Magdalene Hengst

Magdalene Hengst serves as a Lecturer in the Faculty of Philosophy at the University of Siegen. Based in room AR-K 401, she teaches courses including Feminist Theories, Philosophies of Gender, Body and Desire, and French phenomenology. Her consultation hours are on Tuesdays at 2 p.m. Hengst holds a Master of Arts (MA) in Philosophy and is an active researcher in critical social philosophy.

Her research spans the following key areas:

• Feminist Philosophy
• Phenomenology (especially French and Political)
• Philosophy of Vulnerability and Embodiment
• Critical Theory of Structural Exclusion
• Care Ethics and Digital Technologies
• Antisemitism and Colonial Violence

She draws on the works of Jean Améry, Giorgio Agamben, and Ernst Bloch to analyze the experiences of marginalized bodies and resistance.

Her recent publications reveal a trajectory focused on the philosophical analysis of vulnerability and exclusion. The 2024 book chapter on Agamben and Améry establishes her contribution to critical phenomenology of the body. Collaborative work on digital care technologies (2021) and a review on reproductive justice (2021) demonstrate her engagement with applied ethics and social justice, consistently linking theoretical frameworks to contemporary societal challenges.

Hengst has not been publicly recognized with major scientific awards according to available information.

Hengst is actively involved in organizing:

• "Body – Politics – Crisis" lecture series, addressing care and solidarity
• "Who's Canceling Whom?" series on academic exclusion and freedom