Hello,

I'm Nathália de Ávila, and I obtained my doctoral degree in Philosophy at the Universität zu Köln in Germany. I am also a former IVC Fellow at the Institut Wiener Kreis in Vienna. I hold two MAs in Philosophy, one from the Universität Bonn with a focus on memory and time, and another from Brazil in Ancient and Medieval Philosophy, which proves I enjoy being paid to study.

My research stands at the intersection of the philosophy of psychopathology, memory, and enactivism, and my PhD was supervised by Dr. Sven Bernecker and Dr. Joel Krueger. Recently I have been exploring non-cognitive approaches to memory through non-Western religions and philosophies of place. My early work on Neoplatonism probably condemned me to metaphysical rabbit holes with mystical detours. In the end, I am drawn to trauma, ghosts, endings, and to the question of what endures or disappears in time.

I have always found hyperspecialization overrated and somewhat dull. Before an injury in 2020 ended my years of dance training, I lived in movement, which perhaps explains my attachment to embodied cognition. Since then, I have taken up Baroque singing, studied photography, and worked as a translator, at least until artificial intelligence takes over that job.