Core Faculty

Our International core faculty teach seminars, direct independent studies and dissertations, and serve as student advisors. While the librarian serves on the core faculty, she does so as a part-time research advisor and also provides mini-seminars introducing students to IDSVA's virtual library.

Howard Caygill

Howard Caygill

Professor of Philosophy, Aesthetics and Visual Culture
Areas of Research
History of Philosophy, Planetary Aesthetics, Aesthetics of Madness, Philosophies of Resistance, Philosophy and Literature
Dejan Lukić

Dejan Lukić

Assistant Professor
Areas of Research
Crossovers between art, science, and religion. More specifically, philosophical and anthropological insights from: geo-philosophy, vital materialism, radical empiricism, theories of the avant-garde, and indigenous ontologies
Silvia Mazzini

Silvia Mazzini

Interim Director of School / Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Art Theory
Areas of Research
Aesthetics, Political Philosophy, Dramaturgy, Philosophy of Poverty, participative art, art and politics, tragic and comic thought, Sustainable Philosophy
Simonetta Moro

Simonetta Moro

President / Professor of Art, Philosophy, and Visual Studies
Areas of Research
Theory and practice of the visual arts; drawing, painting; Continental philosophy and aesthetics; cartography, mapping, psychogeography, and urban representation; art history; curatorial practices; interdisciplinary approaches to art and culture.
Erin Perfect

Erin Perfect

Librarian
Areas of Research
Library Science, Photography, Illustration, Design
George Smith

George Smith

Founder and President Emeritus / Edgar E. Coons, Jr., Professor of New Philosophy
Areas of Research
Philosophy, critical theory, literary studies, psychoanalytic theory, visual and cultural studies, gender studies, interdisciplinary studies, aesthetics
Howard Caygill

Howard Caygill

Howard Caygill

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Professor of Philosophy, Aesthetics and Visual Culture
Areas of Research
History of Philosophy, Planetary Aesthetics, Aesthetics of Madness, Philosophies of Resistance, Philosophy and Literature
Dejan Lukić

Dejan Lukić

Dejan Lukić

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Assistant Professor
Areas of Research
Crossovers between art, science, and religion. More specifically, philosophical and anthropological insights from: geo-philosophy, vital materialism, radical empiricism, theories of the avant-garde, and indigenous ontologies
Silvia Mazzini

Silvia Mazzini

Silvia Mazzini

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Interim Director of School / Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Art Theory
Areas of Research
Aesthetics, Political Philosophy, Dramaturgy, Philosophy of Poverty, participative art, art and politics, tragic and comic thought, Sustainable Philosophy
Simonetta Moro

Simonetta Moro

Simonetta Moro

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President / Professor of Art, Philosophy, and Visual Studies
Areas of Research
Theory and practice of the visual arts; drawing, painting; Continental philosophy and aesthetics; cartography, mapping, psychogeography, and urban representation; art history; curatorial practices; interdisciplinary approaches to art and culture.
Erin Perfect

Erin Perfect

Erin Perfect

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Librarian
Areas of Research
Library Science, Photography, Illustration, Design
George Smith

George Smith

George Smith

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Founder and President Emeritus / Edgar E. Coons, Jr., Professor of New Philosophy
Areas of Research
Philosophy, critical theory, literary studies, psychoanalytic theory, visual and cultural studies, gender studies, interdisciplinary studies, aesthetics
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