Prof. Dr. Roberto Nigro

21335 Lüneburg, Universitätsallee 1, C5.230
Fon +49.4131.677-2089, roberto.nigro@leuphana.de
Professor*in, Professorship of Philosophy, especially Continental Philosophy

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Vita

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 "Technologies of Government and Technologies of the Self in Foucault’s unpublished lectures at the Collège de France", Università degli Studi di Bari-Ferrara-Urbino (in cooperation with the University of Paris X-Nanterre).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

Projects

  1. DFG Reserach Training Group 2114: Cultures of Critique - Forms, Media, Effects
    Beate Elisabeth Söntgen (Project manager, academic) , Erich Heinrich Hörl (Project manager, academic) , Timon Beyes (Project manager, academic) , Roberto Nigro (Project manager, academic)
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    Project: Research

  2. Archivio Nicola Massimo De Feo
    Roberto Nigro (Coordination) , Ottavio Marzocca (Coordination) , Rita Casale (Coordination) , Roberto Ciccarelli (Project staff) , Arcangelo Licinio (Project staff) , Ottavio Marzocca (Project staff) , Roberto Nigro (Project staff) , Rita Casale (Project staff) , Claudia Gadaleta (Project staff) , Cristina di Girolamo (Project staff) , Sabrina Papagni (Project staff) , Marco Spagnuolo (Project staff)

    Project: Research

  3. Archivio Nicola Massimo De Feo
    Roberto Nigro (Coordination) , Ottavio Marzocca (Coordination) , Rita Casale (Coordination) , Roberto Ciccarelli (Project staff) , Arcangelo Licinio (Project staff) , Ottavio Marzocca (Project staff) , Roberto Nigro (Project staff) , Rita Casale (Project staff) , Claudia Gadaleta (Project staff) , Cristina di Girolamo (Project staff) , Sabrina Papagni (Project staff) , Marco Spagnuolo (Project staff)

    Project: Research

  4. Elements of a Critical Theory of Media and Participation
    Erich Heinrich Hörl (Project manager, academic) , Roberto Nigro (Project manager, academic)
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    Project: Research

  5. Media and Participation. Between demand and entitlement, TP 5: Participatory Critique as Transforming and Transversal "With"
    Elke Bippus (Partner) , Christoph Brunner (Project manager, academic) , Roberto Nigro (Partner) , Beate Ochsner (Project manager, academic) , Erich Heinrich Hörl (Partner)
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    Project: Research

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Publications

Books and anthologies

  1. Kritische Philosophiegeschichte
    Till Hahn (Editor) , Roberto Nigro (Editor) , Charlotte Nora Szasz (Editor) , 2025 Zürich , 293 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Research

  2. La rivoluzione inquieta. Nicola Massimo de Feo vent'anni dopo
    Roberto Nigro (Editor) , Marco Spagnuolo (Editor) , 2025

    Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Research

  3. Dal rifiuto del lavoro alla moltitudine.: La filosofia sovversiva di Toni Negri
    Roberto Nigro (Author) , 2024 Rom , 176 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research › peer-review

  4. Antonio Negri zur Einführung
    Roberto Nigro (Author) , 2024 Hamburg , 202 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research › peer-review

  5. Antonio Negri. Une philosophie de la subversion
    Roberto Nigro (Author) , 2023 Paris , 160 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research

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Journal contributions

  1. Enjeux de la question anthropologique: Foucault en dialogue avec Kant, Nietzsche et Heidegger
    Roberto Nigro (Author) , 01.01.2025 , in: Archives de Philosophie, 88, 1 , p. 27-44 , 18 p.

    Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review

  2. L’« effet Nietzsche » sur le discours philosophique et sur l’histoire politique du présent selon Michel Foucault
    Roberto Nigro (Author) , Orazio Irrera (Author) , 01.08.2024 , in: Cahiers Philosophiques, 175, 4 , p. 129-141 , 13 p.

    Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review

  3. Critique de la morale sacerdotale et pouvoir pastoral
    Roberto Nigro (Author) , 01.01.2023 , in: Cahiers Philosophiques, 175 , p. 117-128 , 32 p.

    Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review

  4. Genealogia e critica della soggettività neoliberale
    Roberto Nigro (Author) , 12.09.2022 , in: Studia Philosophica: Schweizerische Zeitschrift für Philosophie, 2022, 81 , p. 101-113 , 13 p.

    Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review

  5. Un nietzschianesimo senza riserve. La volontà di potenza nel dispositivo del potere pastorale
    Roberto Nigro (Author) , 01.01.2022 , in: Materiali Foucaultiani, 11, 21-22 , p. 199-224 , 26 p.

    Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review

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Contributions to collected editions/anthologies

  1. Passagen innerhalb des zeitgenössischen italienischen Marxismus
    Roberto Nigro (Author) , 01.01.2025 Zürich , p. 237-264 , 28 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review

  2. Impuls – Wandel kritisch-konstruktiv gestalten lernen: Das neue Modul „Transformation“ im Leuphana Semester
    Laura Picht-Wiggering (Author) , Lina Bürgener (Author) , Daniel Fischer (Author) , Roberto Nigro (Author) , 01.01.2025 , p. 5-14 , 10 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Article in conference proceedings › Education

  3. Il comunismo nietzscheano di Nicola Massimo De Feo
    Roberto Nigro (Author) , 01.01.2025 , p. 88-108

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review

  4. Formen teilhabender Kritik: Philosophische, mediale und künstlerische Perspektiven
    Christoph Brunner (Author) , Roberto Nigro (Author) , Elke Bippus (Author) , 01.01.2023 Lüneburg , p. 193-209 , 17 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review

  5. Subjektivierung und teilhabende Kritik
    Roberto Nigro (Author) , Michel Schreiber (Author) , 01.01.2023 Lüneburg , p. 211-227 , 17 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review

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Activities

  1. Il coraggio della menzogna. Regimi di verità e lotta per l’egemonia
    Roberto Nigro (Speaker)

    Activity: Conference Presentations › Research

  2. Subversiver Negri. Von der Arbeitsverweigerung zur Multitude
    Roberto Nigro (Speaker)

    Activity: talk or presentation in privat or public events › Education

  3. Il y a ‚de la‘ plèbe. La fabbrica della marginalizzazione e il rifiuto del neopopulismo
    Roberto Nigro (Speaker)

    Activity: Conference Presentations › Research

  4. Crisi e ritorni dello Stato
    Roberto Nigro (Speaker)

    Activity: talk or presentation in privat or public events › Transfer

  5. L’irruzione dei saperi minoritari
    Roberto Nigro (Speaker)

    Activity: Conference Presentations › Research

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Press / Media

  1. Political participation in media age
    1 Media contribution

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  2. Coronavirus. Il principio di prevenzione può essere un serpente che si morde la coda
    1 Media contribution

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  3. Reflections on Art in a Fragmented Society on Controll
    1 Media contribution

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  4. La guerre civile dans le filigrane du démoniaque
    2 Media contributions

    Press/Media: Press/Media

  5. Subordination réelle et pouvoir bio-politique. Autour de Marx et Foucault
    1 Media contribution

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Teaching