Managing Editor, Atmosphaerica

Teaching & Institutions

• Kobe University · October 2024 — September 2026Specially Appointed Assistant Professor, Kobe Institute for Atmospheric StudiesCoordinating the institute’s international collaborations, fellowship, talks, and symposia in Atmospheric Studies.
• 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.
• Wadham College, Oxford · Fall 2023Seminar Tutor — Paul Verlaine, Romances sans parolesTeaching a seminar on Verlaine’s Romances sans paroles at Wadham College, Oxford.
• 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.
• KOBE Academic Talk · University City Kobe Industry–Government–Academia Platform · 10 September 2026Atmospheres of Breath: Rethinking Spirit, Self, and Air across CulturesA public talk in English, in the KOBE Academic Talk series, opening the door to Atmospheric Studies.
• Paper for the Society for Atmospheric Studies Inaugural Conference, Kobe · 24 – 26 September 2026“Respiratory Poetics: Breath, Atmosphere, and Poetic Form between Europe and Japan”A comparison of Goethe and Bashō exploring how poems bring breath and atmosphere into language.
• 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.
• Article · Delo, in Slovene translation · 26 June 2025“Cross-Cultural Breathing: A Slovene–Japanese Dialogue on Atmosphere and Breath”A newspaper article on the collaboration between ZRS Koper and KOIAS, and their shared research on breath and atmosphere.
• Publications, teaching, and academic experienceAcademic CVThe complete academic record, with publications, talks, teaching, funding, and service.

Alberto Parisi