Roman Seidel

Dr. Roman Seidel is a researcher and lecturer at the University of Siegen, affiliated with the Faculty of Philosophy. He specializes in Islamic Philosophy, Transcultural Intellectual History, and the Reception of European Philosophy in Iran, with a focus on Kant and Enlightenment thinkers. His teaching addresses the intersection of Philosophy and Islamic Studies, particularly for educators in pluralistic societies.

His research spans Comparative Philosophy, Philosophical Translation, and Modern Middle Eastern Thought, analyzing historical entanglement between European and Islamic philosophical traditions. He has organized international workshops on Transregional Methodologies and Time in Comparative Philosophy, and co-edited a special issue on Philosophy in the Islamic World.

Key publications include monographs on Kant's reception in Iran and articles on Qajar-era translations, Enlightenment narratives, and contemporary Iranian intellectual discourse. His work emphasizes contextualizing ideas across cultural boundaries and challenges Eurocentric frameworks through microhistorical and transregional approaches.