Dictionary entry · Wörterbuch ästhetischer Kraftbegriffe · acceptedSpannung and TonusHow tension and tone became attention, intention, and will—and how their musical and bodily meanings return in modern ideas of atmosphere.
Chapter · Handbook of Critical Respiratory Studies · Springer · online first, 5 March 2026“Poetry and Breath: The Role of Air in Modern European Poetry.”How Shelley and Verlaine use breath, wind, and air to rethink the relationship between spirit and the material world.
Translation IT→EN, with an introduction · PMLA 137.3 · 2022Giorgio Agamben, “The ‘Dark Night’ of Juan de la Cruz”An English translation of Agamben’s essay on John of the Cross, with an introduction to its place in his early work.
Introduction · Lenart Škof, Filosofia del respiro · Castelvecchi · 2025 · ItalianLenart Škof’s Philosophy of Breath, or the Marvelous Danger of Breathing“La filosofia del respiro di Lenart Škof, ovvero il meraviglioso pericolo del respiro.”An introduction to Lenart Škof’s philosophy of breath for its Italian edition.
Agamben and Coccia · literary and professional translationTranslationScholarly translations of Agamben and Coccia, alongside literary and professional translation.
Japanese and European poetic formKireji and CaesuraWhat happens when a poem cuts itself short?
Invited lecture · Places Taking Place, First Session, Nanzan Institute for Religion and Culture, Nagoya · 1 October 2026Poetry and Place: basho, Emptiness, and kirejiA lecture on the place of poetry, through Nishida’s basho, Nishitani’s emptiness, and the kireji.
Conference paper · Aesthetics of qi/ki and Atmosphere. Steps towards East Asian Possibilities, Kobe University · 27 – 28 September 2025Haiku and Kireji: There Where Atmospheres AppearHow the exclamatory character of cutting words changes the way we understand atmosphere in haiku.
Invited talk · Society for Applied and Contemporary Philosophy 2025 Annual Symposium, Kobe University · 13 October 2025Caesura and Kireji: The Place of AtmospheresA philosophical comparison of the Japanese cutting word and the European caesura.
Invited lecture · Ciclo di Conferenze di Letteratura Giapponese, AllJapan, Università degli Studi di Firenze · 20 February 2026 · ITHaiku and Its ParadoxesL’haiku e i suoi paradossiA lecture on the history and paradoxes of haiku, from linked verse to Shiki’s reforms.
Invited lecture · Talking Sense series, Centre for Sensory Studies, Concordia University · 27 November 2025The Breath of Poetry: From Europe to JapanA lecture comparing breath and poetic form in European and Japanese traditions.
Conference paper · Elemental Pathways through Nature, ZRS Koper · 15 – 16 June 2026Cultivating Beauty: Sakura and the Metamorphosis of CultureA paper on cherry blossoms and cultivation, questioning the separation between nature and culture.
Article · Angelaki: Journal of the Theoretical Humanities · accepted for a special issue, subject to peer reviewVoice as Khôra: Agamben, Nishitani, and the Taking-Place of ThingsAn article on voice as the place where things come into language, through Agamben and Nishitani.
Philosophy, literature, and the artsAtmosphereWhere does a feeling happen?
Workshop convened at KOIAS, Kobe University · 28 January 2025“Vibe and Atmosphere on Social Media (SNS)”A workshop on the relationship between “vibe,” atmosphere, and social media.
Social media, television, and AINew Media StudiesWhat can poetry and philosophy help us understand about digital media?
Conference talk · Atmospheres of the Spiritual, Florida Atlantic University · 4 – 5 December 2025Poetry, Breath, and Atmosphere: The Case of Paul VerlaineA reading of Verlaine in which feeling emerges through the air, sounds, and movement of the poem.
Warwick · Harvard · European Commission · JSPS · 2017 — 2026Prizes and fundingResearch grants, fellowships, and awards from Japan, Europe, and the United States.
Institute for Philosophical and Religious Studies, ZRS Koper · 2023 — presentAssistant with PhD, Modern Languages and PhilosophyResearch in philosophy and literature at ZRS Koper, with collaborations on breath, atmosphere, and the arts.
ARIS research programme P6-0279 · Institute for Philosophical and Religious Studies, ZRS Koper · directed by Lenart Škof · 2026 — 2032Philosophy, Poetry and the ArtsA research program on philosophy, poetry, and the arts at ZRS Koper, directed by Lenart Škof.
International symposium, co-organized · Centre for Humanities, ZRS Koper · 15 – 16 June 2026Elemental Pathways Through Nature: Beyond Anthropocentrism and EcocentrismA symposium on nature, ecology, and philosophy that I co-organized at ZRS Koper, with a keynote by David Abram and a plenary by Serenella Iovino.
FORLILPSI, Università degli Studi di Firenze · 2025 — presentAffiliated Scholar — cultore della materia — in Japanese StudiesAn affiliation in Japanese Studies with Diego Cucinelli, including thesis co-supervision and research on Japanese and European poetry.
