Giulia Clabassi

Dr. Giulia Clabassi is originally from Rome, Italy. She completed her PhD at Humboldt University in Berlin, as part of the Research Training Group "Philosophy, Science and the Sciences," with her doctoral thesis published in 2026. She earned both her BA and MA in Philosophy at the University of Roma Tre. Her doctoral research focuses on the nature of motion as explored in Book VIII of Aristotle's Physics, drawing on interdisciplinary expertise spanning ancient philosophy, the philosophy of science, and contemporary metaphysics. In 2023, she completed a research residency at Princeton University, where she presented her work to an international audience. Giulia is currently working on a series of postdoctoral projects that bridge ancient philosophy and contemporary topics, and is committed to advancing her multicultural academic and teaching experience.

Publications
Kínēsis. The Structure of Motion in Aristotle's Physics VIII (4–6) — Monograph, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, 2026.
"Aristotle Between Heaven and Earth: The Physical Laws in De Caelo I, 1" — in progress, for submission to Archiv für Geschichte der Philosophie, 2026
Book Review: A. Ferro, Aristotle on Self-Motion, 2024, DIALOGOI – Ancient Philosophy Today. https://www.euppublishing.com/doi/full/10.3366/anph.2024.0115
"Do Your Movements in Sleep Resemble Artificial Frogs? Bites of Aristotle 'recasting' Philip K. Dick" — DIALOGOI – Ancient Philosophy Today, 2024. 

Conferences & Workshops
"On the Traces of Pantheism" — Lecture, Bard College Berlin, with Dr. Clio Nicastro (Visual Arts, Literature, Philosophy, History of Art), November 2025
"Aristotle Between Heaven and Earth: The Physical Laws in the Universe of De Caelo" — Glasgow Aristotelian Society / COGITO Project, paper accepted, July 2025
"Aristotle Between Heaven and Earth: The Physical Laws in the Universe of De Caelo" — Aristotelian Conference, Lisbon, paper accepted, July 2025
"The Principles of Aristotelian Science: A Journey into the Natural World" — Plenary Lecture, Bard College Berlin, February 2025
"How to Nurture the Human Being: Leadership and Entrepreneurship in Arts and Humanities" — ASPIRE Global Weekend, Rome (Educational NGO), November 2024
Translation and commentary on Aristotle's Politics IV.4c — Syros Workshop in Ancient Philosophy, Greece (Princeton–Humboldt Exchange), July 2023
"The Triadic Structure of Motion in Aristotle's Phys. VIII, 5" — Bryn Mawr College Graduate Symposium, Philadelphia, March 2022
Co-organiser, 7th Berlin-Munich Graduate Workshop in Ancient Philosophy, with Dr. Lara Trivellizzi (LMU), December 2021
"Aristotle and Galileo on Elemental Motion" — ESHS Early Career Scholars Conference, Athens, September 2021
"What Moves or Is Moved in Virtue of Something Else?" — 6th Berlin-Munich Graduate Workshop in Ancient Philosophy, December 2020
Oxford University — Classical Philology Conference & Workshop on Aristotle's Physics, 2019

Contact:
Dr. Giulia Clabassi
Philosophy
[email protected]