Curriculum vitae
Name: Monica Ugaglia
Nationality: Italian
Place and date of birth: Asti, February 11, 1970
Known languages: French, English, Ancient and Mediaeval Latin, Ancient greek.
1. Curriculum studiorum
• October 1989 – July 1994. Undergraduate studies in Physics at the University of
Torino.
Degree in Physics: July 7, 1994. Title of the thesis: "Sistemi integrabili su algebre di
Lie, funzioni di Casimir e significato del parametro spettrale" (“Integrable systems on
Lie algebras, Casimir functions and the meaning of the spectral parameter”) prof. Mauro
Francaviglia. Final marks: 110/110 cum laude.
• October 1994 – December 1998. Frequency of the courses of the PhD program in
Mathematical Physics at the International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA) in
Trieste.
Doctor Philosophiæ in Mathematical Physics: December 10, 1998. Title of the
thesis: "Scaling symmetries of evolutionary systems, time-dependent Hamiltonian
structures, and monodromy-preserving deformations". Supervisor prof. Boris A.
Dubrovin.
2. Scientific activity
• May 1997. Visiting student at the Mathematical Institute of Oxford.
• 1999-2000. Research activity as an independent scholar in history of science and
Aristotelian philosophy.
• 2000 – 2001. Research fellowship in "The Contribution of Jesuit Scientists to the Birth
of Modern Science" jointly supported by the project SEFIR ("Scienza e fede
sull'interpretazione del reale" (Science and Faith on the interpretation of reality),
sponsored by the Conferenza Episcopale Italiana and the Pontificia Università
Lateranense) and by the department of mathematics of the University of Rome "Tor
Vergata".
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• 2002 – 2003. Research fellowship in "Early History of Magnetism" at the Institutum
Historicum Societatis Iesu (IHSI), Rome.
• 2003 – 2011: Independent research activity on Aristotle’s scientific works and the
history of mathemathics.
• 2012 – 2013 Teaching (Mathematics education) at the University of Udine,
Educational Sciences.
• 2012 – 2013 Reading Seminar on Aristotle’s Physics I.
• 2013. External collaboration with SISSA (Trieste), on history of mathematics; chief of
the organizing committee of the Workshop: Ideas of point: An elusive concept in
mathematics and physics throughout history, SISSA, Trieste, November 14-16.
• 2013 – 2014 Teaching (Natural Philosophy) at the University of Urbino, Philosophy.
• 2013 – 2014 Reading Seminar on Aristotle’s Physics III.
• 2014 – 2015 Research fellowship: “La dinamica in Aristotele e Leibniz: materia
prima/seconda e la genesi dei corpi fisici” at the Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa, classe
di Lettere e filosofia.
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3. Publications
The different fields of study covered in the following list of publications betray the path
I am following in my research. The common thread is the attempt to build a strong
interaction between my two different vocational training subjects. This means on the
one hand I use my mathematical expertise to better understand some aspects of ancient
philosophy, and on the other hand I try to "garnish" the ontology of modern physics
with some “new” tools, resorting to ancient philosophy.
3.1 Monographs
• Aristotele, Fisica-Libro III, Introduzione, traduzione e commento di Monica Ugaglia,
Roma, Carocci 2012. ISBN 978-88-430-6250-8.
• Leonardo Garzoni, Trattati della Calamita, a cura di Monica Ugaglia, Milano,
FrancoAngeli 2005. ISBN 9788846471321.
• M. Ugaglia, Modelli idrostatici del moto da Aristotele a Galileo, Roma, Lateran
University Press 2004. ISBN 9788846502773.
3.2 Papers
Mathematical Physics
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• M. Ugaglia, On the Hamiltonian and Lagrangian structures of time–dependent
reductions of evolutionary PDEs, in “Differential Geometry and its Applications” 16
(2002), pp. 1–33.
• M. Ugaglia, On a Poisson structure on the space of Stokes matrices, in “International
Mathemathics Research Notes” 9 (1999) pp. 473–493.
History of Science and Ancient Philosophy
• M. Ugaglia and F. Acerbi, Aristotle on Placing Gnomons Round (Ph. III 4, 203a1015), “Classical Quarterly” (forthcoming).
• M. Ugaglia, Alcune osservazioni sull’uso di λόγος in Aristotele, in G. Micheli, F.
Franco Repellini (eds.), La scienza antica e la sua tradizione. IV Seminario di studi
(Gargnano, 13–15 ottobre 2008), Milano, Cisalpino 2011, pp. 81–117. ISBN
9788820510305.
• M. Ugaglia, Aristotele e l’utilizzo della matematica come modello, in R. Presilla, S.
Rondinara (eds.), Scienze fisiche e matematiche: istanze epistemologiche e ontologiche,
Roma, Città Nuova 2010, pp. 29–51. ISBN 9788831135047.
• M. Ugaglia, Boundlessness and Iteration: Some Observation About the Meaning of
ἀεί in Aristotle, in “Rhizai”, 6.2 (2009), pp. 193–213.
• M. Ugaglia, LEONARDO GARZONI, in N. Koertge (ed.), New Dictionary of Scientific
Biography, Detroit, Ch. Scribner’s Sons 2008, vol. 3, pp. 108–109.
• M. Ugaglia, The Science of Magnetism before Gilbert. Leonardo Garzoni’s Treatise
on the Loadstone, Annals of Science 63 (2006), pp. 59–84.
