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Prof. Dr. Roberto Nigro is Professor of Philosophy, especially Continental Philosophy at the Institute of Philosophy and Art History (IPK) of Leuphana University, as well as Dean of the Faculty of Cultural Studies. He is ancien directeur de program at the Collège international de Philosophie in Paris. His research interests include continental philosophy, aesthetics and political philosophy, French philosophy, Italian cultural philosophy, German philosophy (19th-21st centuries), structuralism/post-structuralism, and operaism/neo-operaism.
- Since 2016: Full Professorship (W3) in Philosophy, in particular continental Philosophy at the Leuphana University, Lüneburg
- 2024: Visiting Professor, Département de Philosophie, Université de Paris 8.
- 2016: Visiting Professor, Département de Philosophie, Université de Paris Ouest-Nanterre
- Since 2010: Directeur de Programme, Collège international de Philosophie, Paris
- 2009-2016: Lecturer at the Zurich University of the Arts
- 2012: Visiting Professor, École Normale Supérieure (ENS) – Lyon
- 2011: Visiting Professor, École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS) – Paris
- 2009-2012: Research Associate at the Research Unit „Repräsentative Gewalt“ at the ZHdK, Zurich.
- 2007–2009: Visiting Scholar (Assistant Professor), Department of Philosophy - Michigan State University - USA
- 2006: Visiting Fellow - Eikones – University of Basel
- 2004–2005: Assistant Professor - Department of Film, European Cultural Studies, and Philosophy - The American University of Paris
- 2004: Visiting Scholar – SFB-Kulturen des Performativen, Freie Universität, Berlin
- 2002–2003: Visiting Scholar - „Minda de Gunzburg“ Center for European Studies - Harvard University – Cambridge, MA, USA
- 2001–2004: Research Associate (Assegnista di Ricerca) – Facoltà di Lettere e Filosofia – Università degli Studi di Bari- Italy
- 2000-2001: Archivist - Institut Mémoire de l’édition Contemporaine (IMEC), Paris
- 2000: PhD in Philosophy. "Technologies of Government and Technologies of the Self in Foucault’s unpublished lectures at the Collège de France", Università degli Studi di Bari-Ferrara-Urbino (in cooperation with the University of Paris X-Nanterre).
- 1997-2000: Studies of Philosophy at the University of Paris Ouest-Nanterre
- 1996-1997: Studies of Philosophy at the Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main
- 1994-1996: Studies of Political Science at the University of Paris 8 (Degree: DEA)
- 1990-1994: Studies of Philosophy, History, and Literature at the University of Bari, Italy (Degree: Laurea, M.A. in Philosophy)
FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS:
- 2009-2012: SNF Fellowship (Swiss National Science Foundation)
- 2006: SNF Fellowship ((Swiss National Science Foundation)
- 2004: DAAD Fellowship
- 2002-2003: Fulbright Fellowship
- 2000-2002: Postdoc- Fellowship (MURST, Italy)
- 1999-2000: ‚Leonardo’ PhD Fellowship (University of Padua)
- 1996-1999: PhD Fellowship
- 1994-1995: Fellowship for research in France (Italian National Science Foundation)
- 1994: Awards for Excellence in the M.A. Degree Program (University of Bari and Regione Puglia)
- 1992: DAAD Fellowship
REVIEW ACTIVITIES
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)
- Alexander von Humboldt-Foundation
- Materiali Foucaultiani (peer-review e-journal)
EDITORIAL ACTIVITIES/ADVISORY BOARD ACTIVITIES
- Archivio De Feo (Ed.)
