Teaching & Institutions

ZRS Koper

September 2023 — present

Research and collaboration at the Institute for Philosophical and Religious Studies in Koper, Slovenia.

I have held a research position at ZRS Koper since 2023, working on philosophy, literature, breath, and atmosphere.

Respiratory Studies Field: Research on breath across the humanities, social sciences, and the arts.

With Lenart Škof, I co-edit Philosophy of Breath: A Critical Anthology and have co-organized international symposia. Other collaborations include a special issue of Religions and work on the philosophy of breath.

The institute is a partner in the international network coordinated from Kobe. My work connects the two institutions through research, events, and publications.

Assistant with PhD, Modern Languages and PhilosophyResearch in philosophy and literature at ZRS Koper, with collaborations on breath, atmosphere, and the arts.Institute for Philosophical and Religious Studies, ZRS Koper · 2023 — present
“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.Introduction · Lenart Škof, Filosofia del respiro · Castelvecchi · 2025 · Italian
“Ein Hauch um nichts”: Breath and Wind in Modern German PoetryA lecture on breath and wind in German poetry, from Goethe to Celan.Invited lecture · German Literature in Koper, ZRS Koper · 16 January 2024
Philosophy, Poetics, and Arts of Liminality: Interdisciplinary PerspectivesA symposium on liminality across philosophy, poetry, and the arts, co-organized with Lenart Škof.Symposium, co-organized with Lenart Škof · ZRS Koper · 17 – 19 June 2025
“Intentio Spiritus: The Materialist, Pneumatological Origins of Intention in Augustine.”How Augustine transforms the material tension of breath into an activity of the immaterial soul.Article · Poligrafi 28.111/112 · 2023 · open access
Kapodistrias Residential FellowshipServing on the selection commission for a residential fellowship run by the European Cultural Centre of Delphi and ZRS Koper.Selection commission · European Cultural Centre of Delphi and ZRS Koper · 2026
“The Outside: The Liminality of the Subject from Bataille and Foucault to Nancy and Agamben.”A lecture on subjectivity and the outside, from Bataille and Foucault to Nancy and Agamben.Conference paper · Philosophy, Poetics, and Arts of Liminality, ZRS Koper · 17 – 19 June 2025
Cultivating Beauty: Sakura and the Metamorphosis of CultureA paper on cherry blossoms and cultivation, questioning the separation between nature and culture.Conference paper · Elemental Pathways through Nature, ZRS Koper · 15 – 16 June 2026
Three symposia and a talks seriesOrganizing international symposia at Kobe University and ZRS Koper, and convening the KOIAS Talks series.Kobe University and ZRS Koper · 2024 — 2026
Academic editingCo-editing a section of the Handbook of Critical Respiratory Studies with Kalpana Subramanian and a special issue of Religions with Lenart Škof.Springer · Religions2025 — 2026
Philosophy of Breath: A Critical AnthologyA forthcoming anthology on the philosophy of breath, co-edited with Lenart Škof.Co-edited volume · Bloomsbury Academic · 2027
JSPS Core-to-Core Program for Atmospheric StudiesA five-year JSPS-funded network linking researchers in Atmospheric Studies across eleven partner centers.International network, eleven partner centers · 2025 — 2030
“Negating Platonism: Reversing Platonism in Patočka and Deleuze.”How Patočka and Deleuze each challenge Platonism, despite taking different philosophical paths.Article · Monitor ISH XXVI · 2024
The Intention of the Breath: From Breath to Spirit, from Intention to AtmosphereA history of intention, from material breath to immaterial spirit and modern ideas of atmosphere.Monograph · Routledge Critical Perspectives on Breath and Breathing · under contract
“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.Article · Delo, in Slovene translation · 26 June 2025
Philosophy, Poetry and the ArtsA research program on philosophy, poetry, and the arts at ZRS Koper, directed by Lenart Škof.ARIS research programme P6-0279 · Institute for Philosophical and Religious Studies, ZRS Koper · directed by Lenart Škof · 2026 — 2032
Elemental 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.International symposium, co-organized · Centre for Humanities, ZRS Koper · 15 – 16 June 2026

Connections

KOIASThe partnership between the two institutes.Breath & SpiritResearch on breath developed through these collaborations.

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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.

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.