Hello,

I’m Nathália de Ávila, a philosopher with a PhD from the Universität zu Köln. I am also a former fellow at the Institute Vienna Circle, Austria. I hold two MAs in Philosophy: one in memory and time, and the other in Ancient and Medieval Philosophy, which proves I enjoy being paid to study. Professionally, I'm drawn to dissolutions, returns, haunting, and the problem of what endures or disappears in time, and this is how I approach remembering.

My current research is mostly centered on memory and death, such as artificial intelligence and grief and near-death experiences. Some colleagues hope I’ll eventually turn to positive events as well. Being an early-career scholar undergoing the climate crisis, precarious funding, eugenics enthusiasts targeting people of color, and sexist, annoying men (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. I'm translating this book on the phenomenology of schizophrenia. Please get in touch if you would like me to translate for you! ;) Contact: natdeavila [at] gmail.com