An Introduction to Respiratory and Atmospheric Studies · Lecturer · Advanced Humanities Seminar, Kobe University · Fall 2025Breath, Spirit, and Atmospheres — a graduate seminarA course on breath, spirit, atmosphere, and ki, taught at Kobe University.
Comparative Literature, Prof. Hisayama · Kobe University · December 2024 — January 2025Wind, Atmosphere, Stimmung — two invited lecturesTwo invited lectures on wind, spirit, and atmosphere in Hofmannsthal, Shelley, and Verlaine, taught in Yuho Hisayama’s Comparative Literature course.
Philosophy · Comparative Literature · General Education · 2018 — 2021Four courses as Teaching Fellow at HarvardTeaching in Philosophy, Comparative Literature, and General Education, with Certificates of Distinction in Teaching for three courses.
Teaching Fellow · PHIL 129 · Prof. Samantha Matherne · Harvard · Fall 2018 · Certificate of Distinction in TeachingKant’s Critique of Pure ReasonLeading discussion sections for Samantha Matherne’s course on Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason.
Teaching Fellow · GENED 1020 · Prof. John T. Hamilton · Harvard · Fall 2019 · Certificate of Distinction in TeachingSecurityLeading discussion sections for John T. Hamilton’s General Education course on security.
Teaching Fellow · GENED 1001 · Prof. Giovanni Bazzana · Harvard · Fall 2020 · Certificate of Distinction in TeachingStories from the End of the WorldLeading discussion sections for Giovanni Bazzana’s General Education course on apocalypse.
Teaching Fellow · COMPLIT 193 · Prof. Luis Girón Negrón · Harvard · Spring 2021What’s Love Got to Do with It?Leading discussion sections for Luis Girón Negrón’s Comparative Literature course on love.
The Yearbook of the Society for Atmospheric Studies · from 2027Managing Editor, AtmosphaericaManaging editor of the forthcoming yearbook of the Society for Atmospheric Studies.
Co-organizer · ANA Crowne Plaza Hotel Kobe and Kobe University · 24 — 26 September 2026Society for Atmospheric Studies — Inaugural Conference, Kobe 2026Co-organizing the society’s inaugural conference in Kobe and designing and maintaining its conference website.
Springer · ReligionsAcademic editingCo-editing a section of the Handbook of Critical Respiratory Studies with Kalpana Subramanian and a special issue of Religions with Lenart Škof.
Kobe University and ZRS Koper · 2024 — 2026Three symposia and a talks seriesOrganizing international symposia at Kobe University and ZRS Koper, and convening the KOIAS Talks series.
Sophia · AI & Society · The Polish Journal of Aesthetics · Classical PhilologyPeer reviewerReviewing submissions for journals in philosophy, aesthetics, classics, and the study of AI and society.
International network, eleven partner centers · 2025 — 2030JSPS Core-to-Core Program for Atmospheric StudiesA five-year JSPS-funded network linking researchers in Atmospheric Studies across eleven partner centers.
Coordinator · funded through the JSPS Core-to-Core Program · 2025 — presentThe KOIAS FellowshipCoordinating the KOIAS Fellowship and its meetings for visiting researchers.
Selection commission · European Cultural Centre of Delphi and ZRS Koper · 2026Kapodistrias Residential FellowshipServing on the selection commission for a residential fellowship run by the European Cultural Centre of Delphi and ZRS Koper.
Symposium, organized · Gonzaga University in Florence · 24 November 2026Breath, Wind, SpiritA symposium on breath, wind, and spirit that I am organizing in Florence, with a keynote by Alessandro Nova.
Harvard College · Università degli Studi di Firenze · McGill University · 2019 — presentSupervision and examiningIndividual tutoring at Harvard, undergraduate thesis co-supervision in Florence, and doctoral examining at McGill.
2024 — 2026KOIASResearch, teaching, and international collaboration at the Kobe Institute for Atmospheric Studies.
Society, conference, and forthcoming yearbookSociety for Atmospheric StudiesAn international society bringing together researchers working on atmosphere across disciplines and cultures.
September 2023 — presentZRS KoperResearch and collaboration at the Institute for Philosophical and Religious Studies in Koper, Slovenia.
2018 — 2026TeachingTeaching philosophy and literature through close reading and discussion.
Translation FR→IT · lay0ut magazine · 2023Emanuele Coccia, The Demon of Video GamesEmanuele Coccia, Il demone dei videogiochiAn Italian translation of Emanuele Coccia’s essay on video games and the experience of living through another body.
Editorial · lay0ut magazine · 2022Editorial #6 — Poetry Is EverywhereEditoriale #6 — Che la poesia è dappertuttoAn editorial on finding poetry beyond poems: in everyday life, images, and digital media.
