Lectures
Lectures
Lectures, presentations, events
- "Signs of thought: For students and those interested in philosophy". "Philosophising about current topics in Dan Perjovschi's art". With Waltraud Bagge. Horst Janssen Museum 05 September 2020.
- "Philosophy of words. Philosophising with children about Dan Perjovschi's paintings". With Waltraud Bagge. Horst Janssen Museum 04 September 2020.
- "Beautiful life?" Discussion group as part of the art exhibition "Schön hier" in the Erphokirche Münster. 12 March 2020.
- "Human right to enjoyment - the humanity of a good meal". Lecture as part of the Philosophical Winter Academy 2020 on the topic: Eating and thinking. Between banquet and fast food. 12 to 21 February 2020 at the Akademie Franz Hitze Haus Münster. 20 February 2020.
- "Production-orientated methods of text work". Workshop as part of a philosophy didactics symposium at the University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland. 12 December 2019.
- "Didactics of Philosophy or Didactics of Philosophy? Sense and limits of a discipline". Lecture as part of a philosophy didactics symposium at the University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland. 11 December 2019.
- "We and the animal. Questions of animal ethics when philosophising with children in primary school". Lecture at the Philosophical Colloquium of the University of Bremen. 05 December 2019.
- "Experimental methods of philosophising in higher education". Lecture at the workshop "Fachdidaktisches Experimentieren in der Philosophie" of the Centre of Excellence Ethics at LMU on 15 November 2019.
- "Inclusive education. Challenges for philosophising with children". Opening lecture at the conference "Philosophising with children at primary and orientation level". University of Rostock. 20 September 2019.
- "Transhumanism. The most dangerous idea in the world?". Workshop together with Kerstin Gregor as part of the Lower Saxony Philosophy and Values and Standards Association Conference. 6-8 September 2019.
- "We and the animal". Lecture at the phil cologne as part of "Klasse Denken". 5th/6th + 7th/8th grade. 4 June 2019 at the Comedia Theater in Cologne.
- "Right or wrong? How we deal with nature." Lecture as part of the Oldenburg Children's University. Wednesday, 20 March 2019.
- "Potentials of understanding from a philosophical perspective". Workshop as part of the 5th Transdisciplinary Symposium of the Don Bosco Clinic for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry: "Ich - Du - Wir - Ihr". Life and personality development in social groups. Alexianer Münster GmbH. 15 and 16 March 2019.
- "A colourful swarm of loners. Philosophising with aphorisms". Lecture as part of the Philosophical Colloquium at the University of Oldenburg. 19 November 2018.
- "The thinking of love." Lecture Freimauerer Delmenhorst. 25 September 2018.
- "Sacred green? Opportunities and limits of nature-ethical argumentation strategies. Workshop as part of the Lower Saxony Philosophy and Values and Norms Association Conference. 07-09 September 2018.
- "How does an opinion become a judgement? Verfahren angemessener Urteilsbildung".
Lecture as part of the series of lectures on bioethics at the Department of Biology at Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität. 11 June 2018. - "A colourful swarm of loners. Philosophising with aphorisms". Short lecture as part of UNI AM MARKT. Oldenburg, 26 May 2018.
- "Life - a lively encounter with death".
Philosophy meets pantomime. A pantomime performance with moderation on the question: How do we deal with death in our lives? With Christoph Gilsbach. Hospice day organised by Hospizdienst-Oberspreewald-Lausitz e.V. Senftenberg. New stage Senftenberg on 25 October 2017. - "What is philosophy? How can philosophising contribute to a successful life?"
Moderation of a discussion evening at the Catholic Women's Community in Münster-Wolbeck on 20 September 2017. - "How can sustainability be ensured in advance care planning?"
Moderation of an open space at the Members' Day of the German Society for Palliative Medicine. 15-16 September 2017, UKM Münster. - "Is it ethical to kill male day-old chicks?"
Lecture and discussion at the AWO - Wolbeck local organisation. Open Thursday topic group on 6 July 2017. - "A colourful swarm of stimulating loners. Aphorisms in ethics lessons."
