Copenhagen Winter School in Phenomenology
PhD School at the Faculty of Humanities at University of Copenhagen
Dates: 29-30 January 2026.
The Copenhagen Winter School in Phenomenology is a PhD course that offers a close reading of a classical work in phenomenology. In 2026, the selected text is Edmund Husserl’s Ideen II (1952/2025) (Ideas pertaining to a pure phenomenology and to a phenomenological philosophy II, trans. R. Rojcewicz & A. Schuwer, Dordrecht: Kluwer, 1989).
The Winter School will consist in two keynote lectures, 6 presentations by participating PhD students, and sessions devoted to a close reading of Husserl's text. The two keynote lectures will discuss Husserl's text and PhD students who wish to present will be expected to also engage with the work in question.
What can we still learn from Husserl’s classical text?
Although Husserl’s work will constitute the point of departure, the systematic focus of the winter school will be broader. It will also engage with questions pertaining to Husserl’s other works, his relation to other figures in phenomenology, as well as to more overarching questions pertaining to phenomenology of the embodiment, social phenomenology, and the application of phenomenology in the social sciences
The two keynote speakers will be Sara Heinämaa (University of Jyväskylä) and Dan Zahavi (CFS - University of Copenhagen).
The winter school is aimed specifically at researchers at the beginning of the career.
Participation is free but limited to 35 people. Prior registration is required, please apply before November 1, 2025.
Registration and further information: Please follow this link: Copenhagen Winter School in Phenomenology