Leonor Reis

Leonor Reis holds a PhD in Philosophy from Sapienza University of Rome, where she wrote her thesis on Levinas and art, supported by a research grant from FCT. A researcher at CIEBA (Lisbon), she works at the crossroads of phenomenology, film, and ethics. She also holds a Master’s in Art Theories and a degree in Sound and Image.

Publicações Selecionadas


Journal articles (Published & Forthcoming)

  • "Listening in the present tense. An analysis of Jonathan Glazer's The Zone of Interest." Journal of Science and Technology of the Arts, "New Sentient and Spectrums,"forthcoming 2025.
  • "No Centro da Periferia: Os Independentes do Modernismo Português." Convocarte no. 7, 2019, pp. 197-217.
  • "Do Obscurecimento à Transcendência: A Reflexão Estética de Emmanuel Levinas." Arte Teoria nos. 18-19, 2018, pp. 229-239.

Editorial work

  • Guest Editor, Convocarte nos. 18-19, "Art and Ethics," forthcoming 2026.
  • Managing Editor, João Onofre: Untitled (in awe of). Exhibition catalogue. Lisbon: FCT; FBAUL; CIEBA; Cristina Guerra Contemporary Art, 2024. With an essay by Andrew Renton.

Translation & proofreading

  • João Onofre: Untitled (in awe of). Exhibition catalogue. Lisbon: FCT; FBAUL; CIEBA; Cristina Guerra Contemporary Art, 2024. With an essay by Andrew Renton.
  • João Onofre: Untitled (It’s About That Time crystal version). Exhibition catalogue. Lisbon: FCT; FBAUL- CIEBA; Rialto6, 2023. With an essay by Marc-Olivier Wahler.

CONFERENCES

  • "A arte apesar dela. A implicação da arte em E. Levinas."6° Congresso Internacional de Filosofia da SPF, School of Arts and Humanities, University of Lisbon, Portugal. Sep. 2025.
  • "Humanness in a Smile. The Understated Humor of Hirokazu Kore-eda." International Society for Philosophy in Film Conference: “Comedy: Darkness and Light,” CEO in London, London, UK. Aug. 2025.
  • "Suspended time. Extended duration. Constant attention. An ethico-phenomenological study of the loop form in video art."Porto Summer School on Art & Cinema 2025: "Technology/Transformation," School of Arts, Catholic University of Portugal, Porto, Portugal. July 2025.
  • "Off-screen. On the subversiveness of sound."Explorations on Sound and New Media Art Conference: "New Sentient and Spectrums," School of Arts, Catholic University of Portugal, Porto, Portugal. Nov. 2024.
  • "A Arte, apesar dela. A ambiguidade da arte em Levinas." X Encontro Ibérico de Estética. Colégio dos Jesuítas – University of Madeira, Funchal, Portugal. Oct. 2024.
  • "Sound as appeal or the appeal of the face: The ethical dimension of language in Levinas." Identity and Language in the Intercultural Encounter. College of Fellows – Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen, Germany. July 2023.   
  • "The ‘Actuality’ of Emmanuel Levinas: The questioning of the I as the welcoming of the Other." Identity and Language in the Intercultural Encounter, College of Fellows – Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen, Germany. July 2022.
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