- Advisory Board Contributor to the publication of the work of the philosopher Nicola Massimo De Feo
Keywords
- Philosophy
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 5 Gender Equality
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SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
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Research collaborations from the last five years
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Archivio Nicola Massimo De Feo
Nigro, R. (Coordination), Marzocca, O. (Coordination), Casale, R. (Coordination), Ciccarelli, R. (Project staff), Licinio, A. (Project staff), Marzocca, O. (Project staff), Nigro, R. (Project staff), Casale, R. (Project staff), Gadaleta, C. (Project staff), di Girolamo, C. (Project staff), Papagni, S. (Project staff) & Spagnuolo, M. (Project staff)
01.02.20 → …
Project: Research
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DFG Reserach Training Group 2114: Cultures of Critique - Forms, Media, Effects
Söntgen, B. (Project manager, academic), Hörl, E. (Project manager, academic), Beyes, T. (Project manager, academic) & Nigro, R. (Project manager, academic)
01.04.21 → 31.12.25
Project: Research
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Elements of a Critical Theory of Media and Participation
Hörl, E. (Project manager, academic) & Nigro, R. (Project manager, academic)
01.10.18 → 31.10.22
Project: Research
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Media and Participation. Between demand and entitlement, TP 5: Participatory Critique as Transforming and Transversal "With"
Bippus, E. (Partner), Brunner, C. (Project manager, academic), Nigro, R. (Partner), Ochsner, B. (Project manager, academic) & Hörl, E. (Partner)
01.10.15 → 31.07.22
Project: Research
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Pratiques de pouvoir et formes de représentation
Nigro, R. (Project manager, academic)
01.01.10 → 31.12.16
Project: Research
Research output
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Discomfort in the Italian Operaism: The Nietzschean Legacy in the Work of Nicola Massimo De Feo
Nigro, R., 01.02.2026, The Resistible Crisis of Italian Thought: Between Politics and Metaphysics. Dal Bo, F. & Salzini, C. (eds.). SUNY Press, p. 35-54 20 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Chapter › peer-review
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Enjeux de la question anthropologique: Foucault en dialogue avec Kant, Nietzsche et Heidegger
Nigro, R., 2025, In: Archives de Philosophie. 88, 1, p. 27-44 18 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Il comunismo nietzscheano di Nicola Massimo De Feo
Nigro, R., 2025, La rivoluzione inquieta: Nicola Massimo de Feo vent’anni dopo. Nigro, R. & Spagnuolo, M. (eds.). ManifestoLibri, p. 88-108Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Impuls – Wandel kritisch-konstruktiv gestalten lernen: Das neue Modul „Transformation“ im Leuphana Semester
Picht-Wiggering, L., Bürgener, L., Fischer, D. & Nigro, R., 28.05.2025, Interdisziplinäre Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung (I-BNE): Beiträge zur zweiten Fachkonferenz 2024 an der Technischen Hochschule Nürnberg Georg Simon Ohm. Humburg, D., Dernbach, B. & Klages, M. (eds.). Nürnberg: Technischen Hochschule Nürnberg Georg Simon Ohm, p. 5-14 10 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Education
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Kritische Philosophiegeschichte
Hahn, T. (Editor), Nigro, R. (Editor) & Szasz, C. (Editor), 08.2025, Zürich: Diaphanes Verlag. 293 p. (Critical Stances)Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Research
Activities
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Il coraggio della menzogna. Regimi di verità e lotta per l’egemonia
Nigro, R. (Speaker)
16.12.2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
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Subversiver Negri. Von der Arbeitsverweigerung zur Multitude
Nigro, R. (Speaker)
14.12.2025Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Education
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Power, Resistance, Fascism: Re-reading Foucault in the Present (LIAS Workshop)
Demirović, A. (Speaker), Karakayali, S. (Organiser), Nigro, R. (Organiser) & Luxon, N. (Organiser)
25.06.2025 → 26.06.2025Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
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Il y a ‚de la‘ plèbe. La fabbrica della marginalizzazione e il rifiuto del neopopulismo
Nigro, R. (Speaker)
22.05.2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
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Crisi e ritorni dello Stato
Nigro, R. (Speaker)
18.05.2025Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Transfer
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Coronavirus. Il principio di prevenzione può essere un serpente che si morde la coda
10.05.20
1 Media contribution
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Reflections on Art in a Fragmented Society on Controll
Nigro, R. & Zein, G.
18.09.19
1 Media contribution
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Subordination réelle et pouvoir bio-politique. Autour de Marx et Foucault
20.11.02
1 Media contribution
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