Lecture at the School of Philosophy at the University of Passau on 29 June 2017. - "How does an opinion become a judgement? Verfahren angemessener Urteilsbildung".
Lecture as part of the series of lectures on bioethics at the Department of Biology at the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität. 29.05.2017. - "Self-determined value-orientation through philosophising". Workshop as part of the 3rd Transdisciplinary Symposium of the Don Bosco Clinic for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry: What is important? Values in life and in therapy. Alexianer Münster GmbH, 17/18 March 2017.
- "Life - a lively encounter with death". Pantomime meets philosophy. Moderation of an event organised by the Warendorf Hospice Association, 18 February 2017.
- "What is a human being allowed to do? Descriptive and normative aspects of prenatal human life." Lecture in the series of lectures "Bioethics" at the WWU Münster, Institute of Biology, 13 June 2016.
- "Philosophy - and the art of leading a good life". Lecture and discussion at the AWO - Wolbeck local organisation. Open Thursday theme group, 09 June 2016.
- "Philosophy for children and young people as a future task for a democratic society." Leading a workshop and participating in a panel discussion at the phil.cologne event. In collaboration with the Federal Agency for Civic Education, 24 May 2016.
- "The opportunity of crises for children and young people. How we can also assess crises positively." Workshop together with Dr Christopher Kirchhoff as part of the Alex-Talk. In collaboration with the Alexians and the Westfälische Nachrichten, 26 April 2016.
- "Nice of you to notice me", said Death. Reflecting on questions about death and dying. Planning a project with various daycare centres in Münster and Hamm to philosophise with children about questions of death and dying. Kick-off meeting with the heads of the daycare centres, 13 April 2016 in Münster.
- Neuro-enhancement in the world of education and work. Discussion symposium in Münster. Moderation of a group on ethical case analysis as part of a BMBF-funded discourse project on the problem of performance enhancement of the human brain on 22 January 2016 in Münster. NEIBA in the BMBF funding priority ELSA under the direction of Prof Dr Nicola Erny.
- "Nice of you to notice me", said Death. Reflecting on questions about death and dying in social work contexts. Conducting a workshop at the DVSG Federal Congress 2015, 5 November 2015 in Münster.
- Power and reflection. Public conference and "Forum for Philosophy of the DGPHil" section head of the section "Education and Reflection Elite". 10 October 2015 at the University of Rostock.
- Self-empowerment and ethical judgement - On the topicality of an education for autonomy. Lecture at the alumni meeting of the continuing education course Applied Ethics at the WWU Münster, 17 April 2015.
- Philosophy in primary school. Discussant at the Philosophical Radio Evening of the WDR. 06 March 2015 in Cologne, under the direction of Jürgen Wiebicke.
- "Production orientation in writing." Lecture at the University of Rostock as part of the conference: "Wer schreibt, der bleibt - Tagung zur Schreibkompetenzentwicklung in der Studieneingangsphase, February 2015.
- "Philosophising with picture books about questions of dying and death"? Lecture at the Institute of Philosophy at the University of Osnabrück, December 2014.
- "Person - identity or illusion?" Joint conference of the Philosophical Seminar of the WWU Münster, the Philosophical-Political Academy and the Society for Socratic Philosophising. Organisation of a workshop on the topic: "Strengthening the self through narrative skills", November 2014.
- "Philosophising through writing." Workshop in Oldenburg: Fachverband Philosophie e.V. Landesverband Niedersachsen and University of Oldenburg: Neue Wege in der Fachdidaktik Philosophie und Werte und Normen, 19-20 September 2014.
- "Philosophising with children in elementary education?" Lecture for educators at the German Congress for Philosophy, Münster 2014.
- "Philosophising with children about the question: What is happiness?" Philosophising with fourth graders; together with the "Kulturstrolche" project of the City of Münster as part of the German Congress of Philosophy, Münster 2014.
