Ebgi Raphael Professore AssociatoPhilosophyM-FIL/06

Short narrative

Raphael Ebgi obtained a M.D. degree from Vita-Salute San Raffaele University in Milan, Italy, followed by a Ph.D. in Metaphysics from the same University. He was then appointed as Research Associate at the Jewish Institute of the Freie Universität, Berlin, and as Scientific Collaborator at the Università della Svizzera Italiana in Lugano. Now he is Associate Professor in History of Philosophy at the Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, where he teaches «Humanistic and Renaissance Culture and Civilization», «History of Italian Thought», and «Jewish Culture». He taught «Humanistic and Renaissance Literature» from 2020 to 2022. In 2020 he was awarded the National Scientific Qualification (ASN) as Full Professor in History of Philosophy.

His main research interest lies in the Philosophy of Renaissance Humanism, with a special focus on the interplay between religious, literary, artistic and metaphisical themes in the works of Marsilio Ficino and Pico della Mirandola. In this area, he has published many articles in international Journals, and several volumes for important publishing houses, such as Einaudi, the Edizioni della Normale, Bompiani. He has also worked on the impact of Renaissance Humanism on Italian and European cultural history, as well as on the encounter between the Humanistic tradition and Jewish mysticism.

He presented at numerous national and international conferences organized by, among others, the following institutions: Scuola Normale di Pisa, Axel and Margaret Ax:son Johnson Foundation in Stockholm, Freie Universität Berlin, Institute of Renaissance Studies in Florence, Institute of Renaissance Studies in Ferrara, University of Texas at Austin, Kent State University Florence.

He has been appointed by the Scientific Committee for the “Edizione Nazionale delle Opere di Giovanni Pico della Mirandola” as one of the editors of the “900 Conclusiones”, and of the “Disputationes adversus astrologiam divinatricem”.

Education

2009-2012   Ph.D. in Metaphysics, Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milano 

2008   Laurea (M.A. equivalent) in Philosophy of the Mind and Person, Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milano

2006   Laurea (B.A. equivalent) in Philosophy, Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milano

Previous and current Positions

2020-ongoing            Associate Professor in History of Philosophy, Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milano 

2018-2020  Researcher, Faculty of Communication Sciences, Università della Svizzera Italiana (USI), Lugano

2012-2018  Research Associate at the Institute of Jewish Studies, Freie Universität, Berlin

Awards and Grants

30.06.2020      National Scientific Qualification (ASN) as Full Professor in History of Philosophy (11/C5).

2020   Tullio Gregory Prize, awarded by the “Fondazione Nicola Irti per le opere di carità e cultura” for the book: Voluptas. La filosofia del piacere nel giovane Marsilio Ficino (1457-1469), Edizioni della Normale, Pisa 2019

2018-2020 Swiss National Science Foundation Grant, Faculty of Communication Sciences, Università della Svizzera Italiana (USI), Lugano, Sinergia-Project

27.07.2018      National Scientific Qualification (ASN) as Associate Professor in History of Philosophy (11/C5)

2012-2018 Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft Grant, Institute of Jewish Studies, Freie  Universität, Berlin, Zohar-Project

Memberships and Professional Activities

Journal and Book Reviewer:   «Rinascimento» (fascia A), «Rivista di storia e letteratura religiosa» (fascia A), «Cambridge University Press».

2022-ongoing   Member of the «Italian Society for the History of Philosophy» (SISF)

2021-ongoing   Member of the editorial Board of «The Edgar Wind Journal» (International Journal, ISSN 2785-2903)

2021-ongoing   Member of the PhD Board of the Faculty of Philosophy, Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele

2020-ongoing   Member of the Renaissance Society of America

2019-ongoing   Member of the Scientific Committee for the “Edizione Nazionale delle Opere di Giovanni Pico della Mirandola”

2016-ongoing  Member of the Scientific Board of the “Centro internazionale di cultura Giovanni Pico della Mirandola”

2016-ongoing   Member of the European Research Center in History and Theory of the

Image (ICONE, Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milano)

2016-ongoing   Member of DIAPOREIN, Research Center in Metaphysicis and Philosophy of Art (Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milano)

2015-ongoing   Member of CRISI, Research Center in the History of Ideas (Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milano)

2014-ongoing   Member of the Editorial Board of «Philosophical Readings» (International Journal of Philosophy, ISSN 2036-4989)

2014-ongoing   Member of the Editorial Board of the «Giornale Critico di Storia delle Idee» (International Journal of Philosophy, ISSN 2035-732X)

(Update aug. 2022)