• M. Ugaglia, La scuola scientifica gesuitica nel periodo galileiano, in G. Cicchese, S.
Rondinara (eds.), L’uomo e il cosmo tra Rivelazione e scienza, Roma, Lateran
University Press 2003, pp. 273–289. ISBN 97888846504463.
3.3 Reviews translations and other publications
• M. Ugaglia, review of Jean De Groot Aristotle’s Empiricism: Experience and
Mechanics in the 4th Century BC, in “International Studies in the Philosophy of
Science” (forthcoming).
• M. Ugaglia, review of Tony Roark Aristotle on Time. A Study of the Physics, in
“Nuncius” 28 (2013), pp. 229–231.
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• Translation from English of Mathematics, A Short Introduction, by Timothy Gowers,
Torino, Einaudi 2004.
• With F. Acerbi. Translation from English and French of Imposture Intellettuali, by
Alan D. Sokal and Jean Bricmont. Milano, Garzanti 1999.
• With F. Acerbi. Proof-reading of the Opere Matematiche of Guido Castelnuovo,
Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei.
4 Communications
• M. Ugaglia, Potentiality and iteration: on Aristotle’s processual notion of infinity,
Triennial Conference of the Italian Society for Logic and Philosophy of Science,
University of Rome “Roma TRE” june 18-20 2014.
• M. Ugaglia, Omeomeria, continuità e potenzialità, workshop: “Mereologia e pensiero
greco antico”, Urbino april 16 2014.
• M. Ugaglia, “Movimento è l'atto del mobile in quanto tale”: perché la definizione
aristotelica del movimento non è circolare, workshop: «I moderni in dialogo con gli
antichi» Cagliari, october 15-17 2013.
• M. Ugaglia, Divide et inveni: the role of geometrical practice in Aristotle’s
explanation of knowing, in Geometry and Logic. The Shape of Mathematical Proof from
Antiquity to the Early Modern Age, Pisa, June 17-19 2013, Organizing Committee:
Vincenzo De Risi (Max Plank Institute for the History of Science, Berlin) and Massimo
Mugnai (Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa )
• M. Ugaglia, Il riferimento ambiguo: sulle nozioni di assoluto e relativo in Aristotele,
workshop: «La scienza antica e la sua tradizione». Organizing Committee: F. Franco
Repellini e G. Micheli (Università di Milano), Gargnano, june 6-8 2013.
• M. Ugaglia, Infinito e continuo nella Fisica di Aristotele, Politecnico di Torino, may
22 2013.
• M. Ugaglia, On the relationship between physics and mathematics in Aristotle, Midterm Conference of the Italian Society for Logic and Philosophy of Science, University
of Milano-Bicocca, november 20-21 2012.
• M. Ugaglia, Metodi matematici per la Fisica di Aristotele, Università dell’Aquila, may
23 2012.
• M. Ugaglia, Metodi matematici per la Fisica di Aristotele, Università di Milano
Statale, may 4 2012.
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• M. Ugaglia, Mobili e motori nella Fisica di Aristotele, Università di Milano Statale,
may 3 2012.
• M. Ugaglia, La Fisica di Aristotele, Università di Urbino, Lectio Commandiniana april
18 2012.
• M. Ugaglia, La Fisica di Aristotele, Trieste SISSA february 27 2012.
• M. Ugaglia, La fisica di Metaphysica Lambda, workshop: «La scienza antica e la sua
tradizione» Organizing Committee: F. Franco Repellini and G. Micheli (Università di
Milano), Gargnano, october 6-8 2011.
• M. Ugaglia, L’illimitato nella Fisica di Aristotele, Università di Urbino, Lectio
Commandiniana april 20 2011.
• M. Ugaglia, Una Fisica per matematici: alcune osservazioni sul testo di Aristotele,
Università di Udine, october 20 2010.
• M. Ugaglia, Perché il cosmo limitato di Aristotele non sta stretto ai matematici,
workshop: «La scienza antica e la sua tradizione» Organizing Committee: F. Franco
Repellini and G. Micheli (Università di Milano), Gargnano, october 7-9 2010.
• M. Ugaglia, Infinito e continuo in Aristotele, Università di Chieti-Pescara, november
12 2009.
• M. Ugaglia, Sull’uso tecnico di logos in Aristotele, workshop: «La scienza antica e la
sua tradizione» Organizing Committee: F. Franco Repellini and G. Micheli (Università
di Milano), Gargnano, october 13-15 2008.
• M. Ugaglia, Tempo e luogo del tutto aristotelico, workshop: «La scienza antica e la
sua tradizione» Organizing Committee: F. Franco Repellini and G. Micheli (Università
di Milano), Gargnano, june 11-13 2007.
• M. Ugaglia, Teoria e prassi scientifica in Aristotele: il caso dell’analisi, workshop:
«L’analisi dall’antichità all’epoca moderna» Organizing Committee: M. Panza
(REHSEIS, Paris) and F. Franco Repellini (Università di Milano), Milano october 26-28
2006.
• M. Ugaglia, Modelli idrostatici del moto da Aristotele a Galileo, workshop: «La
scienza nell’antichità» Organizing Committee: F. Franco Repellini and G. Micheli
(Università di Milano), Gargnano, october 6-8 2005.
• M. Ugaglia, Sull’uso iterativo di ‘sempre’ in Aristotele, Università di Milano, Milano,
march 16 2005.
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