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Dr. R.D.N. van Riessen

Associate Professor of Philosophy and Professor by Special Appointment of Christian Philosophy (at Leiden University)
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Curriculum vitae

Renée Dirkje Neeltje van Riessen
born 24 september 1954 in Lunteren
Married, two daughters (born 1992 and 1993)

  • 1981:  university graduate Philosophy, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
  • 1979-1983: member of Researchgroup “Vrijheid en bevrijding in relatie tot de menswetenschappen” and co-editor of Vrijheid, een onderzoek naar de betekenis van vrijheid voor de methodologie van de mensweten­schappen, Amsterdam 1984.
  • 1980-1985 lecturer in philosophy at Kunstacademie (School of Arts) in Kampen          
  • since 1985- senior lecturer in philosophy and philosophy of religion Kampen Theological University (part time)
  • 1991 – Defense of Ph.D : Erotiek en dood, met het oog op transcendentie in de filosofie van Levinas;  Promotors: prof.dr. J. van der Hoeven (Free University, Amsterdam) and prof.dr. P. Moyaert (K.U. Leuven, Belgium) .                         
  •  From 1991 - 1999 member of the board of the Dutch “Levinas Studiekring” ; took part in the organisation of the second congress of LSK on Levinas' denken en het pluralisme in de cultuur (Levinas and cultural pluralism) in 1993.
  • From 1993 - 1996 : member of researchgroup  of the section Philosophy of culture and Ethics of Katholieke Theologische Universiteit Utrecht. With prof.dr. Ilse N. Bulhof I edited a book on postmodern thought and the crisis of representation:  Als woorden niets meer zeggen, de crisis rond woord en beeld in de huidige cultuur. Kampen 1995.
  • From 1990 – took part in the interdiscliplinary research of Protestant Theological University, Christian faith in changing contexts (Barth, Levinas, Kierkegaard and kenosis)
  • Between 2006-2009: Chair of researchgroup  Philosophical interpretations of Augustine
  • From 2011 – holds the chair for Christian Philosophy at Leyden University. As extraordinary professor she teaches courses on philosophy in relation to the Christian  and Jewish perspective (worldview); focussing on questions as the relation of finiteness and infinity; transcendence and immanence; the relation of self and other, and the art of living.