Susan-Judith Hoffmann

Susan-Judith Hoffmann is an Adjunct Professor at McGill University since 2001. She previously taught at the University of Guelph, Wilfred Laurier University, and Dawson College. She holds a B.A. (1982) and M.A. (1985) from McGill University, and a Ph.D. (1992) from the University of Guelph-McMaster.

Her research focuses on hermeneutics, phenomenology of 20th-century philosophy (especially Gadamer), and 19th-century German philosophy (Fichte, Humboldt, Nietzsche, Kierkegaard). She explores connections between philosophy, public culture, and political practice, as well as contemporary conceptions of the self and moral autonomy. Notably, she contributed to a FQRSC-funded research team (2002–2005) on 'Phenomenology and Ethics' with Université de Montréal colleagues.

Her current projects include analyzing Fichte and Nietzsche’s roles in 19th-century philosophy and examining selfhood in contemporary European thought through hermeneutics and critical theory.