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Biography

I am an Italian researcher and academic specializing in early Buddhist thought. My work primarily focuses on two lines of inquiry: the ethnopsychological study of Buddhist contemplative practice, particularly concerning themes of consciousness and perception, and the investigation of ethnomedicine in early Buddhism. In essence, my research explores the intellectual history of Buddhism through the lens of its psychology and meditative practices, as well as the historical development of medical conceptions described in Buddhist texts.

Current roles:
· Researcher at the Department of Philosophy, Sociology, Education and Applied Psychology, University of Padua.
· Researcher at the Visual and Digital Cultures Research Center (ViDi), University of Antwerp.
· Lecturer for the “Death Studies & the End of Life for the intervention of support and the accompanying”, University of Padua.

Academic background
· Collaboration grant, post-doc, Department of Philosophy, Sociology, Education and Applied Psychology, University of Padua, Italy.
· Ph.D. in “Transcultural Studies in Humanities” at the University of Bergamo
· Ph.D. in “Social Sciences“ at the University of Antwerp.
· M.A. in “Cultural Anthropology, Ethnology, and Anthropological Linguistics” at Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, in co-tutorship with the University of Padua.
· B.A. in “Linguistics and Asian Studies” at Sapienza University of Rome

Activities

Employment (3)

University of Antwerp: Antwerp, BE

2022 to present | Joint-PhD (Social Sciences)
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Federico Divino

Università degli Studi di Bergamo: Bergamo, Lombardia, IT

2021 to present | Ph.D. Candidate (Foreign Languages, Literatures and Cultures )
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Federico Divino

University of Padua: Padua, IT

2024-10-01 to 2025-04-01 | Researcher (Philosophy, Sociology, Pedagogy and Applied Psychology)
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Federico Divino

Education and qualifications (2)

Università Ca' Foscari: Venezia, Veneto, IT

Master's degree in Cultural Anthropology, Ethnology, Antrhopological Linguistics
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Federico Divino

Sapienza Università di Roma: Roma, IT

Bachelor's Degree in Linguistics and Asian Studies
Education
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Federico Divino

Professional activities (5)

Visual and Digital Cultures Research Center (ViDi): Antwerp, BE

Researcher (Communication Studies, University of Antwerp)
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Federico Divino

University of Padua: Padua, IT

2024 to present | Professor with a temporary appointment for the Master” “Death studies & the end of life for the intervention of support and the accompanying (Philosophy, sociology, pedagogy and applied psychology)
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Federico Divino

Bloomsbury Publishing (United Kingdom): London, GB

2024 to present | Translator
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Federico Divino

University of Antwerp: Antwerpen, BE

2022 to present | Researcher (Communication Sciences)
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Federico Divino

University of Padua: Padua, IT

2024-10-01 to 2025 | Researcher & Lecturer for the Master in Death Studies & the End of Life (Philosophy, Sociology, Pedagogy and Applied Psychology)
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Federico Divino

Funding (2)

Representations of eternity and death in Death Studies: narrative tools and techniques between West and East for dealing with death anxiety

2024-10 to 2025-04 | Salary award
University of Padua (Padua, IT)
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2024B14

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Federico Divino

SUT37DIVI

2021 to 2024 | Grant
University of Bergamo (Bergamo, IT)
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Federico Divino

Works (15)

The dawn of division: For an anthropological theory of consciousness through contemplative ethnography

Anthropology of Consciousness
2025-01-12 | Journal article
Contributors: Federico Divino
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Humours and their Legacy in Early Buddhist Medicine

History of Science in South Asia
2025-01-03 | Journal article | Author
Part of ISSN: 2369-775X
Contributors: Federico Divino
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University of Alberta Libraries
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Buddhist Psychology of Death

Padova University Press
2024 | Book
Contributors: Federico Divino
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The Apparent Image: The Phenomenon, the Void, the Invisible

Diodati
2024 | Book
Contributors: Federico Divino
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What Dawned First: Early Buddhist Philosophy on the Problem of Phenomenon and Origin in a Comparative Perspective

Philosophies
2024-08-28 | Journal article
Contributors: Federico Divino
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From Meditation to Techno-Mindfulness: On the Medicalization of Contemplative Practices and Future Prospects

Histories
2024-02 | Journal article | Author
Contributors: Federico Divino
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Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
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The World and the Desert

Buddhist-Christian Studies
2023 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1527-9472
Contributors: Federico Divino; Andrea Di Lenardo
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The Metaphysical Turn in the History of Thought: Anaximander and Buddhist Philosophy

Philosophies
2023-10-26 | Journal article
Contributors: Aldo Stella; Federico Divino
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Elements of the Buddhist Medical System

History of Science in South Asia
2023-08-20 | Journal article | Author
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Contributors: Federico Divino
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University of Alberta Libraries
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In This World or the Next: Investigation Over the “End of the World” in Contemplative Practice Through the Pāli Canon

Annali Sezione Orientale
2023-08-15 | Journal article
Contributors: Federico Divino
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Mindful Apocalypse: Contemplative Anthropology Investigating Experiences of World-Loss in Deep Meditation

Religions
2023-07-21 | Journal article
Contributors: Federico Divino
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Dualism and Psychosemantics

Comparative Philosophy: An International Journal of Constructive Engagement of Distinct Approaches toward World Philosophy
2023-07-10 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2151-6014
Contributors: Federico DIVINO
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Federico Divino
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Reaching the End of the World: An Anthropological Reading of Early Buddhist Medicine and Ascetic Practices

Religions
2023-02 | Journal article | Author
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Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
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An Anthropological Outline of the Sutta Nipāta

Religions
2023-01-29 | Journal article | Author
Part of ISSN: 2077-1444
Contributors: Federico Divino
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Federico Divino
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Appearance and Momentariness

Comparative Philosophy
2022 | Journal article
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Peer review (14 reviews for 5 publications/grants)

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