Kristin Gjesdal
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Kristin Gjesdal | |
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| Born | Oslo |
| Alma mater | University of Oslo (Ph.D.) |
| Awards | The Distinguised Anderson Fellowship (Sydney), Fulbright Foundation fellowship, the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation fellowship, The Eleanor Hofkin Award for Excellence in Teaching |
| Era | 21st century Philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
| School | Continental |
| Institutions | Temple University |
| Thesis | (2002) |
Main interests | hermeneutics, nineteenth-century philosophy |
Kristin Gjesdal is a Norwegian philosopher and Professor of Philosophy at Temple University.[1] She is known for her expertise in the field of hermeneutics (focusing especially on Hans-Georg Gadamer), nineteenth-century philosophy, aesthetics, and phenomenology.[1] Gjesdal is a member of The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters[2] and she serves on the editorial board of the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy as a subject area expert for 19th Century Philosophy.[3]
Awards and honours
[edit]- Distinguished Anderson Fellow 2024 (University of Sydney)
- Fulbright Foundation fellowship
- Alexander von Humboldt Foundation fellowship
- Eleanor Hofkin Award for Excellence in Teaching
Books
[edit]- Herder's Hermeneutic Philosophy: History, Poetry, Enlightenment, Cambridge University Press, 2017
- Gadamer and The Legacy of German Idealism, Cambridge University Press, 2009
- The Drama of History: Ibsen, Hegel, Nietzsche, Oxford University Press, 2020
- Women Philosophers in the Long Nineteenth Century, Oxford University Press, 2021
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Filosofi og forståelse: Et intervju med Kristin Gjesdal" (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 2021-01-07.
- ^ "Medlemmer | Det Norske Videnskaps-Akademi". www.dnva.no. Retrieved 2021-01-07.
- ^ "Editorial Board (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)". plato.stanford.edu. Retrieved 2023-10-30.
External links
[edit]- Kristin Gjesdal
- Kristin Gjesdal publications indexed by Google Scholar
Categories:
- 21st-century American philosophers
- Hermeneutists
- Philosophy academics
- Gadamer scholars
- Living people
- American women philosophers
- University of Oslo alumni
- Academic staff of the University of Oslo
- Norwegian women philosophers
- Herder scholars
- Members of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters
- 1969 births
- 21st-century American women