Academic Positions
2024 – present: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Bologna, Department of Philosophy. Research project: “The Philosophy of Nature of the Late Schelling: Theoretical and Epistemological Issues”. Scientific disciplinary sector: Theoretical Philosophy. Supervisor: Prof. Luca Guidetti.
2021 – 2022: Adjunct Lecturer (Lehrbeauftragte), Chair of Theoretical Philosophy (Prof. Dr. Axel Hutter), Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU), Faculty of Philosophy, Philosophy of Science and Religion Studies, Winter Semester 2021/2022.
Education
2019 – 2024: Joint PhD, University of Bologna, Doctoral Program in “Philosophy, Science, Cognition, and Semiotics”; Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich. Dissertation title: “Idee, Natur, Geist. Schellings allgemeine Ontologie des Wirklichen nach der ‘Darstellung des Naturprocesses’ von 1843/44” (“Idea, Nature, Spirit. Schelling's General Ontology of the Real in the ‘Presentation of the Natural Process’ of 1843/33”). Disciplinary fields: Theoretical Philosophy (Unibo), Metaphysics and Ontology (LMU). Supervisors: Prof. Luca Guidetti, Prof. Dr. Thomas Buchheim. Final exam: April 11, 2024. Grade: Excellent with Honors / Summa cum laude.
2020 – 2022: Research stay for joint PhD, LMU Munich, Faculty of Philosophy, Philosophy of Science and Religion Studies (18 months).
2016 – 2018: Double Degree MA in Philosophical Sciences, University of Bologna; Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz. Thesis title: “Il problema della logica filosofia nel Nachlass di Karl Jaspers” (“The Problem of Philosophical Logic in Karl Jaspers’ ‘Nachlass’”). Disciplinary fields: Theoretical Philosophy (Unibo), Philosophy of Culture (JGU Mainz). Supervisors: Prof. Stefano Besoli, Prof. Luca Guidetti, Prof. Dr. Annika Schlitte. Final grade: 110 cum laude.
2016 – 2017: Erasmus+ Study Exchange – Double Degree Program, JGU Mainz, Department of Philosophy (10 months).
2012 – 2015: BA in Philosophy, University of Bologna. Thesis title: “Simmel e Kant: dall’intuizione sensibile all’intuizione della vita” (“Simmel and Kant: From Sensible Intuition to the Intuition of Life”). Supervisor: Prof. Luca Guidetti. Final grade: 110 cum laude.
2007 – 2012: Classical and Linguistic High School Diploma, “Ettore Majorana–Elena Corner”, Mirano (Venice). Final grade: 100/100.
Grants and Fellowships
2024 – present: Postdoctoral Fellowship (12 months), University of Bologna, Department of Philosophy. Funded by the Department of Philosophy and the research group “Philosophical Disciplines: Theories and Practices of Philosophical Rationality” (Coordinator: Prof. Stefano Besoli; Research project supervisor: Prof. Luca Guidetti).
2021 – 2022: “Marco Polo” Incentive Grant (3 months), University of Bologna, Department of Philosophy and Communication, for research stay at LMU Munich.
2019 – 2023: PhD Fellowship (3 years), Doctoral Program “Philosophy, Science, Cognition, and Semiotics (PSCS)”, University of Bologna.
2016 – 2017: Erasmus+ Study Exchange Scholarship – Double Degree Program (10 months), for studies at JGU Mainz.
Administrative Roles
2023: Student Assistant (Studentische Hilfskraft), LMU Munich, Faculty of Philosophy, Philosophy of Science and Religion Studies, Chair of Metaphysics and Ontology (Prof. Dr. Thomas Buchheim), Summer Semester 2022/2023.
2019: Tutor for Internationalization Activities, University of Bologna, Department of Philosophy and Communication (7 months).
Other Professional Activities
2024 – present: Editorial Board Member, Discipline Filosofiche.
2021: Reviewer for Studi di Estetica.
2020: Reviewer for Studi Jaspersiani.
2019: Reviewer for Dianoia.
Publications
Monographs
2021: Neri, L., “La logica filosofica di Karl Jaspers. Analisi del problema logico nel Nachlass jaspersiano” (“The Philosophical Logic of Karl Jaspers. An Analysis of the Logical Problem in Jaspers’ ‘Nachlass’”), Mimesis, Milan-Udine.
Journal Articles
2023: Neri, L., "L’idea dell’esistente e il mondo al di fuori dell’idea: Sull’’Esposizione del processo della natura” (1843/44) di Schelling” (“The Idea of the Existent and the World Outside the Idea: On Schelling’s ‘Presentation of the Natural Process’ (1843/44)”), in Rivista di storia della filosofia, no. 4, pp. 580–595.