Critical introduction · lay0ut magazine · 2022Intensity as the Paradigm of Modernity — An Introduction to Tristan GarciaTristan Garcia, L’intensità come paradigma della modernità — un’introduzioneAn introduction to Tristan Garcia’s La vita intensa that questions the demand to make life ever more intense.
Translation DE→IT, with an introduction · lay0ut magazine · 2021Christian Lehnert, three poems from Aufkommender AtemThree poems by Christian Lehnert, translated into Italian with an introduction on breath and spirit in his poetry.
Exhibition text · Guardaroba, Foyer, Schiavo Zoppelli Gallery, Milan · 2021Federico Cantale’s Alchemical WardrobeIl guardaroba alchemico di Federico CantaleAn exhibition text for Federico Cantale’s Guardaroba, on the transformations of ordinary objects in his sculptures.
Exhibition text for Giacomo Montanelli · Rimpiattino, the former Galleria Margini, Massa · October 2020The ObjectL’oggettoAn exhibition text for Rimpiattino, on Montanelli’s objects, paintings, and drawings.
Translation EN→IT · lay0ut magazine · 2022Jesse McCarthy, Low End Theory — an extractJesse McCarthy, Low End Theory — un estrattoAn Italian translation of an extract from Jesse McCarthy’s “Low End Theory,” his essay on Fred Moten.
Translation FR→IT · lay0ut magazine · 2021Emanuele Coccia, Feet in the SkyEmanuele Coccia, Con i piedi per il cieloAn Italian translation of Emanuele Coccia’s essay on the sky, ecology, and our place in the air.
Essays, interviews, translations, and exhibition textsMore writingMore essays, interviews, translations, and exhibition texts in the academic CV.
lay0ut magazine · volume 0, 2022 · Sono hackeratə, July 2023Two print issuesTwo print issuesThe magazine’s two print issues: volume 0 and Sono hackeratə.
Editorial · the English edition · November 2023lay0ut magazine in EnglishAn introduction to lay0ut for English-speaking readers: its writing, translations, and interest in poetry beyond the page.
Reading series and open mic · Florence · January — April 2024Pulp-PoetryA series of poetry readings and open-mic nights at LaCité in Florence.
Writing, editing, and translation · 2021 — 2024lay0ut magazineAn Italian magazine of poetry, criticism, translation, and digital culture.
Professional Experience
Professional experience, projects, and skillsResumeA concise account of my professional work, education, and skills.
2018 — presentAcademic positionsTeaching, advising, and coordinating research at Harvard and Kobe.
Literary, scholarly, and professional translationTranslationTranslation across scholarship, literature, and professional work.
Milan & London, remote · 2023 — presentWriting Coach & Admissions Consultant, Omni AdmissionsHelping applicants develop their ideas and write clear, personal applications for university and graduate study, with a 95% success rate.
European translations & digital culture · Milan · 2022 — 2024Managing Editor, lay0ut magazineManaging an editorial team of more than fifteen contributors, commissioning and editing work on translation and digital culture, and contributing my own writing and translations.
A book on the conservatory’s guitar collection · Vicenza · 2025Translator & Proofreader, Conservatorio “Arrigo Pedrollo”Translating seven interviews with luthiers and one testimony into English, and proofreading a bilingual book on the conservatory’s guitar collection.
New York, remote · May — September 2015Editorial Intern, DailyCloutWriting opinion pieces on U.S. labor issues under Naomi Wolf’s supervision and managing social media channels.
Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard · 2022 — 2023Graduate Coordinator, Cultural Politics: Interdisciplinary PerspectivesPlanning and running the seminar series chaired by Panagiotis Roilos and Dimitrios Yatromanolakis, including communication with speakers and event coordination.
Comparative Literature, Philosophy, General Education · Cambridge, MA · 2018 — 2022Teaching Fellow & Personal Tutor, Harvard UniversityLeading undergraduate sections in Philosophy, Comparative Literature, and General Education, and providing individual tutoring and advising in Comparative Literature.
Teaching Assistant · ITAL S-190, Beauty, Innovation, and Sustainability · Prof. Francesco Erspamer · Harvard Summer School · Milan and Siena · Summer 2022Teaching Assistant, Harvard Summer SchoolAssisting Francesco Erspamer’s study-abroad course in Milan and Siena.
Market research, straight from the audio · remote · 2015 — 2017Freelance Translator, BabbletypeTranscribing and translating Italian market-research recordings into English.
A winery’s leaflet into English · Siena · 2015Translator, Podere ScheggiollaTranslating a winery’s promotional leaflet into English as part of an agricultural export-support program.
What I Build
Digital card game · FounderBestiaryTwo medieval scholars duel by combining creatures from a shared book. Your advantage is what you learn and remember.
Founder · Under constructionJapan AheadAn English-language news briefing based on the Japanese press, with reporting checked against primary sources.
Co-founder, with Edoardo Maggioni · Under constructionVibeAn app exploring how a place feels—and whether it suits the person visiting it at that moment.
Designed and built with AI · 2026This websiteA personal website designed to feel like running through air.