Dr. Valeria Bizzari (Husserl Archive, Leuven), "Like In a Shell": a phenomenological analysis of high functioning autism

November 24, 2020

h. 16.45-18.15 CET 

Dr. Valeria Bizzari (Husserl Archive, Leuven),  "Like In a Shell": a phenomenological analysis of high functioning autism

Valeria Bizzari currently works at the Husserl Archives of the KU in Leuven. 

Her research interests involve phenomenology, philosophy of emotions and phenomenological psychopathology. Thanks to DAAD and Thyssen fellowships, from February 2018 to September 2020, she worked at the Clinic for General Psychiatry, Universität Heidelberg, with a project on "Asperger’s syndrome: A Philosophical and Empirical Investigation of Intersubjectivity and its Disruptions”, under the supervision of Professor Thomas Fuchs.

She spent visiting research periods at the Center for Subjectivity Research in Copenhagen, the Oxford Empathy Programme at University of Oxford, and Department of Philosophy at the University of Wien.

Among her publications, the co-edited volume “The Neurobiology - Psychotherapy - Pharmacology intervention triangle: the need for common sense in 21st century mental health” Vernon Press (with J. Pereira and J. Gonçalves, 2019); and the books: Alle origini dell’autismo (written together with Muratori F., Fioriti 2019) and “Sento quindi sono”. Fenomenologia e Leib nel dibattito contemporaneo. (Mimesis, 2018).

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