Forthcoming:
- Neri, L., “Oltre l’idealità trascendentale dei fenomeni: l’ultimo Schelling e la critica all’idealismo trascendentale di Kant” (“Beyond the Transcendental Ideality of Phenomena: The Late Schelling and the Critique of Kant’s Transcendental Idealism”).
- Guidetti, L., Neri, L., “La metafisica come euristica fondamentale: Wolfram Hogrebe lettore delle ‘Età del mondo’ di Schelling” (“Metaphysics as ‘Fundamental Heuristics’: Wolfram Hogrebe’s Reading of Schelling’s ‘Ages of the World’”).
- Neri, L., "Freedom and the Spatial Body: From Schelling's Naturphilosophie to Contemporary Debates on Gender and Ecology".
Edited Volumes
Forthcoming:
- Mauri, T., Neri, L. (eds.), “Schelling and his Kantian Legacy: Metaphysical and Epistemological Perspectives”, Discipline Filosofiche, 2/2025.
Book Chapters
2023: Neri, L., “La filosofia della natura di F.W.J. Schelling: Una lettura retrospettiva a partire dalle Lezioni monachesi (1837/38)” (“F.W.J. Schelling’s Philosophy of Nature: A Retrospective Reading from the Munich Lectures (1837/38)”), in Ecologia, edited by P. Amoroso, Castelvecchi, Rome.
Forthcoming:
- Neri, L., “Vom Allgemeinen zur Persönlichkeit: Schellings Kritik an Kants Postulatenlehre im Übergang zur positiven Philosophie” ("From Universality to Personality: Schelling’s Critique of Kant’s Doctrine of Postulates in the Transition to Positive Philosophy") (Mohr Siebeck).
Other Contributions
Forthcoming:
Mauri, T., Neri, L., “Introduction”, in Schelling and his Kantian Legacy: Metaphysical and Epistemological Perspectives, Discipline Filosofiche, 2/2025.
Book Reviews
2016:
Neri, L., Review of: Giovanni Matteucci, Simmel on Fashion. A Commented Reading of the 1911 Essay, Bruno Mondadori–Pearson, Milan/Turin 2015, in Critical Studies in Fashion & Beauty, Vol. 7, No. 2, pp. 215–219.
Neri, L., Recensione a: Giovanni Matteucci, L’artificio estetico. Moda e bello naturale in Simmel e Adorno, Mimesis, Milan-Udine 2012, in Nuova informazione bibliografica, 3/2016, pp. 645–648.
Blog Contributions
2017: Neri, L., Guidetti, L., Review of Enrica Lisciani-Petrini, Vita quotidiana. Dall’esperienza artistica al pensiero in atto, Bollati Boringhieri, Turin 2015. Link [https://www.disciplinefilosofiche.it/it/recensioni/78-recensione-a-e-lisciani-petrini-vita-quotidiana-dallesperienza-artistica-al-pensiero-in-atto-bollati-boringhieri-torino-2015-pp-262-luca-guidetti-e-ludovica-neri/]
2016: Neri, L., Review of Karl Jaspers, Della Verità. Logica Filosofica, edited by D. D’Angelo, Bompiani, Milan 2015. Link [https://www.disciplinefilosofiche.it/recensioni/41-recensione-a-karl-jaspers-della-verita-logica-filosofica-a-cura-di-diego-dangelo-bompiani-milano-2015-pp-2105-ludovica-neri/]
Teaching Activity
Upcoming:
2025: Seminar Lecture: “La libertà in Schelling e Fries” (“Freedom in Schelling and Fries”) (provisional title), part of the seminar series “The New Paradigm of Freedom: From Kant to Fries”, “Laboratory for Classical German Philosophy” (Prof. Dr. Faustino Fabbianelli), University of Parma, 25–26 September.
2025: Seminar Lecture: “Freedom and Space in Schelling’s Late Philosophy of Nature”, in the Senior Seminar: “F.W.J. von Schelling’s Middle Period” (Prof. Dr. Lucio Angelo Privitiello), Stockton University, 29 April.
Past Teaching:
2024: Seminar Lecture: “La libertà in Schelling” (“Freedom in Schelling”), University of Parma, “Laboratory for Classical German Philosophy”, 17 December.
2021 – 2022: Advanced Seminar and Essay Course: “Schellings späte Naturphilosophie” (“Schelling’s Late Philosophy of Nature”) (with Prof. Dr. Ives Radrizzani), LMU Munich.
2021: Seminar Lecture: “Hegels Glauben und Wissen: Kants Philosophie” (“Hegel’s Glauben und Wissen: The Kantian Philosophy”), LMU Munich.
