René Rosfort

Teaching

3 recurring courses in English each semester

• Philosophy of Gender (Mondays 10:30am-1:00pm)
• Philosophy of Mental Health (Tuesdays 1:30-4:00pm)
• The Ethical Brain: Philosophy and Neuroscience (Thursdays 1:30-4:00pm)

Office Hours

Wednesdays 1:00-3:00 pm

Areas of supervision

• Classical and contemporary ethical issues
• Philosophical, ethical, and therapeutic aspects of mental illness
• Philosophy of existence, phenomenology, and hermeneutics
• Philosophical and ethical aspects of gender, sexuality, and identity
• Søren Kierkegaard
• Immanuel Kant
• Paul Ricoeur

Primary fields of research

• Ethics
• Mental illness
• Hermeneutical phenomenology
• Philosophy of Existence
• Gender studies
• Søren Kierkegaard
• Immanuel Kant
• Paul Ricœur

Knowledge of languages

Speaking/Reading/Writing: Danish, Italian, English

Reading: German, French, Latin, Ancient Greek

CV

Born in Copenhagen, April 1975

Education

• 1995-1996: Classical Archaeology, University of Copenhagen
• 1996-2003: MA in Theology, University of Copenhagen
• 2005-2008: PhD Student at the Centre for Subjectivity Research, University of Copenhagen
• 2008 (June): PhD Thesis successfully defended.

Employment

• 2008 (September to November): PostDoc at The Department for Systematic Theology, University of Copenhagen
• 2009 (January) - 2011 (December): PostDoc at the Department for Systematic Theology, Center for Naturalism and Christian Semantics, Faculty of Theology, University of Copenhagen. 3 year research grant from Carlsbergfondet
• 2012 (May) - 2014 (August): PostDoc at the Søren Kierkegaard Research Centre, Faculty of Theology, University of Copenhagen. 2 years research grant from NovoZymes
• 2014 (September) - 2015 (July): External Lecturer at the Faculty of Theology, University of Copenhagen.
• 2015 (August): Associate Professor at the Faculty of Theology, University of Copenhagen

Study Abroad

• 2000-2001: Studies at the Department of Philosophy, Università degli studi di Firenze
• 2005-2008: 12 months at the Department of Philosophy, Università degli studi di Firenze.

Further Education

• 2006: Courses in Neurophysiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Copenhagen
• 2007: Master Course in Clinical Psychopathology, Scuola Bolognese di Psicoterapia Cognitiva, Bologna, Italy

Awards

• 2002: Gold Medal from The University of Copenhagen for the Prize Essay: Imagination in Kant and Kierkegaard.