölderlin the relation between philosophy and poetry. Whereas these interests are related to debates within contemporary continental philosophy (including Badiou, Malabou, the Slovenian School, the Frankfurt School), they are equally grounded in my study of formal logic and set theory as well as of ancient Greek and early modern philosophy (Parmenides, Plato, Aristotle, atomism, Descartes, Spinoza). My philosophical work is the result of a longer trajectory of studies passing through different disciplines, mostly of the Humanities (German studies, cultural studies, history of science and technology, mathematics, economics, media studies, musicology). In the interdisciplinary program I pursue now, I consolidate these various interests and perspectives and at the same time continue to work towards a philosophical discourse which would be receptive not only to other Humanities but also to the challenges posed to thinking in our contemporary conjuncture.

Education:

M.A. in Cultural Studies, Humboldt University Berlin, 2018
B.A. in Media Studies, Humboldt University Berlin, 2013

Languages:

German, English, Latin, Ancient Greek