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Katja Diefenbach is a Professor of Philosophy of Culture/Philosophy of Cultures at the European University Viadrina since 2020. She previously held professorships in Aesthetic Theory at Merz Akademie (2015-2020) and lectured at institutions in Vienna, Hamburg, and Berlin. Her research focuses on post-structuralist, deconstructive, and post-Marxist philosophy, particularly examining intersections with cultural studies, postcolonial theory, and gender studies.
- Education: PhD in Cultural Studies (2016, Humboldt University Berlin); Diploma in Communication Sciences, Political Sciences, and Sociology (1993, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München)
Research interests include:
- Critical analyses of European cultural concepts and their colonial-capitalist legacies
- Theories of transmodernity, transculturality, and event-based insurrection
- Spinoza and Althusser reception in post-Marxist philosophy
- Ontological approaches to time, practice, and cultural transformations
Her scientific awards include the 2021 Humanities International Prize for 'Speculative Materialism. Spinoza in post-Marxist philosophy'. She co-edits the Berlin publishing collective b_books and has organized international lecture series on postcolonial, media, and political philosophy at European University Viadrina.
