Fabrizio Boscaglia

Fabrizio Boscaglia (Turin, 1981)
fabrizioboscaglia@campus.ul.pt

Doctor in Philosophy from the University of Lisbon, with a dissertation titled “The Arab-Islamic presence in Fernando Pessoa”.

Master in Psychology from the University of Turin.

Member of the Centre of Philosophy at the University of Lisbon.

Currently developing post-doctoral studies on Islam, Islamic culture and Islamic philosophy in contemporary Portuguese thought.

His main research interests are: the thought and work of Fernando Pessoa; Islam in contemporary Portuguese thought and culture; Islamic mysticism.

He collaborates as lecturer (teaching assistant) at the University of Lisbon and at the Lusófona University, where he coordinates the project Islamic Heritage in Portugal.

He authored several conferences, books and articles in international scientific journals, in Portugal, Italy, Spain and USA, on authors such as Fernando Pessoa, Teixeira de Pascoaes, Antero de Quental, Agostinho da Silva, Jorge Luis Borges and Friedrich Nietzsche, among others.

Selected Publications

Boscaglia, Fabrizio; Rosa, Luza (eds.). Special Issue “Maria Gabriela Llansol and Ibn Arabi”. El Azufre Rojo – Revista de Estudios sobre Ibn Arabi, n.º 6 (2019).

Boscaglia, Fabrizio; Braga, Duarte Drumond (eds.). Special Issue “Orient and Orientalism”. Pessoa Plural – A Journal of Fernando Pessoa Studies, n.º 9 (2016).

Boscaglia, Fabrizio. “Presence of Islamic philosophy in unpublished writings by the young Fernando Pessoa.” Pessoa Plural – A Journal of Fernando Pessoa Studies, nº 3 (2013): 151-190.

Boscaglia, Fabrizio. “Nietzsche, Pessoa e o Islão: Notas sobre a receção de Der Antichrist por Fernando Pessoa.” Nietzsche e Pessoa: Ensaios. Bartholomew Ryan, Antonio Cardiello, Marta Faustino (eds.). Lisboa: Tinta-da-China (2016): 143-158.

Boscaglia, Fabrizio. “Pessoa, Borges and Khayyam.” Variaciones Borges, n.º 40 (2015): 41-64.

Boscaglia, Fabrizio. “Fernando Pessoa and Islam: an introductory overview with a critical edition of twelve documents.” Pessoa Plural – A Journal of Fernando Pessoa Studies, n.º 9 (2016): 38-109.

Boscaglia, Fabrizio. “Orpheu da Arábia: a temática arábico-islâmica no Modernismo português.” 100 Orpheu. Annabela Rita, Dionísio Vila Maior (eds.). Viseu: Esgotadas (2016): 97-111.

Boscaglia, Fabrizio. Considerações sobre a Presença do Elemento Arábico-Islâmico no Sensacionismo e no Neo-paganismo de Fernando Pessoa. Vale d’Infante: Al-Barzakh (2012).