- "Forever? Presentational and discursive elements in philosophising with children about dying and death." Lecture in the didactics section of the German Congress of Philosophy, Münster 2014.
- Writing practice philosophy. Satellite project / workshop on the didactics of philosophical writing as part of the German Congress of Philosophy, Münster 2014.
- "You don't have to be afraid of indoctrination". Training the Enlightenment. Interview with Der Standard in Vienna, 2 November 2012.
- "When philosophy meets the living world - connecting lines between applied philosophy, philosophy didactics and philosophising with children." Lecture at the University of Vienna. School of Philosophy and Education. In the series Fachdidaktik kontrovers, 31 October 2012.
- "Questions of animal ethics: Media for grades 5/6." Workshop as part of the Philosophy Teachers' Day for Schools in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, 22 September 2011.
- "Philosophy and ethics lessons for children and young people - "integrative"! Didactic starting points for applied philosophy." Lecture at the XXII German Congress of Philosophy in Munich, 13 September 2011.
- "Questions of animal ethics. Media for grades 5 and 6." Workshop at the conference of the Forum Fachdidaktik Philosophie und Ethik, 13 May 2011.
- "Applied Philosophy and Didactics of Philosophy and Ethics. Applied philosophy - starting points for integrative philosophy teaching." Planning and implementation of the conference of the Forum Fachdidaktik Philosophie und Ethik at the WWU Münster, 12-14 May 2011.
- "On the state of the subject of practical philosophy in NRW." Textbook presentation as part of an exchange between multipliers of the subject practical philosophy. Prepared and carried out by the Münster district government and the Practical Philosophy Centre, 22 February 2011.
- "Children philosophise." Joint conference of the Philosophical Seminar of the WWU Münster, the Philosophical-Political Academy and the Society for Socratic Philosophising. Organisation of the conference. Conducting a workshop, 02 October 2010.
- "Production-orientated text work using examples of the philosophical justification of morality." Lecture and workshop as part of a multiplier training course on the topic: Analytical, hermeneutic and production-oriented text work in ethics lessons at upper secondary level with special consideration of the 2011/12 focus topics. Landesakademie für Fortbildung und Personalentwicklung an Schulen. Baden-Württemberg, 10-12 February 2010.
- "Emotion and cognition." Joint conference of the Philosophical Seminar of the WWU Münster, the Philosophical-Political Academy and the Society for Socratic Philosophising. Organisation of the conference. Moderation of the final plenary session, 10 October 2009.
- "Teaching ideas on ethical problems of research with human embryonic stem cells." Workshop at the Institute of Philosophy and Political Science at the Technical University of Dortmund, 28-30 September 2009.
- "Humanism, educational system innovation and specialised didactics." A workshop as part of the project "Humanism in the Age of Globalisation. An intercultural dialogue on culture, humanity and values". Co-operation of the Universities of Bochum, Dortmund and Duisburg-Essen. Leader of the second workshop: Prof. Dr. Volker Steenblock (Ruhr University Bochum) 30 June 2009 at the Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities Essen (KWI).
- "Everything completely neutral?" - On the importance of criticising worldviews. Workshop as part of the conference of the Forum Fachdidaktik Philosophie und Ethik, 9 May 2009.
- "Neue Ethik-, Werte- und Religionsfächer" Symposium of the Institute of Philosophy and the Kollegium Lebensgestaltung - Ethik- Religionskunde of the University of Potsdam. Poster presentation on the subjects "Practical Philosophy" and "Philosophising with Children", October 2008.
- "Sokratik und Urteilskraft" Joint conference of the Philosophisches Seminar der WWU Münster, the Philosophisch-Politische Akademie and the Gesellschaft für Sokratisches Philosophieren. Organisation of the conference. Organisation of a workshop on the topic:"Supporting the gifted through Socratic Philosophy?", September 2008.
- "Bioethics and Didactics" Joint conference of the Centre for Bioethics of the WWU Münster and the Philosophical Seminar. Lecture on the topic:"Promoting competence in philosophy lessons using the example of research with human embryonic stem cells.", July 2008.
