Alessandro Zir

Alessandro Zir is PhD in Interdisciplinary Studies by Dalhousie University (2009), where Ian Hacking (Holberg Prize among others) was the external examiner of his thesis. He has publications in Brazil, Canada, Chile, England, Germany, Poland, Portugal and USA, including a book, chapters of books, papers, translations, and fiction. He has presented works in international symposiums at institutions such as the Max-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte, the Norwegian University for Science and Technology, and Utrecht University.

His research stemmed from debates concerning the relevance to Science Studies of the theses of the primacy of metaphor. He has been a professor of philosophy and comparative literature, working also with issues related to the opacity of language, the ambiguity of signs and images in post-Romantic culture and contemporary cinema. Among the many translations he published in Brazil, are Petronius’ Satyricon and Baudelaire’s Spleen de Paris. Besides his interdisciplinary background, Alessandro has also a transmedial profile. He has studied piano performance, and engaged with drawing and photography.