Iryna Mykhailova

Marie Skłodowska-Curie Global Fellow, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice

Iryna Mykhailova is a historian of Renaissance philosophy. She is a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Global Fellow at Ca’ Foscari University of Venice and Harvard University.

Written by Iryna Mykhailova

Painting of a forest at night with a small house and dimly lit sky visible through the trees.

Is modern asceticism about conformity or quiet revolution?

From detoxes to slow food, today’s asceticism is often about fitting in. But we can rediscover its transformative power

by Iryna Mykhailova