Curriculum Vitae

Italian of Swiss origin, Matteo was originally trained as a historian of economic thought at the Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi of Milan (Italy). He then went on earning a Master (MA) and Research Master (ReMA) in Philosophy at the Institute of Philosophy of KU Leuven (Belgium). His early research concentrated on American thought: especially, Dewey’s experiential pragmatism, and Thoreau and Emerson's transcendentalism. A former member of the Thoreau Society of Concord, he was eventually introduced to Pierre Hadot's and Michel Foucault’s works on ancient spirituality, which now constitute the central axis of all his investigations in the history of philosophy. A staunch supporter of Modern Stoicism, Matteo has now been awarded the Deakin University Postgraduate Scholarship (DUPRS) to pursue his doctoral studies at Deakin University (Australia), under the supervision of Prof. Matthew Sharpe.

So far, he has published specialistic articles for Classical Receptions, Philosophy Today (in co-authoring with Prof. Matthew Sharpe), Aevum, Zeitschrift für Antikes Christentum, and Foucault Studies. His latest publication, ‘Thoreau’s Stoicism in Letters to Various Persons: The Spiritual Direction of Harrison Blake’ is now available in The Journal of Speculative Philosophy.