Completed PhD projects

The first title mentioned indicates the  language in which the PhD thesis is written. The title between the square brackets indicates the language in which the summary is written. 

1999

1. Dr. Niels Helsloot, Nietzsches vrolijke wetenschap. Nietzsche als vriend [Gaya scienza. Nietzsche as a Friend]. Co-supervisor: Prof.dr. A.C. Zijderveld (Faculty of Social Sciences, Erasmus University Rotterdam).  PhD defense: 10-09-1999. Publication: N. Helsloot, Vrolijke wetenschap. Nietzsche als vriend. Baarn: Agora, 1999.

2. Dr. Jan Hendrik Bakker, Tijd van Lezen. Transformaties van de literaire ruimte [A Philosophy of Reading: Receptive Literary Imagination in Oral, Writing and Electronic Cultures]. PhD defense: 30-09-1999. Publication: J.H. Bakker, Tijd van lezen. Best: Damon, 1999.

2000

3. Dr. Timon Slootdijk, Historisch besef bij Hegel, Heidegger en Derrida [The Development of Historical Awareness: Hegel, Heidegger and Derrida]. Co-supervisor: Dr. A. van den Braembussche (Erasmus School of History, Culture and Communication, Rotterdam). PhD defense: 23-11-2000.

2001

4. Prof. Dr. Joost Raessens, Vivre la différance. Deleuze en de cinematografische moderniteit [Deleuze and Cinematographic Modernity]. Co-supervisor: Dr. F. Kessler (Faculty of Humanities, Utrecht University). Promotie / PhD defense: 21-9-2001. Publicatie / Publication: J. Raessens, Filosofie & Film: Vivre La Difference : Deleuze En de cinematografische moderniteit. Budel: Damon, 2001.

5. Dr. Peter Sas, The Social Nature of Normative Agency: Towards a Socio-transcendental Naturalism [De sociale natuur van normatief actorschap: naar een socio-transcendentaal naturalisme]. PhD Defense: 1-11-2001.

2002

6. Prof. Dr. Ger Groot, Vier ongemakkelijke filosofen. Nietzsche, Cioran, Bataille, Derrida (Four Uneasy Philosophers:  Nietzsche, Cioran, Bataille, Derrida) [Vier unbequeme Philosophen: Nietzsche, Cioran, Bataille, Derrida]. Co-supervisor: Prof.dr. S. IJsseling (Faculty of Philosophy, Katholic University Leuven). PhD defense 17-04- 2002. Publication: G. Groot, Vier ongemakkelijke filosofen. Nietzsche, Cioran, Bataille, Derrida, Amsterdam: Boom/ SUN.

2003

7. Dr. Sietze Steenstra, ‘We are the noise between stations’. The Work of David Byrne: Popular Music, Performance Art, Cultural Anthropology and Romantic Philosophy ['Wij zijn het geruis tussen de stations'. Het werk van David Byrne: Populaire muziek, performance kunst, culturele antropologie en romantische filosofie]. Co-supervisor: G.A.M. Widdershoven (Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Maastricht). PhD defense: 6-5-2003.

2006

8. Dr. Christiane Seidel, Persons, Self-Conceptions and Self-Self Relations [Persoon-zijn, zelf-begrip en zelf-relaties]. Co-supervisor: Prof.dr. Lynne R. Baker (University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA). Defense: 23-03-2006.

9. Dr. André Nusselder, Interface Fantasy. A Lacanian Cyborg Ontology. PhD Defense: 17-11-2006. Publication: Interface Fantasy. A Lacanian Cyborg Ontology. Cambridge: MIT Press, 2009.

10. Dr. Frederik Christiaan Woudhuizen. The Ethnicity of the Sea People. Co-supervisor: Prof.dr. W. van Binsbergen. Phd Defense: 28-04-2006.

2007

11. Dr. Awee Prins, Uit Verveling [Being Bored]. PhD Defense: 16-02-2007. Publication: Uit Verveling. Kampen: Klement, 2007 (8th print run 2009).

