about

I am a scholar, editor, and translator with research interests in psychoanalysis, literary theory, and continental philosophy. I'm particularly interested in debates on universality, philosophy of translation, and postcolonial theory. I am currently working on my first book, which explores the role of translation in the epistemology of psychoanalysis based on a series of case studies of psychoanalysts and psychiatrists from different parts of the world. My latest articles are "Hysterical Authority," published in Problemi International, and "Marie Langer and the Other Places of Psychoanalysis," published in Penumbr(a).

I currently teach aesthetics at the University of the Arts Helsinki and work as an academic developmental editor and translator. I hold a PhD in Comparative Literature from Princeton University and a degree in Philosophy from the University of Buenos Aires. After completing my PhD, I served as a Postdoctoral Researcher at Aalto University in Helsinki, the International Psychoanalytic University Berlin, and Ruhr-University Bochum.

You can contact me at cpotente [at] alumni.princeton [dot] edu.