Contact details
- Name:
- Professor Johan Siebers
- Qualifications:
- Doctorate (Philosophy), Leiden University; MA (Philosophy), Radboud University Nijmegen; Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
- Position/Fellowship type:
- Associate Fellow
- Fellowship term:
- 08-Jan-2015 to 08-Jan-2025
- Institute:
- Institute of Languages Cultures and Societies
- Home institution:
- Middlesex University
- Location:
- Institute of Languages, Cultures and Societies University of London Senate House Malet Street London WC1E 7HU
- Phone:
- +44 7809 469 795
- Email address:
- johan.siebers@sas.ac.uk
Research Summary and Profile
- Research interests:
- Classics, Communications, Culture, Language and Literature (German), Literatures in a modern language, Philosophy
- Summary of research interests and expertise:
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My work concerns the philosophy of speech: what does it mean that we are speaking beings? I address this topic across a range of philosophical and theoretical paradigms, research themes, projects and interests: 1. Post-Kantian German Philosophy (especially the thought of Ernst Bloch) 2. Philosophy of Language and Communication 3. Rhetoric (and its relation to philosophy) 4. Psychoanalysis and unconscious communication 5. Critical Theory 6. Anticipation, Futurity and Temporality 7. Dialogue 8. Process Philosophy 9. Philosophical Anthropology 10. Art Practice as Research and Participatory/Co-Created Research 11. Metaphysics 12. Orality and literacy 13. Sex Talk 14. Rhetoric of Death and Dying
- Project summary relevant to Fellowship:
At Middlesex University ,London, I am a member of the Language and Communication Research Cluster and Associate Professor of Philosophy and Religion.
- Publication Details
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Related publications/articles:
Date Details Empedocles: European Journal for Philosophy of Communication - Research Projects & Supervisions
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Available for doctoral supervision: Yes
- Relevant Events
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Related events:
Date Details Ernst-Bloch-Gesellschaft The EBG organises annual conferences and other events; we also publish the Jahrbuch der Ernst-Bloch-Gesellschaft (Königshausen & Neumann).
Empedocles: European Journal for the Philosophy of Communication The journal Empedocles: European Journal for the Philosophy of Communication publishes work at the interface of philosophy and communication theory.
German Philosophy Seminar 2020/2021: Martin Buber's Philosophy of Communication