Core Faculty

Our International core faculty teach seminars, direct independent studies and dissertations, and serve as student advisors. While the librarian serves on the core faculty, she does so as a part-time research advisor and also provides mini-seminars introducing students to IDSVA's virtual library.

Howard Caygill

Howard Caygill

Professor of Philosophy, Aesthetics and Visual Culture

Areas of Research

History of Philosophy, Planetary Aesthetics, Aesthetics of Madness, Philosophies of Resistance, Philosophy and Literature

Dejan Lukić

Dejan Lukić

Assistant Professor

Areas of Research

Crossovers between art, science, and religion. More specifically, philosophical and anthropological insights from: geo-philosophy, vital materialism, radical empiricism, theories of the avant-garde, and indigenous ontologies

Silvia Mazzini

Silvia Mazzini

Interim Director of School / Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Art Theory

Areas of Research

Aesthetics, Political Philosophy, Dramaturgy, Philosophy of Poverty, participative art, art and politics, tragic and comic thought, Sustainable Philosophy

Simonetta Moro

Simonetta Moro

President / Professor of Art, Philosophy, and Visual Studies

Areas of Research

Theory and practice of the visual arts; drawing, painting; Continental philosophy and aesthetics; cartography, mapping, psychogeography, and urban representation; art history; curatorial practices; interdisciplinary approaches to art and culture.

Erin Perfect

Erin Perfect

Librarian

Areas of Research

Library Science, Photography, Illustration, Design

George Smith

George Smith

Founder and President Emeritus / Edgar E. Coons, Jr., Professor of New Philosophy

Areas of Research

Philosophy, critical theory, literary studies, psychoanalytic theory, visual and cultural studies, gender studies, interdisciplinary studies, aesthetics

Howard Caygill

Howard Caygill

Howard Caygill

Professor of Philosophy, Aesthetics and Visual Culture

Areas of Research

History of Philosophy, Planetary Aesthetics, Aesthetics of Madness, Philosophies of Resistance, Philosophy and Literature

Dejan Lukić

Dejan Lukić

Dejan Lukić

Assistant Professor

Areas of Research

Crossovers between art, science, and religion. More specifically, philosophical and anthropological insights from: geo-philosophy, vital materialism, radical empiricism, theories of the avant-garde, and indigenous ontologies

Silvia Mazzini

Silvia Mazzini

Silvia Mazzini

Interim Director of School / Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Art Theory

Areas of Research

Aesthetics, Political Philosophy, Dramaturgy, Philosophy of Poverty, participative art, art and politics, tragic and comic thought, Sustainable Philosophy

Simonetta Moro

Simonetta Moro

Simonetta Moro

President / Professor of Art, Philosophy, and Visual Studies

Areas of Research

Theory and practice of the visual arts; drawing, painting; Continental philosophy and aesthetics; cartography, mapping, psychogeography, and urban representation; art history; curatorial practices; interdisciplinary approaches to art and culture.

Erin Perfect

Erin Perfect

Erin Perfect

Librarian

Areas of Research

Library Science, Photography, Illustration, Design

George Smith

George Smith

George Smith

Founder and President Emeritus / Edgar E. Coons, Jr., Professor of New Philosophy

Areas of Research

Philosophy, critical theory, literary studies, psychoanalytic theory, visual and cultural studies, gender studies, interdisciplinary studies, aesthetics

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