Ep. 33: How to Manifest a Posthuman Existence not only in Theory, but in Practice? with Francesca Ferrando

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Hosted by Stephen Julich (EWP adjunct faculty, program manager) and Jonathan Kay (PhD student, EWP assistant)

This episode is a continuation from our previous reading of Francesca Ferrando’s new text Existential Posthumanism: A Manifesto. We will take a deep dive into unpacking this text section by section, discussing it’s the main questions:

• When did existential posthumanism arise?

• What is existential posthumanism?

• How to enact existential posthumanism?

• What is the difference between spirituality and existential posthumanism?

We will also address the importance of introducing posthumanist approaches to pedagogy in institutions like CIIS.

Dr. Ferrando (pronouns: they/them) teaches Philosophy at New York University (US), NYU-Program of Liberal Studies, as an Adjunct Assistant Professor. Dr. Ferrando holds a Ph.D. in Philosophy (University of Roma Tre, Italy), to which the European Doctoral Fellowship was granted. They received an M.A. in Gender Studies (Utrecht University, Holland), Director of the Program: Prof. Rosi Braidotti. Dr. Ferrando was a Visiting Scholar at Columbia University (US) twice, and an Independent Researcher at the University of Reading (England), working on Cyborg Theory with Prof.Kevin Warwick. Recipient of the Philosophical Prize “Premio Sainati”, with the Acknowledgment of thePresident of the Italian Republic, Dr. Ferrando is the author of several publications; their latest book is Philosophical Posthumanism (Bloomsbury). Their work has been translated into a dozen languages, including (in alphabetic order): Chinese, Hungarian, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Turkish, Spanish and Urdu. Dr. Ferrando is the Founder of the Global Posthuman Network. In the history ofTED talks, they were the first speaker to give a talk on the subject of the posthuman.