Carmen Puchinger

PhD Candidate
Ethiek Instituut
Philosophy
c.s.puchinger@uu.nl

I received my Bachelor's degree in Political Science with special emphasis on Political Theory from the University of Hamburg. My interests included theories of (neo-)Liberalism, moral questions of (re)distribution, history of ideas of the free market, group-based hostilities and modern theories of democracy. I dedicated my Bachelor's thesis to a critique of self-ownership in nozickean libertarianism:
On self-ownership in nozickean libertarianism. State of the art, critique, and perspectives. (written in German)
(supervised by Prof. Peter Niesen and Dr. Andreas Busen, passed with excellence and distinction, overall degree grade: passed with excellence).

For my master's degree I studied Political Science with special emphasis on Political Theory and Social Philosophy at the University of Hamburg and the Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna. My interests included theories of civil disobedience, feminist theory, (contemporary) Critical theories of the Frankfurt School, (post-)modernity of nietzschean philosophy and right-wing extremism. I dedicated my master's thesis to a feminist critique of Adorno and Horkheimer's philosophy of the Body exemplified by the case of menstruation:
Bloody hell: Understanding the struggles of capitalist-patriarchal corporeality with Adorno and Horkheimer- a feminist critique of menstruation with and against Critical Theory. (written in English)
(supervised by Prof. Peter Niesen and Prof. Paola Rudan, passed with excellence and distinction, overall degree grade: passed with excellence and distinction).

Before coming to the Universiy of Utrecht as a PhD candidate, I was a lecturer in Political Theory at the University of Hamburg where I taught seminars on feminist criticism of canonical philosophy and on feminist history of political ideas.