PhD in PHILOSOPHY

email: patella@lettere.uniroma2.it
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Giuseppe Patella is Associate Professor of Aesthetics (qualified as Full Professor) at University of Rome Tor Vergata, where he teaches Aesthetics for the degree course in Philosophy (BA and MA) and Art Theory for the Master Degree in english “Art History in Rome from Late Antiquity to the Present”. He also teaches in the Masters of “Aesthetic Medicine” and “Neuroaesthetics” at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Rome Tor Vergata.

He is Director of IRCA (International Research Center for Aesthetics and Art Theory), member of IAA (International Association of Aesthetics) and member of SIE (Società Italiana d'Estetica).

He has organized and participated in many conferences in Italy and has been invited speaker and gave lectures in many universities abroad (France, Germany, Spain, Mexico, Canada, USA, Poland, Venezuela, Turkey, China, Japan, Korea, Serbia, Brasil).
He has been also Visiting Professor in Kyoto (Japan), Seville (Spain) and Istanbul (Turkey).

He collaborates with many national and international reviews and joins the Editorial Board Member of the international reviews: “Contemporary Aesthetics” (USA), “Culture and Dialogue” (United Kingdom), “Journal of Aesthetics and Phenomenology” (United Kingdom), “Cuadernos sobre Vico” “Limbo” and “Asparkia” (Spain).

He has been member of the Doctoral Programme in “Aesthetics and Art Practices“ at the University of Catania, the Doctoral Programme in “Philosophy” of the University of Roma Tre and Roma Tor Vergata, and now is member of the Doctoral Programme in “Philosophy” of the University of Roma Tor Vergata.

He has been expert evaluator of the Projects PRIN - MIUR area 11
Reviser VQR 2004-2010 GEV 11, VQR 2011-2014 GEV 11, VQR 2015-2019 GEV 11.
Expert evaluator of Programs for Research Fund - Flanders (FWO), Belgium, since 2011.

Areas of competence / Current research
Aesthetics; Art Theory; Modern/Postmodern; Philosophy and Aesthetics of Baroque Period; Philosophy of Art; Aesthetics and Cultural Studies; Giambattista Vico; George Santayana; Beauty, Value, Taste and Disgust in Contemporary Arts.