Barnaba, Martina

Adjunct Professor

Martina Barnaba focuses on German Idealism, critical theory, and feminist philosophy, with particular attention to Hegel and the intersections between Hegelian and feminist thought. She holds a PhD in Philosophy from Sapienza University of Rome, where she worked on Hegel’s philosophy of religion and its nineteenth-century reception. In addition to her teaching at Loyola Rome, she is a Research Fellow in Moral Philosophy at Sapienza and contributes to its Feminist Philosophy and Gender Studies seminar. Her academic experience also includes a research stay at Heidelberg University and studies at Ca’ Foscari University of Venice and the University of Tübingen. Her work has been published in international journals including Hegel Bulletin, Human Affairs, and Revista Eletronica de Estudos Hegelianos, and she is the author of a monograph on Hegel, Göschel, and Strauss. She regularly presents at international conferences on questions of embodiment, gender, second nature, and feminist thinkers such as Simone de Beauvoir and Luce Irigaray. Based in her native Rome, she actively participates in the city’s civic and political life, engaging with local collectives and grassroots initiatives.

Education

• PhD, Philosophy, Sapienza University of Rome
• MS, Philosophy, Ca' Foscari University of Venice
• BA, Philosophy, Ca' Foscari University of Venice

Research Interests

• Feminist Philosophy
• Gender Studies
• Critical Theory
• German Idealism