2009

12. Dr. Elke Müller, Tijdreizen in de grot. Virtualiteit en lichamelijkheid van panorama tot CAVE [Time-travelling in the Cavern. Virtuality and Embodiment from Panorama to CAVE]. PhD defense: April 16, 2009.  Publication: Tijdreizen in de grot. Virtualiteit en lichamelijkheid van panorama tot CAVE. Kampen, Uitgeverij Klement, 2009.

13. Dr. Bibi van den Berg,  The Situated Self. Identity in a World of Ambient Intelligence [Het gesitueerde zelf. Identiteit in een wereld van Ambient Intelligence]. Co-supervisor: Prof.dr. V, Frissen (Faculty of Philosophy, Erasmus University Rotterdam). PhD defense:  23-04-2009.

14. Dr. Till Dupe, The Phenomenology of Economics. Life-World, Formalism, and the Invisible Hand [Fenomenologie van de economie. Levenswereld, formalisme, en de onzichtbare hand]. Co--supervisor: Prof.dr. A. Klamer (Erasmus School of History, Culture and Communication, Erasmus University Rotterdam). PhD defense: 26-05-2009.

2010

15. Dr. Harry van den Bouwhuijsen, In de schaduw van God. Waarom binnen het christendom natuurwetenschap wel en menswetenschap niet van de grond kon komen [In the Shadow of God. Why Natural Science Could and Science of Man Could Not Develop in Christian Culture]. Co-referent: Dr. F.A. Muller (Faculty of Philosophy, Erasmus University Rotterdam / Faculty of Science, Utrecht University) . PhD defense: 18-03-2010. Publication: In de schaduw van God. Waarom binnen het christendom natuurwetenschap wel en menswetenschap niet van de grond kon komen. Kampen: Klement, 2010.

16. Dr. Liesbeth Noordegraaf-Eelens, Contested Communication. A Critical Analysis of Central Bank Speech [Speculatief spreken. Een kritische analyse van centrale bank communicatie]. Co-supervisors: Prof.dr. Philip Hans Franses & Prof.dr. Dick van Dijk (Faculty of Economics, Erasmus University Rotterdam). PhD defense: 19-10-2010.

17 Dr. Jeroen Timmermans, Playing with Paradoxes. Identity in the Web 2.0 Era [Spelen met paradoxen. Identiteit in het web 2.0 tijdperk]. PhD project within the context of the NWO-funded research programme Playful Identities. From Narrative to Ludic Identity. Co-supervisors: Prof.dr. Valerie Frissen & Prof. dr. Joost Raessens (Utrecht University). PhD defense: 16-11-2010.

18 Dr. Michiel de Lange, Moving Circles: Mobile Technologies and Playful Identities [Bewegende circels. Mobiele technologieen en speelse identiteiten]. PhD project within the context of the NWO-funded research programme Playful Identities. From Narrative to Ludic Identity. Co-supervisors: Prof.dr. Valerie Frissen (Faculty of Philosophy, Erasmus University Rotterdam) & Dr. Joost Raessens (Faculty of Humanities, Utrecht University). PhD defense: 16-11- 2010.

2011

19. Dr. Stuart Griffin, New Music and Adorno's Melancholia. Philosophical Dissonance in Adorno's Music aesthetics [Nieuwe muziek en Adorno's melancholie. Filosofische dissonanties in Adorno's muzikale esthetica]. Co-referent: Dr. Konrad Boehmer. PhD defense: 8-09-2011.

20. Dr. Frank Maet, Nieuwe artistieke tijden. Een filosofische kritiek van een door technologie bepaalde kunst / New Artistic Times. A Philosophical Critique of the Relation Between Art and Technology.  PhD defense: 17-11-2011.

Running PhD-projects

2012

21. Drs. Marianne van Boomen, 'Medium, Metaphor, Myth'. The Making of the Internet. Co-supervisor: Prof.dr. C. Slade (Faculty of  Humanities, Utrecht University). Estimated completion: 2012.

