Since 2023, the Department of Philosophy at the University of St. Gallen has established a research focus on the work of Jacques Derrida in cooperation with the University of Vienna and the University of Würzburg, with particular attention to his political thought and reflections on democracy.
Activities
- 2027: “Democratic Projects III: Derrida, Mouffe, Laclau”. Workshop at University of Würzburg, organized by Matthias Flatscher, Leire Urricelqui, Christine Abbt, Oliver Marchart.
- 2026: Derrida Today Conference, Paris: Panel “Defending Democracy to Come”, with Anna Wieder, Oliver Marchart, Leire Urricelqui, Christine Abbt.
- 2025: “Democratic Projects II: Derrida, Mouffe, Laclau”. Workshop at University of St. Gallen, organized by Leire Urricelqui, Matthias Flatscher, Christine Abbt, Oliver Marchart.
- 2025: Research project (SNF application): Democratic Indeterminacy (Christine Abbt, Leire Urricelqui, Gloria Freitag).
- 2024: “Democratic Projects I: Derrida, Mouffe, Laclau”. Workshop at University of Vienna, organized by Matthias Flatscher, Leire Urricelqui, Christine Abbt, Oliver Marchart.
- 2020: “Mouffe or Derrida: Divergences in Democratic Theory”, 7th Derrida Today Conference Washington DC (Christine Abbt).
- 2020: “When the Passage is Encrypted: On ‘Shibboleth’ and the Marks of Belonging with Jacques Derrida”, 7th Derrida Today Conference Washington DC (Leire Urricelqui).
Publications
- 2021: Sierra González, Leire Urricelqui, Vanesa Gourhand, Christine Abbt: Los discursos sobre el Otro. Cambios y continuidades en las retóricas de la dominación. Barcelona (Laertes).
- 2017: Urricelqui, Leire “Die Spur des Barbaren. Annäherung an den Barbaren als logozentristische Kategorie”, in: Fremdheit. Xenologische Ansätze und ihre Relevanz für die Bildungsfrage. Giovanni Tidona (Ed.). Mattes Verlag Heidelberg.
- 2007: Christine Abbt: “Der wortlose Suizid. Die literarische Gestaltung der Sprachverlassenheit als Herausforderung für die Ethik”, München (Fink).
St. Gallen Derrida Lectures
- 2026: Prof. Lasse Thomassen (London): “Deconstruction as Political Theory” (with comments by Dr. Gloria Freitag (Jena/St. Gallen) and Dr. André Möller (Frankfurt)).
Associated Scholars
Prof. Oliver Marchart, Wien
Prof. Matthias Flatscher, Würzburg
Dr. Gloria Freitag, Jena/St. Gallen
Prof. Judith Siegmund, ZHDK
Dr. Tim Hofmann, Basel
Dr. Nicola Mühlhäußer, Bremen
Contact
If you are interested in the philosophy of Derrida or have related inquiries, please contact Prof. Christine Abbt and/or Dr. Leire Urricelqui.
