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Kristin Gjesdal

Norwegian philosopher From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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

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Awards and honours

  • Distinguished Anderson Fellow 2024 (University of Sydney)
  • Fulbright Foundation fellowship
  • Alexander von Humboldt Foundation fellowship
  • Eleanor Hofkin Award for Excellence in Teaching

Books

  • 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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