After completing the doctoral program at the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo, he conducted research upon invitation from several institutions, including Kinki University, the International Research Center for Japanese Studies (Nichibunken), Rikkyo University, the University of Tokyo, and New York University. Since 2010, she has been a senior researcher at CNPq. She is currently a Professor in the Department of Body Language at the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo, where she also serves as Director of various projects and research centers, including the Center for Oriental Studies and the Body Reading Series.

French literature scholar, critic, and Professor Emeritus at Rikkyo University (Department ofBody Expression andCinematic Arts). His publications include Artaud: Thought and Body (Hakusuisha), Hijikata Tatsumi (Misuzu Shobo), Toward Beckett (Goryu Shoin), Inorganic Life (Kodansha), Paganism (Seidosha), and translations of works such as Deleuze/Guattari’s Anti-Oedipus, Artaud’s To Have Done with the Judgment of God, and Deleuze’s Foucault (all published by Kawade Bunko), as well as Deleuze’s The Fold, Francis Bacon, and Beckett’s Molloy and How It Is (all published by Kawade Shobo Shinsha). His recent works include Hijikata Tatsumi - penser un corps épuisé , Artaud pensée et corps (Les Presses du Réel)

Julie Dind is an autistic scholar and interdisciplinary artist whose work autistically explores autistic modes of performance. She has a PhD in Theatre Arts and Performance Studies from Brown University, an MA in International Culture and Communication Studies from Waseda University, and an advanced certificate in Disability Studies from the City University of New York. She is currently a postdoctoral fellow at Tokyo College, the University of Tokyo, where she works on a KAKENHI-funded research project on butoh and disability.