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Emanuele Coccia is an Associate Professor at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS) in Paris, affiliated with the Center for the History and Theory of the Arts (CEHTA) and the Centre de Recherches sur les Arts et le Langage (CRAL). He concurrently serves as Professor of History of Arts at the School for Fashion and Applied Arts Duperré. Previously, he was Assistant Professor at the University of Freiburg (2008–2011) and held visiting positions at the University of Tokyo, Buenos Aires, Düsseldorf, and Columbia University.
His research traverses medieval philosophy, theology, aesthetics, and metaphysics, with emphasis on normativity, sensibility, and visual culture. Key works explore the metaphysics of images, moral philosophy in urban spaces, and theological anthropology. His scholarship reinterprets historical concepts like angelology and monastic law through contemporary philosophical frameworks.
Coccia's publications demonstrate consistent focus on medieval epistemology, political theology, and cultural semiotics, with recent expansions into fashion theory and labor sociology. His 2017 book The Life of Plants: A Metaphysics of Mixing earned the Monaco Philosophical Meetings Prize, highlighting his interdisciplinary approach to ontology.
- Awards: Monaco Philosophical Meetings Prize (2017)
He collaborates with research teams at CEHTA and CRAL, focusing on art theory and historical anthropology, and participates in cross-disciplinary projects like EARTHSCAPE with filmmaker Frédérique Aït-Touati.
