Hello,

I’m Nathália de Ávila, a philosopher with a PhD from the Universität zu Köln in Germany. I am also a former IVC Fellow at the Institute Vienna Circle, Austria. I hold two MAs in Philosophy, one with a focus on memory and time, and one in Ancient and Medieval Philosophy, which proves I enjoy being paid to study.

Professionally, I'm drawn to trauma, dissolutions, ghosts, endings and to manifestations of what endures or disappears in time. My current research is mostly centered on memory and death, such as  artificial intelligence and  grief , near-death experiences and collective embodied experiences erstwhile understood as demoniac possession or witchcraft.

Some colleagues keep hoping I’ll turn to positive experiences. Being an early-career scholar undergoing climate crisis, precarious funding, nazi men targeting people of color and sexist annoying men with power over my career (together with my spooky personality) doesn't make this an intuitive move at all. But I am almost there: grief, for instance, has much to do with love.

I also work as a translator and I'm my own ChatGPT. Exciting projects in this field will be communicated soon. 

Contact: natdeavila [at] gmail.com