22.Stefano Gualeni (MA). Cyborg ontologies. Or, How to Philosophize with Paper Beasts. Estimated completion: 2012.

23. Dr. Xin Chen (Fudan University, Shanghai, China), Chinese and Western Conceptions of History (working title). Estimated completion: 2012.

24. Drs. Erwin Roebroeks, Die Kunst des Klanges: An exploration of sound crystalizations in Western music. Co-referent: Dr. Konrad Boehmer. Estimated completion: 2012.

25. Drs. Tina Rahimy. Voices of Diaspora. Philosophy, Politics, Art and the Construction of Refugee Subjectivity. Co-referent: Dr. H.A.F. Oosterling. Estimated completion: 2011.

26. Drs. C.D.C. van der Veeke, Interactivity and Interpassivity in Politics (Interactiviteit en interpassiviteit in de politiek).  Co-referent: Dr. G. van Oenen (Faculteit Wijsbegeerte, Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam). This PhD project is part of the NWO-project Interactive metal fatigue. The interpassive transformation of democratic life. Estimated completion: 2012

27. Drs. Truus Fraaije, Nietzsche als pedagoog. (Nietzsche as Pedagogue). Estimated completion: Autumn 2012.

28. Drs. Robin van den Akker. (Re)mediating Public Space: Urbanity, New mobile Media Practices and Everyday Life. Co-supervisor: Prof.dr. Valerie Frissen (Faculty of Philosophy, Erasmus University).  Estimated completion: 2012.

2013

29. Carien de Jong (MA). Sustainable Design (working title). Co-supervisor: Prof. dr. J.C. Brezet (Department Design Engineering, TU Delft). Estimated completion: 2013.

30. Drs. Jean Jamion. Temporaliteiten en tijdhorizonten in de filosofie (Temporalities and Time Horizons in Philosophy). Co-supervisor: Prof.dr. M. Huijer (Faculty of Philosophy, Erasmus University). Estimated completion: 2013.

2014

31. Esther Keymolen (MA). Online Trust. Co-supervisor: Prof.dr. Valerie Frissen (Faculty of Philosophy, Erasmus University Rotterdam). Estimated completion: 2014.

32. Drs. Henriëtta Joosten. Kritisch denken (Critical thinking). Co-supervisor: Prof.dr. Marli Huijer (Faculty of Philosophy, Erasmus University Rotterdam). Estimated completion: 2014.

2015

33. Drs. Bert van den Bergh, Alles heeft zijn tijd – Depressie als kernstoornis van de laatmoderniteit. (Everything Has Its Time. Depression as the Key Disorder of Late Modernity). Co-supervisor: Prof.dr. Marli Huijer (Faculty of Philosophy, Erasmus University Rotterdam). Estimated completion: 2015.

34. Rolf Viervant (MA). Hermes' Hormones. PhD project in the context of the NWO project What can the humanities contribute to our practical self-understanding? (2011-2016). Co-supervisor: Prof.dr. Frank Grosveld. Biomics (Genomics, Proteomics, Bio-informatics), Erasmus Medical Center, Erasmus University Rotterdam. Estimated completion: 2015.

35. Kirsten Pols (MA). The discourse on philosophical anthropology and its relevance for a concept of practical self-understanding. Promotieonderzoek in het kader van het NWO project What can the humanities contribute to our practical self-understanding? (2011-2016). Co-supervisors: Prof.dr. M. Marcus Düwell, Department Philosophy, Faculty of Humanities. Utrecht University. Prof.dr. Gesa Lindemann, Fakultät I, Institut für Sozialwissenschaften, Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg. Estimated completion: 2015.

36. Niels van Poecke (MA). (Re)shaping Authenticity. Processes of Authentication in Sixties and Post-sixties Popular Music Genres. Erasmus School of History, Culture and Communication. Co-supervisors: Prof.dr. Ton Bevers & Dr. Koen van Eijck (ESHCC/EUR). Estimated completion: 2015.

37. Joris Raven (MA), Experience of time in the information age. Estimated completion: 2015.