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Kristin Gjesdal

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Kristin Gjesdal
Born1969
Oslo
Alma materUniversity of Oslo (Ph.D.)
AwardsFulbright Foundation fellowship, the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation fellowship, The Eleanor Hofkin Award for Excellence in Teaching
Era21st century Philosophy
RegionWestern philosophy
SchoolContinental
InstitutionsTemple University
Thesis (2002)
Main interests
hermeneutics, nineteenth-century philosophy

Kristin Gjesdal (born 1969[1]) is a Norwegian philosopher and Professor of Philosophy at Temple University.[2] She is known for her expertise in the field of hermeneutics (focusing especially on Hans-Georg Gadamer), nineteenth-century philosophy, aesthetics, and phenomenology.[2] Gjesdal is a member of The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters[3] and she has served on the editorial board of the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy as a subject area expert for 19th Century Philosophy.[4]

Awards and honours

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  • Fulbright Foundation fellowship
  • Alexander von Humboldt Foundation fellowship
  • Eleanor Hofkin Award for Excellence in Teaching

Books

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  • 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

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  1. ^ "Kristin Gjesdal". Deichman. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Filosofi og forståelse: Et intervju med Kristin Gjesdal" (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 2021-01-07.
  3. ^ "Medlemmer | Det Norske Videnskaps-Akademi". www.dnva.no. Retrieved 2021-01-07.
  4. ^ "Editorial Board (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)". plato.stanford.edu. Retrieved 2023-10-30.
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