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Andrés Calderón Ramos

Researcher in Philosophy
Department of Theology, Philosophy and Human Sciences

Rector’s Delegate for Third Mission Activities

CONTACTS

tel. +39 055 9051500

e-mail:
andres.calderonramos@sophiauniversity.org

OFFICE HOURS

Upon appointment

Political Philosophy and the Culture of Encounter

Totalitarianism in the Twentieth Century: Theories and Practices of Absolute Regimes

Education:

• 2020–2024: University of Perugia, Italy. Department of Philosophy and Social, Human and Educational Sciences, FISSUF.
PhD in Human Sciences, Philosophy track. Supervisor: Prof. Massimiliano Marianelli. Degree awarded on 21/06/2024.
Thesis title: The Haitian Revolution and Epistemic Injustice

• 2020–2024: Université Catholique de Lyon, France, Faculty of Philosophy.
Doctorat canonique en Philosophie. Supervisor: Prof. Emmanuel D’Hombres. Degree awarded on 11/07/2024, with the result: Très bien avec les félicitations du jury.
Thesis title: The Haitian Revolution and Epistemic Injustice

• 2015–2017: University of Tartu, Estonia. Master’s Degree in Humanities.
Title of Final Thesis: Denial of Coevalness as an Epistemic Injustice, supervisor Prof. Tiina Kirss.

• 2012–2015: University of Padua, Italy. Bachelor’s Degree in Philosophy.
Title of Final Thesis: On the Radical Reality of the Self. Subject and Destiny in the Later Ortega y Gasset, supervisor: Prof. Adone Brandalise.
• 2009–2012: Bachillerato at Universidad La Salle, A.C., Mexico City, Mexico.

Teaching activities:

Since the 2020–2021 academic year, she has regularly undertaken teaching, supplementary teaching and student support activities, alongside ongoing involvement in assessment examinations. Specifically:

University teaching assignments

      • 2025–2026: Teaching on the course ‘The Totalitarian Twentieth Century: Theory and Practice of Absolute Regimes’ as part of the Licentiate in the Culture of Unity at the Sophia University Institute.
      • 2025–2026: Teaching on the course ‘Political Philosophy and the Culture of Encounter’ as part of the Licentiate in the Culture of Unity at the Sophia University Institute.
      • 2025–2026: Contract lecturer (16 hours) for the course ‘Forms of Humanism in Contemporary Thought’ (SSD Phil-05/A, formerly M-Fil/06) within the Master’s Degree Programme in Philosophy and Ethics of Relations (LM-78), Department of Philosophy, Social, Human and Educational Sciences (FiSSUF), University of Perugia.
      • 2024–2025: Contract lecturer (9 hours) for the course ‘Forms of Humanism in Contemporary Thought’ (SSD Phil-05/A (formerly M-Fil/06)) within the Master’s Degree Programme in Philosophy and Ethics of Relationships (LM-78), Department of Philosophy, Social, Human and Educational Sciences (FiSSUF), University of Perugia.

Supplementary teaching

      • 2024–2025: 3 hours of certified supplementary teaching on the course ‘History of Philosophy II’ (SSD Phil-05/A [formerly M-Fil/06]), Prof. Marco Martino, Interdisciplinary Bachelor’s Degree Programme in Philosophy and Psychological Sciences and Techniques (L-24 R, L-25 R), Department of Philosophy, Social, Human and Educational Sciences, FiSSUF, University of Perugia.
        • 23/04/2025 The French Revolution, The Haitian Revolution: Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité?
      • 2022–2023: 6 hours of certified supplementary teaching within the course in History of Contemporary Philosophy (SSD Phil-05/A [formerly M-Fil/06]), Prof. Emanuele Pili – Prof. Martina Galvani, Interdisciplinary Bachelor’s Degree Programme in Philosophy and Psychological Sciences and Techniques (L-24 R, L-25 R), Department of Philosophy, Social, Human and Educational Sciences, FiSSUF, University of Perugia.
        • 17/11/2022, Postcolonial Thought.

Tutoring

      • 2022-2023, 120 hours of tutoring for the Interdisciplinary Bachelor’s Degree Programme in Philosophy and Psychological Sciences and Techniques (L-24 R, L-25 R), Department of Philosophy, Social, Human and Educational Sciences, FiSSUF, University of Perugia..

Examination duties

      • Since 2021, member of the examination board for the courses History of Philosophy I (SSD Phil-05/A [formerly M-Fil/06]), History of Philosophy II (SSD Phil-05/A (formerly M-Fil/06)), History of Contemporary Philosophy (SSD Phil-05/A [formerly M-Fil/06]), Paradigms of Practical Rationality (SSD Phil-01/A [formerly M-Fil/01]) Department of Philosophy, Social Sciences, Humanities and Education, University of Perugia.
      • Since 2024, member of the examination board for the courses in Moral Philosophy (SSD Phil-03/A [formerly M-Fil/03]), Institutions of Moral Philosophy (SSD Phil-03/A [formerly M-Fil/03]), Ethics, Human Resources and the Environment (SSD Phil-03/A [formerly M-Fil/03]), Department of Philosophy, Social Sciences, Humanities and Education, University of Perugia.
      • Appointed subject expert for the Phil-03/A sector (formerly M-Fil/03) from 2024.
      • Since 2020, appointed subject expert for the Phil-05/A sector (formerly M-Fil/06).

