Maria Semi

Maria Semi is a cultural historian, with a special focus on the Eighteenth century and on the philosophy and aesthetics of music. Her studies aim at a deep comprehension of the web of relations that the thoughts about music have established with other fields of knowledge, taking into account the historical as well as the cultural and intellectual context.

More broadly Semi's cultural interests range from the study of the Global Enlightenment, to post-colonial studies, travel literature, music sociology, sound studies and musical anthropology (in a historical perspective).