Reverse Engineering the Canon

Publications

  • “Vergeten en doen vergeten: over de canon en de paraplu” in Filosofie-Tijdschrift 34/3, Inleiding bij het Thema Vergeten denkers (2024)

Outreach

  • “Weg met de Canon?” (Public lecture following the philosophical quiz by Filosofie in den Haag, Zaal 3, 15-04-2023)
  • “Meer Filosofie met Minder Canon?” (Presentation at Agora 2023: Filosofiedag voor scholieren, Amsterdam, 31-03-2023)
  • “Onbegrip begrijpen?” (Public lecture following the performance of “Onder Anderen” by KASSETT, Den Haag, 21-11-2022)
  • “Meer Filosofie met Minder Canon?”, (keynote at the yearly meeting of the VFVO, 30-09-2022)
  • “Diversity in Philosophy” (workshops at the yearly meeting of the VFVO, 25-09-2020)

Scholarly talks and presentations

  • “Reverse Engineering the Philosophical Canon“ (presentation at the founding meeting of the
    European Seminars in Philosophy of Education (ESPE) on Philosophy of Education: Rethinking European Traditions, University of Humanistic Studies, Utrecht, 03-07-2025)
  • “History of philosophy can only be understood backwards” (presentation for the Research Network: Theory of History, Huizinga Instituut, Utrecht, 18-10-2024)
  • “De Canon, Conway, en Spinoza” (Presentation at the plenary meeting of the members of the Association “Het Spinozahuis”, Katwijk aan den Rijn, 18-03-2023)
  • Panel “Teaching the Canon” at the World Philosophies and Traditions of Knowledge-Making workshop (19-09-2022)
  • Presentation “De Omgekeerde Filosofiegeschiedenis” (at the KNHG Historicidagen, Rotterdam, 27-08-2022)
  • Lecture: “Reverse Engineering the Canon” (for the student association “Icarus”, VU Amsterdam 19-05-2022)
  • Symposium “Perspectives on African Philosophy and Philosophy in Africa” (organizer and host, 31-03-2022)
  • Presentation at the AUC Diversifying Philosophy meeting (12-11-2021)
  • Symposium “Student and Teacher Perspectives on the Canon” (organizer and host, 30-06-2021)
  • Presentation at the OZSW conference on “Reverse Engineering the Canon” (11-12-2020)
  • Symposium “Student Perspectives on Canon Reform” (organizer and host, 08-12-2020)

Teaching

  • Master “History of Philosophy” (Apr-May 2024)
  • Bachelor “Modern Philosophy” (Feb-Mar 2024)
  • Master “History of Philosophy” (Apr-May 2023)
  • Bachelor “Modern Philosophy” (Feb-Mar 2023)
  • Master “Modern Philosophy” (Apr-May 2022)
  • Guest lecture at the Radboud Docenten Academie (21-03-2022)
  • Bachelor “Modern Philosophy” (Feb-Mar 2022)
  • Guest lecture at the Radboud Docenten Academie (08-03-2021)
  • Bachelor “Modern Philosophy” (Feb-Mar 2021)
  • Bachelor “Modern Philosophy” – Know VU Award Pilot (Feb-Mar 2020)

Honours Programme Research Project Supervision:

  • Jil Delling on the historical development of the modern canon (presentation)
  • Celine Fassone on recent teaching of modern philosophy in western Europe (presentation)
  • Anastasia Khairova on recent teaching of modern philosophy in eastern Europe (presentation)
  • Hosoo Kim on recent teaching of modern philosophy in Asia (presentation)
  • Marije Klei on how African Philosophy is taught in Europe
  • Ashley Fields on how Philosophy is taught in Africa

Symposia:

Student Perspectives on Canon Reform

  • Jil Delling (VU)
  • Celine Fassone (VU)
  • Lonneke Oostland (RUG)
  • Eveline Groot (EUR)

Student and Teacher Perspectives on the Canon

  • Anastasia Khairova (VU)
  • Hosoo Kim (VU)
  • Arjen de Visser (Ichthus College)
  • Tirza Brüggemann (RU/VU/Amsterdams Lyceum)

Perspectives on African Philosophy and Philosophy in Africa

  • Marije Klei (VU)
  • Ashley Fields (VU)
  • Angela Roothaan (VU)

Newspaper articles, opinion pieces, interviews

Reports and reactions to the project