2020: Seminar Lecture: “Husserls Cartesianische Meditationen” (“Husserl’s Cartesian Meditations”), LMU Munich.
Conference Presentations
Upcoming:
2025 (invited): “Das System der Natur im Denken des späten Schelling” (“The System of Nature in the Thought of the Late Schelling”), International Congress on Schelling’s 250th Birthday “System der Welt – Welt der Systeme”, Bavarian Academy of Sciences, Munich, 11–13 June.
Past Presentations:
2024 (invited):“Über das Allgemeine hinaus bis hin zur Persönlichkeit. Schellings Überwindungsversuch von Kants Postulatenlehre der reinen praktischen Vernunft in der ‘Darstellung der reinrationalen Philosophie’”
(“Beyond the General to Personality. Schelling’s Attempt to Overcome Kant’s Doctrine of Postulates in the ‘Presentation of the Purely Rational Philosophy’”). International Workshop: “Krisis und Kontraste – Schellings Berliner Spätphilosophie”, LMU Munich, Center for Ethics and Philosophy in Practice (ZEP), December 13, 2024.
2024:“Rethinking Nature ‘Beyond’ Sexual Polarity: A Feminist Critical Insight into F.W.J. Schelling’s Late Philosophy of Nature”. International Conference: “Gender, Nature, and Ecology. Articulating the Political-Intellectual Traditions of French and German Ecofeminism in a Global Perspective”, Université Paris 8 Vincennes–Saint-Denis, October 8, 2024.
2024 (peer-reviewed):“The Late Schelling’s Critique of Kant’s Thesis of Transcendental Idealism and his Revision of the Theory of Space and Time”. 8th Conference of the North American Schelling Society: “Controversial Schelling”, Gonzaga University, Spokane (WA), May 25, 2024.
2022 (invited):“Synthese oder Konstruktion? Zum Verhältnis zwischen idealer und außeridealer Welt in Schellings später Naturphilosophie”. (“Synthesis or Construction? On the Relationship between the Ideal and Non-Ideal World in Schelling’s Late Philosophy of Nature”). Conference: “Synthesis and Construction in Classical German Philosophy / Synthese und Konstruktion in der Klassischen Deutschen Philosophie”, LMU Munich, November 12, 2022.
2021 (peer-reviewed):“Scienza della ragione ed esperienza della natura. Sull’‘Esposizione del processo della natura’ (1843/44) di F.W.J. Schelling”(“Science of Reason and Experience of Nature: On Schelling’s ‘Presentation of the Natural Process’ (1843/44)”). National Conference of Italian PhD Programs in Philosophy, Fondazione Collegio San Carlo di Modena, September 9, 2021.
2021:“Schellings Freiheitsschrift: Intelligible That (pp. 152–156)”. International Workshop: “Klassische Deutsche Philosophie. F.W.J. Schelling, Über das Wesen der menschlichen Freiheit und die damit zusammenhängenden Gegenstände (Freiheitsschrift)”, Inter University Centre Dubrovnik, May 4, 2021.
2021 (peer-reviewed):“Der Naturbegriff in der Spätphilosophie Schellings” (“The Concept of Nature in Schelling’s Late Philosophy”). International Conference: “The Concept of Nature in German Idealism / Der Naturbegriff im Deutschen Idealismus”, LMU Munich, April 10, 2021.
Organization of Conferences and Seminars
2019 – present: Coordinator of the ongoing departmental seminar series “SeRiC – Seminari Ricerche in Corso”, University of Bologna.
2019: Organizer of the conference series: “Encounters on Classical German Philosophy”, within the research group “Philosophical Disciplines”, University of Bologna.
Research Group Memberships and Affiliations
2024 – present: Member, Phaenomenologica. Center for Phenomenology ‘Enzo Melandri’, University of Bologna
2024 – present: Member, SWIP Italy – Society for Women in Philosophy
2023 – present: Member, North American Schelling Society
2021 – present: Member, Italian Network for Research on Fichte
2019 – present: Member, Italian Society for Theoretical Philosophy
2019 – 2024: Member, Philosophical Disciplines research group (now Phaenomenologica)
2019 – 2023: Member, Italian Karl Jaspers Society
Language Skills
Italian: Native
English: C1 (spoken and written); Cambridge ESOL Certificate, 2012–
German: C2 (spoken and written); C1 Certificate, Internationales Studien- und Sprachenkolleg Mainz, 2017
Spanish: B2 (spoken and written; uncertified)
French: B2 reading, A2 speaking (uncertified)
Latin: General proficiency
