Ruben Pfizenmaier

Dr. Ruben Pfizenmaier is a Research Fellow at the DFG Research Training Group 'Aesthetic Practice' at the University of Hildesheim, Germany. His academic background includes degrees in Philosophy-Arts-Media from the University of Hildesheim, Philosophy and Literature from University College Cork, and Philosophy and Cultural Studies from Humboldt and Free Universities of Berlin. He earned his PhD in 2023 at Justus Liebig University Giessen with a thesis on ancient rhetoric and subjectivation practices. Previously, he held roles in publishing, including leadership positions at Büchergilde Gutenberg and Fruehwerk Verlag.

His research focuses on phenomena of forgetting, intercultural philosophy, and digital memory. Key interests include the interplay of memory and forgetting in cultural and aesthetic contexts, decolonial theory, and the role of practice in shaping subjectivity. He has published widely in journals like *Theoretical Studies in Literature and Arts* and contributed to edited volumes exploring exercise theory and liminality.

Pfizenmaier teaches courses on metacognition, mindfulness, and cultural theory at institutions such as the University of Witten/Herdecke. He has organized workshops on decolonial philosophy, mindful leadership, and intercultural dialogue. His lectures span topics like digital forgetting at the Deutscher Kongress der Philosophie and Foucault’s care of the self at the World Congress of Philosophy.