ACADEMIC POSITIONS
2018 – 2020 Postdoctoral Fellow in Philosophy, Harvard University
2018 Lecturer, Department of Philosophy, University of Freiburg
2013 - 2015 Graduate Teaching Assistant, University College Freiburg and University of Freiburg
2013 - 2014 Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Philosophy, University of Freiburg
2012 - 2013 Undergraduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Philosophy, University of Freiburg
AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION
German Philosophy 18 th – 20 th C. (esp. Kant and Heidegger), Early Modern Philosophy (esp. Descartes, Leibniz and Du Châtelet), Female Philosophers
AREAS OF COMPETENCE
Plato, Aristotle, Political Philosophy
EDUCATION
2014 - 2018 PhD in Philosophy, summa cum laude, University of Freiburg
Jan. 2016 - Dec. 16 Visiting Fellow, Harvard University
Mar. 2015 - June 15 Graduate Research Student, University of Oxford
2011 - 2013 M.A. in Philosophy and Politics, summa cum laude, University of Freiburg
2006 - 2013 State examination German Literature, summa cum laude (Teaching Degree equivalent to M.A.), University of Freiburg
2006 - 2013 State Examination Philosophy and Politics, summa cum laude, (Teaching Degree equivalent to M.A.), University of Freiburg
PUBLICATIONS
Books
Die Frage nach dem Verhältnis von Natur und Vernunft in der menschlichen Freiheit in Kants „Die Religion innerhalb der Grenzen der bloßen Vernunft“, Schellings „Über das Wesen der menschlichen Freiheit“ und Heideggers Interpretation derselben Schrift, Eschborn 2014.
Heideggers Kantauslegung im Lichte des Zeitbegriffs, forthcoming Alber Verlag, 2020.
Articles
Du Châtelet’s Contribution to the Concept of Time. History of Philosophy between Leibniz and Kant, forthcoming in: Epoque Emilienne, Springer 2020.
Transcendental Self-Consciousness as a Constitutive Principle of Objectivity. Transcendental self-consciousness as actus and principium of the understanding in Kant, submitted Feb 2020.
The Problem of how Pure Reason can be Applied to the Object of Practice in Kant, submitted Jan 2020.
The Development of Heidegger’s Concept of Time in a Critique of Kant in Logic: The Question of Truth, submitted Nov 2019.
Reviews
Andrea Reichenberger: Émilie du Châtelets Instiutions physiques. Über die Rolle von Prinzipien und Hypothesen in der Physik, (in English), in: Mathematical Intelligencer 2018.
FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS
2018 – 2020 Postdoctoral Research Fellow of the German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft) at the Department of Philosophy, Harvard University
2014 - 2018 PhD Fellow of the German National Academic Foundation (Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes), full PhD funding
2017 Travel Award, Époque Emilienne, Center for the History of Women Philosophers and Scientists, Paderborn University
2015 - 2016 PhD Fellow of the FAZIT-Foundation. Grant for GSAS Visiting Fellowship at Harvard University
2016 Research Abroad Fellowship for GSAS Visiting Fellowship at Harvard University, German National Academic Foundation
2016 Fellow of the Kölner Gymnasial- and Stiftungsfonds. Research Grant for GSAS Visiting Fellowship at Harvard University
2015 Research Abroad Fellowship for Visiting Graduate Student Fellowship, Oxford University, German National Academic Foundation
2015 Fellow of the Kölner Gymnasial- and Stiftungsfonds. Research Grant for University of Oxford
2014 Publishing Award, FwPF
TEACHING
2019 Key Concepts of the Critique of Pure Reason in German and English Reading Group for Graduate Students and Faculty, Department of Philosophy, Harvard University
2018 The Concept of Time in Martin Heidegger, Department of Philosophy, University of Freiburg
2013 - 2015 An Introduction to Political Philosophy (Plato to Arendt), in English, Bachelor of Liberal Arts and Sciences, University College Freiburg
2013 - 2014 Kant’s Analytic of Principles, Co-Instructor, Department of Philosophy, University of Freiburg
2012 - 2013 Main Concepts of Aristotle’s Philosophy, Department of Philosophy, University of Freiburg
TALKS
08. Sept. 2020 Elisabeth von der Pfalz‘ epistemische Prämissen, Arbeitsgruppe für Frauen in der Philosophiegeschichte, XXV. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Philosophie, Erlangen-Nürnberg
19-22 July 2020 An Analysis of Ideas: Du Châtelet's Newfound Approach to Concepts, IAP Konferenz, Paderborn
18. June 2020 Du Châtelet’s Concept of Beings, Center for the History of Women Philosophers and Scientists, Paderborn
22. Feb. 2020 The Underlying Principles of Émilie du Châtelet’s Institutions de Physique – Bridging Empiricism and Rationalism, Workshop on Émilie du Châtelet, Harvard University, MA, USA
2017 The Concept of Time in Du Châtelet: History of Philosophy between Leibniz and Kant, Epoque Emilienne. Philosophy and Science from 1700-1750 with a special reference to Emilie Du Châtelet, Paderborn Center History of Women Philosophers and Scientists, Paderborn Germany
2016 Time as Mediator between the A priori and A posteriori in Kant, Annual Congress of the Canadian Philosophical Association (CPA), University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
2016 Self-Consciousness as Actus and Principium of the Understanding in Kant, Harvard-Yale History of Philosophy Conference, Harvard University, MA, USA
2016 Is Time Truly A priori?, The Philosophers’ Forum Graduate Gateway Conference, University of Missouri, St. Louis, USA
2016 Commentary on Samantha Matherne’s Kant’s Theory of Analogies, Third Biennial Meeting, North American Kant Society, Emory University, Atlanta, USA
2015 Heidegger’s Conception of Time in English Language Research, Studienstiftung, PhD Colloquium, Heidelberg, Germany
2013 Heidegger’s Interpretation of Time in Kant’s Analytic of Principles, PhD Colloquium, Wiesneck, Germany
2010 A Legitimization of Human Rights on the Basis of Kant’s Dignity of Man, Conference on Human Rights and Human Dignity, Beuggen Castle, Germany
OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
2020 Organizer with Jeffrey McDonough of International Workshop on Du Châtelet at Harvard University
2013- 2014 Organizer of the Research Project Time-Travel. Every-day life and experience in historical biographical documents, funded by the Robert-Bosch Foundation
2013 Co-Organizer, Conference and Workshop with John Dunn, University of Cambridge, Why do we need a global history of political thought?, University of Freiburg, Germany
MEMBERSHIPS
Deutsche Gesellschaft für phänomenologische Forschung e.V.
European Society for Early Modern Philosophy
Kant Gesellschaft e.V.
Martin-Heidegger Gesellschaft
North American Kant Society
Society for the Study of Women Philosophers
Society for the Study of Early Modern Women
LANGUAGES
German: Native
English: Full Professional Proficiency
French: Professional Working Proficiency
Spanish: Elementary Proficiency
Latinum: Certificate of Latin
Graecum: Certificate of Ancient Greek