- "Michel Foucault: Critique of knowledge as archaeology and genealogy." Lecture at the Centre for Logic, Philosophy of Science and History of Science. University of Rostock, 22 May 2008.
- "The human right to education". Philosophising with children and young people. Conference at the University of Oldenburg, November 2007.
- "Philosophieren für Neugierige - AGder Jahrgangsstufe 5" Working group "Philosophieren für Neugierige der Jahrgangsstufe 5" at Clemens-Brentano-Gymnasium Dülmen from February to June 2007. Supervision of the students who led the working group and shadowing.
- "Philosophising with picture books" workshop at a conference of the NRW Philosophy Association in Münster on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the subject of practical philosophy, November 2006.
- "No body is perfect - Problems of enhancement and cosmetic surgery" Workshop at the Federal Congress of the Philosophy Association in Münster, September 2006.
- "Philosophie der Lebenskunst als Thema im Philosophieunterricht" Joint education day - Verband Religionspädagogik and Fachverband Philosophie - Mecklenburg-Vorpommern in co-operation with the University of Rostock, Ministry of Education, Science and Culture, State Institute for Schools and Education, September 2005.
- "Competences and standards in philosophy lessons - information on the framework curriculum for philosophy in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and Berlin" Senate Department for Education, Youth and Sport Berlin, teacher training, March 2005.
- "Umgang mit Texten und Ganzschriften im Philosophieunterricht" Teacher training - Landesinstitut für Schule und Ausbildung Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (L.I.S.A.), February 2005.
- "Production-orientated methods in dealing with texts and images - a contribution to promoting competence in philosophy lessons (in secondary school)" Philosophie und Bildung. On the meaning and didactics of philosophy in school. Symposium at the University of Vechta, December 2004.
- "Universalism in Kant's Practical Philosophy - or: The Fox in the Cage?" Lecture at the University of Rostock as part of the Kant series of lectures in the Kant Year, November 2004.
- "Philosophieren mit Fotografien" Joint education day - Verband Religionspädagogik and Fachverband Philosophie - Mecklenburg-Vorpommern in co-operation with the University of Rostock, Ministry of Education, Science and Culture, Landesinstitut für Schule und Ausbildung, May 2004.
- "Application-oriented ethics in educational processes - On ethical judgement formation in philosophy lessons" German Congress of the General Society for Philosophy in Bonn, September 2002.
- "Methoden des Philosophieunterrichts" Advanced training for coordinators in the subject of philosophy in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Landesinstitut für Schule und Ausbildung Schwerin, September 2002.
- "Is the categorical imperative applicable in practical life?" Weekend seminar organised by the student council initiative of the Institute of Philosophy at the University of Rostock on the practical relevance of moral philosophy, June 2002.
- "Applied Ethics in Educational Processes" Philosophical Seminar of the University of Münster: Contact Seminar, May 2002.
- "Ethical problems of pre-implantation diagnostics (PGD) - implementation in the classroom" Mathematics and science teaching days in Rostock - teacher training, February 2002.
- "Promoting competence in teaching about the ethical problems of early genetic diagnosis" Conference of the Association of German Biology Didactics in Rendsburg, October 2001.
- "Pupil-active methods - perspectives for teacher training?" Discussion with the department heads and coordinators for the subject of philosophy and the subject of philosophising with children at the L.I.S.A. Schwerin, June 2001.
- "Fachdidaktik Philosophie und Ethik" Chair of the symposium on "Hermeneutics" at the Dresden conference of the forum of the same name, May 2001.
- "Philosophische Fragen der Gentechnik" Conference of the Wissenschaftsverbund Um-Welt (WVU) at the University of Rostock, May 2001.
- "Production-oriented methods in philosophy lessons" Lecture and organisation of two workshops at the "Philosophy and Education" congress of the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Philosophy Association, March 2001.
- "With genetic engineering to the desired child?" Interdisciplinary teacher training programme together with the Institute for Teacher Training Mülheim an der Ruhr and the Catholic Academy Münster, April 2000.