Dr. Gerald Posselt, Privatdoz. M.A.
Senior Lecturer
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7175-8623
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Research Interests
Political Philosophy, Social Philosphy, Philosophy of Language, Philosophy of Rhetoric, Gender Theory
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Academic CV
| 2026-2030 | Principal Investigator, FWF Project "Politics of Truth", Institute of Culture Studies, Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW) |
| SS 2022 | Interim Professorship for Social Philosophy, Department of Philosophy, Faculty Cultural Studies & Aesthetic Communication, University of Hildesheim (Germany) |
| 2022 | Habilitation with Venia Legendi in Philosophy, University of Vienna |
| 2014–2019 | Principal Investigator, FWF Project "Language and Violence", University of Vienna |
| since 2010 | Senior Lecturer, Dep. of Philosophy, University of Vienna |
| 2004–2010 | Lecturer at the Philosophy Department and German Department, University of Vienna |
| 2004–2006 | Head of the project "Bilingualism", Technisches Museum Wien |
| 2001–2003 | Research Assistant at the project "Produktive Differenzen: Geschlechterforschung als Beobachtung und Performanz von Differenz" – financed by the Austrian Ministry of Education, Science and Culture (bm:bwk) and the Wissenschaftsfonds of the Österreichischen Nationalbank, http://differenzen.univie.ac.at |
| 2002 | Dr. phil., Dep. of Philosophy, University of Freiburg, Germany |
| 2000–2001 | Associated Doctoral Student at the Amsterdam School of Cultural Analysis (ASCA) |
| 1999–2000 | Associtaed Doctoral Student at the Graduiertenkolleg "Representation-Rhetoric-Knowledge", Europa-Universität Viadrina, Frankfurt/Oder (Germany) |
| 1997–1998 | Visiting Scholar at the Dep. of Rhetoric, University of California Berkeley (USA) |
| 1989–1996 | Postgraduate Studies in the fields of psycholinguistics und psychiatry, University of Freiburg (Germany) |
| 1996 | M.A. (Philosophy, German Linguistics, Physics), University of Freiburg (Germany) |
Grants
| 2026-2030 | Austrian Sience Fund (FWF) Project PAT2777025 "Politics of Truth: Rethinking Truth in a Post-Truth World", Grant-DOI: doi.org/10.55776/PAT2777025 |
| 2014–2019 | Austrian Sience Fund (FWF) Project P26579-G22 "Language and Violence: The ethico-political turn to language after the linguistic turn", Grant-DOI: doi.org/10.55776/P26579 |
| 1999–2000 | Ph.D. Scholarship granted by the Graduiertenförderung (GRAFÖG) of the University of Freiburg and the Federal State of Baden-Württemberg |
| 1997–1998 | Ph.D. Scholarship at the University of California at Berkeley, granted by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) |
Research Visits
| Fall 2017 | Visiting Researcher at the German Department, University of California at Davis, USA |
| Fall 2015 | Visiting Scholar at the French Department, University of California at Davis, USA |
| Fall 2012 | Research Visit at the Department of German, University of California at Berkeley, USA |
| 1997–1998 | Visiting Scholar at the Department of Rhetoric, University of California at Berkele, USA |