Helen Bovi

Helen Bovi is a second-year M.A. student in Pre-modern Chinese Literature in the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures at Stanford University. Originally from Milan, Italy, she earned her B.A. in Philosophy and Chinese Studies from the University of Pittsburgh, David C. Frederick Honors College.Her research interests include Chinese philosophy and religion, and comparative philosophy between East and West. Her current work examines intersections between Zhuangzi, Mengzi, and Nietzsche, exploring questions of selfhood and utility, ethics, the value of truth, the limits of language, and the importance of pretending and illusion.