Elena VALERI

Position
Researcher
E-mail
elena.valeri@unive.it
Academic discipline
Aesthetics [PHIL-04/A]
Website
https://www.unive.it/people/elena.valeri (personal record)
Office
Department of Philosophy and Cultural Heritage
Website: https://www.unive.it/dep.fbc
Where: Malcanton Marcorà

Office hours

Wednesday at 12:15.
Please kindly arrange an appointment by email: elena.valeri@unive.it. 

Teaching activity current year

CONSERVAZIONE E GESTIONE DEI BENI E DELLE ATTIVITÀ CULTURALI [FT1]
Bachelor's Degree Programme

LETTERE [FT3]
Bachelor's Degree Programme

LETTERE [FTR3]
Bachelor's Degree Programme

SCIENZE FILOSOFICHE [FMR61]
Master's Degree Programme (DM270)

Teaching activity previous years

SCIENZE FILOSOFICHE [FM61]
Master's Degree Programme (DM270)

SCIENZE FILOSOFICHE [FMR61]
Master's Degree Programme (DM270)

CONSERVAZIONE E GESTIONE DEI BENI E DELLE ATTIVITÀ CULTURALI [FT1]
Bachelor's Degree Programme

FILOSOFIA [FT2]
Bachelor's Degree Programme

LETTERE [FT3]
Bachelor's Degree Programme

FILOSOFIA [FTR2]
Bachelor's Degree Programme

LETTERE [FTR3]
Bachelor's Degree Programme

Activities and research skills

Publication highlights

Elena Valeri The Cake and the Raisins. On Wittgenstein, Style, and Philosophy in PARADIGMI, vol. 2026-, pp. 103-116 (ISSN 2035-357X)
DOI - URL correlato 2026, Journal Article - ARCA card: 10278/5118027


Valeri, Elena A “Divine Ambiguity”: Wittgenstein, Paolozzi, and Their Fascination with Machines , 50 Jahre Wittgenstein Symposium / 50 Years Wittgenstein Symposium in CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE AUSTRIAN LUDWIG WITTGENSTEIN SOCIETY, Kirchberg am Wechsel, Österreichische Ludwig Wittgenstein Gesellschaft/Austrian Ludwig Wittgenstein Society, vol. XXXII, pp. 883-892, Convegno: 47th International Wittgenstein Symposium 2026 50 Years Wittgenstein Symposium, 09-15/08/2026 (ISSN 1022-3398)
- URL correlato 2026, Article in Conference Proceedings - ARCA card: 10278/5126413


Valeri, Elena A Life Between Art and Philosophy. A Note on Jean-Pierre Cometti and His Work in JOLMA, vol. 6, pp. 95-102 (ISSN 2723-9640)
DOI 2025, Journal Article - ARCA card: 10278/5115656


Valeri, Elena “Bring Me an Apple!”. Wittgenstein on Meaning, Customs and Training in JOLMA, vol. 6, pp. 133-150 (ISSN 2723-9640)
DOI 2025, Journal Article - ARCA card: 10278/5115658


Cometti, Jean-Pierre; Valeri, Elena Pragmatism and the Question of Language: Words and the Rest in JOLMA, vol. 6, pp. 103-118 (ISSN 2723-9640)
DOI 2025, Traduzione in Rivista - ARCA card: 10278/5115657


List of publications

Curriculum vitae

Elena Valeri is a fixed-term Researcher (Type A) in Aesthetics at the Department of Philosophy and Cultural Heritage, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice and Principal Investigator of the EU-funded project “WITT-ART – Wittgenstein in Modern and Contemporary Art” (SOE2024_0000148, CUP: H73C24001980001).

She holds a BA and an MA in Philosophy from Ca’ Foscari University, and a postgraduate specialisation diploma and a PhD in Philosophy from the School of Advanced Studies “Sciences of Culture” at the San Carlo Foundation in Modena.

Her research focuses primarily (a) on Wittgenstein, aesthetics, and the arts, with particular attention to the relationship between philosophical inquiry and artistic practice, and (b) on issues concerning the relationship between meaning and experience in the contemporary philosophy of language and aesthetics. She has published essays on these topics and authored Italian translations, including the new Italian translation of Wittgenstein’s Philosophical Investigations (Feltrinelli, 2024).

She is a member of the CLAVeS research centre, the Austrian Ludwig Wittgenstein Society (ALWS), the Società italiana di filosofia del linguaggio (SFL) and the Società italiana di estetica (SIE); she is an editor of the journal JoLMA – The Journal for the Philosophy of Language, Mind and the Arts and of the “Philosophica” book series (Edizioni Ca’ Foscari).

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