Areas of Specialization
Metaethics; political theory; philosophy of the social sciences
Education
Postdoc: Stanford University, Center for Ethics in Society, 2016
Ph.D. (Philosophy): University of Pittsburgh, 2015
Magister Artium (Philosophy): Universität Trier, 2009
Diplom (Psychology): Universität Trier, 2008
Articles in Double-Blind Peer-Review Journals
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Katharina Nieswandt (2017):
Anscombe on the Sources of Normativity.
The Journal of Value Inquiry 51(1): 141–163.
Katharina Nieswandt (2016):
Do Rights Exist by Convention or by Nature? Topoi 35(1): 313–325.
Ulf Hlobil and Katharina Nieswandt (2016): On Anscombe’s Philosophical Method. Klēsis: Revue Philosophique 35: 180–198. REPRINT in: John Haldane (ed.) (forthcoming): The Life and Philosophy of Elizabeth Anscombe (St. Andrews Studies in Philosophy). Imprint Academic: Exeter, 42–61.
Edited Books
Katharina Nieswandt & Ulf Hlobil (eds.) (2014). G.E.M. Anscombe: Aufsätze. Herausgegeben, übersetzt und mit einer Lektürehilfe von Katharina Nieswandt und Ulf Hlobil. Nachwort von Anselm W. Müller. [Papers. Edited, translated and with a study guide by KN and UH. With an afterword by AWM.] Suhrkamp, Berlin: 400 pages.
REVIEWS by: Dominik Perler (in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung) and by Christian Kietzmann (in Philosophische Rundschau).
Articles in Editor-Reviewed Books
To access the official publication, click on the links below. Postprints of all papers can be downloaded from PhilPapers.
Katharina Nieswandt (2017): Grammatik und Funktion: Peter Geach. In: Martin Hähnel (ed.):
Der aristotelische Naturalismus: Ein Handbuch. Metzler: Stuttgart, 163–174. ENGLISH TRANSLATION in: Martin Hähnel (ed.) (2020)
Aristotelian Naturalism: A Research Companion. Springer, Dordrecht: 183–193.
Book Reviews
Popular Press
Groupe de recherche sur la normativité
GRIN, director of axis "Society"
Action Network
Hosted at FAGI, Leipzig, member.
Regularly taught classes
Please note that the syllabi below are for information purposes only; they are not necessarily the most recent version. The version that is binding for enrolled students is available through Moodle.
Introduction to Ethics
Philosophy of Human Rights
Values and Biotechnology
- Advanced Seminar
- PHIL 429/529/629
- Syllabus
Graduate seminar in value theory
- The topic changes every year and is usually related to Prof. Nieswandt's current research.
- Most years, the course number is PHIL 430/621.
- Topics include: "Political Perfectionism," "Property Rights" and "Anscombe's Moral Philosophy."
- The department's course offerings website lists a description of the current topic.
Master and Postdoctorate
Prof. Nieswandt regularly supervises graduate students in Concordia's
philosophy master's program as well as postdoctoral fellows hired through
GRIN and other funding schemes. (For a list of supervisees, please see her CV.)
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If you would like to pursue an MA at Concordia, please apply to the program. Admission and funding allocation happen through the philosophy graduate studies committee, not individual supervisors. For questions, please contact the program director at
philosophy.gpd@concordia.ca.
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If you would like to carry out a funded postdoctoral project under Prof. Nieswandt's supervision, you can apply to one of the annual GRIN openings. Appointment happens through the steering committee, not individual supervisors. In the rare case that Prof. Nieswandt hires a postdoc for one of her own projects, this opening is advertised on
PhilJobs.
- If you submit an application for a postdoc funding scheme for individuals, such as Banting, and you would like Prof. Nieswandt to be your faculty co-applicant, please email your pitch.
Doctorate
Concordia's philosophy department does not offer a doctoral program, and professors do not individually hire doctoral students. Prof. Nieswandt does not standardly supervise students in Concordia's Humanities PhD program.