Other academic activities:

• Member of the Società Filosofica Italiana (SFI) since 2025.
• Member of the Italian Società Italiana di Storia della Filosofia (SISF) since 2022.
• Member of the Editorial Board of the journal ‘Metaxy Journal: Philosophy, Art and Recognition’, a journal listed among the scientific journals of ANVUR (National Agency for the Evaluation of Universities and Research Institutes) for Area 11 – Philosophical Disciplines since 2021.
• Member of the ‘Art and Recognition’ Research Group at the Interdepartmental Research Centre for Humanity, Cultures and Relations, International Human-being Research Centre (IHRC), since 2021.
• Member of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Amerika Studien (DGfA) from 2020 to 2023.

Institutional roles:

• Delegate for the Third Mission at the Sophia University Institute.

Books

• with G. Brunetti, Dialogo e Relazione. Dal Colonialismo al Progetto DREAMM, Pièdimosca, Città di Castello 2023. ISBN 979-12-80289-28-5

Journal articles

Haiti/Saint-Domingue: la rivolta degli schiavi e i problemi di identità e relazione, in «La Nottola di Minerva. Journal of Philosophy and Culture», (2025), pp. 157-165. ISSN 1973-3003

La Rivoluzione Haitiana: Vicinanza e Distanza Umana Attraverso l’Arte, in «Sophia. Ricerche sui fondamenti e la correlazione dei saperi», XV (2023-2), pp. 385-390. ISSN 2036-5047

Olympe de Gouges: I Problemi della Rappresentazione dello Schiavo, in «Metaxy Journal: Filosofia, Arte e Riconoscimento», Numero Speciale 2 (2022), pp. 261-268. ISSN 2975-0679

Book chapters

Umanesimo e il Problema Razziale: Chi conta come umano, in M. Casucci (a cura di), Relazione e Bene Comune, Pièdimosca, Perugia 2022, pp. 59-70. ISBN 979-12-80289-14-8

Entries in dictionaries, encyclopaedias or handbooks

• «Frantz Fanon», in Manuale, Vol. III: Anima, Corpo, Relazioni. Storia della filosofia da una prospettiva antropologica. Periodo contemporaneo, a cura di M. Marianelli, L. Mauro, M. Moschini, G. D’Anna, Città Nuova, Roma 2022, pp. 286-295. ISBN 978-88-311-3547-4

• «Paul Gilroy», in Manuale, Vol. III: Anima, Corpo, Relazioni. Storia della filosofia da una prospettiva antropologica. Periodo contemporaneo, a cura di M. Marianelli, L. Mauro, M. Moschini, G. D’Anna, Città Nuova, Roma 2022, pp. 286-295. ISBN 978-88-311-3547-4

• «Éduoard Glissant», in Manuale, Vol. III: Anima, Corpo, Relazioni. Storia della filosofia da una prospettiva antropologica. Periodo contemporaneo, a cura di M. Marianelli, L. Mauro, M. Moschini, G. D’Anna, Città Nuova, Roma 2022, pp. 286-295. ISBN 978-88-311-3547-4

• «Fëdor Michajlovič Dostoevskij», in Manuale, Vol. III: Anima, Corpo, Relazioni. Storia della filosofia da una prospettiva antropologica. Periodo contemporaneo, a cura di M. Marianelli, L. Mauro, M. Moschini, G. D’Anna, Città Nuova, Roma 2022, pp. 813-815. ISBN 978-88-311-3547-4

Translations

•  From Spanish to Italian: C. AVENATTI DE PALUMBO, Ribât-es-Salâm. Drammatica dell’ospitalità nell’opera teatrale Pierre e Mohamed di Adrien Candiard, in «Metaxy Journal: Filosofia Arte e Riconoscimento», Numero Speciale 1 (2024), pp. 103-128. ISSN 2975-0679

• From Spanish to Italian: A. MARTÍNEZ MORALES, Maurice Merleau-Ponty: Corpo, Altro ed Esperienza Percettiva, in Manuale, Vol. III: Anima, Corpo, Relazioni. Storia della filosofia da una prospettiva antropologica. Periodo contemporaneo, a cura di M. Marianelli, L. Mauro, M. Moschini, G. D’Anna, Città Nuova, Roma 2022, pp. 180-183. ISBN 978-88-311-3547-4

• From Spanish to Italian: A. MARTÍNEZ MORALES, Jean-Paul Sartre: L’Esistenza di Fronte all’Altro, in Manuale, Vol. III: Anima, Corpo, Relazioni. Storia della filosofia da una prospettiva antropologica. Periodo contemporaneo, a cura di M. Marianelli, L. Mauro, M. Moschini, G. D’Anna, Città Nuova, Roma 2022, pp. 240-242. ISBN 978-88-311-3547-4

• From Spanish to Italian: R. FRANCO, Simmel: Oltre la Dialettica, Ritmo e Filosofia della Vita, in Manuale, Vol. III: Anima, Corpo, Relazioni. Storia della filosofia da una prospettiva antropologica. Periodo contemporaneo, a cura di M. Marianelli, L. Mauro, M. Moschini, G. D’Anna, Città Nuova, Roma 2022, pp. 633-645. ISBN 978-88-311-3547-4

• From Italian to Spanish: Arte y reconocimiento de lo humano: esbozo para un Manifiesto, in «Metaxy Journal: Filosofia Arte e Riconoscimento», Numero Speciale 1 (2022), pp. 21-24. ISSN 2975-0679

Research Topics:

  • Postcolonial thought, with a particular focus on Caribbean thinkers (Frantz Fanon, Édouard Glissant) and the Haitian Revolution.
  • Social Epistemology, with a particular focus on the field of epistemic injustice/oppression (Miranda Fricker, Kristie Dotson, José Medina) and epistemologies of ignorance (Shannon Sullivan, Charles Mills).

Language skills:

  • Spanish (native)
  • Italian (C1)
  • English (C1)
  • French (B2)
  • German (B1)
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